What is recorded here

Roger Grany and Katherin Higin died in 1688, leaving behind a broken graveslab that still lies beside the blocked doorway of the Dominican church in Athenry. The incised cross rises from three steps like a small staircase to heaven, while the chipped inscription begs passersby to pray for their souls and posterity. What is missing has not disappeared; it has moved into the silence around the stone, waiting for someone to finish the sentence and give the dead a complete name.

This rectangular graveslab (L 1.85m; Wth 0.61m; T 0.11m) is the second slab to the N of the blocked doorway at the W end of the S wall of the nave of the Dominican church (GA084-001014-). It is broken in two pieces. It bears an incised Latin cross with expanded wedge-shaped terminals at the head and arms the stem ends on a calvary of three steps. An inscription above the cross reads: PRAY FOR THE SO/ VLE OF ROGER GR/ ANY AND HIS/ WIFE KATHERIN/ HIGIN AND THE/ IRE POSTERITY/ 1688 (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 40). The following images have been uploaded: GA084-001060-_01.jpg GA084-001060-_02.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 November 2018

Medieval Christian graveslab, 13th–15th century. It is significant as a funerary monument associated with the Dominican church in Athenry, reflecting the religious and architectural history of the site.

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