Memorials of the Dead
Counties Galway & Mayo (Western Seaboard)

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Gravestone inscriptions and church memorials are an important source for genealogical research and local studies. This is especially the case when paper records have not survived, as is the case for many parish registers from the west of Ireland.

This index includes full transcripts of the surviving memorials found in the 128 graveyards and churches of west Counties Galway and Mayo.

Over 3,000 memorials dated up to 1901 have been transcribed and over 8,000 names indexed, including names added for erectors who were not otherwise commemorated. Memorials were often erected by American relatives, and their details are included.

Records can be accessed by Name, and the following alphabetical drop-down lists: Church/Graveyard, Placename, Occupation. Results include the Memorial Inscription and often a description of the Church or Graveyard.

The index, compiled by Ian Cantwell, is published on CD by Eneclann, and is available in the Origins Store.

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