GA-STNL-0048

Record Date: 
20 May 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In Mem[or]y of Ellinor wife to Ll Mc Queen 2?nd ?Collr Sergt 28 Reg1 who Departed this Life Iuly 2d 1786 Aged 34 Years

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272921388889
Longitude: 
-9.053455
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
MC QUEEN
Notes: 

A plain R.S. which has been reused as part of the path in the graveyard. The top of the stone is fragmentary. The Inc'd. Ins. is very worn. The reading of the third line is uncertain. It might have read something as follows "2?nd Collr (or cllr) Serg1" (ie. Second Colour Sergeant).