KK-OAKT-0027

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

Here lies the body of Thoms Leary who departed this life May 18th 1776 aged 29 years. Also the body of his father Peter Leary who departed this life June ye 23 1776 aged 68 years.

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Latitude: 
52.483121666667
Longitude: 
-7.2155763888889
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Unknown
Erected by: 
Not stated
Denomination: 
Roman Catholic
Orientation of face: 
E
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
137
Width (cm): 
79
Thickness (mm): 
110
Memorial date stated
Year: 
1776
Memorial date inferred: 
1776
Inscription date primary: 
1776
Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Decipherable using techniques
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Stone top: 
Round
Letter style: 
Roman
Introductory term: 
Here lie the body of Thoms Leary
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Leary
Date of death - day: 
18
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1776
Age: 
29
Name: 
Peter
Surname: 
Leary
Date of death - day: 
23
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1776
Age: 
68
Relationship with first person: 
Farher
Notes: 

Iconography;  Christogram IHS with Cross resting on the bar of the H, within a rayed sunburst