What is recorded here

Walter Coppinger built the chest tomb in 1627 for Alison Haly and John Verdon, carving Elizabethan figures and winged angels with trumpets onto the slab. The Latin inscription records their deaths in 1626 and 1614, while the warning above the coats of arms tells the dead to rise for judgment. Stone does not fade like skin, but it keeps every love and fear sharp enough to cut through four centuries of rain.

17th century Verdon-Coppinger tomb at Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 160); 'Verdon-Coppinqer tomb. 1627. - Rectangular slab carved with a male and female figure in Elizabethan costume, two winged angles with trumpets, coats of arms and an inscription: DNO IONNI VERDVNO/ EIVS QVE RELICIAE ILLS D. ALSON HALY CON-IVGI SVAE ILLS/ D. WALTERVS COP/ PINGE/ R EQVES AVRATVS HOC FVN-ERIS ET AMORIS MONVMENT/ VM POSVIT ANO DNI/ 1627/ D. ALSONA HA/ LY OBIIT ANO SALVTIS 1626 2/OCTOBR : ETATIS SVE 6/ D. IONNES VERDVN OBIIT ANO/ SALVTIS/ 1614:19 AVGVSTI. AETATIS SVAE 63 The following is above the coats of arms SVRGITE M/ ORTVI/ VENITE AD IVDICIVM Mems Dead i (1888-91), 214-7; Westropp 1904-5, 420-1'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

Chest tomb, 17th century. Significance lies in its carved effigies and historical association with the Verdon-Coppinger family, reflecting early modern funerary art in Ireland.

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