Historical Handbook to the Monuments, Inscriptions of the Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, Dublin (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...filia Giraldi; Vice-Comitis Moore de Droghedah Obiit, 23 Nov. A.d. 1620. Altera Catherina filia Henrici Longuevil, de Comitat. Bucks, Equitis: Obiit, 4 Dec. 1628. Alius et conjux maesti monuments doloris. Hie patri matri. conjugibusq loco. Impensis haeredum restauratum. A.d. 1731. Restored by Lady Catherine Jones, at Dean Swift's request. Thomas Jones, Arch iep i scopus Dublin Hybernia? Cancellarius bis e Justiciariis unus. Obiit, 10 Apr. A.D. 1619. Margarita Thomje uxor Obiit, 15 Dec. 1618. Many noble persons have been buried in the vault in which the remains of Archbishop Jones are deposited, and among them Frances Countess of Tyrconnell. She was the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Richard Jennings, of Sandridge, in Hertfordshire, and sister to Sarah, the famous Duchess of Marlborough. The Countess was the Miss Jennings the qualities of whose mind and person are so much extolled by the Count De Grammont in his memoirs. She closed her long and eventful life at Arbour Hill, Dublin, in 1730, at the age of 92, having founded a nunnery for Poor Clares.t Carolan.--Beside the monument of Archbishop Jones is one to the memory of Turlough Carolan, the last of the Irish bards. It consists of a fine bas-relief of the gifted harper, and was executed at Rome, at the expense of Lady Morgan, by Hogan, a son of the great sculptor. The inscription is as follows: --By the desire of Lady Morgan, To the memory of CAROLAN, The Last of the Irish Bards. Obiit, A.D. MDCCXXXVIIL; Aetatis Suae An. LXVIII. Carolan was descended from an ancient family in the County of Meath, where there is still a place called Carlan's Town. At sixteen years of age he lost his sight by smallpox. He owed his musical education to Madame M'derMott-roe; and at twenty years he became an itinerant minstr...