GA-SRMY-0109

Record Date: 
8 July 2025
Graveyard: 
An Sean Reilig, Moycullen
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IHS
Here lie the Remains of John
Hanly decd July 18th 1807
much regreted by his Neighbors
Aged 81
May the Lord have mercy on his
Soul Amen
Erected to his Memory by his
Wife Joan Clancy and for Her
soul her children ⱱ their
Posterity

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.342144722222
Longitude: 
-9.1564616666667
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
N/A
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Hanly
Date of birth - year: 
1726
Date of death - day: 
18
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1807
Age: 
81
Address: 
Tooreeney, Moycullen, Co. Galway
Notes: 

This east facing limestone ledger slab is square top and measures 7ft2in x 3ft6in x 5in. There is a fracture line splitting the stone just above mid way. The script on the ledger is incised Roman lettering and it has a christogram at the top with cross and heart carved in relief under a sunburst arc. The mason has been economical with space for lettering using abbreviations and a symbol resembling an inverted winged V for the word 'and' on the second last line.  At the bottom of the stone there is a simply incised plough indicating John Hanly was a farmer.Whilst no address was given on the grave for John Hanly, the parish death register gives the address of Tooreeney, Moycullen for John Hanly when he died in 1807.