GA-STNL-0145

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

In Affectionate Remembrance of THOMAS GARFORTH EXCISE OFFICER GALWAY, THE BELOVED SON OF JOHN AND MARY GARFORTH, OF OVENDEN, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND WHO DIED APRIL 28th 1872, AGED 25 YEARS. Thy will be done.

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272586388889
Longitude: 
-9.0532363888889
Additional details
References: 
Bpr. Reed. Vol. 2 (1872), "Thomas Garforth, abode Nun's Island, buried April the 30th 1872, aged 25 years".
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
GARFQRTH
Notes: 

A Rect. R.S., sandstone, with bevelled sides. Inc‘d. Ins. with the first and last lines in pseudo- Gothic script.