CO-BHOL-0326

Record Date: 
11 August 2020
Graveyard: 
Ballyhay Old
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IHS

ERECTED BY MICHael

COWHY IN MEMORY

OF HIS FATHER WILLIam

COWHY WHO DEPARTd LIFE

APRIL Ye 3rd 1809 AGeD

47 Yrs ALSO HIS MOTHER

ELLEN WOODS ALiS COWHY

DEPd LIFE APRIL Ye 11th

1811 AGED 39 Yrs ALSO HIS

SON Wm SENIor OCTbr Ye 15th

1817 AGED 2 Yrs MAY THEIR 

SOULS REST IN PEACE

AMEN

J. Bolster

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
52.32825
Longitude: 
-8.6592277777778
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Joseph Bolster
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Cowhy
Name: 
William
Surname: 
Cowhy
Date of death - day: 
3
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1809
Age: 
47
Relationship with first person: 
Father
Name: 
Ellen
Surname: 
Cowhy (nee Woods)
Date of death - day: 
11
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1811
Age: 
39
Relationship with first person: 
Mother
Name: 
William
Surname: 
Cowhy
Date of death - day: 
15
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1817
Age: 
2
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

Interesting how the grandson who shares the same name as his grandfather, William Cowhy, is refered to as 'senior'.

Also note how with the name Ellen Woods, the name Cowhy is the name written after the 'alias' word, when this is her married name....normally it would be  Ellen Cowhy, alias woods.