Wall monument in St. Patricksrock

In the N wall of the choir of the cathedral (TS061-025003-) on the Rock of Cashel. A composite wall monument of Archbishop Hamilton who held office from 1623-1629. It consists of a badly damaged recumbent slab (L 1.8m; Wth 0.6m) set within a round-headed tomb recess with entablature. The side pilasters have moulded imposts which continue as a string-course to the rear of the recess. Above this string-course, at the rear of the recess, there is a rectangular plaque with a latin inscription, in Roman capitals, which is badly eroded and only a small part can be deciphered, which translates as 'Feed my sheep'. FitzGerald (1903, 445) quotes from Ware's 'Bishops of Ireland' (Harris vol. 1, 486) that the monument 'was defaced by a chisel in the reign of King James II by some ignorant Papist'. Above the entablature there is a heraldic achievement flanked on either side by a debased Ionic pilaster and supporting ovolo scroll, the whole resting on a plain rectangular plinth. On top is a semicircular open-fan device, itself topped by an obelisk. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 January 2012

Archbishop James Hamilton, who served as Archbishop of Cashel from 1623 to 1629, built the wall monument in St. Patrick's Rock. The monument, located in the north wall of the choir, is a composite structure with a damaged recumbent slab and reflects early 17th-century ecclesiastical funerary style; it is significant as a rare surviving memorial to a post-Reformation Irish prelate within a medieval cathedral setting.