What is recorded here

Graveslab in Kildare collects cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies from the 10th to the 17th centuries inside St. Brigid’s Cathedral. One fragment pair carries interlace, key patterns and two ringed crosses joined by a narrow panel of endless knotwork. The stones have been broken, moved and set together again, yet their markings still distinguish the dead, the makers and the centuries that passed over Kildare.

A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029023-: According to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol 3, 225. Fig. 100), two fragments of a limestone cross slab (L 0.32m; Wth. 0.35m; T 0.08m) are decorated in false relief with interlace and key patterns flanking two ringed crosses which are connected by a panel of interlace. (FitzGerald 1903-5b, 379) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 24 January 2012

Christian grave slab, medieval to early modern period (10th–17th century), significant as part of a collection associated with St. Brigid’s Cathedral, reflecting the region’s long-standing Christian tradition and funerary art.

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