TS-EMOG-0043

Record Date: 
25 May 2015
Graveyard: 
Emly
Exact wording of epitaph: 

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO.

 HERE LIES THE BODY OF

THE  REV. M. RICHARD BRITT, OF EMLY,

WHO DIED MARCH 30TH 1809,

AGED 49 YEARS.

 

ERECTED BY MARY BRITT.

 MAY HE REST IN PEACE AMEN.

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.462593333333
Longitude: 
-8.3517799722222
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Reverend
Name: 
M . Richard
Surname: 
Britt
Date of birth - year: 
1760
Date of death - day: 
30
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1809
Age: 
49
Address: 
Emly
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Britt
Notes: 

NB. Priest’s  headstone facing west, as was the custom then.

NB.  Rev. Michael Richard Britt was P.P. of Emly from 1803-1809.

He was curate in Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary in 1792 and was also P.P. in Cappawhite, Co. Tipperary circa 1796