KK-STMG-132

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

Sacred/ to the memory of/ ALEXANDER SEMPLE Junior/ who dep this life Nov 11th 1860/ aged 41 years./ (Psalm) ALEXANDER JOHN SEMPLE/ eldest son of above/ who dep this life June 1877 aged 17 years. (Psalm) Also Henry Semple youngest son who died Oct 26th 1881/ aged 21 years./ Leave the Fatherless Children/ I will preserve Them Alive/ And Let Thy widow Trust in Me Jeremiah LXIX II Blessed Are the Dead who Die in the Lord/ My Spirit Hath Rejoiced to god My Saviour Not Gone From Memory Not Gone From Love/But Gone To a Fathers Home Above

Memorial Type: 
Pedestal Tomb
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Unknown
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
East West
Number of components: 
2
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
170
Width (cm): 
83
Thickness (mm): 
31
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1860
Inscription date primary: 
1877
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, in place
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
Fergal Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Cuboid pedestal tomb of three tiers: a pedimented top above inscribed panels which rest on a moulded plinth.