Kilconnell Plaque (1)

 

Barnwall

Christy Cunniffe

This framed mural plaque is preserved on the internal west wall of the Guardians room at Kilconnell Friary. It is carved in relief with a small Coat of Arms in its centre for Baron Barnewall – Lord Trimleston.

The inscription reads:

HERE  LYETH                    THE  BODY  OF

MATHYAS                        BARNEWALL

THE 12 LORD                    BARNEWALL

OF . TRIMBL                      ESTOWN

WHOE                             BEING

TRANSP                           LANTED

INTO                              CONAG

HT . WITH                        OTHERS 

BY ORD                           RS. OF. T

HE                                 PER . CRO

MWELL DYED AT MOINIVAE THE17 OF

SEPTEMBER 1667 FOR WHOME THIS .

MONVMENT WAS MADE BY HIS SONNE

ROBERT . BARNEWALL THE 13 LORD OF

TRIMLESTOVNE  HERE  LYETH ALSOE

HIS UNCKLE RICHARD BARNEWALL JAM

ES . BARNEWALL . WHOE . DYED . ATT C

OREGAN. THE 2 OCTOBER 1679 AND JAM

ES  BARNEWALL  OF  AGHRIM GOD HAE

MERCY ON THEIR SOVLES.