GA-STNL-0187

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

Here Lieth the Body of Hugh Owen Thomas esqr Late Ensign in his Majestys 41st Regiment who Departed this life the 12th day of April 1791 Aged 20 years. Repaired by Captain Iohn Samuel of Barmouth 4th February 1826.

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272906388889
Longitude: 
-9.0534230555556
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
THOMAS
Notes: 

A large R.S. (originally a H.S) with a shouldered and bow-headed top. Unusually the lower comers of the slab are also bevelled. The stone has some rough pocking on the lower right hand comer. Inc'd. Ins. with the name in Italics. The second "a" of Captain (line 7) has been recut. The stone may have been reused. This is also suggested by the repair work referred to in the last three lines of the inscription. The stone was uncovered in 1990. See also No. 62 for another Thomas.