OF-SMSN-0020

Record Date: 
21 December 2024
Graveyard: 
Exact wording of epitaph: 

PANEL 1:
IN DEAR AND HONOURED
MEMORY OF
JOHN WRIGHT BOWLES A.M.
ARCHDEACON OF KILLALOE,
FOR 41 YEARS A MINISTER
OF CHRIST,
SOMETIME RECTOR OF SHINRONE
AFTERWARDS INCUMBENT
OF NENAGH,
WHERE HE FINISHED HIS COURSE
ON THE 24TH AUGUST 1888
THIS STONE IS PLACED HERE
BY HIS CHILDREN
“FOR OUR CITIZENSHIP IS IN HEAVEN
FROM WHENCE ALSO WE WAIT FOR A
SAVIOUR THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
WHO SHALL FASHION ANEW THE BODY
OF OUR HUMILIATION THAT IT MAY BE
CONFORMED TO THE BODY OF HIS GLORY”

PANEL 2:
ELIZA REBECCA
INFANT DAUGHTER OF
JOHN WRIGHT AND IDA BOWLES
DIED 14TH FEBRUARY 1865

“THEY SHALL BE MINE, SAITH
THE LORD OF HOSTS, IN THAT
DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY
JEWELS”

PANEL 3:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
IDA
WIDOW OF THE VENERABLE
JOHN WRIGHT BOWLES
WHO DIED
SUNDAY THE 21ST AUGUST 1898

REJOICING IN HOPE;
PATIENT IN TRIBULATION;
CONTINUING INSTANT IN
PRAYER

Memorial Type: 
Obelisk
Grave location
County: 
Latitude: 
52.983917519999
Longitude: 
-7.9304682700232
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John Wright
Surname: 
Bowles
Name: 
Eliza Rebecca
Surname: 
Bowles
Name: 
Ida
Surname: 
Bowles