What is recorded here

Bishop Walter Wellesley died in 1539, but his tomb survived centuries of neglect by lying broken inside a graveyard wall until men reassembled it in Kildare Cathedral in 1971. The limestone slab still shows him raising a gloved hand in blessing beneath angels carrying shields, while a chubby sheela-na-gig crouches at the base with her navel pointing downward like a boomerang. Dragons, saints and green men crowd the edges, suggesting the bishop wanted death itself to remember every creature before judging him.

In a church (KD028-022----). A reconstructed tomb with a knightly effigy, probably that of Richard FitzEustace who died between 1491 and 1496. The side panels are composed of figures within ogee headed arcading, resting on a plinth with hollow mouldings of animals and gothic foliage (Hunt 1974, 154-5). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 26 November 2012

Medieval effigial tomb, 15th century. Significant as a rare example of late medieval funerary art in the region, potentially marking the burial site of a prominent local knight.

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