MH-DNSH2-DW-05

Record Date: 
16 May 2009
Graveyard: 
Exact wording of epitaph: 

JESUS MERCY MARY PRAY
OF
YOUR CHARITY
PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF
THOMAS ROURKE BONESTOWN
WHO DIED 15TH MAY1922 AGED 85 YEARS
ALSO HIS WIFE MARY
WHO DIED 9TH APRIL 1912 AGED 70 YEARS
HIS DAUGHTER KATE
DIED 18TH MAY 1945
HIS SON THOMAS
DIED 23rd DECEMBER 1945
AND CHRISTOPHER
DIED 5TH FEBRUARY 1956
AND HIS DAUGHTER MARY
DIED 24TH NOV 1958

RIP

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Farrell & Son Glasnevin
Erected by: 
Unknown
Orientation of face: 
E
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
176
Width (cm): 
80
Thickness (mm): 
8
Memorial material: 
Granite
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Stone top: 
Cruciform
Introductory term: 
Jesus mercy Mary Pray
Biblical quote: 
None
Name of recorder: 
M Corrigan P & R Tormay
Memorial number (survey): 
MH-DNSH2-DW-05
Number of people commemorated: 
6
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Rourke
Date of death - day: 
15
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1922
Age: 
85
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Rourke
Date of death - day: 
9
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1912
Age: 
70
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Kate
Surname: 
Rourke
Date of death - day: 
18
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1945
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Rourke
Date of death - day: 
23
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1945
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Christopher
Surname: 
Rourke
Date of death - day: 
5
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1956
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Rourke
Date of death - day: 
24
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1958
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter