GA-STNL-0378

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

HERE • LYETH • THE BODY [OF] ANTHO • HOLIDAY • W[HO]DYED • THE • 12 • OF • IV[NE]1717

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27272663
Longitude: 
-9.0537133799738
Additional details
References: 
FitzGerald (1895-97), 464 gives the date as 1777. (But see also No. 410 for a Hollyday stone with the same formula and probably from the same period). The missing letters are quite obvious but are also recorded by FitzGerald op.cit.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
HOLIDAY
Notes: 

A R.S. which has been reused as paving in the Lynch Aisle. The Ins. is in low false relief and is interrupted by lozenge-shaped stops. Part of the Ins. along the edges of the stone is lost. The whole slab has been retooled (probably at the time of its reuse). One side of the slab is covered with mortar. The same formula is used on No. 410 (FitzGerald's HOLLYDAY).