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This 17th-C graveslab is bracketed to the W wall of the chancel of Clontuskert priory (GA088-001----) just S of the doorway accessing the nave. It is rectangular in shape (H 1.86m; Wth 0.91m; T 0.17m). A raised Latin cross decorates the lower portion of the slab. An inscription in raised lettering occupies the upper quarter and commemorates James Kelly who died in 1648. The inscription is as follows: HERE. LEES.THE BODY./ OF. JAMES .KE/LLY. OF MECKNIE / WHO DIED. THE XI / OF FEB. 1648.
The following 19th-centuary inscription was added to the slab on either side of the cross:
Left: PRAY FOR THE SOULOF WILLIAM MAHON WHO DIED NOVR 29 1866 AGED 78 YEARS
Right: ALSO HIS WIFE MARYANN MAHONALIAS KELLY THE LASTMEMBER OF KELLY OF MECKNIE WHO DIED AUGT 19 1881
The following image has been uploaded: GA088-001003-_01.jpg
Compiled by: Paul Walsh, Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 25 July 2014
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1970).
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