Hi there,
I have finally tracked down my Co Clare ancestors' burial site in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and am amazed at the intricate plaque on it.
It was most likely manufactured by Austin CARLEY, a stonemason in the Geelong area and the brother of the deceased Peter CARLEY.
Can anyone help out here? I suspect it's in Gaelic, and have been unable to get far with translating, though I suspect PHADER AGUS MHARGIE C means Peter and Margaret C (AGUS does mean AND!)
It would appear to contain a prayer that ends in AMEN, but And the last line of course says 'AD 1884 A CARLEY GEELONG’
Here's a transcription of the full headstone (which is written in English), and I'll attach a picture of the Gaelic plaque
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO
Erected By
MARGARET
IN MEMORY OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND
PETER CARLEY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 19 OF MAY 1882
AGED 55 YEARS
BOTH NATIVES OF COUNTY CLARE IRELAND
ALSO OF THEIR CHILDREN
MARY BORN 9TH (?) JULY 1853 DIED FEBRUARY 28 1859
BRIDGET DIED 13TH APRIL 1853 AGED 3 MONTHS
ANN DIED 26TH (?) MAY 1855 AGED 2 MONTHS
ALSO MARGARET DIED OCT THE 28TH 1873 AGED 17 YEARS
AND THEIR DAUGHTER
BEDELIA ANN CARLEY
DIED 27 JUNE 1895
AGED 27 YEARS
ALSO
MARGARET CARLEY
BELOVED WIFE OF
PETER CARLEY
DIED 20 SEPT 1922
AGED 86 YEARS
MAY THEIR SOULS REST IN PEACE, AMEN
A CARLEY
Thanks and best wishes
Gene in Oz