KK-SPEN-148

Record Date: 
22 June 2011
Graveyard: 
St. Peters
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Erected by Eleanor Mullins alias Commerford in memory of her beloved son Richard Mullins whose filial piety & fraternal affection justly claim this tribute of their gratitude. He died Dec 23rd 1812 in the 32 yr of his age.
“Justus Sicul Palma in Eternium Florebit”
Requiescant in pace Amen.

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Latitude: 
52.545088333333
Longitude: 
-7.2260516666667
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Unknown
Erected by: 
Eleanor Mullins alias Commerford
Denomination: 
Catholic
Orientation of face: 
E
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
246
Width (cm): 
121
Thickness (mm): 
100
Memorial date stated
Year: 
1812
Memorial date inferred: 
1812
Inscription date primary: 
1812
Inscription date secondary: 
0
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Stone top: 
Flat
Letter style: 
Copperplate
Introductory term: 
Erected by Eleanor Mullins AliasCommerford
Biblical quote: 
“Justus Sicul Palma in Eternium Florebit”
Inscription legible: 
Yes
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Richard
Surname: 
Mullins
Date of death - day: 
23
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1812
Age: 
32
Address: 
Kells
Notes: 


Broken mill wheel granite stone  in upright position at head of ground slab
Here the Millstone is representative of their Family trade
The Mullins family of millers  of Huegonet  extraction were  associated with Kells over a very long period  from  the later 18th Century to the 1960s

Sharing kerbed grave with KK-SPEN-  0147
Decoration IHS with superimposed cross  in  sunburst two chalices Gloria inexcelsis Deo in swag


Mill wheel Stone
Height (cm) 55 Width 146 (cm) thickness 101 (mm)