Graveslab in Athenry

In the chancel of the Dominican church (GA084-001014-), close to the S pier of the tower. This rectangular slab (L 1.73m; Wth at top 0.59m; base Wth 0.54m) with the lower corners cut off obliquely is broken in two pieces. Described by Macalister (1913, 210, I, Pl. VII, No. 2) as being decorated with a ‘handsome circular foliation in lieu of a cross-head and a plaited stem, terminating horizontally below.’ An inscription running around the margin reads: 'HIC IACET DNA MARIOTA DE BVRGO FILIA WALTERI ALS DORHAN M BARO PRO CUIUS AIE (?) ET RIE (?) ET(?)ERNO URNAS (?) SPECTARE PRECES FUNDITE 1615' (ibid.) (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 35) The following image has been uploaded: GA084-001045-_01.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 November 2018

Medieval Christian tomb slab, 14th–15th century. Its location within a Dominican church indicates its association with religious or elite burial practices in late medieval Ireland.