WM-BMRE-0090

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

IHS

Have Mercy O Lord

on the Soul Thomas

Carney who depd this 

life 5th Decemr 1808

agd 61 yrs This Monu

ment was Erectd by his 

wife Mary Carney als

Killbride & Sons Thoms

Michl & John Carney 

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Westmeath
Latitude: 
53.493025
Longitude: 
-7.6711611111111
Number of people commemorated: 
5
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Carney
Date of death - day: 
5
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1808
Age: 
61
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Carney alias Killbride
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Carney
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Carney
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Carney
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

 

Description: Very decorative Head with fine carvings in relief – Roman I H S with Omega forming the bar of the H which has a Cross above with “Nail “terminals, beneath the H are two Inverted Hearts, all are enclosed in a finely carved Sunburst in a circle.  The shoulders are covered by two, in relief, blooming Trees of Life, sprouting from the centre of the decorative panel which is enclosed in a plain border.  The incised inscription is in fine Roman capitals and script writing which is enclosed in a decorative repeating border.