WM-BMRE-0034

Record Date: 
7 September 2018
Graveyard: 
St. Owen's, Ballymore
Exact wording of epitaph: 

My Jesus My Mercy

Pray for the soul of

Peter Gill who died on

11th March 1885 aged 60 years

Also his daughter Jane Gill

died 23rd June 1876 aged 27 years

May they rest in oeace

Erected by his sons Michael

and Andrew in Loving Memory

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Westmeath
Latitude: 
53.493127777778
Longitude: 
-7.6716944444444
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Peter
Surname: 
Gill
Date of death - day: 
11
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1885
Age: 
60
Name: 
Jane
Surname: 
Gil
Date of death - day: 
23
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1876
Age: 
27
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Gill
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Andrew
Surname: 
Gill
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

Description: Very decorative stone:  Top panel – in sharp relief in a circular cartouche - Lamp of God recumbent on a Cross (representing Jesus in a Sacrificial role). On each side of the cartouche is a Tree of Life (symbol of the resurrection) with scrolls and a border to the base of the Cross which has a foliage symbol on its stem and a Cross in relief on its centre panel and arms. The “cut-outs” to form the Celtic Cross are Heart shaped.   The inscription panel has a plain deeply incised border with a each corner a scallop shell design.  Above the inscription is a deeply incised Ionic Cross.  The incised inscription is in plain capital lettering.  The stonemasons name Knight is on the bottom right corner. 

The entire stone sits on a plinth with a foliage pattern in deep relief, with a sparrow pecked background in a double decorative panel