CO-NABY-0435

Record Date: 
26 June 2026
Graveyard: 
North Abbey
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Bottom plinth: Left:                            Be wise today

this madness to defer

the next, the fatal

precedent all pleads.

Middle section:                      You whose heart is full of cares

Look back on all the past

Our gains or lifes hopes or fears

Twill come to this at last

..... the gifts of.... forgot.

Right section:                                 The hour to works

of mercy given

is worth a life

of gaeity and pleasure.

Back of plinth: Think on the hour of death

and pray to the souls of the Faithful

who are gone before you

Back of headstone, leaning onto plinth:

UNDERNEATH

REST THE REMAINS

OF MARY

WIFE OF PATRICK MCGRATH

SHE DIED AUGUST 31ST 18-4

IN THE 56TH YEAR OF HER LIFE.

ALSO 

OF HIS DAUGHTER

RUTH MCGRATH

WHO DIED AUGST 14TH 1849

AGED 19

MAY SHE REST IN PEACE.

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.957522222222
Longitude: 
-7.8540638888889
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
MARY
Surname: 
McGRATH
Date of death - day: 
31
Date of death - month: 
August
Age: 
55
Name: 
RUTH
Surname: 
McGRATH
Date of death - day: 
14
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1849
Age: 
19
Relationship with first person: 
DAUGHTER
Name: 
PATRICK
Surname: 
McGRATH
Relationship with first person: 
HUSBAND