What is recorded here

Mor Hogan built the small chapel in 1696 as a burial place for himself and his descendants, then died or left before finishing the job. The chamber filled with soil, the walls crashed inward, and the memorial slab stood exposed on the ruined roof like a marker forgotten by everyone except the rain. His posterity may still sleep beneath that stone, waiting for mercy he asked God to give them.

Placed upright on top of the remains of a side chapel built onto the S face of Rath church (CL025-084001-). A limestone slab (Wth 0.68m; H 0.64m; T 0.18m) with an inscription carved in Roman capitals in false relief with the letters IHS overhead. The inscription reads 'This chapel is built by Mor Hogan for a burial place for him and his posterity to whom God be merciful 1696'. The chapel (ext. dims. Wth 4.4m; L 4.68m) is filled in internally to the current wall height (1.1m) and there is an opening into an underground burial chamber under the memorial slab at ground level. The slab was reported to the National Monuments Service by Patrick O'Leary. The following images have been uploaded: CL025-084009-_01.jpg Memorial stone with inscription from S. CL025-084009-_02.jpg Memorial stone in its current setting from SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 10 July 2019

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