GA-SRMY-0027

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

God be Merciful to the
∫oul of William Mc D_ _
ough who Departd this
Life Decembr 6th 1783
Aged 54 years and his
Wife Margrett McDonough
who Erected this tomb
stone for her and posterity
Anno Domine 1799

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.342261388889
Longitude: 
-9.1570111111111
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
N/A
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
William
Surname: 
McDonough
Date of death - day: 
6
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1783
Age: 
54
Name: 
Margaret
Surname: 
McDonough
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Notes: 

This east facing limestone slab measures 6ft7½ins(H) x 3ft1in(W) x 4ins(D). The script is simply incised Roman lettering and at the top, carved in relief is an IHS Christogram intersected by a Tau Cross. Note 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.   The mason was unconcerned about the bad practice of splitting words over separate lines and also using  superscripting and abbreviations.