CO-CTCH-0105

Record Date: 
25 September 2013
Graveyard: 
Christ Church Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

HERE LYE THE BODY OF

SARAH, YE WIFE OF JOSHUA SULLIVAN

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

OCTOBER, THE 30TH 1783,

AGED 77 YEARS

BEHOLD HOW SILENT SLEEPS HER CUMBIOUS DAY

THAT LONG IN PAIN AND SORE AFFLICTION LAY

PIERCED THROUGH SUFFERING LIKE HER LORD WAS MADE

AND SHE THE CROWN OF GLORY HAVE RECEIVED

SHE FINISHED HER COURSE WITH JOY AND IS AT REST

FOR EVER, FOR EVER WITH HER SAVIOUR BLEST

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.747288055556
Longitude: 
-8.7365230555556
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Sarah
Surname: 
SULLIVAN
Date of death - day: 
30
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1783
Age: 
77
Name: 
Joshua
Surname: 
SULLIVAN
Relationship with first person: 
husband