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Headstone in Glaslough

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Located outside the W wall of the tower of Glaslough Church of Ireland church of Salvator, this was found under a pew in the church in 1838. The headstone (dims 0.46m x 0.1-0.16m; H 0.76) has an incised inscription in roman capitals with dots between the words. It has been read (Shirley 1879, 297) as: HERE . LYETH / THE . BODY . / OF . JOHN . C / ONELL . W / HO . WAS . B / ORNE . THE . 4 / OF . MAY . / 1671 . / AND . DYED . / THE . 16 . OF . / MARCH . FOLLOWING. King (1895) reads the end of the inscription as: …AND . DYED . / THE . 16 . OF . / MARCH OF / 1710 WINO Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November, 2016

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