GA-STNL-0102

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

Sacred to the memory of George Hume Wilcox Esqr who departed this life Decr 18th 1853 Aged 57

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27265
Longitude: 
-9.0533863888889
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1853), "George W. Wilcox, abode Shantalla, buried 24th December 1853, aged 57 years". Cat. No. 103 is one of the very few examples with religious symbolism (rather than just heraldry) in the graveyard. The cherubs and the 1HS resemble the sort of motifs usually found in rural cemeteries in County Galway. Drawing by Jennifer McKenna.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
WILCOX
Notes: 

A large R.S.. There is an Inc'd. border and an Inc'd. Ins. with some of it cut in Italics. A large crack runs half way down the centre of the slab.