GA-SRMY-0017

Record Date: 
13 October 2025
Graveyard: 
An Sean Reilig, Moycullen
Exact wording of epitaph: 

James Lydane and
Bridget Lydane other
wise Barrett  his wife Erect 
ed this Tomb in memory
of their Daughter
Mary Lydane who depD
this life July 4th 1812 aged 5 yrs
For them and their Posterity

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.342366111111
Longitude: 
-9.1570444444444
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
N/A
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Lydane (Lydon)
Date of birth - year: 
1807
Date of death - day: 
4
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1812
Notes: 

This East facing square top limestone ledger slab measures 6ft9ins(H) x 3ft2½ ins(W) x 5½ ins(D).  The script is incised Roman style and the slab has a Christogram surrounded by a carved arc at the top. 
While no address given on the stone for Mary, and no death entry to be found in church record, Mary's parents' marriage is noted in Moycullen church marriage register on 21 August 1791.  Her father James Lydon was from the townland of Carrowlustraun and her mother Bridget Barrett from the townland of Lealetter.