THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED
BY
RICHARD PIERCE POWER ESQ
OF BALLINAKILL
TO THE MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED WIFE
BESSIE MARIA POWER
DAUGHTER OF THE LATE GEORGE MASSY ESQ
OF GLENWILLIAM CASTLE
AND GRANDAUGHTER OF THE LATE
COL. ODELLĀ M P THE GROVE
A GOOD WIFE A DEVOTED MOTHER
AND A SINCERE FRIEND
SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JULY 10TH 1858 AGED 35 YEARS
AND HER REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED
WITHIN THIS ENCLOSURE