CO-KNHL-0051

Record Date: 
6 November 2012
Graveyard: 
Knawhill
Exact wording of epitaph: 

ERECTED BY
JAMES GALVIN
IN MEMORY OF HIS SON
JOHN GALVIN WHO DEPD
LIFE JAN THE 15TH 1839 AGED
22 YRS MAY HIS SOUL
REST IN PEACE AMEN
HERE LIETH INTERNED A MUCH LAMENTED YOUTH
FOR SENSE DISTINGUISHED & ESTEEMED FOR TRUTH
HIS VIRTOUS ACTIONS WERE BEGINNING FOR TO BLOOM
WHEN ALAS HE BID ADEU TO ALL HIS FRIENDS TOO SOON

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
52.279686388889
Longitude: 
-8.8382947222222
Additional details
Erected by: 
James Galvin
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
James
Surname: 
Galvin
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Galvin
Date of death - day: 
15
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1839
Age: 
22
Relationship with first person: 
Son