CO-BMCH-016

pobal baile macoda agus droicead na sguab
de chuir an cross so leis
An Atair Eoin O Cathasa S.C.
do rugadh i mbaile nuadh na sagart la nodlag 1869
d’eag i mbaile macoda domnach cingcise 1924
dilis do dhia agus d’a tir-dhuthchais
taca ag a pobal a ngatair [le linn]
fial flaitheamhail le bochtaibh de
cneasda, ceannsa e cach
bhi gradh agus gean ag og a’s aosta dho
to dtugaidh dia suaimhneas
siorruidhe d’a anam
amen       

Inscription on side of stone reads:

The
People of Ballymacoda
and Ladysbridge have
Erected this Cross
in loving memory of
The Rev. John Casey C.C.
who died on Whit Sunday
1924
In the 54^th year of his
age and the 29^th of his
Sacred Ministry
R.I.P.
Blessed are the Dead
who die in the Lord                   
                                                                Apoc. XlV 13

Inscription on other side of stone reads:

A
Zealous and devoted
Priest.  A shining light
and a tower of strength
to his people
kind and generous to
God’s poor
Gentle and Charitable
to all
beloved in life
lamented in Death
May he Rest in Peace
Amen                                                 [ see both inscription images below ]