In Memory
Mary Finch
1678 · St. Mary's Church of Ireland
Here lyeth the body of Mary Finch, daughter of Peter Danell of Tably in Cheshyr, Esqr. She was married unto Symon Finch, Esqr, the 5th Day of Augt 1651. Her mother was sister unto Richard Grosvenor of Eaton in Cheshyre, Kt. She departed this life at Kilcolman the 26 Day of January 1678 in the 59 year of her age.
Note: The memorial is carved with S-shaped scrolls. Although it dates to 1678, the church that houses it was not built until 1860; the Ormond Historical Society's record of gravestone inscriptions notes that these older memorials were brought here from the old church on Kenyon Street. At 1678 this is the oldest memorial in St. Mary's Church of Ireland. The memorials within the church are fascinating, recording an enormous part of the history of the town and the surrounding areas. Notably, this memorial is listed in the Sites and Monuments Record (TN020-037003), which affords it archaeological protection — the others are not.
Those remembered here
Mary Finch
daughter of Peter Danell of Tabley, Cheshire; wife of Symon Finch
d. 1678aged 58
Record details
- Survey record
- No. 11
- Memorial type
- Wall tablet
- Condition
- Legible
- Location
- Church interior
- Recorded
- 1982 survey
Source: Ormond Historical Society — Gravestone Inscriptions, Co. Tipperary, Section B (Barony of Upper Ormond), Vol. 5: Parish of Nenagh (1982). Compiled by Nancy Murphy.