KK-STMG-347

Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

[Roman lettering] AVGVSTVS 1625, [black-letter] ET MARGARETA DUNGIN UXOR EIUS Q. OBIIT [ ] DIE MENSIS [ ]

Memorial Type: 
Mensa of Altar Tomb/Ledger
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Margaret Dunning
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Unknown
Orientation of face: 
East West
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
191
Width (cm): 
65
Thickness (mm): 
0
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1625
Inscription date primary: 
1625
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, very worn
Condition of inscription: 
Illegible (recorded by Carrigan)
Technique of inscription: 
False Relief
Name of recorder: 
C. O Drisceoil
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Margaret Dunning Mensa of altar-tomb or ledger slab c.1625 Mensa of altar-tomb or ledger slab. Rectangular slab with richly-foliated cross with fleur-de-lis terminals on a shaft that rises from a stepped base. The shaft is flanked by streamers. A marginal Latin inscription is now largely illegible but was originally recorded by Carrigan (1905 iii, 93) as: [Roman lettering] AVGVSTVS 1625, [black-letter] ET MARGARETA DUNGIN UXOR EIUS Q. OBIIT [ ] DIE MENSIS [ ] Translation: August 1625, and his wife Margaret Dungin who died [ ] day the month of [ ] According to Carrigan (1905 iii, 93) the slab was in the chancel when recorded by him.