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| Tom Prior was buried in the graveyard beside the Anglican church in Rathdowney. The precise location of his grave is now unknown as his tombstone was later relocated inside the church.((Teddy Fennelly, //Thomas Prior.//pp.x,60-62.)). His other memorials are:\\ | Tom Prior was buried in the graveyard beside the Anglican church in Rathdowney. The precise location of his grave is now unknown as his tombstone was later relocated inside the church.((Teddy Fennelly, //Thomas Prior.//pp.x,60-62.)). His other memorials are:\\ |
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| **1.**{{:prior_memorial_enhanced.jpg?300|}}{{:top_of_prior_memorial.png?300|}} The Prior monument (Thomas Prior introducing Ceres to Hibernia by [[wp>John_van_Nost_the_younger|John Van Nost the younger]]), at entrance of [[wp>Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Dublin|Christ Church Cathedral]], Dublin. The sculpture was erected in 1756 and abounds with symbols of Prior’s work for Ireland.((Homan Potterton, //Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880//, [Belfast]: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1975, pp.31,86.)) The first photo((Provenance: J Godden, taken by David Godden)) with me looking at it in 1985, indicates its size – around three metres high. The second photo((Provenance: Tom A. & Therese M-P)) is the bust of Thomas Prior on top of the monument. The effusive praise of Tom Prior on the monument was written by his friend Bishop Berkeley - in Latin. A later member of the family copied a translation into their Family Bible:{{:mp16.jpg?300|}}{{:epitath.jpg?300|}}\\ | **1.**{{:prior_memorial_enhanced.jpg?300|}}{{:top_of_prior_memorial.png?300|}} The Prior monument (Thomas Prior introducing Ceres to Hibernia by [[wp>John_van_Nost_the_younger|John Van Nost the younger]]), at entrance of [[wp>Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Dublin|Christ Church Cathedral]], Dublin. The sculpture was erected in 1756 and abounds with symbols of Prior’s work for Ireland.((Homan Potterton, //Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880//, [Belfast]: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1975, pp.31,86.)) The first photo((Provenance: J Godden, taken by David Godden)) with me (Judith Godden) looking at it in 1985, indicates its size – around three metres high. The second photo((Provenance: Tom A. & Therese M-P)) is the bust of Thomas Prior on top of the monument. The effusive praise of Tom Prior on the monument was written by his friend Bishop Berkeley - in Latin. A later member of the family copied a translation into their Family Bible:{{:mp16.jpg?300|}}{{:epitath.jpg?300|}}\\ |
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| **4.** Tom A. M-P recalls another statue of Tom Prior in a chapel opposite Trinity College – a quest for the next person who visits Dublin?\\ | **4.** Tom A. M-P recalls another statue of Tom Prior in a chapel opposite Trinity College – a quest for the next person who visits Dublin?\\ |
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| **5.** Another memorial is the Thomas Prior Hall, in the Dublin suburb of Ballsbridge. The building was purchased by the Royal Dublin Society in the 1970s and subsequently renamed Prior House.((Fennelly, //Thomas Prior//, pp.63,74.)) It was later sold and, as at March 2018, it is part of Clayton Hotel. Only the front of the original building, with its name, survives.((see {{http://www.thomaspriorhall.com/history/}} Information courtesy Geoffrey M-P))\\ | **5.** Another memorial is the Thomas Prior Hall, in the Dublin suburb of Ballsbridge. The building was purchased by the Royal Dublin Society in the 1970s and subsequently renamed Prior House.((Fennelly, //Thomas Prior//, pp.63,74.)) It was later sold and, as at March 2018, it is part of Clayton Hotel. Only the front of the original building, with its name, survives.((see {{http://www.thomaspriorhall.com/history/}}; Geoffrey M-P pers. comm.))\\ |
| {{:scan_20180416_thom_prior_house.jpg?300|}}\\ (Above) Photo of author in front of Thomas Prior House, August 1985.\\ | {{:scan_20180416_thom_prior_house.jpg?300|}}\\ (Above) Photo of J. Godden in front of Thomas Prior House, August 1985.\\ |
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