GA-STNL-0349

Record Date: 
23 April 2025
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

* Here are interr'd the Rem ains of Iohn O'Hara Esqr who Dyed on the 28th Day of Janu[ar]y 1729 and Ioanna O'Hara otherwise Cook hi[s] Wife who Dyed on the 5th Day of May 1739 and of Several

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27272663
Longitude: 
-9.0537133799738
Additional details
References: 
Cooke (1895), 294, passim. FitzGerald (1895-97), 462. He gives "Esqe" instead of "Esqr". Fleetwood Berry (1912 B), 73 gives the inscription but does not supply the end of it which must also have been covered (or damaged) by 1912. Hardiman (1820), 223 lists John O'Hara as sheriff in 1727.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
O'HARA and COOK
Notes: 

The edges of this wall-plaque are obscured by modem cement, so that some of the endings and the lowermost lines are covered. The O'Hara shield is bearing a lion rampant on a blazing, radiant sun. A nobleman's helmet occurs above, and on it rests a crest wreath with a demi-lion rampant holding a floral wreath. Formalised floral mantling spring from behind the helmet and flow down the sides of the shield which is also decorated with c-shaped swags and a floral sprig. A long motto scroll with the Ins. "Tenta" is interlinked with the mantling and hangs below the shield. The Ins. is clear and well Inc'd.. The arms is in false relief. For other O'Hara monuments see Nos. 25, 298, 374 and 399. Cat. No. 349. The replastering of the wall around this stone in 1992 showed that the beautifully cut inscription way never completed; presumably however several of his children were going to be commemorated for posterity. A more modem version of the same O'Hara arms is depicted in brass on No. 399. Drawing by Jennifer McKenna.