ME-ARCH-0114

Record Date: 
14 September 2021
Graveyard: 
Ardcath
Exact wording of epitaph: 

                                                   GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO

                                                                   R. I. P.

                                                           DEDICATED

                                   BY  MR, JAMES DOWNEY  OF  PORTERSTOWN  FOR

                                      HIMSELF  AND  FAMILY  AND  IN MEMORY  OF  HIS

                                       BELOVED  WIFE  BRIDGET DOWNEY  WHO

                               DEPARATED  THIS  LIFE  OCT 16th 1833  AGED  61 YEARS

                         AND  HER  SON  JOHN DOWNEY  WHO DIED  JUNE  21st 1826

                                                  AGED  20  YEARS

                              ALSO  HIS  GRAND  DAUGHTER  MARY ROONEY  WHO

                           DIED  4th  JUNE 1899  AGED  50  YEARS  AND  HER  HUSBAND

                                  THOMAS  ROONEY  WHO  DIED 16th  DEC 1892

                                                   AGED 56 YEARS

                            AND  THEIR  SON  PATRICK  WHO  DIED  22 AUG  1959

                                               AGED 75 YEARS

                           AND HIS  WIFE MARGARET  WHO  DIED 30 AUG 1976

                                                        AGED 87 YEARS

                            AND THEIR  SON PATRICK  WHO DIED  20 DEC 1945

                                                 AGED  27 YEARS

                                        MAY  THEY  REST  IN  PEACE

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Meath
Latitude: 
53.607355555556
Longitude: 
-6.3940222222222
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
8
People commemorated: 
Name: 
James
Surname: 
Downey
Address: 
Porterstown
Name: 
BRIDGET
Surname: 
DOWNEY
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1833
Age: 
61
Address: 
PORTERSTOWN
Relationship with first person: 
WIFE
Name: 
JOHN
Surname: 
DOWNEY
Date of death - day: 
21
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1826
Age: 
20
Address: 
PORTERSTOWN
Relationship with first person: 
SON
Name: 
MARY
Surname: 
ROONEY
Date of death - day: 
4
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1899
Age: 
50
Address: 
UNKNOWN
Relationship with first person: 
GRAND DAUGHTER
Name: 
THOMAS
Surname: 
ROONEY
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1892
Age: 
56
Address: 
UNKNOWN
Relationship with first person: 
GRANDAUGHTER MARY'S HUSBAND
Name: 
PATRICK
Surname: 
ROONEY
Date of death - day: 
22
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1959
Age: 
75
Address: 
STONEY RIDGES, GARRISTOWN
Relationship with first person: 
GREAT GRANSON
Name: 
MARGARET
Surname: 
ROONEY
Date of death - day: 
30
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1976
Age: 
87
Address: 
Stoneyridges, Garristown
Relationship with first person: 
GREAT GRAND SON'S WIFE
Name: 
PATRICK
Surname: 
ROONEY
Date of death - day: 
20
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1945
Age: 
27
Address: 
UNKNOWN
Relationship with first person: 
GREAT GREAT GRANDSON
Notes: 

Patrick (died 22.08.1959) - Ardcath Register of Interments records his occupation as labourer.

Margaret - Ardcath Register of Interments records her date of death as 30.07.1976.