GA-SRMY-0059

Record Date: 
12 November 2016
Graveyard: 
An Sean Reilig, Moycullen
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IHS

O Lord have mercy
on the soul of
Mathias Donohoe
Junr who died
May 3rd 1837 aged
25 years erected
By his brothers
Michal ꙋ William

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.342287777778
Longitude: 
-9.1568052777778
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
N/A
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Mathias
Surname: 
Donohoe
Date of birth - year: 
1812
Date of death - day: 
3
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1837
Address: 
Clooniff, Moycullen, Co. Galway, Ireland
Notes: 

This square top limestone memorial measures 5ft8ins x 2ft4ins x 5ins.  It is currently in a bad state of repair, having completely broken in two at the middle of the stone.  It is also subsiding on its northern edge, slipping nearly under the adjacent grave GA-SRMY-0060, which is where his parents are buried.
The inscription is roman script, facing east.
There is a christogram with cross at the top of the stone, carved in relief under a sunburst arc. At the bottom of the stone there is a simply incised plough indicating Mathias Donohoe was a farmer.
* Although the memorial does not give address, we know from church death records that Mathias Donohoe was from Clooniff