RO-STCO-0482

Record Date: 
7 September 2007
Graveyard: 
St. Coman's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF
LYDIA.
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
MICHAEL SHERA.
WHO IN ALL THE RELATIONS OF LIFE
EXEMPLEFIED THE
POWER OF RELIGION BY HER HOLY WALK
AND GODLY CONVERSATION:
AND DIED
IN THE GLORIOUS HOPE OF A
BLESSED IMORTALITY.
JANUARY 24TH 1857. AGED 72 YEARS.
ALSO OF THE ?________?
MICHAEL SHERA HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE NAMED
LYDIA
WHO DIED FEB 6TH 1872
IN THE 90TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
HE WAS TRULY A MAN OF GOD FULL OF THE
HOLY GHOST AND OF FAITH AND EVER ZEALOUS IN THE
CAUSE OF HIS MASTER
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ?____?
Henceforth: yea saith the spirit that they
may rest from their labours and their works
do follow them: Rev XI ?_____?

Memorial Type: 
Chest tomb
Grave location
County: 
Roscommon
Latitude: 
53.628785
Longitude: 
-8.1903994444444
Additional details
Orientation of face: 
E
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
104
Width (cm): 
123
Thickness (mm): 
2300
Memorial date inferred: 
1857
Inscription date primary: 
0
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Stone top: 
Flat
Introductory term: 
Sacred to the memory of
Name of recorder: 
Lisa McDaniel
Memorial number (survey): 
ROS-COM-DM-201
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Lydia
Surname: 
SHERA
Date of death - day: 
24
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1857
Age: 
72
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
SHERA
Date of death - day: 
6
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1872
Age: 
90
Relationship with first person: 
Husband of Lydia