KK-STMG-224

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

Here Lieth the Body/ of Mr Michael Fogarty/ who died April ye 16th 1769/ aged 56 Years/ also the body of his daughter/ Elinor who died April/ ye 16th 1760 aged 21 yrs.(last two lines of the inscription are now buried)

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): 
87
Width (cm): 
69
Thickness (mm): 
8
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1760
Inscription date primary: 
1760
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 central feature and concave shouldered top. Above the inscription is an IHS surmounted by a cross with expanded terminals within a sunburst. On the dexter and sinister of the sunburst are two panels depicting an hourglass beneath a small incised cross with expanded terminals.