GA-SRMY-0040

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

John Russell deceased
April 19th
And
Honora Keely his wife
deceased July 9th 1798
May the Lord have
Mercy on their Souls
Erected by their Daugh
ter Mary Bayman Widow

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.342206944444
Longitude: 
-9.1569366666667
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
N/A
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Russell
Date of death - day: 
19
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1798
Name: 
Honora
Surname: 
Keely (or Kelly)
Date of death - day: 
9
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1798
Notes: 

This square topped limestone slab, faces east, and measures 6ft3ins(H) x 3ft1ins(W) x 3ins(D).  The inscription is incised Roman lettering under a christogram carved in false relief - the christogram is intersected by a Tau cross. The mason was unconcerned about bad practice of splitting words over separate lines and also used abbreviations for space saving.
Whilst this grave doesn't mark the burial of their daughter Mary Russell Bayman, local church records show that she died in Killagoola townland on 29 May 1803