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remain, extending to the nearest of the living or clothed 
figures. 
‘** The whole of the inscription is in the black letter of the 
close of the fourteenth century. 
‘‘ There stood, until lately, an altar tomb in the niche 
adjoining this, further on from the great altar, with the 
following Irish inscription (also in black letter), which I 
quote from the ‘Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many,’ edited 
by Dr. O'Donovan for the Irish Archeological Society 
(page 105). 
Oo muleachlamno 6 ceallats, For Malachy O’Kelly, for the 
vO J O Maini, ocup 0’? mbua- King of O’Many (or Hy-Many), 
lamoimsenichonchuip,oo pint and for Inbualai (Finola), the 
macha o anli im leachoaig- daughter of O’Conor, Matthew 
reo. O’Hanly made this monument. 
“Over the place occupied by this tomb of O’Kelly and 
his wife may still be seen, distinctly enough, traces of the 
same kind and style of painting as that of the O’Conors, in its 
neighbourhood, and it is more than probable that both were 
put up at the same time by O’Eddichan, who seems to 
have been a painter, whilst O’Hanly appears to have been 
nothing but a mason. It would also appear, that the O’Kelly 
tomb, not having the universal op vo, &c., on it, was set 
up during his and his wife’s lifetime, and decorated, as well 
as the tomb of the O’Conors, the royal ancestors of Mrs. 
O'Kelly, by O’Eddichan. The erection and decorations 
must be very close to the year 1400, as O’Kelly was slain in 
1401, and his wife died in 1403, according to the following 
entry in the Annals of the Four Masters of that year :— 
“« A, D. 1403. Fionnghuala (Finola), the daughter of Turlogh, 
son of Hugh O’Conor, and wife of Melaghlin O’Kelly, Lord of 
Hy-Many, died, after a virtuous life.’ ” 
