GA-FOHI-0225

Record Date: 
20 June 2017
Graveyard: 
Forthill
Exact wording of epitaph: 

God be merciful to

The soul of Michael

Reily who departed

this life the 20 of

May 1792 In memory

To whom Thady Reily

His brother erected

This stone

Thady Reily departed

This life the 3 of July

1796 aged 43? Years

Godfrey (Jeff) Murphy

1906-1998.

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.2713975
Longitude: 
-9.0472111111111
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Reily
Date of death - year: 
1795
Notes: 

Late 18th century recumbent slab with the vocational symbols of a weaver - the shears in the bottom LH corner and the shuttle in the centre