KK-STMG-001

Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Sacred to the memory of /John Watters Esqr./ who from upwards of forty years/ filled the offices of Town Clerk/ and Clerk of the Peace/ of the City of Kilkenny /with Zeal and Fidelity/ He departed this life /the 28th day of May 1841 /Aged 74 years / This monument is erected /by his Widow and Children/ in Testimony of their love /and regret for him/ as a Husband and Father/ Blessed is the man that ... in the Lord/And whose hope -e Lord/ Sacred also to the memory of/ Catherine his Widow/ who died 6th May 1862 aged 80 years/ and of/ Isabella child of Patrick Watters Esq./ who died Oct. 1880 aged 39 years.

Memorial Type: 
Pedestal Tomb
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Latitude: 
52.6517950900977
Longitude: 
-7.25240890069059
Additional details
Erected by: 
Wife and Children
Relationship: 
Wife
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
North
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
65
Width (cm): 
81
Thickness (mm): 
17
Memorial date stated
Year: 
1841
Memorial date inferred: 
0
Inscription date primary: 
1841
Inscription date secondary: 
1862
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, displaced, slightly damaged
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
Fergal Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Pedestal tomb in neo-Classical style. A three tier monument crowned by a plain pediment above a long rectangular inscribed panel which is flanked on either side by fluted pilasters. The panel rests on a moulded plinth.