In the corner of the Old Church in Templemore is this faded graveslab. I've been to the graveyard within the town park a few times before and took no notice of it. However I recently read William Hayes's paper on it in Tipperary Historical Journal. The graveslab dates to 1632 (making it the oldest gravestone with a date in the graveyard) and around the sides of the slab is the following in "black letter" / "gothic letter"; "JACET RD : PATER D : EDMUNDUS DULLANY RECTOR BEATA MARIA DE TAMPLEMORE ET PRIOR COMMENDATORIUS INSULAE .... FIERI FECIT AO 1632: CUIOS ATA PRORENE= “xs [Here] lies Rev Father D Edmund Dullany, Rector of St Mary's of Templemore, and Prior in Commendam of the Island . . . who had (me) made in the year 1632: on whose soul may [the Lord] have mercy" - (TIPPERARY HISTORICAL JOURNAL 1993, 186) The paper suggests that he may have been the Prior of Monaincha outside Roscrea. There are two other Dullany tombs in Loughmo...
My blog looks at the archaeology and heritage of sites in Tipperary and surrounding areas. As many of these sites are on private property, it is important to request permission from the landowner before entering private lands so that access does not become a problem across all sites.