What is recorded here

Dominican cloister stones and tomb carvings now lie scattered in the Mercy Convent garden at King's Island. They belong to Limerick City and preserve fragments of a lost priory, including heraldic shields, tracery and Latin lettering. The stones may have served prayer, burial or domestic life before becoming a quiet collection. They still display the skill and identity of the people who shaped them.

Collection of stone fragments in grounds of Mercy Convent. Described in the Urban Survey (Bradley et. al. 1989, 333) as following; 'Gathered in the garden are a number of dressed stones including one which appears to be part of a chimney mantle with the initials WMC, heraldic shields and tracery. There is also a stone with the letters SFA and another stone with a fragmentary Latin letttered inscription'. Most probably came from cloister of Dominican Priory (LI005-015047-) but 'some pieces of elaborate foliated carvings probably come from a tomb or sedelia' (Twohig 1995, 110 & Illus. 8b). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 November 2019

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