HERE LIES THE BODY OF
WILLIAM SADLEIR ESQ.
OF SHRONEHILL,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
FEB 20TH 1790.
MAY HE REST IN PEACE.
JOHANNA, WIFE OF
CLEMENT SADLEIR ESQ.
OF SHRONEHILL,
DIED 25TH DECEMBER 1859,
AGED 82 YEARS.
MAY SHE REST IN PEACE AMEN.
NB. Sadleir / Sadlier. Variation in the spelling of the surname. See memorial 0092.
NB. Shronehill is present day Shronell, Co. Tipperary, located on the main road between Lattin and Tipperary Town.
NB. Top of an unrelated broken Celtic cross was placed on this grave slab at some stage by somebody or other.
NB. Johanna Sadleir / Sadlier was the sixth daughter of James Scully of Kilfeacle, Co. Tipperary.
She married Clement Sadleir / Sadlier in 1805. Their fourth son, John Sadleir / Sadlier, was the man responsible for the collapse of the Tipperary Bank in February 1856, due to his embezzlement of its funds.
He committed suicide on Hampstead Heath in London on the 17TH February 1856 by drinking prussic acid. He was buried in an unmarked grave in Highgate cemetery in London.