GA-SRMY-0029

Record Date: 
14 July 2024
Graveyard: 
An Sean Reilig, Moycullen
Exact wording of epitaph: 

The Lord have mercy on

Connolly alias Davoren

who departed this life

September 4 1804 aged

42 years in memory of

whom her son Michael 

Connolly erected this 

Tomb for her and his 

Posterity may they rest

in peace     Amen

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.342289444444
Longitude: 
-9.15694
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
N/A
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
Connolly alias Davoren
Date of death - day: 
4
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1804
Age: 
42
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Connolly
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

This east facing limstone headstone is cambered at the top and the bottom. The headstone measures 6ft9ins(H) x 3ft2ins (W) x 5ins(D). The headstone gradually widens to 3ft6ins. There would appear to be no first name for the woman. The inscription is simple incised Roman lettering.