OF-KMCA-0070

Record Date: 
9 July 2013
Graveyard: 
Kilmochonna
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Gloria in excelsis Deo

O Lord have Mercy on the Soul

Of James Gibbons depd this Life

Sepr 1810 aged 50 yrs also his

Wife Margaret Gibbons alias

Corrigan dept december 1811

aged 55 yrs and their son Micl

Gibbons depd May 1826 aged

28 yrs. A studious pilgrim

turn thy  pensive face. Mark three

most dear locked in one Cold

imbrace. A Father Mother

and a tender son become one dust.

When first they had begun

When thy time blown around you

Cast let mortals how soon

This world is past that all we

Gain on this vein earth below

when tryed are found

But Misery and Woe

 

 

 

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Offaly
Latitude: 
53.1565725
Longitude: 
-8.024205
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
James
Surname: 
Gibbons
Date of birth - year: 
1760
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1810
Age: 
50
Name: 
Margaret
Surname: 
Gibbons alias Corigan
Date of birth - year: 
1756
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1811
Age: 
55
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Gibbons
Date of birth - year: 
1798
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1826
Age: 
28
Relationship with first person: 
Son