What is recorded here
Murrisk Abbey holds the buried body of Major General George O'Malley, killed by distance rather than battle when he died in London on 16 May 1843. The memorial pulls him back from a foreign city into Mayo memory, making the abbey both a grave and a claim of belonging.
to the memory of MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE O'MALLEY who expired in london on the 16th of may 1843 in the 63th year of his age and whose mortal remains are deposed in the family burying place at murrisk abbey...
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