What is recorded here

Half a kilometre from the last road, a limestone lid lies flat in the chancel of Tullaroan church, marking Peter Butler and Helen Grace. The seven-armed cross and Latin names have watched the floor since 1575, turning death into a quiet room where memory can still sit beside them.

Lying on the ground in the SE angle of the chancel of Tullaroan church (KK018-032001-), 1.92m from the S wall and 0.62m from the E wall. The limestone lid (L 1.89m; Wth 0.76m; T 0.15m) of a chest tomb commemorating Peter Butler, lord of Bouncestown (d. 31st January 1575), and his wife Helen Grace (Cockerham and Harris 2001, 183). It is decorated with a seven-armed segmental cross with fleur-de-lys terminals and banded shaft. There is a three-bar knop under the cross head and the cross-shaft rests on a stepped base. The inscription, in latin, in raised Black Letter script, begins in the upper dexter corner and continues around the border (Wth 0.1-0.13m). It is transcribed in Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 494), as: HIC JACENT PETRUS BUTLER QUONDAM DNS DE BOONCESTOWNE QUI OBIIT ULTI[M]O DIE MENSIS JANUARII ANNO Di. M˚CCCCC˚LCC˚V˚ ET HELENA GRACE EIUS UXOR Qᵉ OBIIT [ ] DIE MENSIS [ ] A˚Dⁱ M˚CCCCC [ ]. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 28 February 2017

Chest tomb, medieval period. The tomb is associated with Peter, indicating it may be a memorial to a local individual, though its wider historical or architectural significance is not specified.

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