Gloria In Excelsis Deo / SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM MICHAEL EGAN / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / 14 JULY 1874 AGED 8 YEARS / ELDEST SON OF / LAWRENCE & HANNAH EGAN / Requiescat In Pace / Nipped in the bud his life plucked away / illegible / The Fathers hope illegible / Were centered in the illegible love all / The flower was withered away before its bloom / Lifes purpose .. the illegible / Yet blessed illegible / To ..eth earth illegible