GA-STNL-0342

Record Date: 
26 June 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

HERE LYETH-THE BODY • OF • SVSANNA TOMEVR-WHO DYED IN • SEPTEMBR • 1703 AS ALSO THE BODY OF • ALDERMAN • JOHN FEVQVIERE • WHOE DYED THE • 25th DA[Y] OF DECEMBER 1717

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27272663
Longitude: 
-9.0537133799738
Additional details
References: 
FitzGerald (1895-97), 461 (a mural slab in the North Aisle). He omits the "TH" above the "25" on line 8. Hardiman (1820), 221-2 lists John Feuquire as sheriff in 1702 and 1703.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
TOMEUR and FEUQUIERE
Notes: 

This slab is now set in the wall, it may have been recumbent originally. The Ins. is in false relief. Small lozenges occur between most of the words and some of the letters are conjoined. The stone is in good condition but it is discoloured by lime seeping from the wall plaster.