WM-BMRE-0021

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

IHS

O Lord have mercy

on the soul of Will'm

Lennon who depart'd

this life 5th Jan'y 1799

ag'd 65 years also his

Daughtr Elizabeth

Lennon 11th May 1801

Agd 23 yrs Erectd by

her Mothr Bridget

Lennon alis Gaffy

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Westmeath
Latitude: 
53.493005555556
Longitude: 
-7.6714972222222
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
William
Surname: 
Lennon
Date of death - day: 
5
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1799
Age: 
65
Name: 
Elizabeth
Surname: 
Lennon
Date of death - day: 
11
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1801
Age: 
23
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Name: 
Bridget
Surname: 
Lennon alias Gaffy
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Notes: 

Very Decorative – Top – all in false relief: Christogram I H S with the omega forming the centre bar of the H, the H is surmounted by a Cross, beneath the H are (very unusual) are 2 Hearts – 1 upright and 1 inverted.  All the above is enclosed in a full sunburst, and below is foliated with leaves and 2 Daisies (which represents Innocence, simplicity, the Christ Child and the Virgin Mary.  Each shoulder has a Tree of Life (which represents Christ’s life and/or the Resurrection).  The inscription is  incised in Roman capitals and lower case all with serifs.  The inscription panel has a double incised border with lozenge pattern in false relief.

The carving on this stone is typical of the work of Walter Skally, who has a number of similar stones in the Graveyard.

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