KK-STMG-233

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

Here Lieth the Body of Henry/ Murphy Son to Thos. Murphy/ Brazier. he Dep'd this life the 13th/ of March 1794 aged 7 Yrs./ & 4 more of his Children./ Also here Lieth the body of/ Elezabeth Murphy Als Rey/nolds Wife to the above Thos./ Murphy. She dep this life in 1799/ aged 34 yrs.

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Thos. Murphy
Relationship: 
Father and Husband
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
East West
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
105
Width (cm): 
67
Thickness (mm): 
10
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1794
Inscription date primary: 
1794
Inscription date secondary: 
1799
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, in place
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
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. Within a double-sunburst and scalloped circle there was an IHS surmounted by a cross with expanded terminals and a pierced heart below. On the sinister and dexter there is a panel containing elaborate chalices with flames. There is a scroll beneath with 'Gloria in excelsis deo' incised. There are incised foliage motifs engraved on the top.