Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . may be assigned to areparation in the beginning of the 17th century to fit up the buildingas a Protestant parish church. The upper part of the chancel archmay have been rebuilt at the same time. The masterpiece of the building is the canopied tomb insertedin the south wall of the nave. Beneath a pointed arch, the head ofwhich is fiUed with decorated tracery, lies the recumbent figureof a warrior in quilted armour, his head and shoulders being de-fended by a camail of chain mail ; a smaller figure, much mutilated,lies at his head. Six pan
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . may be assigned to areparation in the beginning of the 17th century to fit up the buildingas a Protestant parish church. The upper part of the chancel archmay have been rebuilt at the same time. The masterpiece of the building is the canopied tomb insertedin the south wall of the nave. Beneath a pointed arch, the head ofwhich is fiUed with decorated tracery, lies the recumbent figureof a warrior in quilted armour, his head and shoulders being de-fended by a camail of chain mail ; a smaller figure, much mutilated,lies at his head. Six panels forming the front of the tomb are filled ^ Memoir of Londonderry (1814), p. Costello, Annates of Ulster, ad ann. 1426.^ Inquis., James I, Co. Londonderry (1).* Mason, Parochial Survey, i, 299 sqq. 242 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND with figures of galloglasses also in quilted armour and camails. Oneof the figures holds a spear, the others are represented in the act ofdrawing their swords. This is the tomb, according to local report,. DiTNGivEN—0 Cathain Tomb IN 1840(From Sketch by G. du Noyer) of Cumhaighe (Cooey) na nGall and his seven sons. In its presentstate it is a careful restoration from formerly scattered fragments,and difference in execution between the tomb and the canopy maysuggest that two distinct monuments have been here combined. PROCEEDINGS 243 Cumaighe na nGall, lord of Oireacht 0 Cathain, flourished in thelast quarter of the 14th century ; he was taken prisoner by theEnghsh at Coleraine in 1376 and sent in chains to Carrickfergus. In1385 he died, as the Four Masters say, in the height of his prosperityand renown.
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