WM-BMRE-0066

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

RIP

In Loving memory of

James Geoghegan

who died 6 June 1911 aged 54 years

also his wife Ann

died 24 Aug 1900 age 38 years

Erected by their loving children

Burnell

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Westmeath
Latitude: 
53.493188888889
Longitude: 
-7.6716111111111
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Burnell
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
James
Surname: 
Geoghegan
Date of death - day: 
6
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1911
Age: 
54
Name: 
Ann
Date of death - day: 
24
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1900
Age: 
38
Relationship with first person: 
wife
Notes: 

 

Description: In relief – Large plain Cross with R I P incised in capitals in the centre, on each arm and the head there is a incised floral pattern, on the stem of the Cross there is a small Ionic cross, the centre of the Cross is surrounded by a splayed sunburst. The Cross and base are enclosed in a deep incised border and form the upper part of a raised inscription panel on which the writing is incised, the text is difficult to read due to the lichen.  The stonemason name “Burnell” is on the bottom left.