Graveslab in Tremblestown, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Located in the locked chancel of Tremblestown church (ME036-002----). A graveslab with cursive script commemorating Margaret Dangan was recorded in 1984. The inscription reads: ‘Here lyeth interred the body of Margaret Dangan, sister of William, Lord viscount Dangan, and wife to Robert Barnwall, the 13th Lord Baron of Trimblestown. She dyed the 5th day of Nov. An. Domni. 1680 for whom this tomb was made and chapel re-edified by her said Lord. God be merciful to her soul.’ Added to the end in a different script is: 'and fourth daughter to Sir John Dangan.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME036-002003

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