WM-BMRE-0146

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

O Lord Our God be mericful to the 

Soul of Edward Dillon of Mountdillon

near Moyvore County of  Westmeath

who depd this life the 13th of May

1806 agd 70 yrs also his son Michl who

Departd this life the 6th August

1794 agd 19 yrs also his son John who

Departd this life Decr 3rd 1783 agd

5 years Erectd by his wife Anne Dillon

& son Edward in memory of them

Memorial Type: 
Ground slab
Grave location
County: 
Westmeath
Latitude: 
53.493175
Longitude: 
-7.6708666666667
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
5
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Edward
Surname: 
Dillon
Date of death - day: 
13
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1806
Age: 
70
Address: 
Mount Dillon, near Moyvore Count Westmeath
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Dillon
Date of death - day: 
6
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1794
Age: 
19
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Dillon
Date of death - day: 
3
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1783
Age: 
5
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Anne
Surname: 
Dillon
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Edward
Surname: 
Dillon
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

 

Description: Head of stone – Dillon Crest – Lion rampant above shield with 3 crescents and a Lion. Motto – Dum Spiro, Spero (While I Breathe I Hope).  No other decoration.

Inscription:  incised roman and lower case with serifs. 

(Note: despite extensive investigation it has not been possible to identify the location of  “Mountdillon”, near Moyvore)