BENEATH ARE DEPOSITED THE
REMAINS OF
THOMAS RYAN OF CORELISH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE
23RD OF MARCH 1857 AGED 20 YEARS
A CLASSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL STUDENT HE WAS PREEMINENT FOR A YOUTH OF HIS TENDER YEARS AS CHRISTIAN A PATRIOT AND AFFECTIONATE SON COULD NOT BE SURPASSED AND THIS SMALL TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY IS ERECTED BY HIS AFFECTIONATE AND BEREAVED PARENT PATRICK RYAN WHOSE SOLE HOPE IS TO MEET HIS ONLY BELOVED SON IN THE JOY OF ETERNAL HAPPINESS OPEN BOOK CARVED ON STONE WITH THIS WILL BE DONE INSCRIBED ON IT AND ABOVE IT ‘IN MEMORY OF ‘ RIBAND CARVED