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 [  ]
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
Surname: 
mealy
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Notes: 

Peon top East facing limestone ledger slab measuring 6ft11½ins(H) x 3ft2ins(W) x 4ins(D).  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.

The top of the stone is 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 motif of a plough indicating James Mealy was a farmer.