KD-OGTD-0042

Record Date: 
3 September 2013
Graveyard: 
Oughterard Cemetery
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Beneath this turf

are laid the remains of

PETER WARD

an honest man

the noblest work of God

Died at Bishop's Court Febr 13th 1821

aged 72 years having been employed there

as carpenter for thirty years

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kildare
Latitude: 
53.277886944444
Longitude: 
-6.5658875
Additional details
Orientation of face: 
E
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Peter
Surname: 
Ward
Date of death - day: 
13
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1821
Age: 
72