GA-SRMY-0036

Record Date: 
6 May 2026
Graveyard: 
An Sean Reilig, Moycullen
Exact wording of epitaph: 

O Lord have mercy on the 
soul of Anne Faherty alias
Dirane who departed this
life in April 1807 aged 36
years in memory of whom
her husband Thos Faherty
erected this monument for
her and his Posterity

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.342345277778
Longitude: 
-9.1569811111111
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
N/A
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Anne
Surname: 
Faherty
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1807
Age: 
36
Notes: 

This east facing limestone headstone measures 6ft10½(H) x 3ft4ins(W) x 5ins(D). The script is simple Roman lettering. In the epitaph the first letter for the word soul looks like the letter 'f'. in Old English the lowercase letter 's' was frequently written as a long s which looked very much like a modern lowercase 'f' but without the crossbar. At the top of the headstone, carved in relief, is an IHS Christogram intersected with a Tau Cross. There is a carved arch over the symbols. At the bottom of the headstone is a vocational symbol of a plough indicating a farmer. The mason used superscripting and abbreviated the name Thomas to  Thos