KK-OAKT-0017

Record Date: 
6 October 2012
Graveyard: 
Old Abbey Knocktopher Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Erected by Elizabeth Sweeney alias Kenedy of Ballyhale in memory of her Husband Walter Sweeney who depd this life Octbr 7th 1843 agd 48 yrs.

Requiescant  in Pace.  Amen

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Latitude: 
52.483243333333
Longitude: 
-7.2155613888889
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Unknown
Erected by: 
Elizabeth Sweeney Alias Kennedy of Ballyhale
Denomination: 
Roman Catholic
Orientation of face: 
E
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
171
Width (cm): 
102
Thickness (mm): 
100
Memorial date stated
Year: 
1843
Memorial date inferred: 
1843
Inscription date primary: 
1843
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Decipherable using techniques
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Stone top: 
Round
Letter style: 
Copperplate
Introductory term: 
Erected by Elizabeth Sweeeney Alias Kennedy
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Walter
Surname: 
Sweeney
Date of death - day: 
7
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1843
Age: 
48
Address: 
Ballyhale
Notes: 

Iconography; Gloria in Excelsis Deo within a Scroll and a Floral wreath,  Christian Monogram IHS with Cross resting on the bar of the H