CO-CRCH-0144

Record Date: 
10 November 2020
Graveyard: 
St. Mary's, Castletownroche
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Hic Jacet Joannes
Harrington M D ium
Ingenii Acumin ium
Eximia in Pauperes
Charitate Spectabilis
Sacris Munitus Vere
Catholicus obiit Ipsa
Dic Nativit aug xv AD
1769 aclau.s vc10

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
52.173249589996
Longitude: 
-8.4614773799892
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Joannes
Surname: 
Harrington
Notes: 

Some words were illegible in this inscription. Given those contraints the following is a translation.      Here lies John Harrington MD. He was a gifted doctor and showed great kindness to the poor. Truly Catholic. He died on his birthday, August 15th. AD 1769.