WM-BMRE-0002

Record Date: 
7 September 2018
Graveyard: 
St. Owen's, Ballymore
Exact wording of epitaph: 

 Lord
 Have mercy on the 
 Souls of
 John O'Rorke
 who died 17th sept 1848
aged 64 years
also his wife Mary who died
11th Jany 1885 aged 76

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Westmeath
Latitude: 
53.492922222222
Longitude: 
-7.6714388888889
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John
Surname: 
O'Rorke
Date of death - day: 
17
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1848
Age: 
64
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
O'Rorke
Date of death - day: 
11
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1885
Age: 
76
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Notes: 

 Headstone with incised inscription in Capital and lower case. The inscription panel is enclosed in an incised plain border as are the decorations on the head. Stone with a Celtic Cross head.  In the centre of the Head, enclosed in a sunken circular cartouche, in false relief, is a figure of the sacrificial Lamb of God recumbent on a Cross.  On each arm of the Celtic Cross there is a "maltese" Cross.  On each shoulder of the stone there is a Cross, enclosed in an scroll. The "Lord" of the epitaph is enclosed in a Scroll.   On the base of the cross are the names of the makers - Fitzpatrick & Molloy, Glasnevin.  Made of Limestone