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Kilfenora Cathedral, north wall, tomb niche, base
Base comprising: upper scroll, bell, fillet, two quarter rolls running into a plinth.
Kilfenora Cathedral, north wall, tomb niche, capital
Capital comprising: abacus, two rolls, angle fillet, scroll, bell with keel at mid-point, roll-and-fillet as necking. Simlar examples at Holycross, Kilconnell, Strade, Lorrah Dominican.
Kilfenora Cathedral, north wall, tomb niche, mullion
Triplet of rolls with fillet, chamfered pillar engaged at rear
St. Mary's Collegiate Church, Youghal, north choir wall, tomb niche, jamb, arch and hood moulding
Tomb jamb, arch and hood, moulding comprises: hollow chamfer, quadrant, hollow chamfer, quadrant, hollow chamfer. The hood, from outside in, comprises ogee roll, fillet, hollow, roll. The subtle graduation in the size of the hollow chamfers of this moulding, although simple by the standards of England or France, makes it one of the most…
Quin Franciscan Friary, north nave wall, tomb niche, jamb and arch
Tomb niche, jamb and arch moulding from intrados comprisis: quadrant, hollow chamfer, right-angled rebate, hollow chamfer.
Quin Franciscan Friary, chancel, MacNamara tomb, architrave
Top horizontal architrave of the MacNamara tomb, from the top down the stepped moulding comprises: quadrant, flat surface, angle-fillet, quadrant, right-angled rebate, quadrant, flat surface.
Kilfenora Cathedral, north wall, tomb niche, hood
Pointed hood, comprising, from outside in: roll, free-standing fillet, hollow, scroll, fillet, hollow, roll.
Ennis Franciscan Friary, tomb niche under tower, capital
Sketch of capital of tomb niche jamb, moulding from top down comprises: abacus, chamfer, scroll, hollow chamfer, bell, necking roll. One of a number of Flamboyant tombs found on or west of the Shannon. The Ennis example is closest in design to that in the north chancel wall at Athenry Dominican Friary.
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, south nave wall, tomb niche, jamb and arch
Jamb and arch moulding of tomb niche. Moulding, from intrados, comprises: hollow chamfer, right-angled rebate, hollow chamfer, right-angled rebate, hollow chamfer. The elements grow larger as the moulding progresses from the inner to the outer face. This, though a simple design feature, is unusual in Irish mouldings and is seen rarely. A similar…
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, north chancel wall, tomb niche, pinnacle, base
Tomb niche, base of pinnacle. Moulding, from top down comprises: necking roll, bell, bell, plinth.
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, north chancel wall, tomb niche, jamb, arch and hood
Jamb arch and hood moulding of eastern tomb of chancel. Moulding of jamb from intrados comprises: chamfer, roll, hollow, roll. The hood, from extrados inward comprises hollow, and roll (could be read as ogee). This moulding is fascinating, as it appears to be emulating a the double ogee found on similar tombs in of the Limerick/Kerry group - other…
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, north nave wall, tomb niche, jamb and arch
Jamb, arch and hood moulding of flamboyant tomb niche. Moulding of jamb and arch from intrados comprises: ogee, quadrant, hollow chamfer, ogee. The hood, from extrados, comprises: quadrant, hollow chamfer, right-angled rebate, ogee. Ogees often occur in conjunction with this kind of elaborate flame like tracery, as at St. Nicholas, Galway.
St. Nicholas Collegiate Church, south transept, east wall, Joyce tomb, chest
Moulding of tomb chest, moulding comprises: freestanding fillet, double ogee. Ogees are unusual and often occur in conjuction with Flamoboyant tracery.
St. Nicholas Collegiate Church, south transept, east wall, Joyce tomb, base
Base of tomb niche jamb. Moulding comprises from top down: grooved roll, bell, flat surface at right angle, hollow chamfer, quadrant, flat surface, bell, flat surface at right angle, quadrant, hollow chamfer, plinth. The mouldings here are unusual, the two lower elements protrude from the bell as two square blocks with mouldings at their front…
Athenry Dominican Priory, north chancel wall, canopied tomb niche, base
Base of pinnacle, moulding from top comprises: necking roll, bell, scroll, plinth.
Athenry Dominican Priory, north chancel wall, canopied tomb niche, tomb chest architrave
The tomb chest section of canopied tomb, edge moulding of chest with pinnacle to sinister and moulding of small traceried panel to dexter. Moulding comprises, from pinnacle: fillet, quarter roll, quarter roll, flat surface, quarter roll, flat surface, quadrant, right-angled rebate, hollow chamfer. This tomb niche, in its overall composition, is…
Abbeyknockmoy Cistercian Monastery, north chancel wall, O'Kelly Tomb, jamb and arch
Jamb and arch of O'Kelly tomb, the moulding is unusual, and comprises from intrados: hollow chamfer, hollow chamfer, hollow chamfer (forming a kind of polygonal shaft), protruding double roll.
Timoleague Franciscan Friary, north choir wall, tomb niche, architrave
Architrave framing tomb niche. Badly weathered, moulding comprises central roll, flanked at either side by flat surface, shallow roll.
Timoleague Franciscan Friary, north choir wall, tomb niche, capital
Capital of tomb niche jamb. From top down, moulding comprises: chamfered abacus, wave, roll, fillet, bell, roll.
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, north chancel wall, tomb niche, jamb and arch
Jamb and arch moulding of canopied niche in north chancel wall. Moulding from intrados comprises: quadrant, hollow chamfer, quadrant, flat surface running into hollow, mitre, hollow chamfer, quadrant, hollow chamfer.