DU-RCCI-039

Record Date: 
23 August 2012
Graveyard: 
Rathcoole Church of Ireland
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Underneath
is the body of Miss Harriet Purchas
The tender female friend of her bosom
Layeth this stone
not to enumerate her virtue but to tell survivors
it is in human nature to become perfect
thro' the means of Religion and Application
She attained at an early period
All that was good
All that was lovely
At the age of 22
enfolded in the arms of her sorrowing friends
She departed
June 9th 1792
Comforting her comforters
& edifying all about her
Soon not surprising death his wish paid
her thoughts went forth to meet him on his way
nor gaily it was to die

Memorial Type: 
Grave slab
Grave location
County: 
Dublin
Latitude: 
53.281833333333
Longitude: 
-6.4638333333333
Additional details
Orientation of face: 
E
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Clear
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Harriet
Surname: 
Purchas
Date of death - day: 
9
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1782
Age: 
22
Notes: 

Extra reading found over the original reading:

Soon not surprising death his wish paid
her thoughts went forth to meet him on his way
nor gaily it was to die