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GA-STNL-0399
Record Date:
23 December 2024
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
In • affectionate • memory • of ROBERT O' HARA Lieutenant • Colonel 88th Connaught • Rangers son • of• Robert O' • Hara • Esq. of-Raheen-C0 'Galway. Died-1848. He • served • during • the • Peninsular • war in • the • 52nd • Light • Infantry • and 88th • Connaught • Rangers • and • took • part in • the • following • battles • and • sieges. "SABUGAL". "BUSACO". "FUENTES D'ONOR". "REDINHA". "MIRANDA DE CORVO”. "BADAJOS". Erected by his sister Florinda Henrietta Livesay.
People commemorated:
Surname:
O'HARA
Notes:
A large ornate pseudo-Gothic-style plaque on a black limestone backing. The brass is ornately decorated with an ogee-shaped pedimented arch with a crocketed finial. This is flanked by shields with the letters Alpha and Omega surrounded by foliage. Between the cusps of the arcaded pattern are the O'Hara achievement of arms and the motto "TRY". The IHS monogram occurs in a roundel on the pediment. Roundels bearing the symbols of the Evangelists occur in each comer. The maker's name "COX & BUCKLEY, LONDON" is stamped in the lower right hand comer of the plaque. The lettering and decoration are inlaid in red and black enamel. For other O'Hara monuments see also Nos. 25, 298, 349 and 374. For references to other members of the O'Hara family see also Library and Heritage Project Files under No. 399, especially for O'Haras who died in the late 19th and early 20th centuries most of whom were interred at Lenaboy. ✓
