WM-BMRE-0186

Record Date: 
24 July 2020
Graveyard: 
St. Owen's, Ballymore
Exact wording of epitaph: 

 

 O Lord have Mercy on 
 The Soul of patrick roark
 of Ballhoria woh Depd
 This life febry 6th 1798 Agd
 40 yrs  Ercd by his son
 John Roark

Memorial Type: 
Ground slab
Grave location
County: 
Westmeath
Latitude: 
53.493047222222
Longitude: 
-7.6713861111111
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Patrick
Surname: 
Roark
Date of death - day: 
6
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1798
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Roark
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

 

Description:  Head of stone – very fine carving – In relief – roman I H S with Omega forming the bar of the H above which there is Cross with rays emanating (this is known as a Glory Cross), beneath the Omega is an Inverted Heart, above the I and S there is a Heart and beneath the I and S there is an inverted Heart, all are enclosed in a raised border.  The inscription is in archaic roman – Note the ligatured TH at the start of lines 2 & 4 and the error in the name on the final line.