WM-BMRE-0051

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

IHS

God be mercifl to ye

soul of Daniel Conaghton

who dep'd May 16 1788

agd 75 His wife

Marg Dillon dep'd Ap'l

1787 agd 61 & Her son

Tho's who lie here _ _ _ _ _'d

erected by their son Jn'o

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Westmeath
Latitude: 
53.493127777778
Longitude: 
-7.6716
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Daniel
Surname: 
Conaghton
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1788
Age: 
75
Name: 
Margaret
Surname: 
Dillon
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1787
Age: 
61
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Thomas
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
John
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

 Description: Highly decorative head of stone – in relief – double roman I H S with Cross surmounting the H and beneath a Heart sprouting a small Tree of Life – all enclosed in a full Sunburst. On each shoulder – sprouting from a Heart is a blooming Tree of Life.  A border of sunburst symbols enclose the shoulders and inscription panel.  The incised inscription is in Roman capitals and text with serifs.  Note the many subscripts