GA-SRMY-0036

Record Date: 
22 September 2025
Graveyard: 
An Sean Reilig, Moycullen
Exact wording of epitaph: 

O Lord have mercy on the 

soul of Anne Faherty alias

Dwane 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
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Anne
Surname: 
Faherty
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1807
Age: 
36
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Faherty
Relationship with first person: 
Husband
Notes: 

This east facing limestone tombstone measures 6ft10½(H) x 3ft4ins(W) x 5ins(D). The script is simple Roman lettering.  At the top, carved in relief, is an IHS christogram intersected with a tau cross. Their is a carved arch over the symbols. The mason used abbreviations such as Thos  for 'Thomas'.