GA-STNL-0237

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

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OFJames Rush Esq WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 1844 AND OF Eliza Rush HIS WIFE WHO DIED ON THE 6th JANUARY 1855

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272871388889
Longitude: 
-9.0535863888889
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1844), "James Rush, abode Dominick Street, buried May 20th 1844, aged 69 years". Note the difference in the month given on the slab and in the Bur. Reed.. Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1855), "Eliza Rush, abode Taylor's Hill, buried 9th January 1855, aged 70 years". For his daughter see The Connaught Journal. April 11th. (1840). (Marriage of Alicia, 2nd daughter of James Rush to Thomas Antisill of Portland Co. Tipperary).
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
RUSH
Notes: 

A box-tomb with ashlar sides and Rect. top. Inc'd. Ins. with the names carved in Italics. See also No. 294 for another Rush monument.