GA-STNL-0245

Record Date: 
30 September 2024
Exact wording of epitaph: 

THOMAS W SOMERVILLE DIED 12™ OCt 1877 AGED 28 YEARS THE TOWER IN WHOSE SHADE HE IS SLEEPING IS AN EMBLEM OF HOPE AND OF LOVE THERE IS SILENCE AND DEATH AT ITS BASE BUT THERE’S LIFE IN THE BELFRY ABOVE

Grave location
County: 
Latitude: 
53.272993055556
Longitude: 
-9.0536030555556
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1877), "Thomas Worrall Somerville, abode St. Francis Street, buried 15th Octr. 1877, aged 28 years". The Galway Mercury. July 7th. (1849). Birth. "On the 6th instant, at Eyre Square, the late R.N. Somerville of a son". (This is the Thomas W. Somerville mentioned on the stone). The Galwav Express. October 13th. (1877). Death notice. "The public will regret to hear chronicled the death of Thomas Worrall Somerville, eldest son of R.N. Somerville, Esq., J.P., St. Francis'Street Galway...". The Galway Express. October 20th. (1877). Died. "Funeral of Thomas Worrall Somerville Esq.", (short account of the funeral) ..."a very large and respectable concourse followed die remains to the grave, where the Rev. Mr. O'Sullivan assisted by Rev. Mr. Black read the burial service. He was laid beside his relatives, Mrs. Hallowell and Miss Worrell, where he sleeps until the resurrection". Mr. R.N. Somerville, the father of Thomas Worrell Somerville, was an agent for the Britannia Life Assurance Company (See Advert, in The Galwav Vindicator. March 3rd. (1864)).
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
SOMERVILLE
Notes: 

A coffin-shaped monument set on an ashlar base. The top is triangular in section. Inc'd. Ins..