What is recorded here

Half a century of rain has sanded the knight's face, but his sword arm still juts from the rockery like a promise. He guards no corpse now, only the garden path where children chase balls past the Dominican church. The friary fell, the tomb lost its dead, yet the stone knight remained standing. Tralee forgot his name but never stopped walking beside him.

A 15th century Knights panel which is built into a rockery in the garden of the modern Dominican church in Tralee. It is presumably from the medieval Dominican friary (KE029-236001-). Possible chest-tomb surround described by Hunt (1974, 153) as; 'In the garden of the Dominican Priory, is a figure, perhaps from a tomb-front, of the type seen at Roscommon and at Dungiven, Co. Derry. It appears to represent a knight or gallowglass in a long aketon and w earing a pointed bascinet. He carries a shield on his left arm and holds a sword in the same hand. The sword has a large circular pommel and apparently a straight cross. The stone is so worn that the details are hard to distinguish. The figure is flanked by colonettes with multiple mouldings at the side and remains of bases'. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 9 May 2022

Medieval chest tomb, 15th century; associated with the Dominican friary in Tralee. It is significant as a rare surviving funerary monument from the medieval religious community in the region.

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