CO-CHLG-0056

Record Date: 
4 April 2013
Graveyard: 
Caherlag
Exact wording of epitaph: 

TO THIS SAD SHRINE WHOER THOU
ART DRAW NEAR.HERE LIES A FRIEND WHO
LOVED HIS NEIGHBOURS DEAR.WHO
NE'ER KNEW JOY BUT FRIENDSHIP MIGHT
DIVIDE NOR GAVE HIS FAMILY GRIEF BUT
WHEN HE DIED A SAFE COMPANION AND AN
EASY FRIEND UNBLEMISHED THROUGH LIFE
LAMENTED AT HIS END.
ERECTd BY JOHANA SHANAHAN
IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND
THO's FORREST OF CASTLELYONS
STONECUTTER WHO DEPd THIS LIFE
DECEMBER 24th 1817 AGED 43
YEARS
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE AMEn
J Forrest

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.916121388889
Longitude: 
-8.3650480555556
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
J Forrest
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Johana
Surname: 
Shanahan
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Forrest
Date of death - day: 
24
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1817
Age: 
43
Address: 
Castlelyons
Relationship with first person: 
Husband