GA-STNL-0097

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

THE DUST OF HENRY BRIGHT WHO SLEPT IN JESUS ON THE 19th OF APRIL 1867 AGED 67 YEARS WAITS HERE THE MORNING OF THE FIRST RESURRECTION REV. XX CHAP. VI VERSE MARIA BRIGHT DIED DIED 16th JANUARY 1891 64 YEARS OF AGE A GOOD AND LOVING WIFE

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272479722222
Longitude: 
-9.0532997222222
Additional details
References: 
Bur, Reed. Vol. 2 (1867), "Henry Bright, abode Mill Street, buried April 22nd 1867, aged 67”. Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1891), "Maria Bright, abode Galway, buried 18th January 1891 in St. Nicholas church yard, aged 66". The Galway Express. January 24th. (1891), Death. "... Maria beloved wife of Mr. Henry Bright. Deceased was sister to the late Major Me Donagh ...". The Galwav Express. January 28th. (1865). Marriage. "On the 22nd instant in the church of St. Nicholas, by the Rev. John Treanor, Mr. John Me Cabe, Constabulary, to Ellen, youngest daughter of Mr. Henry Bright of this town".
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
BRIGHT
Notes: 

A Rect. R.S. with an Inc'd. Ins.. See also No. 96 for another Bright.