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 damaged limestone fragment in the south transept still carries a worn marginal inscription ending RALD ET, perhaps belonging to a Fitzgerald. The chamber becomes a crowded threshold where forgotten bodies, pride and faith keep pressing through stone.

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-). KD022-029041-: In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 234), a damaged limestone fragment (L 0.64m; Wth 0.48m; T 0.24m) has a worn marginal inscription in Roman lettering: ‘…RALD ET ….. Probably a Fitzgerald graveslab. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 3 February 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 ecclesiastical and artistic heritage.

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