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Graveslab in New Ross

Graveslab

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From O’Mahony, A. (1987, 15, No. 5) Attached to the north wall of the Chancel is a tomb (Wth 0.97m; H 2.21m; T 0.12m) with a central cross and an inscription around the edge of the stone. It reads: Hic. Jacet. Georgius. Dormer. Armiger. quonda. iudex. comitatus. Wexfordiae. ac. burgensis. et. superior huius. villae. novae rospontis. q. obijt. tertio. die. mesis. octobris. a(o) dni. 1594 aetatis vero die 54. (Here lies George Dormer, Esquire, formerly magistrate of the County of Wexford and burgess and sovereign of this town of New Ross, who died on the third day of the month of October, in the year of Our Lord 1594, aged 54 to the day.)* *George Dormer was sovereign of New Ross in 1584. (Vigors 1889) (Mems. Dead (1901-03) vol. 4, 494) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 August, 2012
Medieval gravestone, 14th–15th century. Its significance lies in the Latin inscription and cross design, typical of medieval Christian funerary monuments, indicating the presence of formal burial practices and written commemoration in the region during this period.

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