[Ryan family monument, Abbey of Woney]

Artist(s) : Thomas Dineley (Draughtsman)

Drawing of simple sepulchral monument commemorating William Ryan and family in the Abbey of Woney, with inscriptions.

Inscribed in Image

  • Text within boundaries of image –
    STEMMA AMINAE GIBBON ALS GERALD FIL
    NOBIL DNS GULIELMUS RIIAN PATRIAE SUAE DE OWHNII NEC NO

    NOBILISSIMUS DNUS GULIELMUS RIIAN PATRIAE SUAE
    DE + OWHNII NEC NON ANTIQUAE RIIANORUM FAMILIAE CAPUT
    ET PRINCEPS SIBI UXORI ET LIBERIS SUIS HANC SEPULCHRI
    MOLEM ERIGI CURAVIT

    All in Roman Capitall Letters:

    Posteritatis honos majorum lausque suorum
    Hoc Gulielm opus struxerat arte Riiam
    Nobilitas heu quanta Togâ belloque probata
    Sancta fides virtus et decus eximium
    Hanc Rianorum clauduntur mole Sepulchri
    Si claudi quae non sunt moritura queunt
    Ossa teguntur humo tantum, sed caetera mortis
    Nescia perpetuos sunt habitura dies.
    Lausque Rianaeae virtus & Gloria Gentis
    Semper honorato nomine vivet honos.

    ANO DOM M D C XXXII.

Image Details

Genre Scientific or Technical illustration
Technique Pen and ink drawings
Subject(s) Antiquities and archaeological sites, Architecture
Geographical Location
  • Abbey of Woney - Named locality
  • Abington - Townland
  • Limerick - County
  • Munster - Province
Keywords(s) Archaeological sites, Inscriptions, Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Colour Monochrome
Dimensions 12.3 cm x 13.5 cm
Published / created 1681

Bibliographical Details

Travel Account Observations in a Voyage through the Kingdom of Ireland
Contributor(s)
Note By the late nineteenth century this monument had completely vanished.
Source:
Maurice Lenihan, Limerick, Its History and Antiquities (Dublin: James Duffy & Sons, 1884), p. 719.
Print or manuscript Manuscript
Location of image in copy p. 116
Source copy National Library of Ireland MS 392
Permalink https://ttce.universityofgalway.ie/irelandillustrated/?id=ii_image_1374245084&object_type=image&ttce_function=5
Rights Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Related text from travel account

Now to returne again into the Ruines of the Abby observe the following monument with these Inscripcons also in Roman Capitall Letters, this is erected on the right side the high Altar, on the top whereof read

STEMMA AMINAE GIBBON ALS GERALD FILIAE MILITIS ALBI

[p. 116]
Some read it Stemmae Aminae Gibbon filz Gerald filiae militis albi. The White Knight the Knight of Kerry so call’d was a descendent from Desmond.
There was also another Knight of this Kingdome who went by ye name of ye Grey Knight.
[...]
The WHITE KNIGHT was one of the 3 naturall sons of Earle Desmond the other two were ye Knight of the Glin & the Knt of Kerry [pp. 115-116]
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Ryan family monument, Abbey of Woney
Ryan family monument, Abbey of Woney

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