DU-SGGT-0118

Record Date: 
1 November 2013
Graveyard: 
Saggart Cemetery
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Gloria in Excelsis Deo IHS Memento Mori

This stone was erected by Patrick

Hopkins in memory of his beloved mother

Mary Hopkins who departed this life on

the 1st of Novr 1798 aged 60 years

also his father Edward Hopkins who

died on the 7th of Jany 1804 aged 65 years

Likewise his brother George who died

on the 1st of January 1812 aged 33 years

and five of his children who died young

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Dublin
Latitude: 
53.281404166667
Longitude: 
-6.4443483333333
Additional details
Erected by: 
Patrick Hopkins
Orientation of face: 
E
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Patrick
Surname: 
Hopkins
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Hopkins
Date of death - day: 
1
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1798
Age: 
60
Relationship with first person: 
Mother
Name: 
Edward
Surname: 
Hopkins
Date of death - day: 
1
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1804
Age: 
65
Relationship with first person: 
Father
Name: 
George
Surname: 
Hopkins
Date of death - day: 
1
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1812
Age: 
33
Relationship with first person: 
Brother