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Lying prostrate in the centre of the nave of St Mary’s church (KK026-010012-), Callan. A limestone slab (total L 2.35m; Wth 0.99m; min. T 0.1m) broken horizontally 0.84m above the base. Above this break the lower sinister angle of the slab (L 0.53m; Wth 0.71m) is also broken. The decoration, which is quite faint, consists of a large IHS with a cross pattée through the bar of the ‘H’. It has an inscription in Latin, in Black Letter script within the border, beginning in the upper dexter corner and continuing along the top and sides. The inscription was transcribed by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 303) as, ‘Hic jacet insignis vir Ricardus Merry q……..notarius qui feliciter vitam morti mutabit, 27 die me[n]sis Decembris A.D. 1584’ and translated as, ‘Here lies the distinquished man Richard Merry formerly ……..notary, who happily exchanged life for death Dec. 27th, 1584’. The edge of the graveslab is chamfered (Wth 0.04m). The lower portion of the graveslab has been used as a threshold in the N doorway of the nave (ibid.).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 13 November 2019
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