GA-STNL-0377

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

LIES IOH[N] HEERE LYETH THE BODY • OF • IOHN FINGLAS • SLINGESBY • OBIIT • AE • VI • A • D • M • DC • XC RIP

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.27272663
Longitude: 
-9.0537133799738
Additional details
References: 
Ball (1903-20) History of Co. Dublin Vol. 4, 20. (Passing reference, "John Slingsby died 1690 aged 6 buried in St. Nicholas Church Galway"). Cooke (1895), 294. Mention is given to the inscription in passing but the epitaph is not given. FitzGerald (1895-97), 463 omits the first line and gives "HERE" for "HEERE". Fleetwood Berry (1912 A), (opp. p. 12 and inside cover). He gives three almost identical readings of the inscription. Fleetwood Berry (1912 B), 66 gives a slightly inaccurate reading of the inscription. Fleetwood Berry, (Ed. Higgins) (1989), 66 footnote. Fleetwood Berry's (1912 B) reading of the inscription is corrected in this footnote. For the Slingsby family in general see Dunlop, R (1924). "The plantation of Munster in 1622." J. Rov. Soc. Antiqs. Ireland (1924), 128-146. Dunlop R. (1913), Ireland under the Commonwealth Vol. II. 1665 Henry Slingsby Esq. of Kilmore, Co. Cork transplanted to the Barony of Ballymore, Co. Galway and given 349 acres in Parish of Dunmore, 3780 acres in the Barony of Tiaquin and 3780 acres in the Barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo. Book of Survey and Distribution. Lands belonging to Sir Henry Slingsby in Co. Galway total 1831 acres. See also the Library and Heritage Project Files for other information on the Slingesby family. 378 y HOLIDAY HERE • LYETH • THE BODY [OF] ANTHO • HOLIDAY • W[HO] DYED • THE • 12 • OF • IV[NE]
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
SLINGESBY
Notes: 

This slab is inserted in the East wall of the Lynch Transept. It is carved in low false relief and still retains some narrow incised lay-out lines. The top part of the slab displays the original attempt to carve the Ins. which was abandoned and redone again underneath. The date is carved in Roman numerals. The month in the Ins. is most probably "May". There is a lozenge-shaped stop after each of the letters which is typical of 17th century style inscriptions. The slab itself is partly incomplete (it may have been larger) but most of the Ins. is intact. The Slingesbys, a planter family, arrived in Ireland in the late 16th century and got extensive confiscated lands in various parts of the country.