KK-OAKT-0018

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

Erected by Walter Walsh & Margaret Watters in  memory of their mother Anastasia Madegan who depd June 4th 1753 aged 46 years.

 Here lieth Mr Matthew Watters who departed on 11th August 1818 aged 35 years .

Thou too Ere Many years be oer like Matthew

Walter Walsh depd this life April 3rds 1812 aged 77 years

Requiescant in Pace Amen

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Latitude: 
52.483264722222
Longitude: 
-7.21563
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Unknown
Erected by: 
Walter Walsh and Margaret Watters
Denomination: 
Roman Catholic
Orientation of face: 
E
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
157
Width (cm): 
81
Memorial date stated
Year: 
1753
Memorial date inferred: 
1753
Inscription date primary: 
1753
Inscription date secondary: 
1818
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Decipherable using techniques
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Stone top: 
Round
Letter style: 
Roman
Introductory term: 
Erected by Walter Walsh and Margaret Watters
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Anastasia
Surname: 
Walsh Alias Madegan
Date of death - day: 
4
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1753
Age: 
46
Name: 
Matthew
Surname: 
Watters
Date of death - day: 
10
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1818
Age: 
35
Relationship with first person: 
Grandson
Name: 
Walter
Surname: 
Walsh
Date of death - day: 
3
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1812
Age: 
77
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

Iconography; Gloria in Excelsis Deo within a scroll,Rayed Sunburst  with a Ciborium with a lid  containing the hosts on  each side.