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Preservation  of 
Journal  for  the  year  . . . 


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MEMORIALS  OF  THE  DEAD 


IBELAKD. 

V  O  L  U  M  E     1  I 

BEING    FOR   THE    YK.irs 

1893-93-94. 


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NOTICE. 


Extra  copies  of  this  Journal  can  be  had  by  application  to  Colonel  P.  D. 
Vigors,  Holloden,  Bagenalstown,"Co.  Carlow.  Some  copies  of  the  Reports 
for  former  years  (forming  Vol.  I.)  still  remain  on  hand  ;  an  early  appli- 
cation for  them  is  recommended. 

The  Editors  beg  to  draw  the  attention  of  those  viho  kindly  furnish  Notes 
for  publication,  to  the  importance  of  the  following  points: — 

1.  To  write  on  one  side  only  of  the  paper. 

2.  To  use  sermon-sized  paper. 

3.  To  leave  a  margin  on  the  left  edge,  from  1  to  2  inches  in  width. 

4.  All  names  of  persons  and  dates  should  be  written  with  extia  care. 

5.  All  Inscriptions  should   be  copied  verbatim  et  literatim,   and  as 

nearly  as  possible  in  the  same  form  of  letters  as  the  original,  each 
line  being  separated  by  a  stroke,  thus  |  . 

The  Editors  wish  it  to  be  distinctly  understood  that  they  are  not 
responsible  for  errors  in  copies  of  Inscriptions  sent  them;  to  avoid  such, 
they  trust  the  writers  will  take  extra  care  before  forwarding  their  MS. 

We  also  beg  that  our  friends  will  read  the  wise  words  of  "  Weever,"  in 
the  annexed  paragraph,  and,  farther,  that  they  will  act  on  them — more 
we  cannot  say  : — 

"  Now  generous  reader,  let  me  imreat  your  furtherance  thus  farre,  that  in  thy 
neighhounns  churches,  it'  thon  shuUe  fiiide  any  ancient  fuuera]  inscriptions,  or 
antique  oblit  rat.  a  mo'iuuients,  thou  wonldst  cupie  out  the  one,  anil  take  so  much 
relation  of  the  other  as  tradition  cm  deliver:  as  Rlso  to  tali?  the  inscriptions  ami 
epitaphs  upon  tombes  and  grave  stones,  which  are  of  tlm-e  [or  later]  times:  and 
withal!  to  take  order  that  such  thy  collection.:,  notes,  and  observations  may  come 
safe!}  to  my  hands:  and  1  shuli  re:t  ever  oh  iw'ed  u  acknowledge  thy  pames  and 
curtesis." — Wekveb. 


■  remembered  that  tliis  work  is  intended  to  be,  not  amere  temporary 
lsement,  but  a  permanent  storehouse  of  authentic  information,  to  which 
hereafter  be  confidently  made." — Anon. 


"  Jam  parce  sepulto 
Parce  pias  seclerare  nianus." — Virgil. 


.     .     .     "  Tu  milii  terram 
Injice  namque  potes 

Sedibus  ut  saltern  placidis 
In  morte  quiescam." 

Translation. — Do  thon,  since  it  is  in  thy  power  so  to  do,  sprinkle  the  earth 
my  remains,  that  at  least  after  dtath  I  muy  rest  in  an  undisturbed  grave. 


"  Time  corrodes  our  epitaphs,  and  buries 


"Away  from  the  tumult  and  passion 
Away  from  the  care  and  the  strife  ; 
Away  from  the  folly  and  fashion 
Pervading  the  city's  gay  life." 


WHERE     ARE     WICKED     FOLK     BURIED 

'  Tell  rne,  grev-haired  sexton,'  said  I, 

'  Where  in  the  field  rue  the  wicked  folk  laid  ? 

I  have  wandered  the  quiet  old  graveyard  through, 

And  studied  the  epitaphs,  old  and  new, 

But  oil  monument,  obelisk,  pillar,  or  stone 

I  read  no  evil  that  men  have  done.' 

The  old  sexton  stood  by  a  grave  newly  made, 

With  his  chin  on  his  hand,  his  hand  on  a  spade  : 

'  Who  is  the  judge  when  the  soul  takes  its  flight  ? 

Who  ie  judge  twixt  the  wrong  ai;d  the  right  ? 

Which  of  us  mortals  shall  dare  to  say 

That  our  neighbour  was  wicked  who  died  to-day?- 

'  In  our  journey  through  life,  the  farther  we  speed, 

The  better  we  learn  that  humility's  need 

Is  charity's  spirit  that  prompts  us  to  rind 

Rather  virtue  than  vice  in  the  lives  of  our  kind. 

'  Therefore  good  deels  we  record  on  these  stones  ; 

The  e\il  men  do,  let  it  rest  with  their  boms; 

I  1.  ive  h.i  on;-.  J  as  sevton  this  many  a  year, 

But  I  never  have  buried  a  bad  man  here.' 


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VOL.  II. 


N?  I. 


ASSOCIATION 


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JOURNAL    FOR    THE    YEAR    1 S  9  2. 


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Edited  bY  Colonel  P.  D.  Vigors.,  F.R.S.A.I. 
>-nd  xhe  Revd'  J.  F.  M.  Ferekcii,  F.U.S.A.I.,  M.R.I.A. 

ALL    RIGHTS    RESERVED. 


CONTESTS  OF  THIS  JOURNAL. 


Notice            ...             ...             ...             ...             ...  ...  i 

Editorial  Preface            ...             ...            ...             ...  ...  xi!i 

List  of  Subscribers          ...               ...               ...               ...  ...  sxiii 

REPORTS  FROM  COUNTIES- 
ANTRIM. 

Billy  Parish — Inscription  in  the  Churchyard     ...  ...  1 

Lougiiguii.e  Paiush — Lewis's  Notice  of  this  Parish  ...  I 

•   Former  Incumbents  and  former  Curate               ...  ...  1 

Macartney  Mural  Tablets  ...              ...              ...  ...  2,  3 

Church  Plate       ...              ...              ...              ...  ...  3 

Tehplefatuick — Mouumental  Armorial  Bearings,  >vith  a  Plate 

and  Notes       ...             ...             ...              ...  ...  4 

ARMAGH. 

Ballymoyf.r  Parish — Notice  of  this  Parish         ...  ..  8 

Eglish  Churchyard — Ins"'iption        ...              ...  ...  8 

Notice  of  this  Churchyard                    ...              ...  ...  8 

CAP-LOW. 

Dates  of  the  Parochial  Records  of  the  Diocese  of  Leighlin      ...  9 

Ballyknockan  Church — .Monumental  Inscriptions  ...  10 

Church  Plate— Font           ...              ...              ...  ...  14 

Bo ur is  Parish — Church  Plate              ...              ...  ...  15 

Carlow   Parish — Notice   of  Tomb    detached   from    Burial- 
ground            ...              ...              ...              ...  ...  15 

Old  Leighlin* — Notice  of  the  Cathedral  of  St.  Lazerian — 

(Plate)           ...             ...             ...             ...  ...  16 

Monumental  Inscriptions    ...              ...              ...  ...  22 

(Plate  1) — The  Tomb  of  Bishops  Sanders  and  Fiiay  ...  31 

(Plate  2)— The  Tomb  of  William  O'Brin           ...  ...  24 

(Plate  3) — The  Tomb  of  John  the  dumb  Son  of  William 

Fitz-David  Roe  -f  Brain                ...             ...  ...  32 

Kiltennkll  Parish —  Killedmniul  Church            ...  ...  35 

Font  ...              ...              ...              ...              ...  ...  35 

Notice  of  Monumental  Insc;intio:i3     ...              ...  ...  35 


Reports  Fr.uM  Counties — continued. 

Ti'-.l 

Dunleckney — Extracts  from  the  Vestry-Boots    ...  ...  3'> 

Mtshall  Parish — The  Duguid  Monument  (Plate)  ...  37 

Urglin  Parish — Coleman  Tomb           ...              ...  ...  37 

Account  of  Benjamin  Coleman's  Death              ...  ...  37 

CAVAN. 

(Nothing  from  this  County)    ...             ...            ...  ...  37 

CLARE. 

