GA-STNL-0290

Record Date: 
25 August 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

HERE • LYETH • THE • BOD YS OF • MARY • BOVCHER • WHO DEPARTED • THIS • LIFE 9BR THE 13th 1735 &• HER-SON JOHN • BOVCHER • WHO • DIED 14'0F*8BR* 1731

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27272663
Longitude: 
-9.0537133799738
Additional details
References: 
Fleetwood Berry (1912 A), 10, describes this as being under the carpet in the North Aisle. He gives the date of the death as the 7th.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
BOUCHER
Notes: 

A large complete R.S., now reused as paving. The lettering is cut in false relief. It is now very battered and worn as a result of people walking on it. Many of the letters are conjoined. There are slight linear indentations near the bottom of the stone which suggest that it may have been reused. The use of the "8" to represent October also occurs on Nos. 311 and 316.