What is recorded here

Graveslab in Ballypheasan is a broken limestone slab beside an effigy in Roscommon abbey, bearing the name John Verdon and the date 1656. Its lower end is missing, so the prayer written in false relief trails off into nothing. The chamber stays quiet, but the incomplete stone keeps asking for what it lost.

On the ground beside the effigy (RO039-055004-) in the chancel of Roscommon abbey (RO039-055001-). This is a limestone slab (dims 1.25m by 0.91m) with an inscription in false relief commemorating John Verdon with the date 1656, but the lower end of the stone is missing. The inscriptions reads: PRAY FOR THE SOVLE OF / IOHN VERDON WHOE DIED / THE 26 OF IVLY 1656.. (Bradley and Dunne 1988, 104). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Medieval Christian tomb slab, 14th–15th century. It is significant as a rare surviving example of a gravemarker associated with the Verdon family, indicating social status and artistic practices in the ecclesiastical context of Roscommon Abbey.

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