What is recorded here

Tomb is a fractured recumbent slab near Moybologue church in County Cavan, bearing a cleric holding a chalice. Davies read an inscription naming the pastor of Moybologue and Kilmainhamwood who died in 1721, though the stone may be older. The marker still points to a life lived beside that church, even if time has split the rock and blurred its edges.

Located just NE of the surviving parts of the parish church of Moybologue. This is a recumbent slab (dims 1.9m x 1.24; T 0.11m plus) which has fractured. It has a representation of a cleric holding a chalice. Davies (1948, 114) was able to read an inscription to the pastor of Moybologue and Kilmainhamwood who died in 1721, but the stone is likely to be older. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 19 March 2020

Effigial tomb, medieval period. The tomb is significant for its carved representation of a cleric, indicating the presence of a notable ecclesiastical figure and providing insight into medieval funerary art in the region.

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