GA-STNL-0033

Record Date: 
27 December 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Sacred to the Memory of James Johnston Kearney Eldest Child only Son of James and Elizabeth Kearney who departed this life the 22 of February 1837 Aged 11 years [this] tomb is erected by his afflicted Mother as the last sad tribute of affection for her beloved Child.

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.273028055556
Longitude: 
-9.0536097222222
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 1 (1837), "James Kearney, son of J. Kearney Esqr., Controller of Customs, was interred in the churchyard of St. Nicholas the 24th day of July 1837, aged 11 years". Fleetwood Berry (1912 A), 7.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
KEARNEY
Notes: 

A plain R.S. with a rough base. It may have been a H.S. originally. See also No. 27 for his brother and father and No. 393, a monument in the church which also commemorates the same person.