MH-DNSH2-HY-07

Record Date: 
11 June 2009
Graveyard: 
Dunshaughlin COI
Exact wording of epitaph: 

THIS STONE AND BURIAL PLACE BELONGED
TO MATHEW MORGAN OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
BAKER AND HIS POSTERITY HERE LIETH
THE BODY OF HIS MOTHER CATHERINE MORGAN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER THE 26TH 1779
AGED 57 YEARS ALSO HIS FATHER PATRICK
MORGAN WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
DECEMBER THE 6TH 1779 AGED 68 YEARS
ALSO OF THEIR CHILDREN
ALSO A CHILD OF MATHEW MORGAN
DIED JUNE 1789

Additional Wooden Cross:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LEONARD MORGAN
8TH NOVEMBER 2011

MAY HE REST IN PEACE

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Meath
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Unknown
Erected by: 
Unknown
Orientation of face: 
E
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
99
Width (cm): 
78
Thickness (mm): 
12
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Stone top: 
Other
Introductory term: 
This stone and burial place belonged to
Biblical quote: 
None
Name of recorder: 
Rosanne Meenan
Memorial number (survey): 
MH-DNSH2-HY-07
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Catherine
Surname: 
Morgan
Date of death - day: 
26
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1779
Age: 
57
Name: 
Patrick
Surname: 
Morgan
Date of death - day: 
6
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1779
Age: 
68
Relationship with first person: 
Husband
Surname: 
Morgan
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1789
Relationship with first person: 
Grandson
Name: 
Leonard
Surname: 
Morgan
Date of death - day: 
8
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
2011
Notes: 

Assumption that the memorial was erected by Mathew (sic) Morgan.
It is unclear how many people are commemorated as their children are not named.
Symbols: IHS, Cross and heart within Sunburst; Gloria in Excelsis deo.