KK-STMG-328

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

Sacred to the memory of/ WILLIAM DESPARD/ of Corraiganore Park Co. Waterford/ and late of Killaghy Castle Co. Tipperary, Barrister/ who died October 9th 1867, aged 63 years./ And of PHILIPPA ELIZA DESPARD/ fourth daughter of PHILLIP PILKINGTON DESPARD/ of Rathmore, Queen's County,/ who died 25th July 1897 in her 87th year/ also of CATHERINE,/ relict of the above named W. Despard,/ who died 15th Aug. 1904 aged 93/For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain

Memorial Type: 
Mural Plaque
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Unknown
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
East
Number of components: 
2
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
238
Width (cm): 
153
Thickness (mm): 
14
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1867
Inscription date primary: 
1867
Memorial material: 
Marble, limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, displaced
Condition of inscription: 
Clear
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
P. Kenny
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Mural plaque of black marble, ground for an elaborate white marble slab containing the inscription tablet below a stylised portico. The tympanum of the triangular pediment contains a cartouche with the heraldic shield of the Despard family above a motto scroll now illegible. A cloth draped chest with bestial feet and a snake swallowing its own tail as a handle rests on the architrave of the inscribed panel. The chest is surmounted by a weeping willow? tree. The rectangular inscription panel is flanked on either side by volutes.