What is recorded here

Kilpatrick church still wears fragments of a late fifteenth-century tomb-chest above its south door, their saints caught in Meath-style stone. St Catherine grips her sword beneath a foliate niche while St Peter raises a large key, both preserved only in broken portions. They may belong to the same buried person as the female effigy elsewhere in the church, joining dead hands across a wall rather than naming them.

A fragment of a tomb-surround that might be from the same tomb as the female effigy (ME01-016002-) on the E gable of the church is built into the tower over the doorway. (Hunt 1974, 1, 204) From Hunt (1974, vol. 1, 204): No. 185. Fragments of a tomb-chest Late 15th century. (Kilpatrick) Built into the wall over the south door in the tower of the church are some fragments of a late fifteenth-century tomb-chest with figures of saints. They are in the typical Meath style and portions of two figures of a side- or end-slab remain. On the dexter is St. Catherine, crowned, and with a sword held in both hands, and on the sinister, the upper portion of St. Peter holding a large key upright in his right hand. Both figures stand under foliate ogee niches. See attached image: Date of upload: 11 December, 2014

Chest tomb, likely medieval in date. Its significance lies in its possible association with a female effigy in the church, suggesting links to a notable local burial tradition or family.

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