GA-STNL-0111

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

Beneath are deposited in the strong hope of a Bles sed Resurrection The Remains of Tho* L. Whistler Esqr. M.D. Staff Surgeon He departed this life on the 1st of Decr 1834 aged 60 years. This Monument was erected By his affectionate children As an Humble tribute of the Exalted integrity And Christian Virtues of a fond Parent

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272568055556
Longitude: 
-9.0532413888889
Additional details
References: 
The Galway Free Press. December 6th. (1834). Obituary. (Died at Dominick Street. Interred with military honours). For Mrs Whistler,"relict of the late Dr. Whistler", see obituary in The Galway Mercury. November 10th. (1849). (Died at the residence of her son-in-law R.S. Persse). Sarah Whistler married Nicholas Colohan Esq. M.D. in 1834. See The Galway Free Press. July 12th. (1834). Sarah died in 1849, aged 35. See Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1849), "Sarah Colohan, abode Dominick Street, buried June 22nd 1849, aged 35". Anna Maria "the young and interesting daughter of our valuable townsman" died 1827. See The Galway Weekly Advertiser. July 7th. (1827). For further information on the Whistler and Colohan families see also the Library and Heritage Project Files under No. 111.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
WHISTLER
Notes: 

A large, free-standing pseudo-Classical monument set on a stepped base. The holes for a row of railings and their supports occur in the lower two rows of steps. A Doric pillar occurs on each comer and there is a row of frets and dentils under and on the entablature of the tomb. Above this is an obelisk set on a moulded base. The pinnacle of the obelisk is absent. Two of the side panels bear inscriptions, the other two shields with a chevron as a charge. A flat slab occurs at the base of one side of the tomb. A covered entrance feature, now slabbed over with Liscannor stone is positioned at the base of the tomb. Inc'd. Ins..