TN-TYGS-0023

Record Date: 
17 November 2012
Graveyard: 
Terryglass Old Cemetery
Exact wording of epitaph: 

(On Front top)
George M. Massy T.C.D.
fell asleep
at Terryglass Rectory
on the 21st August 1885
in his 19th year
June the 13th 1886
Henry Thomas
aged 18 years
July the 16th
Robert Evory
aged 19 days
and on October the 7th
Mary Henrietta
aged 21 years
"while in the bloom of the
Lamb" Rev 7 14

(on front base)
Erected by
Revd Henry Massy M.A
and Elizabeth his wife
in memory of their dearly loved
children whose bodies
rest here until the day break
and the shadows flee away
AD 1887

(Top right side of cross)
Feb 8th 1886
Diana Elinor
aged 2.5 years
Feb 14th
Madeline Sarah
aged 12 years
Lovely and pleasant in
their lives
in their death they
were not divided
April the 22nd 1889
Elizabeth Massey
The
devoted mother
passed out of
great tribulation
aged 44 years

(Bottom right side of cross)
April the 16th 1895
Revd Canon Massy A.M.
for 23 years Rector of
this parish
fell asleep in Jesus
aged 58 years
"Looking for the mercy of 
our Lord Jesus
unto eternal life"

(Top left side of cross)
July the 13th 1895
Lily
Entered her
eternal
rest
aged 18 years
To be with Christ
which is far
better

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
53.054979722222
Longitude: 
-8.2048713888889
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
D. Carroll, Birr
Number of people commemorated: 
9
People commemorated: 
Name: 
George H.
Surname: 
Massy
Date of death - day: 
21
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1885
Age: 
19
Address: 
Terryglass Rectory
Name: 
Henry Thomas
Surname: 
Massy
Date of death - day: 
13
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1886
Age: 
18
Name: 
Robert Evory
Surname: 
Massy
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
July
Age: 
0
Name: 
Mary Henrietta
Surname: 
Massy
Date of death - day: 
7
Date of death - month: 
October
Age: 
21
Name: 
Rev. Canon Henry
Surname: 
Massy M.A.
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1895
Age: 
58
Name: 
Elizabeth
Surname: 
Massy
Date of death - day: 
22
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1889
Age: 
44
Name: 
Diana Elinor
Surname: 
Massy
Date of death - day: 
8
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1886
Age: 
2
Name: 
Madeline Sarah
Surname: 
Massy
Age: 
12
Name: 
Lily
Surname: 
Massy
Date of death - day: 
13
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1895
Notes: 

Robert Evory Massy died aged 19 days
Within the grounds of the Church of Ireland section of the graveyard.