GA-SRMY-0041

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

PRAY FOR THE SOUL
OF FRANCIS MDONOV
GH ꙋ HIS WIFE CATHE
RINE MDONOVGH AL
IAS [...ANE] ꙋ THE
IR POSTERITY 1759

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.342230833333
Longitude: 
-9.1569411111111
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
N/A
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Francis
Surname: 
McDonough
Name: 
Catherine
Surname: 
McDonough
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Notes: 

This heavily lichen affected square topped limestone slab, faces east, and measures 6ft3ins(H) x 3ft1ins(W) x 3ins(D). The inscription is incised Roman lettering in capitals, under a christogram carved in false relief - the christogram is intersected by a Maltese cross/Cross of Arcs. The mason was unconcerned about bad practice of splitting words over separate lines, used a v for a u, and also used abbreviation for space saving such as the symbol ꙋ for the word 'and'.  The date 1759 could indicate either the year of their death or the year of memorial erection