GA-STNL-0404

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

IN PIOUS MEMORY OF THE VERY REVEREND JAMES DALY THE LAST WARDEN OF GALWAY WHO DIED JANUARY 6 1864 AGFF) 7S YFARS "WE BLESS THY HOLY NAME FOR ALL THY SERVANT DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN THY FAITH AND FAIR".

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27272663
Longitude: 
-9.0537133799738
Additional details
References: 
See references accompanying No. 137.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
DALY
Notes: 

A pseudo-Gothic wall plaque seemingly of Caen stone and serpentine marble (probably Connamara marble), with two columns of green marble, and a triangular pediment. Over the Ins., carved in low relief, there is a crest with a figure of a running dog and a tree atop a crest wreath. There is a motto scroll around this which reads "DEO ET REGO FIDELIS". The monument is decorated all over with foliate designs and crockets. The pilasters are of marble. The Ins. is Inc'd. with the lettering painted in black and some letters highlighted in red. See also Nos. 137 and 361.