KK-STMG-270

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

Here lieth ye body/ of Mrs. Catheren/ Kearney al Freeman/ who departed this/ life July 12th 1736 Lord/ have mercy on her/ soul/ N H

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
NH
Erected by: 
Unknown
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
East West
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
120
Width (cm): 
87
Thickness (mm): 
10
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1736
Inscription date primary: 
1736
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. An IHS surmounted by a cross with expanded terminals and a small heart below are contained within a circular feature (sunburst?) at the top of the stone. There is a scroll below the circle with 'Gloria in excelsis deo'. On either side of the circle there is a very worn elaborate urn. The stone is leaning to the west. There is a faint skull and crossbones below the inscription at the base of the stone, and the initials N and H are also present, N on the sinister side and H on the Dexter side of the stone. This may be the stonemasons initials.