TS-SNRN-0051

Record Date: 
10 October 2012
Graveyard: 
Shanrahan
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Here lies the body
Elizabeth Ougans
Wife to 2u'Master Ougans.
8 Dragoons who departed
This life Aug 29th 1786 Aged
30 years. Also one of their
Children

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.273349722222
Longitude: 
-8.0145813888889
Additional details
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Elizabeth
Surname: 
Ougans
Date of death - day: 
29
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1786
Age: 
30
Title: 
Quarter Master
Surname: 
Ougans
Notes: 

This burial of the wife and child of a quarter-master would indicate that in the early years of Clogheen military barracks, wives and families of some of the men were able to travel with their husbands. This was a sad posting for Quarter Master Ougans.
(Recording by Michael Fennessy and Michael Moroney)