WM-BMRE-0134

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

IHS

Pray for the soul

of Bryan Cormick

Depard ye 27 of January

1774 aged 50 years Also

his wife Honour Gibney

48 years

Grave location
County: 
Westmeath
Latitude: 
53.493177777778
Longitude: 
-7.6711555555556
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Bryan
Surname: 
Cormick
Date of death - day: 
27
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1774
Age: 
50
Name: 
Honour
Surname: 
Gibney
Age: 
48
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Notes: 

 

Description:  Very unusual – the 1st line of the incised inscription is separated by, the incised, I H S, the writing is simple and appears to have been carved by either a local non-mason or a member of the family