Graveslab in Inishlounaght

Incorporated in the graveyard wall S of the church which is built on the site of the former Cistercian abbey (TS083-017----) is a 16th- /early 17th-century tapering graveslab (L 1.9m; Wth at the top 0.49m; Wth at base 0.4m at the base; though it is 0.57m at its widest point). The slab is decorated, in relief, with a seven-armed segmental-headed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals. There is a three-barred knop at the base of the cross-head. The cross-shaft rests on a stepped base. There is a latin inscription, in Black Letter script, on the sinister side of the slab which begins beneath the cross-head. The HIC is in relief but the rest is incised. The inscription is quite worn, it has been transcribed and translated by Maher (1997, 66-67) as: HIC IACET PIUS V(I)(R) D(U?)S L/IBA..ER.... (Here lies Pius, noble husband?). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 24 January 2012