WM-BMRE-0162

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

Have Mercy
O Lord on the Soul
of Laughn Clarke he
died in the year 1790
aged 70 yrs  Erected by his
sons Patt Laughn & 
Willm Clarke

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Westmeath
Latitude: 
53.4933
Longitude: 
-7.6708666666667
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Laughn
Surname: 
Clarke
Date of death - year: 
1790
Age: 
70
Name: 
Patrick
Surname: 
Clarke
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Laughn
Surname: 
Clark
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
William
Surname: 
Clarke
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

 

Description: Head of stone – in relief – roman I H S with the H surmounted by a Cross, beneath the H is an Inverted Heart – all are enclosed in a full Sunburst.  Beneath from the centre of the panel, spreading onto both shoulders, sprouts a blooming Tree of Life.    The inscription is in roman capitals and lower case with serifs and is enclosed in a border of repeating triangle shapes.