GA-STNL-0228

Record Date: 
8 December 2024
Exact wording of epitaph: 

A Fathers Memorial of the loss of a belovd Son Henry Sadlier Persse who died on the 25th of August 1832 in the 36th year of his age. An honest man's the noblest work of God

Grave location
County: 
Latitude: 
53.273073055556
Longitude: 
-9.0536
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1899), "Henry Sadlier Persse (Interred at Glenarde), abode Glenarde Galway, buried 11th March 1899, aged 32". See Burke's (1976), 949-55 for the Persse family in general. The Galwav Weekly Advertiser. August 25th. (1832). "Death of Mr. H.S. Persse. In our obituary of this week, we have to record, with sincere regret the death of Henry S. Persse, of the firm of Newcastle, who died last evening, of a few hours illness, from cholera. To all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance, his sudden demise must become a source of the most unfeigned sorrow. He was affable, good natured and kind. A numerous circle of relatives and sorrowing friends of the first respectability in the town, endeared by whom as he was, that nothing but the withering hand of time can efface him from their memory". The Connaught Journal. August 27th. (1832). Deaths. "Of cholera, about the hour of six o'clock on the morning of Saturday last at Newcastle near the town, Henry second son of Henry S. Persse Esq. of Seaview and Landwaiter of the Port of Galway.... Mr Persse's remains were interred at the hour of five o'clock on the evening of his dissolution, in the cemetry of the church of St. Nicholas in this town". The Galwav Express. August 25th. (1832). "Death of Mr. H.S. Persse, Junior". (Short obituary). For his son Burton Persse see The Connaught Journal. August 17th. (1839). "Died at Moyode Castle, Co. Galway, sincerely and deservedly regretted by all who knew him, Burton Persse Esq., youngest son of the late Henry Persse Esq, of Galway aged 27 years". See also Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1899), "Henry Sadlier (Interred at Glenarde), abode Glenarde Galway, buried 11th March 1899, aged 32". See also Library and Heritage Project Files for accounts of his close relatives.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
PERSSE
Notes: 

A Rect. R.S. with Inc'd. Ins.. See also Nos. 229 and 287 for other Persse monuments.