GA-SRMY-0006

Record Date: 
21 March 2025
Graveyard: 
An Sean Reilig, Moycullen
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Lord have mercy on the
Soul of james mealy
who departed life on
the 16 ? 1687 aged 89 years
& his wife ?(Gynouno)
mealy who departed
life D
??10               This
Tomb was erected
by her son
Mealy

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.342418769945
Longitude: 
-9.157214459969
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
N/A
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
james
Surname: 
mealy
Date of death - year: 
1687
Name: 
?(Gynouno)
Surname: 
mealy
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Notes: 

Peon topped East facing limestone ledger slab measuring 6ft11½ins in length x 3ft2ins in width.  The memorial has a horizontal fracture midway in the slab with damage and missing stone to the right hand side.  
Writing incised of roman style.
Decoration: At the top of the stone highly decorated with sun bursts, IHS with cross ending in a heart at the H. Decorative edges around the full stone but also at the edges of IHS. Towards the base of the stone there is a vocational stone indicating a plough.