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CO-SMCY-0850
Record Date:
9 August 2013
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
Sacrum memoriae
Johannis Swayne armigeri
Regalis Fisci Corcagiae
Coactoris.
Obiit die nono Aug A.D. 1813
anno aetatis 70.
Apud suam villam Lota Park
in hae provincia.
Fide incorrupta
in
officiis omnibus,
quibus functus erat,
summam laudem consecutus est;
Atque
Eximia animi charitate,
et benevolentia domestica,
Familiae ejus et Amicorum
summum verissimumque
A morem
sibi paravit.
Salvatoris solius meritis confisus
decessit.
Memorial Type:
Wall or mural tablet
Number of people commemorated:
1
People commemorated:
Name:
John
Surname:
Swayne
Date of death - day:
9
Date of death - month:
August
Date of death - year:
1813
Age:
70
Notes:
Motto on base reads "L'AMOUR ET LOYAUTE".
Modern plaque underneath reads "John Swayne Esq. 1743 – 1813, Mayor of Youghal 1777. Present Clock Tower built during his Mayoralty. Largely responsible for the building of the North Quays at Youghal.
These appear to be the Swayne's, of the infamous Captain Richard Swayne, associated with the use of pitch-capping United Irishmen during the 1798 rebellion (https://www.historyireland.com/captain-swayne-and-the-battle-of-prospero...).
