What is recorded here

Graveslab in Garrylaun stands in the graveyard of Erke medieval church, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It bears raised Roman letters naming Thom. Morris and Anne Ball in Logh, though the date is missing or was never cut. The stones still hold the shape of a life lived there, even when the exact year has slipped away.

In the graveyard (KK008-001002-) of Erke medieval church (KK008-010001-). Moore (1874-9, vol. 1, 38) describes a 'monumental slab having the following insription:- "Son of Anne Ball in Logh who deceased" - "Here under Lieth the corpse of Thom. Morris". The date was broken off, or, perhaps, never engraved. The inscription is in raised Roman letters. Its date about 1660 or thereabouts'. The precise location of this graveslab within the graveyard is unknown. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 September 2017

Medieval Christian graveslab, 14th–15th century; significant as an example of early Irish funerary inscription and associated with the Erke medieval church.

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