What is recorded here

Graveslab in Glebe (fahan Ed) is a 17th century graveslab in Fahan graveyard, County Donegal, Ireland. It lies about 10m W of the E gable of Fahan church and may have stood inside the church before moving outside. The stone measures 2.16m long, 0.93m wide and 0.08m thick. It bears an inscription for Major Richard Samsone, who died 6 March 1652, and Ann Wray, his daughter, who died 11 September 1678.

17th century graveslab situated inside Fahan graveyard approximately 10m W of the E gable of Fahan church (DG038-013001-) and would have been located inside the church. This graveslab (dims. L 2.16m; Wth 0.93m; T 0.08m) is inscribed with an inscription dedicated to Major Richard Samsone who died the 6th of March 1652 and to Ann Wray his daughter who died on the 11th of September 1678. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 19 July 2010

17th-century Christian graveslab; significant as a rare surviving example of early modern funerary monument in a reused or repurposed ecclesiastical context.

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