GA-SRMY-0067

Record Date: 
18 June 2025
Graveyard: 
An Sean Reilig, Moycullen
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IHS
God be Merciful to ye Soul
of Edmd Connor who died
in the year 1774 Erectd
[illegible text] Connor for him
and his posterity

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.342234166667
Longitude: 
-9.1567905555556
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
N/A
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Edmund
Surname: 
Connor
Date of death - year: 
1774
Notes: 

This east facing limestone ledger slab has a half round top. The top third of the slab is fractured away from the subsiding lower two thirds and unfortunately splits the inscription making some of it illegible.  From the top of the slab to the fracture measures 2ft 4in in length and from the fracture to the bottom of the stone measures 4ft 8in, making the slab 6ft 12in in total length.  The width of the slab is 3ft 7in and it has a depth of 4in.  The script on the ledger is incised Roman lettering and it has a christogram at the top with a tau cross intersecting the H.  Masons sometimes appear to have been economical with space for lettering, ie using abbreviations, for example in this case on the first line the word 'the' is spelled ye and Edmund on the second line is shown as Edmd