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GA-STNL-0360
Record Date:
3 January 2025
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
Erected by past andpresent Masters and Pupils of Galway Grammar School, in loving memory ofJohn Skelton Thompson, Francis John Langley Kinkead, Thomas Leopold Roberts. (Old Galwegians) Who were drowned together at the age of nineteen off Cladagh Point Lough Corrib August 17, 1887 Managioi oi na0agoi Tn nagdia S. MATT. V.8
People commemorated:
Surname:
THOMPSON,KINKEAD and ROBERTS
Notes:
The item is a brass plaque on a black marble base. It is elaborately decorated and inlaid. The arms o f t h eErasmus Smith Grammar School (College Road) occurs above the Ins. which is enclosed within a Gothic arch. The motto "WE ARE-FAITHFUL-TO-OUR-TRUST" occurs beneath the arms of the Grammar School. The quotation should be from Matthew, Chapter 5, Verse 8.
