KK-STMG-329

Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Sacred to the memory of/ FRANCIS DESPARD/ of Killaghy Castle county of Tipperary Esqr/ and of ANNA MARIA his wife/ who died December 1831 aged 53 years/ and of/ MARY LACKEY mother of the said ANNA MARIA/ who died July 1826 aged 81 years/ also of WILLIAM & THOMAS/ sons of the above Francis Despard/ and also of/ JOHN DESPARD/ of Killaghy Castle Esqr/ who died 13th of December 1835 aged 35 years/ As it is appointed unto men once to die/ but after this the judgment: Hebrews IX Chap. 27 Ver.

Memorial Type: 
Mural plaque
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
E. Bingham 103 Fulham Rd. London
Erected by: 
Unknown
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
East
Number of components: 
2
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
238
Width (cm): 
153
Thickness (mm): 
14
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1833
Inscription date primary: 
1833
Memorial material: 
Marble, limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, displaced
Condition of inscription: 
Clear
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
P. Kenny
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Mural plaque of black marble, ground for an elaborate white marble slab containing the inscription tablet below a stylised portico. The tympanum of the triangular pediment contains a cartouche with the heraldic shield of the Despard family above a motto scroll now illegible. A cloth draped chest with bestial feet and a snake swallowing its own tail as a handle rests on the architrave of the inscribed panel. The chest is surmounted by a weeping willow? tree. The rectangular inscription panel is flanked on either side by volutes.