Macalistkr — The History and Antiquities of Inis Cealtra. Ib7 



The will of James Grady is preserved in the Kecord Office (Killaloe 

 Diocese, 1706). Mr. Westropp kindly called my attention to it, and 

 to the references that it contains to the island. Its opening words are as 

 follows : — 



" In the name of God, Amen. I James Grady of Derrimore in the County 

 of Clare, Gent., being infirm of Body but of perfect Sense and Memory, 

 blessed be God, and being desirous to settle y* Disposal of my worldly 

 Substance in Manner following and not otherwise, doe hereby revoke all 

 other and former Wills and Testaments of what Sort or Nature whatsoever 

 by me made or published and doe make this my sole Will and Testament. I 

 bequeath my Soule to God my Creator through whose infinite Mercy I hope 

 and expect Salvation, and my Will is that my Body shall be decently buried 

 in the Monument I erected in the Church of St. Camine and St. (/'olumbe in 

 the Island of Iniskaltragh and that my Wife and Posterity as far as it may 

 be consistent with their Circumstances respectively may be buried in the same 

 Monument to the end that I and them may arise together through the Mercy 

 of Our Eedeemer to enjoy eternal Bliss." 



The monument has disappeared. But it is not improbable that the large 

 slab bearing the letters IHS (no. 90) is a relic of it. 



(90). CNS 8. A slab, measuring 2 feet 8 inches by 4 feet 2 inches by 2| 

 inches. It bears a panel, sunk on the surface, in shape a rectangle with the 

 two upper corners cut off obliquely. In this panel is IHS, surmounted with 

 a cross, in large bold letters. This stone is too late to be the slab of the 

 altar of the church, as it is locally believed to have been. It seems to have 

 been one of the component slabs of an altar-tomb. The date might be 

 anywhere between 1680 and 1750. 



(91). lu the middle of the floor of St. Caimin's, a slab, broken in pieces, 

 inscribed : " Erected by Philip Geoghegan in Memory of his father Brian 

 Geoghegan who Departed this life September the 27th 1801 aged 54 years 

 may he rest in Peace Amen." 



There are two or three later monuments on the island, which it is unneces- 

 sary to mention more particularly. 



XVI. Sun-dials. 

 Of these there are two. 



(92). CiNS 3; Plate XXIV, fig. 8. A slab, 4 feet 9^ inches by 2 feet 

 8 inches by 2^ inches. It has a hole for the gnomon, pierced through the 

 stone, and a semicircle with five rays below it. 



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