DU-SGGT-0140

Record Date: 
1 November 2013
Graveyard: 
Saggart Cemetery
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Here lieth the body of the Revd Simon Barlow

Roman Catholic pastor of the united parishes

of Saggard, Rathcoole, and Newcastle;

who departed this life the 25th day of September 1794

aged 76 years

In the vigour of youth he renounced  the world

and its prospects, to embrace the rigour and

severity of the clerical state; during a

period of 32 years he edified the flock

committed to his care, by his punctual

discharge of every Christian & social duty

To a primitive simplicity of manners

he joined the most solid strenght & penetration 

of mind. Charitable without ostentation, and

always feeling for the distresses of his

people, he carried with him to the grave no other

riches than those of their tears and affections.

Requiescat in Pace. 

Memorial Type: 
Grave slab
Grave location
County: 
Dublin
Latitude: 
53.281491944444
Longitude: 
-6.4445788888889
Additional details
Number of components: 
2
Inscribed faces: 
1
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Broken
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Reverend
Name: 
Simon
Surname: 
Barlow
Date of death - day: 
25
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1794
Age: 
76
Notes: 

Flat stone lying near the "Pilgrim Stone"

Surrounded by metal rail