What is recorded here

Graveslab in Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.) is a fragment of a 16th-century chest tomb, not a complete monument or a newly made marker. It is composed of fossiliferous limestone and belongs to St Mary's parish church in Kilkenny. The fragment appeared when a 1740 blocking was removed from the S nave arcade, suggesting the church had hidden an older death beneath a later closure. It is now stored in the NE corner of the S side of the graveyard, waiting to be read rather than displayed.

At St Mary's parish church (KK019-026115-) in Kilkenny, found during removal of 1740 blocking of the S nave arcade, Bay 2 (Ó Drisceoil 2019, unpublished). A fragment of a 16th-century chest tomb mensa or ledger, composed of fossiliferous limestone (ibid.). It is currently in storage in the NE corner of the S side of the graveyard. Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil Date of upload: 10 January 2023

A 16th-century chest tomb fragment; significance relates to post-medieval funerary practices in Kilkenny.

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