What is recorded here

Stone sculpture in Town Parks is a stone sculpture in Town Parks, County Tipperary, Ireland. It stands within the Church of Ireland church in Carrick-on-Suir, north of Main Street, which replaced the medieval church of St. Nicholas of Myra after that older building was demolished around 1813. The statue is about two metres high, shows a bearded man in a full-length Franciscan habit with a voluminous hood and cross-strap sandals, and is missing both hands.

Within the C of I church in Carrick-on-Suir, N of Main Street. The medieval church of St. Nicholas of Myra (TS085-004006-) appears to have survived until c. 1813 when it was demolished and replaced by a C of I church (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 63). In the interior of the church there is a stone statue (H c.2m) of a bearded man dressed in a full length Franciscan habit with a voluminous hood and cross-strap sandals. Both hands are missing. It formerly stood in the grounds of the Franciscan Friary (TS085-004004-) in Carrickbeg. See attached photographs: TS085-004043-_01 Statue taken by Gary Dempsey TS085-004043-_02 Detail of upper half of statue taken by Gary Dempsey Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 July 2021

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