KK-STMG-163

Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Here Lies ye body/ of Mrs. Joan Cody als Laffan/ wife to Patrick Cody of ye/ Citty of Kilken'y Victl'r. decea'sd/ Octob'r 1768 Ag'd 47 yrs also 3 of/ their child'r. Lord have mercy/ on her Soul. / Memento Mori (at base)

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Unknown
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
East West
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
119
Width (cm): 
64
Thickness (mm): 
12
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1768
Inscription date primary: 
1768
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, in place
Condition of inscription: 
Clear
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
Fergal Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Inscribed headstone with a semi circular top and concave shoulders. It is decorated with a sunburst within which is an IHS below a cross with expanded terminals, which surmounts a heart pierced by two arrows. Above the inscription is a scroll with 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo' incised thereon. An incised panel containing an hourglass with wings and a skull below, is positioned on the sinister and dexter of the scroll. The stone is slightly cracked on the south and the rear is chamfered. There is also a skeleton in a coffin at the base of the headstone, with Memento Mori above it