KK-STMG-251

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

The inscription is taken from Buggy as nothing of it now remains. Here lyes the body of Michael Archer who dyed ---- Nov ---- aged 66 yrs. Also his wife Mrs. Mary Archer al Ryan who dyed Nov. 19th 1780 aged 70 yrs and several of their children.

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): 
172
Width (cm): 
75
Thickness (mm): 
10
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1780
Inscription date primary: 
1780
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, displaced
Condition of inscription: 
Illegible/destroyed
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
F. Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Collapsed inscribed headstone decorated with a circular sunburst within which is an IHS surmounted by a cross with expanded terminals and pierced heart below. A scroll with 'Gloria in excelsis deo' is carved above the inscription. There are two parallel lines of incised marks on each side of the sunburst which may be the remains of worn urns.