GA-STNL-0297

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

HERE • LYETH • THE • BO DY • OF • IOHN • TAY LOR • WHO • DYED • THE 6th DAY • OF • AVGVST IN-THE-YEAR 1732 AND HIS POSTERITy

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272773055556
Longitude: 
-9.0538047222222
Additional details
References: 
FitzGerald (1895-97), 460 gives the inscription as above. Fleetwood Berry (1912 B), 72 gives the inscription with some minor discepancies.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
TAYLOR
Notes: 

The upper portion of the slab has been cut down for paving. A plain line survives along the top of the stone. The lettering is in false relief and is in block capitals. Some letters are conjoined and the words are separated in most cases by indented stops (9 examples) and in two cases by lozenges in false relief. Probably a R.S.. See also Nos. 242, 282 and 359 for other Taylor monuments, and No. 282 for TAYLER.