GA-STNL-0138

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

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS BROWNE ESQR WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE WITH A RENEWED NATURE AGED 41 1813 MARY BROWNE HIS WIFE FOUNDER OF ST NICHOLAS CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL AGED 37 1827 MARY BROWNE THEIR 3rd DAUGHTER WIFE OF N E BROWNE ESQR IN FULL ASSURANCE OF A BLESSED RESURRECTION AGED 25 1834 ELIZABETH FOLEY THEIR 2nd DAUGHTER WIFE OF REVEREND DANIEL FOLEY WHOSE LIFE TOLD THE STORY OF REDEEMING LOVE AGED 60 1868 REVEREND DANIEL FOLEY FINISHED HIS COURSE APRIL 5th 1876 AGED 86 REVELATION ?15 CHAPTER 18™ VERSE

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27264
Longitude: 
-9.0532380555556
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1876), "Daniel Foley, abode Averard, buried April 10th 1876, aged 87". Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1863), "Elizabeth Foley, abode Averard, buried April the 11th 1863, aged 61". Hardiman (1820), 228-9 lists Thomas Browne as sheriff in the years 1793, 1800 and 1812. The Galwav Weekly Advertiser. November 19th. (1827). Mrs. Mary Browne (wife of Thomas Browne). (Death notice). "... Mrs. Mary Browne relict of the late Thomas Browne Esq. and mother-in-law of die warden of Galway." The Galwav Weekly Advertiser. November 1st. (1834). Mrs. Mary Browne (wife of N.E. Browne). (Death notice). "Browne On Saturday last at Villa, the residence of the Very Rev. Warden Daly, aged 29, Mrs. Browne, daughter of Thomas Browne Esq. Inr., late Barrack- Master of Galway and wife of Nicholas Browne Esq., son of Major Browne of Woodstock, universally and deservedly regretted." Thf. Galway Express. January 23rd. (1864). Mrs. Elizabeth Foley. "Monument to Mrs. Foley." (re. the erection of a tablet by the teachers and scholars of the Sunday School). The Galway Express. April 15th. (1876). Rev. A. Foley. (Died, aged 86).
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
BROWNE and FOLEY
Notes: 

A R.S., neatly incised with a slightly bevelled edge. It is situated beside another slab dedicated to Janies Daly. Both these stones are enclosed by a limestone grave-surround with iron railings (repaired in 1991). The base of this surround is mainly composed of rendered brick and stone. A cut limestone kerb supports the railings. The Biblical quotation is too indistinct to be interpreted. See also No. 405 for another monument (in the church) to Mary Browne. For other Brownes see also Nos. 1, 225, 244, 247, 249, 392 and IX. For Foleys see also No. 284.