DU-STWE-0184

Record Date: 
10 December 2025
Graveyard: 
St. Werburgh's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN MEMORY OF
MATTHEW WEST ESQr
ALDERMAN OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 13TH OF NOVr 1820 AGED 43 YEARS.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS AFFLICTED WIDOW
AS A FRAIL MEMORIAL OF HER IMPERISHABLE AFFLICTION,
AND AN INADEQUATE TESTIMONY OF GRATITUDE
FOR HIS UNALTERED LOVE DURING THEIR HAPPY UNION.
THE RECOLLECTION OF HIS CHRISTIAN VIRTUES
WILL LONG BE CHERISHED BY HIS CHILDREN
AND THE MANY FRIENDS WHO MOURN THE IRREPARABLE LOSS
OF SO MUCH EXCELLENCE.

P. COCKBURN.

Grave location
County: 
Dublin
Latitude: 
53.342991666667
Longitude: 
-6.2695138888889
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Matthew
Surname: 
West
Date of death - day: 
13
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1820