KD-OGTD-0044

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

Gloria in Excelsis Deo

IHS

This stone was

erected by MARY HIGGINS in memory

of her beloved son

WILLIAM HIGGINS

who departed this life January 18th 1845 

aged 

He will sleep beneath this sod

regretted was by all

Reader prepare to meet your God

He may on you soon call

Requiescant in Pace

Grave location
County: 
Kildare
Latitude: 
53.277843333333
Longitude: 
-6.5658775
Additional details
Erected by: 
Mary Higgins
Orientation of face: 
E
Number of components: 
2
Inscribed faces: 
1
Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
Technique of inscription: 
Relief
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Higgins
Name: 
William
Surname: 
Higgins
Date of death - day: 
18
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1846
Relationship with first person: 
Son