Wall monument in Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.)

At St Mary's parish church (KK019-026115-) in Kilkenny. Early to mid-17th-century armorial plaque built into the cross wall constructed 1804 connecting the SW side of the church with the graveyard wall. A rectangular cartouche panel (L 0.95m; Wth 0.65m), composed of fossiliferous limestone, bearing the Shee heraldic shield and Archer, Bermingham, Delahyde and Rothe coats-of-arms (Crotty 1978, 308-10). Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil Date of upload: 4 January 2023

The armorial plaque, built into a cross wall at St Mary's parish church in Kilkenny around 1804, was likely erected by a local family or patron associated with the church; its early to mid-17th-century origin suggests it was later incorporated into the 19th-century structure. The plaque is significant as a historical relic reflecting continuity between earlier heraldic traditions and later ecclesiastical developments in the area.