KK-STMG-336

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

Erected to the memory/ of JOHN WATTERS ESQUIRE,/ who from the year 1794 to 1834 held the offices of/ Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace of this City,/ died 28th May 1841, aged 74 years./ Also of Catherine his wife,/ who died 6th May 1862, aged 80 years./ Also of ISABELLA, wife of PATRICK WATTERS Esquire of this City,/ who died 11th October 1861, aged 39 years/ also of GEORGE AUGUSTUS, Assistant Commr of Forests I.C.S./ second son of said Patrick and Isabella,/ who died at Burmah 4th April 1876,/ in the 30th year of his age./ And of Lorenzo, Cape Volunteers,/ fifth son of the same/ who died at Grahamstown, South Africa/ 1st July 1878, Aged 23 Years/ and of KATE, Second Daughter of the same/ who died 15th May 1883

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): 
107
Width (cm): 
104
Thickness (mm): 
0
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1841
Inscription date primary: 
1841
Memorial material: 
Marble, limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, displaced
Condition of inscription: 
Mint
Technique of inscription: 
Incised painted
Name of recorder: 
F. Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Mural plaque comprising a black-marble ground onto which is fixed a white-marble inscription tablet in the form of a stylised portico. A laurel crown carved in relief occupies the tympanum of the pediment.