KK-STMG-337

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

To the memory/ of/ Captain JAMES SAMSON/ of/ the 70th Regiment of Infantry/ Who fell, a sacrifice to his zeal/ in the service of his Country/ on the 6th of March 1832/ in the 55th year of his age/ after an honourable Professional Career/ of 37 years./ This tablet is erected by his brother Officers/ as a Testimonial of their high sense of his worth/ as a Man and a Soldier.

Memorial Type: 
Mural Plaque
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
'his brother Officers'
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
South
Number of components: 
2
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
133
Width (cm): 
99
Thickness (mm): 
6
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1832
Inscription date primary: 
1832
Memorial material: 
Marble
Condition of grave: 
Sound, displaced
Condition of inscription: 
Mint
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
F. Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Mural plaque comprising a pedimented panel in black-marble onto which is fixed an inscription tablet of white marble in the form of a shield. The tympanum of the pediment contains the fixings for a motif, which is now lost. A geometric pattern occupies the architrave above the inscribed panel.