What is recorded here

Killane church in County Cavan still stands at the head of a NE valley, but its SW end hides a sealed Cosby vault from the eighteenth century. The blocked doorway wears a sandstone plaque bearing a griffin with a broken spear, claiming generations of local prominence. The vault remains closed, yet the plaque and chamber suggest the family wanted remembrance to outlive memory itself.

Situated on a knoll in an undulating landscape and at the head of a valley that extends off to the NE. Incorporated into the SW end of the parish church of Killane (CV028-027001-) is a sealed and inaccessible mausoleum (int. dims c. 4m NE-SW; 6.25m NW-SE) that has a NW-SE barrel-vault, a light on the SE wall, and a sealed doorway from the nave of the church. The blocked doorway now has a sandstone plaque (Wth 0.45m; H 0.56m) of probable eighteenth century date claiming the vault for the Cosby family. In a roundel is an image of a griffin with a broken spear in false relief. Beneath this is the inscription: THIS IS THE ANCIENT VAULT / OF THE COSBY FAMILY WHICH / FOR GENERATIONS HELD / A PROMINENT POSITION IN / THE COUNTY OF CAVAN. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 16 March 2020

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