GA-STNL-0346

Record Date: 
5 May 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF WALTER GORDON SEYMOUR OF BALLYMORE CASTLE BALLINASLOE, CAPTAIN 6th BATTALION THE CONNAUGHT RANGERS FOR THIRTY FOUR YEARS SECRETARY OF THE GRAND JURY AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF GALWAY BORN 3rd OCTOBER 1869. DIED 16™ MAY 1925 HE WAS ADMIRED FOR HIS ABILITY AND INTEGRITY IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS PUBLIC DUTIES, AND IN HIS PRIVATE LIFE WAS BELOVED FOR HIS GOOD FELLOWSHIP. IN THE GREAT WAR HE VOLUNTEERED IN SPITE OF HIS YEARS AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN TRENCHES IN FRANCE. "HIS SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIM."

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27272663
Longitude: 
-9.0537133799738
Additional details
References: 
The Galway Express. July 8th. (1916). "Captain W.G. Seymour" (an account of his being wounded in France during World War I.). The Galway Express. January 6th. (1917). "Galway Heroes. War Honours for Capt. Martin and Capt. Holmes." "another well known Galway gentleman to be mentioned in dispatches is temp. Captain W.G. Seymour, Connaught Rangers, secretary of Galway Co. Council...". See also The Galway Express. April 9th. (1892) for Walter Seymour Esq. J.P., father of the above. He was Secretary of the Grand Jury of County Galway. For other members of the Seymour family of Ballymore Castle see Library and Heritage Project Files under No. 346, and also cross reference to Persse (No. 287). rws T1 . TiE _ l®a®T8Ea «r the m ®®est Hew Ssta ItesaB] A Cfessswa «■ HErrsBffiBsinMffl ■mss boost «n m&y PBrasi>OTBiNXM>ai[; inmm the raws tort raw mam STIU SE EB IK SOTMTM ms Tercsebs ®r Msmm to jwteikity fcjTOITMK! TO T® IfiMKHT TRE OTEtSJ® iSW(W rnts x&MmxsGB t® asaramstiSO© k (OTSM53 TOM* TOE KEWnOT^tfTfEl &6MS? SoJUffliS dr THE DWfflSSS CTOTE8 N0S3BSR OTSST TOCTOC3 Q0SE ftSETTOSSS FSC!T Eisgcted m mm s i Mff During the F.A.S. Training Scheme the Henry Library has been conserved, re-catalogued and re-shelved in the North Transept - a part of the church traditionally associated with the French Family. Containing over four and a half thousand volumes, (including later acquisitions), the library is a good example of a Victorian collection. The plaque shown above used to be at Tuam, Co. Galway until the Vicars' Choral there was refurbished for community use. The library was then moved to Galway. Drawing by Jennifer McKenna.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
SEYMOUR
Notes: 

This is a pseudo-Classical wall plaque of white marble set against a black background. There are two columns of grey and white marble on either side. Overhead, above the Ins., there is a crest with a crown in the centre of which there appears to be a phoenix rising from the flames.