What is recorded here

Erke church in County Kilkenny holds a buried ledger of ordinary lives. Peerce Castholovgh and his family sleep beneath a small stone marked I.H.S., frozen on 26 June 1699. The graveyard keeps his name although the exact spot has been forgotten.

In the graveyard (KK008-010002-) of Erke medieval church (KK008-010001-), a late 17th-century headstone is described by Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 277) as, 'A small headstone has:- "I.H.S. Here lyeth the body of Peerce Castholovgh and his family. He died Jvne ye 26th 1699.". The precise location of this headstone within the graveyard is unknown. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 September 2017

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