GA-STNL-0142

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

IN MEMORY OF ROBERT WILLIAM ONLY SON OF ROBERT J & SARAH E BAILEY WHO DIED 16th APRIL 1875 AGED 20 YEARS THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM Thess.4C. 14V.

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272616388889
Longitude: 
-9.0532397222222
Additional details
References: 
The Galway Express. April 24th. (1875). "Funeral of the late Mr. Baillie, Queen's College, Galway". (Funeral from his father's residence Taylor's Hill). He was a university student.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
BAILEY
Notes: 

A free-standing, triangular-topped limestone base which is tilted slightly to one side. The top of the monument is chamfered on each side and at each face roughly worked. The sides of the monument are rough except on the North base which is inscribed. Inc'd. Ins.. The monument stands on a rectangular ashlar base. The quotation is from 1 Thessalonians. For Bailey (or Baileu) see also No. 211.