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This graveslab had been on the floor of the Church of Ireland church of St Slavator but is now set upright in the porch (Shirley 1879, 297). It is a polished limestone (L 1.77m Wth 0.92m; D 0.17m) with shallow shoulders, and the legend is inscribed in roman capitals. Mathew Ancktill was the son of Oliver Ancktill, whose graveslab (MO009-050011-) is in St Patrick's Church of Ireland church in Monaghan town. The English inscription has also been recorded by Maffett (1888-91, 469) and King (1895 122), and reads: MEMENTO MORI / HERE LIES THE BODY OF / MATTHEW ANCKTILL ESQR / OF ANCKETILLS GROVE WHO / IN THE 37th YEAER OF HIS AGE /WAS KILLED AT GLASSLOVGH / IN DEFENCE OF THE PROTEST / ANT RELIGION . AND LIBERTY / OF HIS CVNTRY. MARCH THE / 18 ANNO 1688.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 November, 2016
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