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Set into a wall alcove on the S side of the chancel of a 19th century Church of Ireland church dedicated to St. Peter which is standing in the N quadrant of a graveyard (KD009-014004-) c. 10m N of a ruined post-medieval church (KD009-014001-) possibly built on the site of an Early Christian church (KD009-014002-). A fine Renaissance canopied-tomb of limestone with the kneeling effigies of Sir Gerald Aylmer (d. 1634) and his wife, Dame Julia Nugent (d. 1617), and panels carrying their coats of arms. A plaque also records, 'This monument was moved from the old church, November, 1812, by Sir Fenton Aylmer Bart.' (Fitzgerald 1891-5, 207; Aylmer 1895, 301, 305-7; Aylmer 1935, 383-5; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 372).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 27 November 2015
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