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Set into a limestone niche at the S end of the SE boundary wall of the Cathedral of St John the Baptist and St Patrick's Rock graveyard (TS061-025035-) which is also a length of the town wall (TS061-025023-). This effigy appears to be that of a Hackett lady as there is an inscription along the top of the sinister side which reads: IO…HACK…ETT IL…ALI (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 223). The effigy is described in detail by Hunt (1974, vol. 1, 223; vol. 2, fig. 27) who has dated this tomb to the late 13th/early 14th century. As with the nearby effigial tomb (TS061-025078-) of a Hackett knight, this tomb probably come from the 'Hackett Chapel' of the nearby Franciscan Friary (TS061-025008-). Of the Hackett chapel, Wadding (1734, 47) states that 'Many tombs of the founders and other families were then to be seen' (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 224-5).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 20 December 2011
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