CO-IGMA-0078

Record Date: 
12 September 2013
Graveyard: 
Ightermurragh
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Sacred
to the memory
of
Jonathan Clerke ESQ  M.D.
who depd this life
June 29 1869
.....Castlemartyr
in the 65 year of his age

Memorial Type: 
Table tomb
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.897035
Longitude: 
-8.0188463888889
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Jonathan
Surname: 
Clerke ESQ M.D.
Date of death - day: 
29
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1869
Age: 
65
Notes: 

4' Iron spiked railing surround

Born in Skibereen approx 1804 - left for Tasmania & became a Surgeon and worked for the Tasmanian government - he became very wealthy, married twice and returned back to Ireland.