KK-STMG-030

Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Sacred/ To the memory of Robert Pur---/ Of Curristown/ In the County of Westmeath Esq./ Who departed this life 1 October 1819/ Aged 11 Years/ Erected by his attached brother/ aged 11 Cooke Purdon And JESUS said, I am the light and the life he that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live vi JOHN 25

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Unknown
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Unknown
Orientation of face: 
West
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
180
Width (cm): 
91
Thickness (mm): 
9
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
0
Inscription date primary: 
0
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Overgrown
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
Fergal Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Headstone with flat top, rounded central feature and scrolled shoulders. The headstone rests on a simple one step base chamfered at the top. The inscription is worn although traces were decipherable.