Kilfenora  Churchyard — Monumental  Inscriptions  ...  33 

Kilrush  Parish — Notice  of  the  Church                ...  ...  40 

Killard  Parish — Notice  of  the  Church                ...  ...  40 

Kiefieragii  Parish — Notice  of  the  Church           ...  ...  41 

Moyauta  Parish — Notice  of  the  Church             ...  ...  41 

Tombs  and  Bell  ...              ...              ...              ...  ...  41 

Kilballyhone  Parish— Old  Church  and  Font    ...  ...  41 

Kilcakrol — Old  Church  and  Wooden  Image       ...  ...  41 

Kii.dimo  [or  Kildeesio^ — Notice  of  Old  Church  ...  ...  41 

KiLNEr.ALLAGH  Church — Notice  of  Church  and  Burial-place  41 

Kii.crony — Notice  of  Burial-place          ...              ...  ...  42 

Kilkkeijake — Notice  of  Ruins  of  two  Churches     ...  ...  42 

Ross— Notice  of  Church         ...             ...             ...  •••  42 

Kilcoan — Notre  of  Church  and  Ancieut  Bell       ...  ...  42 

Scattery  Island — Monument  ot  St.  Senanus     ...  ...  42 

Ruins  of  Eleven  Churches — Burial-place            ...  ...  42 

Notices  of  Clare  Parishes,  from  Mason                ...  ...  43 

Notices  of  Clare  Parishes,  from  Lewis                  ...  ...  43 

Bunratty  Church — Mural  Monument                  ...  ...  44 

CORK. 

Castletuwnroche  Parish — Monumental  Inscriptions  .}!  45 
Doneiuile    Paris;; — The    Tomb    Field,    Creagli    Cast'.e — 

Monumental  Inscriptions                ...              ...  ...  50 

Doneraile  Church — Monuments  and  Inscriptions  ...  50 

Innishannon  Parish — Curious  Inscription          ...  ...  53 

Mitchelstown  Parish — Inscriptions  ...             ...  ...  54 

DERBY. 

Traditions  ComniunicataJ  by  the  Rev.  It.  S.  Maffett  ...  55 

DONEGAL. 

Inscriptions  on  Ancient  Clndic.  ■;  •. I  i!  <■  lii-1.  Franciscans       ...  *   50 

Ballyshannon — Inscriptions                ...              •••  ...  57 

Culdaff  Parish— List  of  Incumbents                 ...  ...  59 


Reports  from  Counties — continued. 

Clonciia  Parish — List  of  Incumbeuts  ...             ...  ...  60 

IiApuof.  Cathki'Kal — Bells...             ...             ...  •••  60 

DOWN. 

Bangor  Abbey — Inscriptions                 ...              ...  ...  60 

DonaGHATjee — Inscriptions   ...               ...               ...  ...  62 

Hillsborough — Inscriptions                  ...              ...  ■••  62 

Dundonald  Chukchyaud — Inscription                 ...  ...  63 

Louguinisland — Inscription                 ...              ...  •••  63 

Downpatuick  Abbey — Inscription        ...              ...  ...  G3 

Downfatkick  Pauish  Ciu'kch — Inscription       ...  ...  64 

Grey  Abbey — Monumental  Inscription;                 ...  ...  64 

Machera  Parish — Notice  of  OKI  Church  and  Vaults  ...  63 
Kilmegan    Parish — Notice    of    the     Bmying-ground     and 

Monumental  Inscriptions                  ...               ...  ...  68 

Interesting  Archaeological  Fiod                ...               ...  ...  69 

List  of  Hectors  and  Curates    ...              ...              ...  ...  70 

DUBLIN. 

Neglected  Churchyards  of  Ballyboghill    ...             ...  ...  74 

Island  of  Skerries  and  Westpalstown              ...  ...  74 

Artane — Monumental  Inscription         ...              ...  ...  74 

Ballyboghall — Inscription                  ...              ...  ...  75 

Clontarf  Parish — Monun.jntal  Inscriptions       ...  ...  75 

Drumcondra  Parish — Notice  of  the  Church  and  the  Coghill 

and  Grose  Monuments    ...             ...              •••  •••  78 

Donnybuook  Old  Ciickchyard — Notice  of  the  Churchyard  79 

Monumental  Inscriptions     ...               ...               ...  ...  80 

Rathfarnhaii    Parish — Monumental    Inscriptions    in  the 

Old  Churchyard               ...               ...               ...  ...  83- 

St.  Andrew's — Survey  of  Burial-ground  by   Thomas  Drew, 

Esq. 

