GA-STNL-0155

Record Date: 
28 October 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN MEMORY OF NOEL THOMAS SMITH ESQR WHO DIED ON THE 31ST OF AUGUST 1868 IN THE 68th YEAR OF HIS AGE "HI GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP"

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272573055556
Longitude: 
-9.0532463888889
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol % (18$8), "Noel Thomas Smith, abode (sic,) Prpmcong, Moycullen, buried Sepr. the 5th aged 68 yrs".
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
SMITH
Notes: 

A H.S. and surround made of granite with a cross-base which is inset with a plaque and cross of white marble. TU% lop, (which held a white marble cross) is broken off. Inc'd. Ins. on a white marble panel attB&hed to the base. The surround for the grave is made up of three pieces of granite, two long side pieces and an end piece. Each of these have lozenge-shaped holes, which were leaded and which, held railings. The entire kerb has been moved inwards. Nearby are two fragments of a white marble cross which is inscribed with the words "[RESU]RRECTION" and "THE LIFE". The latter is a loose fragment of the white marble cross which is set in a granite base at die head of the grave. See also No. 75 for another Smith.