What is recorded here

Graveslab in Town Parks is a graveslab in Town Parks, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is the middle of three limestone slabs north of the west end of the former medieval church of St. Nicholas of Myra. The bevelled slab is 1.27 metres long and 0.91 metres wide, broken in the middle, and decorated with an eight-armed banded cross with fleur-de-lys terminals. Its faded marginal inscription names Thomas Butler as an esquire, but the parent's name after the words son to is missing.

On the W side of the town, N of Main Street. The medieval church of St. Nicholas of Myra (TS085-004006-) appears to have survived until c. 1813 when it was demolished and replaced by a C of I church (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 63). One of three limestone graveslabs lying N of the W end of the church, aligned NW-SE. The middle, bevelled, slab (L 1.27m; Wth 0.91m) has been broken in the middle with only the upper portion remaining. It is elaborately decorated with an eight-armed banded cross with fleur-de-lys terminals and a barred knop. A circle is superimposed on the cross and there is a sun burst in each of the segments except one which contains a crescent moon. There is a marginal inscription (Wth 0.14m) which is quite faded in places. Where legible it reads in english, in Black Letter script: BODIE OF THOMAS BUTLER ESQUIER SONNE TO […]. (Farrelly and FitzPatrick 1993). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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