WM-BMRE-0161

Record Date: 
16 December 2018
Graveyard: 
St. Owen's, Ballymore
Exact wording of epitaph: 

God have mercy on ye
 soul of Luke Coffey who
Depd Sept 1786 Agd 62 yrs
& his son Path who 
Depd April '88 aged 40 Erectd
by Mary Dillon for her 
husbd and son a foresaid
in 1793

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Westmeath
Latitude: 
53.493272222222
Longitude: 
-7.67085
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
luke
Surname: 
Coffey
Date of death - day: 
7
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1786
Age: 
62
Name: 
Patrick
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1788
Age: 
40
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Dillon
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Notes: 

 

Description:  Head of stone – incised roman I H S with the H surmounted by a Cross, on each side of the Christogram there is a smaller Cross, sprouting from each Cross is a .Tree of Life, all are enclosed in a semi-Sunburst.  Above the inscription panel there is a narrow panel with a foliated pattern terminating in a recumbent Heart.  The inscription panel has a chamfered edge, the epitaph is written in roman capitals and lower case.  Note the long S’s

and ampersands.