ME-ARCH-0149

Record Date: 
24 June 2021
Graveyard: 
Ardcath
Exact wording of epitaph: 

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF

NICHOLAS DOWNES

DULEEK STREET, DROGHEDA

WHO DIED 1.DEC.1862. AGED 50 YEARS.

ALSO HIS DAUGHTER

MARY

WHO DIED 15. JAN. 1897.

AGED 48 YEARS.

R     .     I      .     P    .

                                    F.WHYTE                                                                 CHORD.DROGHEDA       

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Meath
Latitude: 
53.607408333333
Longitude: 
-6.3938861111111
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
F. Whyte, Chord Road, Drogheda
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Nicholas
Surname: 
Downes
Date of birth - year: 
1812
Date of death - day: 
1
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1862
Address: 
Duleek Street, Drogheda
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Downes
Date of birth - year: 
1849
Date of death - day: 
15
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1897
Age: 
48
Notes: 

This stone was turned over the week of March 27th - April 3rd 2023 with the intention of re-erecting properly.

Official civil registration of deaths in Ireland did not begin until 1864, so a civil death certificate for 1862 would not exist. Records from this period are typically found in parish registers or monumental inscriptions, which is where this specific information originated.