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Wall monument in Farnbeg

Wall monument
Wall monument in Farnbeg
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On a level landscape c. 220m SSW of Strokestown House (RO029-025002*) and within the mausoleum (RO028-024001-), against the N end of the E wall. The wall monument of Nicholas Mahon and his wife Magdalene (nee French) who died in 1680 and 1683 respectively according to the inscription, is a shallow altar surmounted by three pilasters and entablature. The inscription reads: UNDER THIS MONUMENT / LIE THE BONES OF CAPTAIN / NICHOLAS MAHON OF STR / OKESTOWN WHO DYED THE 10th / OF OCTOBER 1680 IN THE 60th / YEAR OF HIS AGE AND OF HIS / DEARLY BELOVED WIFE MAE /GDALENE MAHON ALIS FRE- / NCH WHO DYED THE 13th OF M- / ARCH 1683 N THE 56th YEAR / OF HER AGE IN WHOSE ME- / MORIES THEIR ELDEST SON JO / HN MAHON OF STROKEST- / OWN ESQ: CAUSED THIS M / ONUMENT TO BE ERRECTED. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 18 August, 2015
Nicholas Mahon and his wife Magdalene (née French) are commemorated by a wall monument in Farnbeg, located within a mausoleum about 220 meters south-southwest of Strokestown House. The monument is significant as a local memorial within a historic family burial site.

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