St.  Anne's  Parish — Present  state  of  the  Churchyard  ...  84 
Monumental  Inscriptions  existing  in  the  years   1S66    and 

1867  in  St.  Anne's  Church             ...              ...  ...  84 

List  of  Benefactions  to  y' School         ...              ...  ...  95 

List  of  Benefactions  to  the  Poor          ...              ...  ...  96 

St.  Michan's  Parish — Inscription        ...              ...  ...  97 

St.  Nicholas  Without  axd   St.  Luke's — Notice  of  Church 

Piute...             ...             ...             ...             ...  ...  PS 

Swords — Inscription             ...              ...              ...  ...  98 


si 


Reports  from  Counties — continued. 

Tallaght  Parish — Monumental  Inscription  ...  ...       US 

Notice  of  Font  (?)  and  Cross              ...  ...  •••       98 

Howtii  Parish — Old  Church — Monumental  Inscription        ...       99 

Ll'sk  Parish — Note  on  Barnewall  and  Bermingham  Tombs  99 

Monumental  Inscriptions     ...               ...  ...  •••  100 

Kenure  Old  Church — Note  on  Tombs  ...  •••  107 
FERMANAGH. 

Enxiskillen  Parish — Font  ...              ...  ...  •••  107 

Church  Plate     ...              ...              ...  •••  •••  '°7 

Monumental  Inscriptions    ...              ...  ...  •••  109 

Hells                    ...               ...              ...  •••  •••  U2 

Poor-Boxes        ...              ...              ...  •••  •••  113 

GALWAY. 

Cono  Parish — Notice  of  the  Island  called  India  Goiil,  its 

Churches,  and  celebrated  Monument  (two  Plates)  ...  Ho 

Kilconnell — Monumental  Inscriptions...  ...  ...  US 

Plates  of  Altar-tomb          ...             ...  •••  P22, 123 

Chureh  Plate     ...              ...              ...  ...  —  127 

Tuam  Cathedral — Inscriptions           ...  ...  ...  1-7 

Kilakkin  Churchyard — Notice  of  Tombs  there  ...  131 

Mf.elick  Abbey — Obituary  of               ...  ...  »••  131 

St.  Nicholas'  Church,  Galway — The  Polls  ...  ...  135 

KERRY. 

Ardfert  Cathedral — Notices  of  Tombs  ...  ...  136 

Pinole  Parish— Notice  of  the  Restoration  of  the  Fifteenth 

Knight  of  Kerry's  Tomb                   ...  ...  •••  137 

Mccrus  Abbly — Bell  Found                  ...  ...  •••  138 

State  of  Kerry  Churches  in  175S          ...  ...  ...  138 

KILDARE.  * 

Birtown;  Churchyard — Notice  of  it    ...  ...  •••  139 

Monumental  Inscriptions    ...              ...  •••  •••  139 

Conff.y  Churchyard — Puins  of  Church  ...  ...  139 

Monumental  Inscription     ...             ...  •••  ...  139 

Kilbare  Cathei>i:al — Inscriptions     ...  ...  ...  140 

Lackvgh — N.iticc  of             ...              ...  ...  •■■  140 

Monumental  Inscriptions    ...              ...  ...  ...  141 

LARAGlICKYAJi  CHURCHYARD                      ...  ...  ...  141 

Monumental  Inscription      ...              ...  ...  •••  142 

Lkislip  Chubcu— Auciont  Ecclesiastical  Residence  ...  142 

Monumental  Inscriptions    ...             ...  ...  •••  1 


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143 

M4 

144 

146 

146 

146 

iptions 

148 

149 

150 

150 

151 

151 

ish)— Monn- 

155 

157 

159 

Reports  from  Counties — continued. 

Straffan — Monumental  Inscriptions    ... 
Taghadoe — Notice  of  Round  Tower     ... 
Monumental  Inscriptions     ... 
KILKENNY. 

The  Gore  Monument 
Callan — Comerford  Monuments 
Notes  on  the  Comerford  Family 
Donougumore  Churchyard — Monumental  Insc 
Kilmacahill  Parish — The  Old  Church 

Ust  of  Incumbents 
Rosrercon  Parish — Monumental  Inscriptions 
Catjedual  of  St.  Canice — Bells 
St.  Mary's  Church — Monumental  Inscriptions 
KING'S  COUNTY. 

Banagiif.r   Old  Burial-ground  (Reynagh   Parish) — Mon 
mental  Inscriptions 
Notice  of  the  McCoughlan  Family 
Notice  of  the  Church 
LEPTRIH. 

