GA-STNL-0008

Record Date: 
4 July 2023
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Here are deposited the Re mains of Samuel Shone Esqr who departed this life on the 20th day of December 18-- In the 85th year of his Age

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272566229985
Longitude: 
-9.0536892399743
Additional details
References: 
Fleetwood Berry (1912 A), 1 (Misspelt SHINE). Hardiman, (1820), 226 lists Samuel Shone as sheriff in 1754. See also The Galway Express. February 2nd. (1856), (for marriage of his second son William to Mary Osborne). The Galway Express. September 21st. (1861). (Obituary for William Shone). See also The Galwav Vindicator. August 21st. (1861), ("Execution of Matthew Phibbs”. Rev. William Shone was Chaplin to Sligo Gaol).
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
SHONE
Age: 
85
Notes: 

A large Rect. R.S.. The upper comers are mitred and there is a single-line border at the edge of the stone. See also Nos. 357 and 358 for other Shones. See also No. 9 Cast reference).