What is recorded here

Graveslab in Athenry lies broken beside the tomb of Lady Matilda de Bermingham, its fleur-de-lis cross still visible despite the missing base. The damage suggests reuse or neglect rather than careful preservation, yet the chamber keeps it close enough to read. What is remembered is not a finished monument but a fragment that resisted complete erasure.

This rectangular bevelled graveslab (surviving L 1.08m; Wth 0.49m; T 0.1m) is located in the chancel of the Dominican church (GA084-001014-) close to the NW corner of the late 18th-century tomb of Lady Matilda de Bermingham. It is broken in two pieces and the base of it is missing. Traces of an incised Latin cross are evident: on the westerly portion the head and arms of the cross end in stylized fleur-de-lis ornament and on the easterly portion the stem of the cross is visible (McKeon 2009, 50, Fig. 14: Slab D). The following images have been uploaded: GA084-001079-_01.jpg GA084-001079-_02.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 November 2018

Medieval Christian graveslab, 18th-century tomb context; significant for its association with Lady Matilda de Berming and the Dominican church in Athenry.

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