The ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo-Norman invasion; comprising an essay on the origin and uses of the round towers of Ireland, which obtained the gold medal and prize of the Royal Irish Academy (1845)
Petrie, George, 1789-1866 · Dublin : Hodges and Smith · leaf 329
asthe place of the tomb of the founder, Cormac Mac Carthy. Thepresent tomb, however, is obviously not the original one, which, asI was informed by the late Mr. Austin Cooper, had been removedinto a small chapel in the north transept of the Cathedral, more thana ceutmy since, after the abandonment… … It is said that the covering stone of this tomb was ornamentedwith a cross, and exhibited an inscription in Irish, containing thename of Cormac, king and bishop of Munster, and that this sc\ilp-ture and inscription were ground off its surface by a tradesman ofthe town, who appropriated the stone as…
Church architecture · Round towers
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