What is recorded here
Thomas O'Kelly, Mary Hynes and their posterity erected the stone in 1728 to honor St. Bridget and secure prayers for their souls. They carved Christ standing with spread arms beside kneeling Mary, then set the plaque into the roadside wall left of the church gate. The stone moved from the sacred interior to a passing road, transforming private grief into a public request that travellers still see.
This memorial stone is set into the roadside face of the wall to the left of the gate leading into St. Bridget's Church (GA084-021----). It consists of a rectangular plaque (H 0.43m; Wth 0.33m; T 0.13m) bearing a male figure standing with raised, spread arms in the top left quarter and a kneeling figure, in profile, with raised hands joined and looking towards the standing figure in the top right quarter. The figures appear to represent Christ on the cross and Mary alongside (Cody 1989, 381-2, no. 166). The lower half of the plaque bears the following inscription:
PRAY FOR THE SOUL
OF THOMAS [O'KELLY/O'REILLY?]
HIS WIFE MARY
HYNES & THEIR POS
TERITY WHO EREC[T]
ED THIS IMAGE IN R[E]
MEMBERANCE OF SA[I]
NT BRIDGET 1728
It is most likely that the memorial stone was originally located in the church.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 24 January 2020
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