What is recorded here

Graveslab in Fethard is a graveslab in Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland. It stands in the base of a 13th-century tomb niche in the north wall of the former chancel of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist, whose nave is now Holy Trinity Church of Ireland. The at-least-1.7-metre-long and 0.42-metre-wide limestone slab carries a three-armed banded cross with fleur-de-lis terminals, a three-barred knop beneath the band, and a curving calvary mount. A Latin Black Letter inscription about Paul Haket and the year 1643 runs along the left border and chamfered edge.

Inserted into the base of the 13th-century tomb niche in the N wall of the former chancel of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), the nave of which is currently Holy Trinity C of I church. The complete slab is not visible, the upper portion being obscured by the Palliser vault which was crudely inserted in 1861. The limestone slab (L at least 1.7m; Wth 0.42m) is decorated in relief with a three-armed banded cross with fleur-de-lis terminals, though the upper fleur-de-lis is not visible. There is a three-barred knop on the cross-shaft beneath the band. The cross-shaft rises from a simple curving calvary mount. An inscription in latin, in Black Letter script, runs along the sinister border and the chamfered edge on the sinister side. It appears to read: EQO DORMIO ET COR MEUM UIGILAT CAM 5 ME FIERI FECIT D PAUL HAKET DICATUIS FID 1643. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2012

A 13th-century Christian tomb slab, likely of local sandstone, incorporated into a medieval church structure; its significance lies in its reuse within the ecclesiastical context, reflecting funerary practices of the period.

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