What is recorded here

Graveslab in Inishlounaght is a graveslab in Inishlounaght, County Tipperary, Ireland. The 16th- or early 17th-century tapering slab is incorporated in the graveyard wall south of the church built on the former Cistercian abbey site. It measures 1.9m long, 0.49m wide at the top and 0.4m wide at the base, though it reaches 0.57m at its widest point. The relief decoration shows a seven-armed segmental-headed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals, a three-barred knop at the base of the cross-head, and a stepped base under the cross-shaft.

Incorporated in the graveyard wall S of the church which is built on the site of the former Cistercian abbey (TS083-017----) is a 16th- /early 17th-century tapering graveslab (L 1.9m; Wth at the top 0.49m; Wth at base 0.4m at the base; though it is 0.57m at its widest point). The slab is decorated, in relief, with a seven-armed segmental-headed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals. There is a three-barred knop at the base of the cross-head. The cross-shaft rests on a stepped base. There is a latin inscription, in Black Letter script, on the sinister side of the slab which begins beneath the cross-head. The HIC is in relief but the rest is incised. The inscription is quite worn, it has been transcribed and translated by Maher (1997, 66-67) as: HIC IACET PIUS V(I)(R) D(U?)S L/IBA..ER.... (Here lies Pius, noble husband?). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 24 January 2012

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