ME-ARCH-0297

Record Date: 
28 October 2021
Graveyard: 
Ardcath
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN LOVING MEMORY 
OF 
PETER SKEHAN 
RATH
DIED 16TH MAY 1947, AGED 72
HIS WIFE ANNIE
DIED 10TH SEPT. 1962 AGED 75
AGUS A MAC SEAN A DEAG AR AN 9U
LA DE MI NA NOLLAG 1947, 33 BLINIA  A BI SE
ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER
MARY McCARTHY
DIED 29TH MARCH 1996, AGED 73
AND THEIR SON ERNEST
DIED 15TH DEC. 1996, AGED 77

R.  I.  P.

Memorial Type: 
Kerbed stone/memorial
Grave location
County: 
Meath
Latitude: 
53.607469444444
Longitude: 
-6.3938944444444
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
T. Cooney
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Peter
Surname: 
Skehan
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1947
Age: 
72
Address: 
Rath, Ardcath Last place of residence: 31 Gardiner Street Middle, Dublin 1
Name: 
Annie
Surname: 
Skehan
Date of death - day: 
10
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1962
Age: 
75
Address: 
Rath, Ardcath Last place of residence: 26 Hardwicke St, Dublin
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
McCarthy (nee Skehan)
Date of death - day: 
29
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1996
Age: 
73
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Name: 
Ernest
Surname: 
Skehan
Date of death - day: 
15
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1996
Age: 
77
Address: 
Prienstown, Ardcath
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

Ardcath Register of Interments records Annie as being the widow of a farmer.

Peter - Ardcath Register of Interments records his occupation as Ex-Service, and that he was married.

Mary - Ardcath Register of Interments records her date of death as 28.03.1996, she was a widow and her last place of residence was Waterford.

Ernest - Ardcath Register of Interments records his name as "Peter 'Ernie' Skehan".

Sean - Ardcath Register of Interments records has name as "John Thomas Skehan" and his date of death was 09.12.1947.  He was aged 33, his last address was 37 Gardiner St, Dublin, he was a labourer, and was married.