OF-DKLD-0121

Record Date: 
22 August 2015
Graveyard: 
Dunkerrin Old Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Sacred to the memory of

James Patrick Rolleston Esq of Frankfort

Castle who departed this transitory life

April 5th 1825

To commemorate his worth and to testify her

deep regret his lamenting and affectionate wife

has caused this monument to be erected

To the stranger his virtues cannot be known

To his friends his memory is his best epitaph

James Ffranck Rolleston

:late 50th Regiment, Queens Own aged 48

years.  Died 20th November 1882

Memorial Type: 
Table tomb
Grave location
County: 
Offaly
Latitude: 
52.914822222222
Longitude: 
-7.9094305555556
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Esq
Name: 
James Patrick
Surname: 
Rolleston
Date of death - day: 
5
Date of death - month: 
April
Address: 
Frankfort Castle
Name: 
James
Surname: 
Ffranck Rolleston
Date of death - day: 
20
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1882
Age: 
48