CO-CVEE-0023

Record Date: 
8 July 2014
Graveyard: 
Canovee (Cannaway)
Exact wording of epitaph: 

        I H S

This Stone was

Erected by John

Murphy of Carhu

In Memory of his

Father John Murph y

Who Departed This

Life Nov br 12 th

1754 Aged 47 Yr s

Also His Mother

Julian Who Died

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.887073929997
Longitude: 
-8.8726454700011
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Murphy
Date of death - day: 
12
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1754
Age: 
47
Address: 
Carhu. This may be Carhoo, Coachford
Name: 
Julian ?
Surname: 
Murphy
Address: 
Carhu
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Notes: 

The rest of the inscription is buried.

The townland 'Carhu' can be identified as Carhoo Upper or Lower, Coachford. While Murphy is a common surname, a Daniel Murphy is listed as a landholder a century later in 1852 in Carhoo Upper, worth £2-10-0.