Priests graveslab

 

Charles Garahane PP

Christy Cunniffe

Rectangular graveslab of seventeenth-century date to a priest Fr Charles Garahane PP Killmacrean in Clareglway Franciscan friary. A Galway type chalice with hexagonal base and decorative knop is to be found on the top of the slab. A sacred host with an IHS monogram and small cross with serif terminals. Three nails or arrows are depicted beneath the IHS monogram.   An inscription circles the chalice and reads: LAVDETVR SANCTISSIMVM SACRAMENTVM. This translated to English means: PRAISED HOLY SACRAMENT.

The main inscription on the body of the slab reads:

PRAY   *   THE   *   SOVLE    *   OF

FATHER   *   CHARLES  *   GARAG

HANE   *   PARISH PRIEST    *   OF

KILMACREAN  *  WHO  *  CAVSED

THIS * STONE * TO * BE * MADE * IN

OCTO  * ANNO  *  DOMINI  * 1676