CO-MORY-0012

Record Date: 
3 July 2013
Graveyard: 
Magourney
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN MEMORY OF

MARY LAURA CROSS, BORN AUGUST 21ST 1840, DIED JUNE 2ND 1887,

AT REST IN JESUS

 

Memorial Type: 
Chest tomb
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.910371388889
Longitude: 
-8.7918263888889
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Mary Laura
Surname: 
Cross
Date of birth - day: 
21
Date of birth - month: 
August
Date of birth - year: 
1840
Date of death - day: 
2
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1887
Notes: 

Mary Laura Cross is said to have been the victim of poisoning by her husband, Dr Philip Cross of Shandy Hall, for which he stood trial, was found guilty and hanged at Cork. It is commonly known as the 'Coachford poisoning case' and has been the subject of publication, and more recently, a musical.

Mentioned in the Magourney Burial Register are a number of people with the surname Cross, who would have had family connections with Dr Philip Cross. See the following links:

http://historicgraves.com/sites/default/files/pdf-uploads/registers/4344... http://historicgraves.com/sites/default/files/pdf-uploads/registers/4344...

Inscriptions can be found upon the western, southern and northern sides of the tomb (see Image Gallery).