Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.
Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.
Add your photo and local directionsShare what you foundWhat is recorded here
In the chancel of St. Martin's medieval church (KK020-009001-). One of two 16th-century graveslabs (see also KK020-009006-) within the chancel. Described by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 363) as, 'a floor-slab with a raised eight-pointed cross down the centre, and the following raised letter Old English [Black Letter] inscription [in latin] around the edge: Hic jacent Ricardus [Sh]ortale quodam dns de rahirtmore qui obit [ ] die me Marche Ano Di mccccc 84, et Elicia Purcell uxor ei que obit xxiii die mesis decebcis ano do mccccclxii.
Translation - Here lie Richard Shortall, lord of Rathardmore, who died the [ ] of March 1584, and his wife Ellis Purcell, who died Dec. 23rd 1562'.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 9 November 2020
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.