KK-STMG-332

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

John Garnett Esq., May'r of/ this Citty in ye year 1706/ departed this life on ye 9th/ day of March 1722 aged 91/ Margaret Garnett Als/ Sessions his wife dyed/ Octo'r ye 25th 1723 aged 81/ Sarah & Ann their daughters/ deceased y former on y 10th of/ February 1690 y latter on/ the 10:' May 1698/ Edward and Henry dyed young/ This stone is dedicated to/ their memory as a token of/ his duty and love by a son &/ brother William Garnett

Memorial Type: 
Mural plaque
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
William Garnett
Relationship: 
Son and Brother
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
East
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
92
Width (cm): 
46
Thickness (mm): 
2
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1722
Inscription date primary: 
1722
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, displaced
Condition of inscription: 
Clear
Technique of inscription: 
Incised painted
Name of recorder: 
F. Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Inscribed rectangular mural plaque with flat top. The top of the slab is decorated with a painted heraldic shield of the Garnett family, and the lettering is inlaid with gold leaf/paint.