GA-STNL-0175

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

IN MEMORY OF MAJOR PATRICK MC KIE LATE OF THE BUFFS AND POORLAW INSPECTOR OF THIS DISTRICT WHO DIED ON THE 16 JUNE 1849 IN THE 54 YEAR OF HIS AGE

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272761388889
Longitude: 
-9.0532113888889
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1849), "Patrick Me Kie, Major unattached in the Gorguan, abode Frenchville, Eyre Street, buried June 18th 1849, aged 52 years". (Notice the difference in the number of years given on the slab and in the Bur. Recd.L
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
MCKIE
Notes: 

A large Rect. R.S. with an Inc'd. border. Inc'd. Ins. in block capitals. See also No. 281, another monument to him which gives the age as 52 and No. 372.