KK-SPEN-076

Record Date: 
22 June 2011
Graveyard: 
St. Peters
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In memory of Edward Thomas Herbert eldest son of the Rev. Henry Herbert Rector of the Parish of Ennisnag, who died February 12th 1834 agd 9 years and 10 months. On life's wild ocean Sorrowful and Pained, how many voyagers their course perform, this little kinder bark a kinder fate obtained , it reached the harbour ere it met the storm.

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Latitude: 
52.545125
Longitude: 
-7.2265066666667
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Not stated
Erected by: 
Not stated
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
E
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
154
Width (cm): 
79
Thickness (mm): 
90
Memorial date stated
Year: 
1834
Memorial date inferred: 
1834
Inscription date primary: 
1834
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Stone top: 
Flat
Letter style: 
Roman
Introductory term: 
In memory of
Biblical quote: 
On life's wild ocean Sorrowful and Pained, how many voyagers their course perform, this little kinder bark a kinder fate obtained , it reached the harbour ere it met the storm.
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Edward Thomas
Surname: 
Herbert
Date of death - day: 
12
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1834
Age: 
9
Address: 
Ennisnag
Notes: 

The location of this stone is at the rear of the Church.

Thomas was the eldest son of Rev. Henry Herbert rector of Ennisnag and Harriet Hannah Pope. The Rev. Henry was 2nd son of the Rev. Edward Herbert Archdeacon of Aghadow. He was born in Co Kerry c.1795 received a B.A. from Trinity College Dublin in 1817, and was ordained in 1819. His wife Harriat Hannah Pope was the daughter of Thomas Pope of Popefield, she died in January 1861. The Rev. Henry subsquently remarried.