LI-MNGT-0105

Record Date: 
20 April 2015
Graveyard: 
Mungret Abbey Graveyards
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Erected by John Sheehy in memory
of his beloved Wife Margaret Sheehy
Alias Garvey who depd this life Decr
the 4th 1811 Aged 40 years
Requiescat in pace Amen

Nor could such virtue as adorned her day
Need the trite tribute of postliumods praise 

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Limerick
Latitude: 
52.634018055556
Longitude: 
-8.6752413888889
Additional details
Erected by: 
John Sheehy
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Sheehy
Name: 
Margaret
Surname: 
Sheehy Alias Garvey
Date of death - day: 
4
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1811
Age: 
40
Relationship with first person: 
His Wife
Notes: 

This is number 50 on the graveyard display panel.

Also it is number 31 in the 1994 John O'Connor's survey of the graveyard headstone inscriptions.