GA-STNL-0134

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

IN MEMORY OF MICHAEL ROWAN HARTNETTE WHO DIED DECR 11th 1868 IN THE 32nd YEAR OF HIS AGE "THOU GAVEST HIM A LONG LIFE EVEN FOR EVER AND EVER."

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272628055556
Longitude: 
-9.05316
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1868), "M. (§ic.) Heartnette, Merchant, abode Spiddal, buried December 14th 1868, aged 31". Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1871), "Mary Hartnette, abode Spiddal, buried May 17th 1871, aged 37 years". Probably related to the above.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
HARTNETTE
Notes: 

A box-tomb (or "table-tomb"). The upper stone has a bevelled edge which has been tooled. Inc'd. Ins. in capitals in very good condition. The sides of the tomb are of limestone ashlar.