KK-STMG-194

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

Here lies the body of Philip Wil/kinson who departed this life the 6th/ of April 1783 aged 16 years/ Also two of his Brothers and one/ Sister who died young./ Erected by their Mother Anne/ Wilkinson Also her Sister Mary/ Hennessy alias Phelan who died Jan/ 1819 aged 86 yrs also her husband James/ Hennessy who died Jan'ry 19 1801 aged 80

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Anne Wilkinson
Relationship: 
Mother, Sister, Wife
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
East West
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
131
Width (cm): 
74
Thickness (mm): 
12
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1883
Inscription date primary: 
1883
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, in place
Condition of inscription: 
Clear
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
F. Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Inscribed headstone with rounded top and concave shoulders. Slab is subsiding to the South. An IHS surmounted by a cross with expanded terminals is within a sunburst. Eight small drill holes form a circle below the sunburst, and below these again there is a scroll with 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo'. There is an ogee headed panel with an urn with flames, on each side of sunburst.