THE CEMETERY OF ST PETER AND PAULS CATHEDRAL IN TRIM
Visit the cemetery of St. Peter and Paul`s Cathedral you will discover an impressive altar tomb dating from around 1592. The tomb known locally as “the Jealous man and Woman” is the resting place of Sir Lucas Dillon and his wife Lady Jane Bathe. In reality the tobm could be better described as being what is left of Newtown Clonbun Parish Church.
Sir Dillon was a leading Irish Barrister and judge during the Elizabethan era. He held the offices of Attorney General for Ireland and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. He was held in high regard by the Crown and Queen Elizabeth was said of think highly of him. However there were many accusations of corruption and claims that he handled some of his work carelessly.
Why the tomb became known as ‘the jealous man and woman” remains a mystery. However, Dillon`s second wife Marion Sherle is buried in an identical tomb with her first husband Christopher Barnwell at Lusk, Co. Dublin. Locals believe that perhaps one of the tombs was built as a jealous response to the other tomb. Who was jealous of who remains uncertain. The most intriguing folklore surrounding the tomb remains its unusual curative power for warts.
Locals believe that if you stroke a wart with a pin or needle and leave it in the tomb the wart will disappear as the pin rusts. Be warned though, if you take somebody elses pin off the tomb for your own use youll not only keep your warts but youll inherit the warts of the pins rightful owner.
Newtown Abbey is located about 1.2 km (¾ mile) east of Trim town centre, on the north bank of the Boyne. The main building is the Church of St Peter and St Paul (sometimes called a cathedral). The abbey church features lancet windows, with Norman-style sedilia to the right of the altar, and a double piscina for washing communion vessels. A smaller church in the east of the monastery is the parish church of Newtown Clonbun. This is the burial site of Lucas Dillon (1530 – 1592), Attorney General for Ireland and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and his first wife Jane Bathe. Their tomb effigies are separated by a sword of state, and so they gained the local nickname of the “jealous man and woman”.
THE TOMB OF THE JEALOUS MAN AND WOMAN AND A CURE FOR WARTS [THE CEMETERY OF ST PETER AND PAULS CATHEDRAL IN TRIM]-226395-1
THE TOMB OF THE JEALOUS MAN AND WOMAN AND A CURE FOR WARTS [THE CEMETERY OF ST PETER AND PAULS CATHEDRAL IN TRIM]-226393-1
THE TOMB OF THE JEALOUS MAN AND WOMAN AND A CURE FOR WARTS [THE CEMETERY OF ST PETER AND PAULS CATHEDRAL IN TRIM]-226394-1
THE TOMB OF THE JEALOUS MAN AND WOMAN AND A CURE FOR WARTS [THE CEMETERY OF ST PETER AND PAULS CATHEDRAL IN TRIM]-226396-1
TOMB OF THE JEALOUS MAN AND WOMAN CHRISTMAS DAY MORNING 2014
My family is from the area but it was only a few years ago that I learned about the Tomb of the Jealous Man and Woman.
Newton Abbey is famous for the interesting 16th Century tomb of Sir Lucas Dillon and his wife, Lady Jayne Bathe. The two stone effigies on the tomb are separated by a sword of state. The tomb is known locally as ‘The Tomb of the Jealous Man and Woman’, it is believed that instead of signifying the sword of state, the sword actually represents Sir Lucas’ displeasure at his wife for having had an affair, forever separating the two.
Locally it is believed that the tomb possesses a cure for warts and skin complaints. According to local custom all you need do is rub your wart with a pin and then leave the pin on top of the tomb, as the pin rusts the wart withers and falls off. While I may not be convinced that the process produces positive results many people must believe that it does work as there is large number of pins on the tomb.
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