KK-STMG-341

Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In loving memory of/ FRANCIS BUTLER ESQ. J.P.,/ of Borrismore, Co. Kilkenny,/ who fell asleep in Jesus/ October 7th 1844, aged 38./ Also his youngest son THOMAS,/ who died April 24th 1841 aged 9 months,/ and his youngest daughter CATHERINE MARY,/ who died March 24th 1845 aged 9 1/2 months;/ also in memory/ of DORETHEA, widow of the above,/ who fell asleep in Jesus/ August 19th 1897, aged 78/ and EDMUND their eldest son/ who died of sunstroke near New-York,/ June 28th 1876, aged 37./ Erected by their sorrowing and last child/ SOPHIA/'Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee.'

Memorial Type: 
Mural plaque
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Sophia Butler
Relationship: 
Daughter
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
South
Number of components: 
5
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
145
Width (cm): 
88
Thickness (mm): 
0
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1897
Inscription date primary: 
1897
Memorial material: 
Marble
Condition of grave: 
Sound, displaced
Condition of inscription: 
Mint
Technique of inscription: 
Incised painted
Name of recorder: 
P. Kenny
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Mural plaque comprising a black-marble ground in the form of a shield onto which is fixed a cartouche of arms and an inscription tablet in white marble. The heraldic shield at the top is the Butler coat of arms with their motto on a scroll beneath: 'COMME JE TROUVE'. The inscribed panel is in the form of an outrolled parchment.