GA-STNL-0081

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

This Monument was Erected by John Sheedy Serg1 Royal Irish Artillery in memory of his Son Thomas Sheedy who De parted this life the 30th April 1800 Aged 8 Months

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272678055556
Longitude: 
-9.0533563888889
Additional details
References: 
Fleetwood Berry (1912 A), 11. He gives the surname as Sheedy which is probably correct. The names are cut in Italics.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
[?] SHEEDY
Notes: 

This is a R.S. which is now used as part of the path around the church. The inscription is hard to decipher. The surname is probably Sheedy (or ? Hardy). The Ins. is Inc'd. and it has an Inc'd. border. A small skull and crossbones, now very worn, occurs at the bottom of the stone.