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Tomb — chest tomb in Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.)

Tomb — chest tomb
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At St Mary's parish church (KK019-026115-) in Kilkenny. A fragment (L 0.64m; Wth 0.42m), composed of fossiliferous limestone, of a 16th-century chest tomb or ledger, probably a mensa set into the E wall of the Bryan Vault (KK019-026281-) in the church (Bradley 1980, 10, no. 24). The inscription in raised relief Latin blackletter reads: BURGES’ VILLOE KILKENIE Q ... It translates as, ... burgess of the town of Kilkenny who [died]..... Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil Date of upload: 4 January 2023

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