CO-BLNC-0151

Record Date: 
2 August 2013
Graveyard: 
Ballynacorra
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Erected

by

Jermiah Hegarty

in memory

of

His son John

who departed this life

January 25th 1819

Aged 10 years

Beneath a sleeping infant lies

to earth his body's lent

more glorious he'll hereafter rise

tho' not more innocent

when the archanger trumpet shall blow

and souls to bodies join

millions will wish their lives below

had been as short as thine

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.897615099962
Longitude: 
-8.1737959399996
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Jeremiah
Surname: 
Hegarty
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Hegarty
Date of death - day: 
25
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1819
Age: 
10
Relationship with first person: 
Son