Survey Data
Reg No
21904006
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1785 - 1855
Coordinates
162698, 129613
Date Recorded
05/12/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of burial plots with obelisk pinnacle-topped screens. Set in graveyard on a corner site with rendered piers to perimeter.
Appraisal
A pair of burial plots of the Roche family. The first carries three lengthy inscriptions commemorating Reverend Patrick Roche (d. 1786) '[who] was Vicar General of the Limerick Diocese and Parish Priest of Kilmallock' and Reverend John Roche (d. 1806) '[who] was Parish Priest of St. Patrick & Monaleen Limk. Diocese'. The second, repurposing the remains of the ruined Ardkilmartin Church [SMR LI040-088001-], carries a cut-limestone plaque inscribed: "Erected by Michael Laurence/Roche Senr. In memory of his/Son Michael Roche Junr./Solicitor who departed this/life on the 24 day of May 1840/aged 28 years and also of his/beloved wife Mary Roche/alias Lynch who died on the/30 day of May 1852 aged 70 years".