Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . second design is on the broken shaft of a memorial cross-which is now kept in the sacristy. The stone is 21 inches in length 1 Journal, vol, xliii, (1913), p 220. MISCELLANEA. 07 and the inscription is in English; the letters are of ordinary formexcept the Y. which is unusual. The word baccagh (lame) isintroduced into the name as a mark of identity: the surname isprobably a peculiar spelling of the well known name COYLE. Henry S. Crawford. An Eighteenth Century Tombstone in Claregalway Abbey.— The monuments in Claregalway are interesting
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . second design is on the broken shaft of a memorial cross-which is now kept in the sacristy. The stone is 21 inches in length 1 Journal, vol, xliii, (1913), p 220. MISCELLANEA. 07 and the inscription is in English; the letters are of ordinary formexcept the Y. which is unusual. The word baccagh (lame) isintroduced into the name as a mark of identity: the surname isprobably a peculiar spelling of the well known name COYLE. Henry S. Crawford. An Eighteenth Century Tombstone in Claregalway Abbey.— The monuments in Claregalway are interesting from the frequentrepetition on them of the deceaseds tools, &c.; there are severalfine examples of Wafers and Chalices on priests tombs; alsofarriers tools, ploughs, and other symbols less easily most remarkable is a slab lying in the nave, on which iscarved a Dextera Dei, a plough, and a tilled field, as shown inthe figure. The introduction of the Dextera Dei may have beensuggested by, the salutation God bless the work, commonly. Design on a Tombstone at Claregalway Abbey. used when passing men employed in the fields. The ancientform of plough is well inscription is : — PRAY FOR THE SOVLE OF IOHN MVLLONEY & PATR ICK MVLLONEYS WIFE MARGARET CA HILL 1761. The word WIFE is not, however, carved as printed above, butas shown in the figure. Each letter is turned upside down 1 See Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the l>, x, pp. 65-90. 68 EOYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND. separately without being reversed from side to side. The resultof this curious proceeding is that the word can be seen in itsproper position by looking at its reflection upside down in amirror. This reversal, together with the worn condition of thestone, caused some difficulty in recognising the meaning. Thereason for carving the word in this manner is not apparent unless,like the building of the Round Towers, it was intended to puzzle
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