RO-KLBG-0100

Record Date: 
14 May 2016
Graveyard: 
Kilbegley
Exact wording of epitaph: 

LORD HAVE MERCY ON THE SOUL OF 

JOHN GALVIN. DEP d LIFE THE 7 th OF

MARCH 1824 AGED 70 YEARS

ERECT d BY HIS WIFE & SONS

CATHERINE JAMES & JOHN GALVIN

Grave location
County: 
Roscommon
Latitude: 
53.321560555556
Longitude: 
-8.1432233333333
Additional details
Erected by: 
Erected by his wife and sons Catherine James and John Galvin.
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Galvin
Date of death - day: 
7
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1824
Age: 
70
Address: 
Clonfad
Notes: 

The address for this headstone is Clonfad, Parish of Moore.

It is believed that William Galvin Clonfad son of John who died on the 23rd February 1886 aged 60 years is also interred here. Following the death of William his widow Bridget Mulvey / Galvin & six of her seven children went to the U.S.A. Her first son Patrick Galvin remained in Ireland & is interred in plot No.101.

Bridget Mulvey Galvin died on the 16th December 1923 in Boston & is interred in St Joseph's Cemetery.