What is recorded here

Graveslab in Relagh Beg stands ten metres inside the wall of Moybologue graveyard, a worn sandstone slab bearing a coat-of-arms and memento mori symbols above an inscription naming Thorladh Smith, Margaret Smith, and Philip Smith of Leitrim. The stone dates from 1680 or possibly 1650, making it one of the oldest marked graves in the area. Brian Callaghan first reported the slab, and the Moybologe Historical Society later used 3-D imagery to read the faded roman capitals. What seems clear is that a Smith family lived across generations in this part of Cavan, and that their monument survived centuries of weather because someone set it firmly among the stones.

Located c. 10m inside the wall of Moybologue graveyard (CV034-046007-) at SW is a sandstone slab (dims 2.04m x 0.85m; T 0.2m) supported on stones. This graveslab was first reported by Brian Callaghan. The stone is very worn but has a raised coat-of-arms crest with memento mori symbols beneath it. 3-D imagery deployed by the Moybologe Historical Society can decipher the inscription which was incised in roman capitals: THIS MONUMENT EREC / TED BY. THORLADH SMITH / NAS OWANAVALLY. AND. / MARGARET SMITH ALES GE / BROAD HIS WIFE FOR THER / FAMILIE ANNO D. 1680 (1650?). The inscription continues in a different script: This stone was erected / by Philip Smith of Leitrim / in memory of his father / …. Smith Who deprd. / …. Posterity Requiscant in pace. All the headstones are recorded on this web-page accessed on 10/09/2019: https://historicgraves.com/graveyard/moybologue-old/cv-mool See the attached image courtesy of Brian Callaghan Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 March 2020

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