LF-STEM-0001

Record Date: 
15 September 2018
Exact wording of epitaph: 

LORD GRANT

ETERNAL REST

TO THE SOUL OF

LT GEN SEAN MacEoin

SOLDIER & STATESMAN

WHO DIED 7 JULY 1973.

HIS WIFE ALICE

WHO DIED 16. FEB. 1985.

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Latitude: 
53.771436111111
Longitude: 
-7.6605805555556
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Title: 
LT. GEN.
Name: 
Sean
Surname: 
MacEoin
Date of death - day: 
7
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1973
Name: 
Alice
Surname: 
MacEoin
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1985
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Notes: 

For more biographical information: https://www.seanmaceoin.ie/

Excerpt from The Schools Collection from the National Folklore Collection: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5009198/4996861/5106574?ChapterID=5009198

RTÉ Archives footage of Gen. MacEoin's funeral (4mins 3sec. adverts may play.): https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/0628/973810-funeral-of-sean-maceoin/