Against one of the walls surrounding St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny is this memorial to wealthy local banker Connell Loughnan (1733-1812) who is described as being ’eminent for the display of the most benevolent disposition and the practice of every Christian Virtue,’ while his wife Anastasia who died a decade earlier was notable for ’emulating the virtues of her husband, an affectionate wife, a kind parent and a good friend.’
This is fascinating. Do I remember correctly that there are also Latin inscriptions inside the cathedral, some of them in elegant verse? I think they are the work of the Jesuit professors at the short lived College of Kilkenny, which also staged a play with stage machinery and scenery in the 1640s.
Dear Peter,
The inside of St Canice’s, Kilkenny has many fascinating memorials, at least some of them in Latin but I would have to check on my next visit to see whether any have a direct link with the Jesuit college you mention. Unless any other reader in the meantime can advise?
St Canice’s Cathedral is beautiful. Apologies to Connell Loughnan and perhaps it is just my taste but this memorial’s design just doesn’t do it for me – an oval blob between two pillars. Thanks for sharing…
Perhaps, but what the memorial lacks in beauty, it makes up for in quirkiness…