CO-CVEE-0035

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

HERE  LYETH THE

BODY OF CHARLES

MANNING WHO DEPD

LIFE THE 5TH OF JUNE

1794 AGED 72 YEARS

The Lord Have Mercy on

His Soul Amen

Remember Me as You Pass by

As You are Now So Once Was I

And As I am Now So Shall Thou be

Prepare Thy Self to Follow Me

Erected by his Son John

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.887133055556
Longitude: 
-8.8728897222222
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Charles
Surname: 
Manning
Date of death - day: 
5
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1794
Age: 
72
Notes: 

In Griffith's Valuation (1852) a probable descendant of the man commemorated on this headstone, Charles Manning, is listed as leasing a house, offices and land in Coolgarriff valued at £83.15.0.

In the 1833 Tithe Applotment Books a Charles Manning of Coolgarriff holds 186 Irish acres. Colgarriff is in Aghinagh Parish.

A death notice in the Cork Examiner states that on 24th December, 1899, a John Manning, Green Lodge, Coachford died and was buried in Canovee. In the 1875 Postal Directory a John Manning is listed as living in Monareagh, Coachford.

An item available on the internet is 'Mammy' - the Eulogy at the funeral of Eileen Tobin (1909--2003). It states that Eileen was born in Ballinagree and was buried in Cardiff. Her father Timothy Manning's great grandfather Charles Manning was buried in this grave.