It sits there not because it was made for that wall, but because it was moved there, salvaged from somewhere else entirely and given a new home among the grave markers and boundary stone.

The plaque is one of a pair, both originally from a structure recorded as Garrison Castle. At some point the two plaques were removed from the castle and at least one was set into the external face of the graveyard's north wall, where it remains visible today. The Ormond arms, belonging to the Butler dynasty who held enormous power across Kilkenny and Tipperary through the medieval and early modern periods, suggest the castle itself was connected to that network of influence, though the precise circumstances of the plaques' relocation are not recorded. Armorial carvings of this kind were typically commissioned to mark ownership, authority, or commemoration, displayed prominently on gatehouse facades or above doorways, so finding one repurposed into a graveyard wall is a quiet signal that the building they once adorned has not survived intact.