GA-STNL-0258

Record Date: 
18 November 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ANNE DUNN DIED 21 AUGUST 1856 AGED 40 YEARS RELICT OF JAMES DUNN MASTER GUNNER ROYAL ARTILLERY STATIONED AT GALWAY 24 YEARS THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST CLEANSETH US FROM ALL SIN 1 JOHN 1CH 7 VERSE

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.273033055556
Longitude: 
-9.0537563888889
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1856), "Anne Dunne, abode Lenaboy, buried August 25th 1856, aged 40 years". The Galway Vindicator. August 23rd. (1856). Died. "Dunne, Anne, at her residence, Marine Lodge, on the 21st. instant, Anne, relict of the late James Dunne". For James Dunne see The Galway Mercury. November 19th. (1853). Died. "Dunne, James at his residence Taylor's Hill, near this town on Monday last, aged 72 years, Mr. James Dunne, Master Gunner, Royal Artillery. His remains were interred on Thursday last at West Cemetery with Military Honours". The West Cemetery was the Dominican Cemetery, Fairhill. Decorated capital on one of the piers. Drawing by Ines Neumann.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
DUNN
Notes: 

A Rect. R.S. with Inc'd. Ins.. In two fragments. Repaired and reset in 1991.