GA-FOHI-0525

Record Date: 
21 June 2017
Graveyard: 
Forthill
Exact wording of epitaph: 

God be merciful to

the soul of George

Staunton of Cargin

Esq who died the 2nd

May 1781 aged 79

And his wife Margaret

Staunton otherwise

Leonard

And their posterity

Thomas O'Melia

St A

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.271704166667
Longitude: 
-9.0470997222222
People commemorated: 
Name: 
George
Surname: 
Staunton
Date of death - year: 
1781
Notes: 

This recumbent slab is west facing and is marked with a small cross and the initials St A at the base of the stone. It maybe a high status grave which was reused as a friars grave.