What is recorded here
Thomas and Peter Creagh died in 1497 and 1546, marking a half-century span on one limestone slab inside St. Mary's Cathedral. Their names still appear in Gothic letters within the Arthur chapel, preserving a family line across two centuries of Limerick life. The stone turns a private loss into a public timeline, forcing visitors to measure human decades against the cathedral's endless stone shadow.
16th century graveslab in St. Mary's Cathedral (LI005-017015-) described in the Urban Survey of Limerick (Bradley et. al. 1989, 322) as following; ‘’Thomas and Peter Creagh. 1497 & 1546. Limestone slab with Gothic lettered inscription, in the Arthur chapel:
ORATE P AIA THOME CREAGH FILII DAVID Q/ OBIIT V DIE
IUNII Ao 1497 ET P AIA …./ UXORIS EI ET P AIA PETRI
CREAGH FILII EOR Q/ OBIIT NO DIE MAII AD 1546
(Fitzgerald 1910, 128; Talbot 1976, 23)'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 18 November 2019
16th century Christian graveslab; significant for its Gothic lettering and association with the Creagh family in Limerick.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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