Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1936
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0220, Page 0015
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“The following is an inscription on the back of a tombstone in Kilcarn Graveyard....”
The following is an inscription on the back of a tombstone in Kilcavan graveyard and is said to be there about one hundred and fifty years. The inscription on the front of the tombstone cannot be read as it is covered by the grave in front but Larkin is the name of the man that is on it. Pause Reader Pause.
Upon these lines here given
On the torturig pains of hell
And joys of heaven
One you have to chuse
Therefore take care
What steps you take
And how you are to fare
Therefore prepare for heaven
While here below
To shun a long eternity of woe