CL-KLRH-0039

Record Date: 
28 May 2014
Graveyard: 
Kilrush Churchyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IHS
Erected
by
Michael Mescall
in memory of his beloved father
[M]ath[ia]s Mescall
who died [12]th March 1874
Aged [85] Years.
May he rest in peace Amen

Grave location
County: 
Clare
Latitude: 
52.637699722222
Longitude: 
-9.4782513888889
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Mathias
Surname: 
Mescall
Date of death - day: 
12
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1874
Age: 
85
Notes: 

The parts of the inscription which have been worn away can be inferred from the corresponding civil registration and probate records:

Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958 about Matt Mescall
Name:     Matt Mescall
Estimated Birth Year:     abt 1789
Date of Registration:     1874
Death Age:     85
Registration district:     Kilrush
Volume:     9
Page:     257
FHL Film Number:     101587

http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014891/0050148...
Calendar of Wills and Administrations 1875 p.511
`MESCALL Mathias.
[78]  Effects under £ 800.
24 February.    The Will
of Mathias Mescall late of Kilrush County
Clare Shopkeeper deceased who died 12
March 1874 at same place was proved at
the Principal Registry by the oath of
Michael Mescall of Francis-street [sic] Kilrush
Shopkeeper the sole Executor.'