What is recorded here

Inscribed stone (present location) in Knockroe (Drangan parish), Knockuragh is an inscribed stone (present location) in Knockroe (Drangan parish), Knockuragh, County Tipperary, Ireland. The worn limestone plaque is built into the base of the south parapet of a nineteenth-century bridge, about 250 metres southeast of Drangan Castle. Its Latin inscription records that the widow of a Dunboyne baron built the bridge and asks passers-by to pray for him.

Built into the base of the S parapet of a 19th century bridge. According to Brennan (1854-5, 215) this stone had been 'inserted in a bridge near Drangan Castle, a residence of the Dunboyne family, and is said to have belonged to a more ancient bridge, which originally formed the private entrance to the demense attached to the castle'. Drangan castle (TS063-015002-) is c. 250m to the NW. The original location of the plaque is unknown. The limestone plaque (H 0.45m; Wth 1.17m) bears a latin inscription in raised black letter script which is quite worn but legible. The inscription was transcribed by Brennan (ibid.) as '….cobi Baronis Dunboyne defuncti viri hunc pontem posuit uxor filia superstes Margareta De Brien comitis Thumoniae Ora viator'. The upper dexter corner is broken, the portion of text in this angle is missing from Brennan's transcription. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Likely dating to the early Christian or medieval period, the stone may have originally marked a boundary, served a ritual function, or commemorated an individual. Local tradition may have linked it to the Dunboyne family or Drangan Castle, though specific folklore or meaning is not recorded.

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