Graveslab in Waterford City

From: Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. (1989) Urban archaeology Survey of Waterford City and County, 2 vols. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works. vol. 2, 239-40. Thomas Grant and Elizabeth Walsh. 1555. Outside the SE angle of Cathedral (WA009-005020-). Worn and cracked rectangular limestone slab set on the ground externally at the SE corner of the cathedral. It is decorated in false relief with a marginal inscription in Roman capitals, two coats of arms and a fleur-de-lys cross with barred knop on steps. The arms are on the upper half of the slab and the left coat is larger than the right. The left depicts three lions rampant statant while the right one has an engrailed shield with three arrows between a fess. The inscription is: HIC JACET THOMAS GRANT/ Q OBIIT 2 DIE MENsIS MAI ANO 1555 ET ELIZABET WALSH VXOR/ EIVS Q OBIIT 16 DIE MENSIS APRILIS 1557 M. C. ETIAM A….D. PERTRUS GRANT FILIUS/ ET ANASTA/SIA WALSH VXOR EIVS Q. OBIIT 4 FEBRVARE 1579 Dims. 1.83m x 0.8m; T, buried. Date of upload: 24 August 2010

A 17th-century Christian gravestone; significant as a rare surviving example of early modern funerary art in Waterford.