GA-STNL-0159

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

Sacred TO THE MEMORY OF Sophia Emilie Waring THE INFANT DAUGHTER OF Francis and Margaret Waring WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 23rd AUGUST 1851. SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME AND FORB[ID] THEM NOT.

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27274
Longitude: 
-9.0531
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1851), "Sophia Emelia Waring, abode Salthill Road, Montpellier Place, buried August 25th 1851, aged 9 1/2 months". Fleetwood Berry (1912 A), 6. \
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
WARING
Notes: 

A Rect. R.S. with an Inc'd. Ins., partly in Italics. The "ID" of "FORBID" has been cut away probably due to a fault in the stone. The gap probably held an inset of stone at one stage. The stone was uncovered in 1990.