What is recorded here

Graveslab in Athenry is a broken, tapering stone marked only by a floriated cross, yet McKeon believes it belongs to the 13th or 14th century rather than the later date Macalister first guessed. It lies near the arcade in County Galway, preserving the shape of a forgotten burial long after the name and story behind it vanished.

This tapering graveslab (L 1.89m; Wth across top 0.63m; Wth across bottom 0.37m; T 0.11m) is broken in two pieces. When recorded by Macalister (1913, 212, XI, Pl. VII, No. 3) it was complete and he described it as a ‘coffin-shaped slab, with a floriated cross’. There was no inscription on it. He suggested a date of c. 1680 but McKeon (2009, 50, Fig. 18: Slab H, 51) believes it is earlier and dates to the 13th or 14th century. It is lying at the E end of the aisle – just to the N of the arcade. This slab is similar to another in the NE corner of the transept (see GA084-001038-). See also GA084-001034- and GA084-001036- to GA084-001038-. (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 34; McKeon 2009, 51, Fig. 18: Slab H) The following image has been uploaded: GA084-001035-_01.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 November 2018

Medieval Christian graveslab, 13th–15th century. Its significance lies in its association with the friary in Athenry and the artistic and funerary traditions of late medieval Ireland.

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