MH-DNSH2-GY-01

Record Date: 
11 June 2009
Graveyard: 
Dunshaughlin COI
Exact wording of epitaph: 

THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY JOHN SHIELDS
OF KEVINS PORT IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN
IN MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED MOTHER
SOPHIA SHIELDS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 21ST JANUARY 1833
AGED 68 YEARS
ALSO THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER
OF MATERNAL LOVE SHE KNEW THE POWER
HER CHILDREN WERE ALL HER CARE
HER PARTNER SORROWING WHITS THE HOURS
HE HOPES IN HEAVEN TO MEET HER THERE
ALSO CATHERINE SHIELDS DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Meath
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Unknown
Erected by: 
SHIELDS
Orientation of face: 
E
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
114
Width (cm): 
98
Thickness (mm): 
10
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of inscription: 
Clear
Technique of inscription: 
Inlaid
Stone top: 
Round
Introductory term: 
This stone was erected by
Biblical quote: 
None
Name of recorder: 
Ralph Lynch
Memorial number (survey): 
MH-DNSH2-GY-01
Number of people commemorated: 
6
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Sophia
Surname: 
Shields
Date of death - day: 
21
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1833
Age: 
68
Name: 
Catherine
Surname: 
Shields
Relationship with first person: 
Granddaughter
Notes: 

Symbols: Sunburst Lamb and Cross with 2 cherubs either side