CO-SMCY-0164

Record Date: 
14 May 2013
Graveyard: 
Collegiate Church of Saint Mary
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Sacred to

the memory of

James Allen

who died May

the 1st 1797

aged 21 years.

O reader stay and cast an eye

Upon this grave wherein I lie,

Cruel death has challenged me

 And in short time will call on thee.

         Repent in time; make no delay,       

 For Christ will call us all away.

My time is wasted like dew in sun,

  Beyond all cure my glass is run.

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.954823055556
Longitude: 
-7.8538080555556
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
James
Surname: 
Allen
Date of death - day: 
1
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1797
Age: 
21