KK-STMG-175

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

Sacred/ to the memory of/ SOPHIE/ the beloved wife of/ Sir Charles Mac Mahon/ of/ Melbourne, Australia/ died 30th May 1878.

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Unknown
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
East West
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
181
Width (cm): 
118
Thickness (mm): 
34
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1878
Inscription date primary: 
1878
Memorial material: 
Limestone?
Condition of grave: 
Sound, in place
Condition of inscription: 
Mint
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
Fergal Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Inscribed headstone with a gothic pointed top and an inscription on an inset stylised scroll in false-relief. Buggy notes that the monument is of "Carara Marble" (Buggy 1965, 41. Carved in false-relief above the panel are flowers(lily of the valley). The base is a three-stepped plinth.