What is recorded here

Tomb is a tomb (effigial (present location)) in Cashel, green, County Tipperary, Ireland. Set into a limestone niche at the east end of the southeast boundary wall of the Cathedral of St John the Baptist and St Patrick's Rock graveyard, this effigy shows a knight in armour holding a shield. Hunt dated the tomb to about 1320 because its armour closely resembles an effigy at Kilfane, County Kilkenny. It is reputedly from the Hackett Chapel of the Franciscan Friary and may be that of Sir William Hackett, the founder of the friary.

Set into a limestone niche at the E 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 of a knight in armour, with a shield, has been described in detail by Hunt (1974, vol. 1, 223) who has dated this tomb to c. 1320 as the armour closely resembles that of an effigy at Kilfane, Co. Kilkenny. This effigy is reputedly from the 'Hackett Chapel' of the Franciscan Friary (TS061-025008-) and may be that of Sir William Hackett, the founder of the friary (ibid.). Of the Hackett chapel, the 17th-century Franciscan historian Luke Wadding (1734, 47) states that 'Many tombs of the founders and other families were then to be seen' (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 224-5). A sarcophagus (TS061-025077-) originally found in the crypt of the friary and now located in the Vicar's Choral on the Rock, is said to be the lower portion of this effigy (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 223). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 20 December 2011

Effigial tomb; medieval period. The tomb is significant as a carved funerary monument incorporated into the historic fabric of Cashel’s town wall and cathedral graveyard, reflecting the area's ecclesiastical and aristocratic heritage.

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