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Tomb

Tomb, effigial

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Tomb is a tomb (effigial) in St. Francisabbey, County Tipperary, Ireland. The effigy probably came from the Hackett chapel in the Franciscan friary, about 100 metres to the northeast. It is set into a limestone niche at the south end of the southwest boundary wall of the Cathedral of St John the Baptist and St Patrick's Rock graveyard, a length of the town wall.
The effigy probaly came from the Hackett chapel in the Franciscan friary (TS061-025008-) c. 100m to the NE. It is currently set into a limestone niche at the S end of the SW boundary wall of the Cathedral of St John the Baptist and St Patrick's Rock graveyard (TS061-025035-) which is also a length of the town wall (TS061-025023-). See TS061-025087- for a description of the tomb. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 December 2011
Medieval effigial tomb; 14th–15th century. Likely associated with the Franciscan friary, it represents a rare survival of funerary sculpture from the late medieval period in the region.

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