CO-CTCH-0265

Record Date: 
25 September 2013
Graveyard: 
Christ Church Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF BRIDGET BURKE

RELICT OF THE LATE THOS, BURKE

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

OCTOBER 27TH 1802

AGED 82 YEAR

INSURE AND STEDFAST HOPE TO RISE

AND CLAIM HER MANSION IN THE SKIES

A CHRISTIAN HERE, HER FLESH LAID DOWN.

THE CROSS EXCHANGING TO A CROWN.

MEET FOR THE FELLOWSHIP ABOVE

SHE HEAR TH CALL ARISE MY LOVE.

COME HER DYING LOOKS REPLIED

AND LAMB-LIKE, AS HER LORD

SHE DIED.

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.747208055556
Longitude: 
-8.7370763888889
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Bridget
Surname: 
Burke
Date of death - day: 
27
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1802
Age: 
37