What is recorded here

Graveslab in Ballintemple marked the death of Evelyn O'Dempsey on 6 March 1603, yet the seven-foot stone has vanished from the walled graveyard. Rev. Sterling de Courcy Williams transcribed her Latin inscription in 1898, preserving the name of Dermot's daughter and her husband Lisagh before the slab itself disappeared. What remains is a ghost carve in time, a woman made flesh only through the memory of another man's pencil.

Church (OF027-001001-) located in N section of irregular-shaped graveyard (OF027-001002-) which is enclosed by a stone wall. Graveslab dated 1603 not located but recorded and described in the late 19th century (FitzGerald 1900,92; Williams 1898, 68). In 1898 Rev. Sterling de Courcy Williams recorded the inscription which read; 'OBITVS EVLINE FILIA DERMICII QVE OBIT 6 MARC 1603 / EBO LIAEVS FILIVS MAVRI EIVS MARITVS OVI ME FIERE'. He identified this graveslab as marking the resting place of Evelyn O'Dempsey who was a daughter of Dermot and wife to Lisagh or Lewis O'Dempsey of Clanmaliere. The graveslab measured 7 feet (2.13m) long and about 2 feet (0.6m) wide. (Williams 1898, 68). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 29 November 2016

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