GA-SRMY-0099

Record Date: 
5 April 2025
Graveyard: 
An Sean Reilig, Moycullen
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IHS
Pray for the ∫oul of
Michael Flaherty
died Oct 27 1770

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.342294444444
Longitude: 
-9.1565069444444
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
N/A
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Flaherty
Date of death - day: 
27
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1770
Notes: 

This upright headstone is limestone, faces east, and measures 21in x 13in x 2in.
The text on the stone is incised Roman lettering and the stone mason has used a ligature for the word THE (all the letters of the word join).
There is a christogram carved in relief at the top of the stone with a cross intercepting the H