What is recorded here

Arthur and Elizabeth, perhaps, met beneath the cathedral arches before the wars took them. They laid claims to love and lineage on cold stone, trusting marble to outlast flesh. The chevron and lion still face upward, waiting for hands that have forgotten the names they once protected.

17th century graveslab in St. Mary's Cathedral (LI005-017015-) described in the Urban Survey of Limerick (Bradley et. al. 1989, 322) as following; ‘Grave slab. Arthur 1649. Large slab with two coats of arms and the initials POA, EPR and the date 1649, is in the Arthur chapel'. Described by FitzGerald (1910, 130)' as following; 'Close to the above is a large slab bearing no inscription, but at the top end is a coat-of-arms, a chevron between three clarions for Arthur, and the initials P O A, 1649. At the foot of the slab is another shield, bearing a lion rampant, and the initials E P R'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 November 2019

17th-century Christian gravestone; significant as a historical funerary monument within Limerick City’s St. Mary's Cathedral, reflecting early modern burial practices and heraldic traditions.

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