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WM-BMRE-0164
Record Date:
16 December 2018
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
I Beseech the Most
Worthy Judge eternal
May have mercy on the
soul of Hugh Colahan
who Departed this
life 4th December '93
aged 53 years Also
those of his children
Cathereine & John whos
_________________________
Also Mary Dillon als R_aan
wife of Thos Dillon & Relect of
the above Hugh Colahan she
died on 11th Dec 1811 aged 58 yrs this
monument was erected by her
husb Thos Dillon and her Child
ren Sile Cathe & Mary Col
ahan All of Ballimore in 1812
Memorial Type:
Headstone
Number of people commemorated:
8
People commemorated:
Name:
Hugh
Surname:
Colahan
Date of death - day:
4
Date of death - month:
December
Date of death - year:
1793
Age:
53
Name:
Catherine
Surname:
Colahan
Relationship with first person:
Daughter
Name:
John
Surname:
Colahan
Relationship with first person:
Son
Name:
Mary
Surname:
Colahan Dillon (alias R__aan)
Date of death - day:
11
Date of death - month:
December
Date of death - year:
1811
Age:
58
Relationship with first person:
Wife
Name:
Sile
Surname:
Colahan
Relationship with first person:
Daughter
Name:
Catherine
Surname:
Colahan
Relationship with first person:
Daughter
Name:
Mary
Surname:
Colahan
Relationship with first person:
Daughter
Name:
Thomas
Surname:
Dillon
Notes:
Description: Note the break in the Inscription – Head of stone – the only visible decoration is a blooming Tree of Life. The inscription is in archaic roman and is confusing due to the deliberate text break and some removal of the lettering.
