WM-BMRE-0098

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

IHS

God have Mercy
on ye souls of Thos
Leal who Depd Sept
ye 9th 1790 aged 76 & his 
wife Elenor Little
Depd Aug 16 1779 aged
52yrs & son Isaac Depd
May 27th 1777 aged 27
Erectd by their son 
Thos Leal

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Westmeath
Latitude: 
53.493116666667
Longitude: 
-7.6711694444444
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Leal
Date of death - day: 
9
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1790
Age: 
76
Name: 
Eleanor
Surname: 
Little
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1779
Age: 
52
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Isaac
Surname: 
Leal
Date of death - day: 
27
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1777
Age: 
27
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Leal
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

 

Description: Top of stone – in relief – roman I H S with the H surmounted by a Cross with “Nail” terminals all enclosed in a semi -Sunburst, above is a double Heart from which sprouts, to each side, a flowering foliage, again enclosed in a semi-sunburst around the top of the stone.  The incised inscription is in humanist minuscule. Note the 6 “Th” ligatures – both in script and sub-script and the 2 ampersands