GA-STNL-0178

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

Here Lyeth the Body of Jane Campbell Alias EaNon mho Departe this life the 1st of May 1784 Aged 38 years [This] Stone was Erected by her Husband Ias Campbel Officer of Excise

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27289
Longitude: 
-9.0532613888889
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
CAMPBELL and EAWON
Notes: 

A R.S. with a semi-circular top. Now recumbent but might possibly have been a H.S. originally. Inc'd. Ins.. The spelling of Ea on (for Eawon) is unusual but the " " of" ho" which follows is also of the form. The use of an " " (curved "n") for ”w" is common in 18th century inscriptions. See Higgins and Me Hugh (1989), 127-32 and Higgins (1990) 120-51 (Gravestone Appendices) for other instances. Other examples also occur at St. Nicholas' (See Nos. 35 and 406). The "Ias" is probably an abbreviation for James. See also Nos. 153, 166, 167, 235 and 287 for other Campbells. -