GA-STNL-0074

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

Here rests the Mortal part of Fredk Alexander Esqr Reveneue Officer who departed this life Decern1- 22d 1800 Aged 29 Years His death is greatly & des ervedly Regretted by his [frien]ds and a numerous acquaintance

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272708055556
Longitude: 
-9.0534480555556
Additional details
References: 
Fleetwood Berry (1912 A), 2. He gives the age as 56 instead of 29. Either interpretation of the numerals could be read, but 29 seems to be the likeliest. He may have read them backwards.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
ALEXANDER ^
Notes: 

The rest of the Ins. (1 line) is illegible. It is a slab with a rounded top which has been broken and reused as paving in the graveyard. This slab was originally upright. The bottom part of the Inc'd. Ins. is lost. The slab has a single-line border. See also No. 127 for another Alexander.