GA-STNL-0098

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

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF FREDERICK JOSEPH SANDYS ESQ C.E. ELDEST SON OF THE REVD FRANCIS ROBERT SANDYS CHANCELLOR OF ST CANICE AND RECTOR OF CASTLE INCH IN THE DIOCESE OF OSSORY. HE DERARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 22nd OF SEPTEMBER 1855 IN THE 21^ YEAR OF HIS AGE TO THE INEXPRSSIBLE GRIEF OF HIS AFFLIOTED PARENTS BUT IN BLESSED RESERECTION I WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE IGNORANT BRETHERN. CONCERNING THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP. THAT YE SORROW NOT AS OTHERS WHICH HAVE NO HOPE. FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN. EVEN SO THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM. 1 THESS 4 13 14

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272478055556
Longitude: 
-9.0533163888889
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1855), "Frdk. Jos. Sands, abode Taylor's Hill, buried 24th Septr. 1855, aged 20 years".
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
SANDYS
Notes: 

A large R.S. with an Inc'd. Ins. and Inc'd. single-line border. The stone is broken into three pieces. "Afflicted" is spelt with an "o" instead of a "c" by mistake. "Departed" and "inexpressible" are also misspelt. The first four lines of paragraph two have been misquoted and should read "I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU TO BE IGNORANT BRETHERN CONCERNING THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP THAT YE SORROW EVEN AS OTHERS WHICH HAVE NO HOPE".