DU-STCS-354

Record Date: 
23 March 2012
Graveyard: 
St. Canices, Finglas
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Intered Underneath

The Revd Richd Benson who for near

Forty Years was Parish Priest of

Finglas and St Margarets which Dutys

He Discharged With Ardent and Pious Zeal

Died Jany 1st 1823 Aged 72 Years

Select Society Laments

The Scholar and a Gentleman

 

Requiescal in Peace

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Dublin
Latitude: 
53.387272960015
Longitude: 
-6.2991376999568
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Reverend
Name: 
Richard
Surname: 
Benson
Date of death - day: 
1
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1823
Age: 
72