GA-STNL-0284

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

ELIZABETH, WIFE OF THE REVD DANL FOLEY, DIED APRIL 9th 1863, AGED 60 YEARS THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE TEACHERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONNECTED WITH THIS CHURCH, OF WHICH SHE WAS THE BELOVED SUPERINTENDENT, AS A MEMORIAL OF THEIR GRATEFUL REGARD AND OF A LIFE UNWEARIED IN ACTIVE BENEVOLENCE. HER BEST ENERGIES WERE ESPECIALLY DEVOTED TO THE INSTRUCTION OF THE YOUNG IN THE TRUTHS AND DUTIES OF THE GOSPEL, A LABOUR OF LOVE, IN WHICH SHE PERSEVERED, FOR UPWARDS OF FORTY YEARS WITH A ZEAL AND ASSIDUITY SELDOM SURPASSED. HER SOCIAL AFFECTIONS SANCTIFIED BY THE GRACE OF GOD HER SAVIOUR PRODUCED IN HER A TENDERNESS OF SPIRIT AND AN OUTFLOW OF CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY THAT EXEMPLIFIED, IN AN EMINENT DEGREE, THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS AND THE AMIABLENESS OF GENUINE RELIGION . HER END WAS PEACE TRUSTING IN JESUS [By their fruits ye shall know them Matt, Chap VII. 20.] Little children, praise the Saviour, He regards you from above. Praise Him for His great salvation! Praise Him for His precious love! ROMANS Vm ROMAN

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27272663
Longitude: 
-9.0537133799738
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1863), "Elizabeth Foley, abode Averard, buried April the 11th 1863, aged 61". Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1876), "Daniel Foley, abode Averard, buried April 10th 1876, aged 87". The Galway Express. April 11th. (1863), gives a long obituary under the title "Death and Funeral of Mrs. Foley". The Galway Express. January 16th. (1864) also published a long poem in her memory entitled "Elegiac Lines suggested by the Death of Mrs. Foley, Christian Minister, for many years a Teacher in the Galway Sunday School". It is attributed to "H.M.".
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
FOLEY
Notes: 

A large pseudo-classical wall plaque of polished white marble and black limestone. The monument is signed "Hibson, Dublin" on the left hand side. The backing is of black limestone. The words "ROMANS VIII" and "ROMAN" appear at a book at the bottom of the monument. A draped urn on a pedestal occurs and is flanked by spirals. A pair of upended torches occur on the pilasters. A motto-scroll on the pediment bears the words "ONLY BELIEVE. Mark 36". This is from Chapter 5, Verse 36. For other members of the same Foley family see No. 138.