GA-TBPD-0014

Record Date: 
11 July 2013
Graveyard: 
Exact wording of epitaph: 

PRAY FOR THE REPOSE

OF THE SOUL OF

JOHN MARTIN

WHO DIED MAY 25TH 1881 AGED 53 YRS

AND HIS WIFE CATHERINE 

DIED JAN. 27TH 1908 AGED 72 YRS

PAT MARTYN 

DIED 7 JULY 1933, AGED 69 YRS

HIS WIFE MARY MARTYN

DIED 2 APRIL 1968 AGED 84 YRS

JAMES MARTYN

DIED 17 NOV 1937 AGED 67 YRS.

HIS WIFE BRIDGET

DIED 16 DEC. 1950 QGED 75 YRS.

MICHAEL MARTYN

DIED 17 APRIL 1956 AGED 44 YRS.

MISS BRIDGET MARTYN

DIED 12 MAY 1943 AGED 70 YRS.

R.I.P.

ERECTED BY THEIR CHILDREN

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF

INFANT MARTYN

DIED MAY 1966

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Latitude: 
53.395846388889
Longitude: 
-8.7306313888889
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Mc Hugh, Tuam
Number of people commemorated: 
9
People commemorated: 
Name: 
JOHN
Surname: 
MARTIN
Name: 
CATHERINE
Surname: 
MARTIN
Name: 
PAT
Surname: 
MARTYN
Name: 
MARY
Surname: 
MARTYN
Name: 
JAMES
Surname: 
MARTYN
Name: 
BRIDGET
Surname: 
MARTYN
Name: 
MICHAEL
Surname: 
MARTYN
Name: 
BRIDGET
Surname: 
MARTYN
Name: 
INFANT
Surname: 
MARTYN
Notes: 

This headstone bears an unadorned Celtic Revival cross. A small plaque commemorating Infant Martyn is attached to the base of the headstone. Of interest here is the way in which the spelling of the surname changes from Martin to Martyn.