(Nothing  from  this  County)   ... 
LIMERICK. 

Rathkeale  Parish — Monumental  Inscription 
Church   Plate     ... 
LONGFORD. 

(Nothing  from  this  County)   ... 
LOUTH. 

Drogijeda,  St.  Peter's  Church — Monumental  Inscriptions 
Mellifont  Parish — Boyne  Obelisk     ... 
Fosbery  Monument 
MAYO. 

(Nothing  from  this  County)  ... 
MEATH. 

Athboy — Monumental  Inscriptions 

Old  Church 
Cruisetown — Notice  of  Cruise  Family 

Cruise  Monument 
Downpatrick. — Church  in  Ruins 
Plunket  Monument 
(Plate)— Patrick  Cruise,  CatUciiue  Dalt&a 


160 


160 
160 


161 
163 
164 


165 

107 
1G7 
167 
167 
167 
168 


Reports  from  Counties — continued. 

Dooth  (or  Dowth) — Netterville  Arms  and  Inscription 
Drogheda  (alias  Tkkdagh) — Monnmeutal  Inscription 
Newtown  Abbey — Bishop  Simon 

Notice  of,  in  "  Topographia  Hibernica  " 
Dulkek — The  Great  Church 

The  Bellewe  and  Taaffe  Monuments    ... 
Julianstown,  Parish  of  Castletown — Cross     ... 

Monumental  Inscriptions    ... 
Kilclone  Parish — Mulhussey  Churchyard — Church  in  ruins 

Monumental  Inscriptions     ... 
Martinstown — Monumental  Inscription 
Navan — Inscriptions  given  in  Bishop  Dopping's  Deport 

Communion  Plate  ...  ...  ... 

Tablets  in  Chancel 

Tablets  in  Body  of  Church... 
Newtown  (near  Trim) — Mouumental  Inscriptions 
NoBBin. — Notes  on  the  Town,  the  Churchyard,  and  Monuments 
(Plate) — Tomb  of  Alexander  Baruewall  and  his  wife  Alson 

Nettervil 
Robertstown — The  Barnewall  Tomb    ... 
Robertsown  Old  Burial-Ground — Mouumental  Inscription 

on  the  Plunket  Tomb 
(Plate)— Tomb  of  Francis  Plu  >ket  and  his  wife  Catherine 
Sertne — Monumental  Inscription 

Inscriptions  on  Ancient  Chalices  at  "  Tryin" 

HONAGIIAN. 

Blanet  Castle  Chapel — AVhen  built 
The  M'Kenna  Family 
St.  Melton's  Well 
Errigal-Trough — Graveyard 
Monumental  Inscriptions    ... 
Sweeney's  Vault 
QUEEN'S  COUNTY. 

Atiiy  Parish — Monumental  Inscriptions 
Castletown  Churchyard — .Monumental  Inscription 
Bell— Font 
ROSCOMMON. 

Fuerty  Parish — Church     ... 
Monumental  Inscriptions    ... 


Reports  from  Counties — continued. 

Roscommon  Abbey — King  Felim  O'Connor's  Tomb  ...  191 
Sir  William  Wilde's   Letter  on  the  disgraceful  state  of  this 

Abbey             ...              ...              ...              ...  ...  196 

Elpiiin — Inscription  on  Ancient  Chalice                 ...  ...  198 

SLIGO. 

Ballysadare  1'arish — Monumental  Inscriptions  ...  ...  199 

Kilturra  Parish — Monumental  Inscriptions         ...  ...  200 

Remarkable  Rath                 ...               ...               ...  ...  202 

Kilvarnf.t  Parish — Monumental  Inscriptions     ...  ...  203 

TIPPERARY. 

Carrick  Parish — Monumental  Inscriptions          ...  ...  204 

Lists  of  Incumbents            ...              ...              ...  ...  204 

Templemore  Parish — Extracts  from  Vestiy-book  ...  205 

Church  Plate— Bell            ...              ...              ...  ...  205 

Fethard  Parish — Notes  on,  by  Rev.  It.  II.  Long  ...  20S 

Inscriptions        ...              ...              ...              ...  ...  209 

TYRONE. 

