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Cruicetown Church and Effigial Tomb The parish church of Cruicetown stands within a sub circular graveyard 80metres southwest of Cruicetown Motte. Between them are the scant remains of a medieval settlement.
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Tomb niche on the left |
Sandstone font and architectural fragments |
The cover of the tomb chest depicts a double effigy of Walter Cruise and his wife Elizabeth. A wall plaque set into the wall above the chest, bears the Heraldic symbols of the Cruise and Dalton families in the upper plaque and has the following inscription in Roman letters on the lower part. CRUX BONA CRUX DIGNA CRUX / CONTRA OMNIA MALGINA / HERE VNDERNEATH / ARE INTERRED THE BODIS / OF WALTER CRUISE GRAND / CHILD TO CHRISTOPHER / CRVISE OF THE NAALE CR / VISETOWN NO.. OR EXQVIRE W / HO DYED THE 11TH OF APRILL / 1663 AND ELIZABETH CRUIS / E HIS WIFE DAVGHTER TO / GERRALD CRVISE OF BRIT / (on the left stone) WHOSE ELDEST SON PATRI /CKE CRVISE CAVSED THIS / TOMBE TO BE ERECTED AS / A MONVMENT OF ANTIQVITY / FOR HIMSELFE HIS WIFE CAT / HERINE DALTON AND THEI / RE POSTERITY FOR EVER / ANNO D. 1688 AND IN THE / 4TH YEARE OF THE REIG / NE OF THE MOST ILLVST / RIOVS PRINCE OVR GRACI / OVS KING JAMES THE / SECOND (on the right stone). Elizabeth was the daughter of Gerald Cruise of Brittas. Her son Patrick had this memorial erected. |
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Double effigy |
Cruise and Dalton Coat of Arms |
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Situated: The church is situated in a walled graveyard, about 80 metres south-west of Cuicetown motte. Discovery Map 35. N 7947 8455. Last visit Apr 2017. Longitude: 6° 47' 37" W Latitude: 53° 48' 16" N Photos: Jim Dempsey. |
