Gravestone engraving transcribed by Dr Michael J. Fennessy in 2007.
Full details of the gravestone (including a photograph and exact location) can be accessed by downloading the data file from the CMIAR website.
IN
MEMORY OF
A BELOVED MOTHER AND FATHER WHO HAVING
A GOOD HOPE THROUGH GRACE DEPARTED THIS LIFE
CATHERINE FLOOD 17TH OF OCT 1835 44
SAMUEL FLOOD 6TH OF MAY 1862 70
[At ends of preceding two lines curly brackets link lines with words "AGED" and "YEARS"]
Time has his sharpest teeth prepared
My comfort to devour
But there's a hand above the stars
And joy above his power
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ALSO OF
WILLIAM HOLSGROVE FLOOD 19TH OF AUG 1857 2 YEARS
CATHERINE HOLSGROVE FLOOD 3RD OF MAY 1862 5 MONTHS
For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven
ALSO OF
CATHERINE FLOOD
WHO DIED 18TH SEPR 1899. AGED 83 YEARS.
Nothing in my hand I bring
Simply to Thy cross I cling