GA-STNL-0397

Record Date: 
1 July 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE REVD JOHN D'ARCY, M.A. A VICAR OF THIS CHURCH 1821-1872 BORN 1792, DIED-1875 ALSO OF ISABELLA ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER OF JOHN LUSHINGTON REILLY, ESQ. SCARVAGH HOUSE, COUNTY DOWN BORN 1808, DIED 1898 THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THEIR CHILDREN.

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27272663
Longitude: 
-9.0537133799738
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1875), "John D'Arcy, abode Prospect Hill, Galway, buried September 6th 1875, aged 82". For a maybe related Isabella D'Arcy see Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1842), "Isabella D'Arcy, abode Eyre Street, buried November 22nd (1842), aged 20". See also The Galway Express. November 4th. (1865). Marriage. "On the 30th instant at the church of St. Nicholas, Galway, by the Rev. John D'Arcy - John Temple Reilly, Esq., of Scarvagh House, Co. Down, to Elizabeth daughter of the late James O'Hara Esq., of Lenaboy, Galway and grand daughter of the last Archbishop of Tuam". ^
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
D’ARCY and LUSHINGTON REILLY
Notes: 

A brass wall plaque on a black marble background fastened by five brass screws. The Ins. is inlaid in black with the capital letters and the dates in red enamel. The maker's name "JONES & WILLIS, Ltd" is stamped on the lower right hand corner of the plaque. See notes accompanying No. 10 and references accompanying that monument. No. 10 marks the actual burial place in the graveyard.