OF-BMWL-0048

Record Date: 
15 July 2013
Graveyard: 
Ballymacwilliam
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IHS

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO

This stone was erected by

Thomas Keane

in memory of his daughter

Eleanor Keane

who departed this life

28th of April 1813 aged 15 years

Ah Reader: Think not on a length of years

for here the rose lies withered its bloom

and lifes uncertain in this vale of tears

for youth like age must fill the silent tomb

also his sons James Cain depd this life March

the 1st  1821 aged 26 years John Cain dep Sept

the 9th 1824 aged 29 years Thomas Cain depd  this

life March 11 1825 aged 31 years

Requiescant in Pace

 

 

 

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Offaly
Latitude: 
53.353960555556
Longitude: 
-7.1260130555556
Number of people commemorated: 
5
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Keane
Name: 
Eleanor
Surname: 
Keane
Date of death - day: 
28
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1813
Age: 
15
Name: 
James
Surname: 
Cain
Date of death - day: 
1
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1821
Age: 
26
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Cain
Date of death - day: 
9
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1824
Age: 
29
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Cain
Date of death - day: 
11
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1825
Age: 
31