Waterford - Kilbarrymeaden Church Yard

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KILBARRYMEADEN CHURCH YARD 
    (From Mrs S.de.C O'Grady.)

This churchyard is terribly overgrown and the only old 
transcriptions I could find were On a vault 
Here lies the bodies of Richard 
Power Esq.of Gardenmorris
who departed this life 27th September 1776
aged sixty three years 
Mary Power,his wife who departed
this life May 1777 Aged sixty four years. 
Arnold Power  
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In the ruins of the old church are the following 
Erected by Nicholas Power of
Ballybricken.Here lies the body of his 
Father Edmund Power son of Jeffrey Power
of Benvoy who departed this life May 2nd 1750
Aged 49 years 
Also three of said Nicholas's children
who died young .
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Pray for the soul of the Reverend Father Michael Kearney who 
departed this life the 13th day of February 1760 in the 54th 
year of his age. Requiescat in Pace.Amen.

Hic iacet Nicholas Power of Georgestowne Generosus et uxor 
Eus Giles Power que obiit dom 1602 

Coat-of-Arms,Power impaling O'Shee motto per crucem ad 
coronam
Here lieth the body of Rose Shee daughter to Shee of Sheestown 

                                                 yed
                                           ry the 28th'
                                      Departed this 
                                               1711
The above-named Rose may have been the daughter of Richard 
O'Shee of Sheestown, Co Kilkenny who married Rose daughter 
and heir of Peter Rothe [see Burkes Landed Gentry under 
O'Shee] As shown in the rubbing of the Coats-of-Arms; the 
dexter coat is very puzzling; but the motto "Per crucem ad 
coronam" gives a clue as it is the motto of the Power Family 

Mr G Burtchaell,Athlone, Pursuivant of Arms considers that 
the quartered coat in the dexter half of the shield is a 
mixture of arms of 2 Branches of the Power family.The 
original arms of this family is "Argent a chief indented 
sable," one branch of the family added three lions rampant 
on to the "chief " and another branch added three escallop 
shellson to the "chief"; on the rubbing the lions and 
escallop shells alone are shown ,quartered, forming a very 
peculiar and incorrect representation of the Power arms.The 
cross in the middle of them is inexplicable. The O'Shee arms 
are  "Per bend indented azure and or,two fleurs-de-lis 
counterchanged .

Source:
Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the 
Memorials of the Dead in Ireland Vol. IX  (FHL# 1279285)