RO-ATCI-0188

Record Date: 
13 January 2020
Graveyard: 
Athleague Glebe
Exact wording of epitaph: 

                             I H S

LORD HAVE MERCY ON THE SOUL OF

THOMAS DURKIN JUN. WHO DEPARTED

THIS LIFE ON THE 12TH OF MAY 17 1844

IN THE 19TH YEAR OF HIS AGE THIS MONUMENT

.....................FATHER THOMAS DURKIN OF

ATHLEAGUE

THE WILLOW WEEPS FOR THOMAS EVER DEER

THY MEMORY SHALL CAUSE MANY A PRESCIOUS TEER.

Memorial Type: 
Ground slab
Grave location
County: 
Roscommon
Latitude: 
53.570191666667
Longitude: 
-8.2609833333333
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
THOMAS
Surname: 
DURKIN JUN.
Date of death - day: 
12
Date of death - month: 
May
Age: 
19
Address: 
ATHLEAGUE
Name: 
THOMAS
Surname: 
DURKIN
Address: 
ATHLEAGUE
Relationship with first person: 
FATHER
Notes: 

DATE APPEARS TO BE "12" OF MAY BUT UNCERTAIN. DATE OF DEATH MAY BE 1844. A FOLLOW-UP CHECK CONFIRMS "1844". THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED LINES AT THE BASE OF THE STONE ARE RECORDED AS WRITTEN IN THE ORIGINAL.