Graveslab (present location) in St. Patricksrock

Originally came from the Franciscan Friary (TS061-025008-) in the town of Cashel where it is recorded as TS061-025151-. It is currently housed in the Vicars Choral on the Rock of Cashel. A 13th-century tapering limestone head-slab (L 1.42m; Wth at top 0.52m; Wth at base 0.38m; T 0.15m) which was broken into two halves, which were separated and have been reunited. The top of the slab is decorated with a projecting male head with curling hair below the ears, beneath which is an incised four-armed cross with fleur-de-lys terminals, with a circular knop on the shaft below the cross head. Portion of a lombardic inscription is visible on the top right-hand side, the legible letters read: H (or P) ARES: AREVI (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 225). The upper half of this slab was recorded by Hunt (ibid.) when it was housed in the grounds of the convent on the site of the Franciscan Friary. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

13th-century Christian graveslab, associated with the Franciscan Friary at Cashel; significant as a medieval funerary monument reflecting ecclesiastical practices in the region.