What is recorded here

St Catherine's Friary Graveslab marks John Lindsey, aged twenty-seven, who died in June 1685. His broken slab still lies in the Donegal graveyard, carrying a Roman-script inscription and losing the coat of arms once seen below it. A young life ended suddenly, perhaps from fever, shipwreck or quarrel, and the stones have kept his name while forgetting the rest.

In a graveyard (DG097-015005-). Described in the Urban Survey of Donegal as 'John Lindsey. 1685. The broken top graveslab with incised inscription in Roman script : [H]ERE LYETH THE BODY OF JOHN/LINDSEY BEING 27 YEARS O[F] AGE/DECEASED THE 30 DAY OF JUNE ANO/DOM. 1685. There was a coat of arms below this inscription in the late nineteenth century when the slab was in the churchyard but this is now missing. L. 55 W. 92. T. 11cm. (Mems. Dead, iii, 1895-7, 250)' (Bradley & Dunne 1989, 44). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 December 2008

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