GA-STNL-0280

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

HERE • LYETH • THE • BODY OF • HENRY • WALTERS WHO DYED• Ye* 12• OF MAY 1709 HIS-WIFE-CATH RIN-WALTERS-AND THEIR POSTERITIS

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27272663
Longitude: 
-9.0537133799738
Additional details
References: 
FitzGerald (1895-97), 461 gives a small "TH" above the "12" of line 3. Fleetwood Berry (1912 A), 72.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
WALTERS
Notes: 

This worn slab is set in the wall of the church, but may have originally been recumbent. The lower left hand comer has been broken and repaired. The Ins. is in false relief. See also No. 3 for another Walters.