School: Moycarkey, Thurles
- Location:
- Moycarky, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Michael Myers
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0553, Page 298
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- (continued from previous page)is a window of beautiful architecture. There are also two other windows which are wide inside and very narrow outside. The entrance to the abbey is arched. The gate is still there but five bars are missing. In the southern part there are what seems to be four entrances - two leading westwards and two eastwards. There are also three windows like the in the northern part. In half of the northern end of the abbey inside, the ground is raised with earth and stone.
In the southern end of the abbey there is a headstone on which is invented - "Here lieth the body of Mary Stokes depd. May the 5th 1778. Also her father, Richard Stokes, who depd. this life Feb. the 28th 1800 aged 63 years." Close to this there is an inscription as follows - "Here lies the body of Thomas Stokes who died Oct. the 22nd 1784 aged 85 years. At the left hand side as you enter(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joan O' Keeffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Parkstown, Co. Tipperary