Benburb  Churchyard — Monnmeutal  Inscriptions  ...  211 

Donacavy  Palish — Eccles  Monument                  ...  ...  214 

Errigal-Kerogue  Parish — Ancient  Font  (Plate)  ...  211 
WATERF0RD. 

Molana — Tomb  of  Raymond  le  Gros     ...             ...  ...  21G 

Waterford    City — Franciscan   Fiiary  or  French   Church — 

Inscriptions     ...               ...               ...               ...  ...  216 

Cathedral — Inscriptions      ...              ...              ...  ...  213 

WESTMEATH. 

Athlone — Extracts  from  Isaac  Butler's  MS.       ...  ...  226 

Inscriptions  in   St.  Man's  Church  and  Churchyard  ...  228 

Causestown — Inscription       ...              ...              ...  ...  232 

Mul.tifeu.nak — Inscriptions  on  Ancient  Franciscan  Chalices  232 

Y/EXF0RD. 

DosouGiiMor.E  Olxi  Churchyard — Inscriptions  ...  233 

Gorky  Old  Churchyard — Inscriptions               ...  ...  233 

Kili.f.nagh — Inscriptions     ...              ...              ...  ...  234 

Killinick — Extracts  from  old  Vestry-book — Births,  Deaths, 

and  Marriages                 ...              ...              ...  ...  231 

New  Ross— it.  Mary's  Church — Inscriptions        ...  ...  239 


Reports  from  Counties — continued. 

WICKLOW. 

AciroLD — Church  Plate 
Arklow — Monumental  Inscription 

List  of  Incumbents 
Avoca  or  Coxauy — Flagon,  A.D.  l~5o 
Delgany  Old  Graveyard — Inscriptions 

Parish  Church — Font,  Inscription 
„  Other  Inscriptions 

Graveyard — Inscription 


240 
240 
241 
211 
242 
245 
245 
247 


ASSOCIATION   FOR  THE 

^rtsTrbatfon  of  tljc  JHnnoriate  of  tljr  QratJ. 

IRELAND, 
JOURNAL    FOR    THE    YEAR    1892. 


"  I  have  chosen  commonly  to  set  down  thing*  in  the  very  words  of  the  records  and 
originals,  and  of  the  authors  themselves,  rather  than  in  my  own,  without  framing  and 
dressing  them  into  more  modern  language." — Stripe. 

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Ireland's  history  and  Ireland's  glory." 


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of  our  work  jn  anything  like  its  present  form  to  obtain 
additional  subscribers.  We  are  doing  our  part,  but  we  must 
Lk  our  friends  to  show  their  approval  and  support  by  an  active 
zealous  interest  in  it  in  the  way  we  have  named 

We  think  it  better  thus  to  speak  plainly,  for  we  feel  con- 
vinced that  an  extra  activity  on  the  part  of  our  readers  amongst 
their  friends  and  neighbours  could  not  fail  to  attain  the  object 
we  seek  Our  "  Reports  "  have  now  assumed  such  dimensions 
that  we  'think  the  word  «  Journal  »  would  better  represent  them 
and  bv  this  name  they  will  in  future  be  known.  The  present 
issue  consists  of  over  240  pages  of  letterpress  and  engravmgs, 
embracing  more  than  550  pages  of  MS  !  There  is  matter 
from  nearly  every  county  in  Ireland,  and  those  that  are  not 
representcd-of  which  we  append  a  list-have  only  themselves 
to  blame  if  there  is  no  record  from  them. 

The  importance  of  the  work   we  are   engaged  upon   cannot 
fail  to  strike  anyone  who  has  read  our  Prospectus  (issued  in  the 
year  18SS  and  published  in  the  Report  for  that  year,  p.  3,  and 
repeated  in  our  Report  for  1889,  p.  52),  and  our  Reports  up  to 
the  present  date.     Its  importance  has  been  freely  recognised  m 
the  public   Press  ;  last  October  a    Review  of   our   Report  tor 
1891  appeared  in  the  Daily  Express  newspaper  of  the   16th  of 
that  month,  and  pointedout  the  value   of  what  we  are   doing, 
not  onlv  in  an  archaeological  but   also  in   an  historical   point  of 
view   bv  directing  the  attention  of  our  countrymen  and  country- 
women; of  all  grades  of  society  and  all  varieties  of  creeds  and 
political  opinions,  to  the  one  object,  and  that  an'object  that  all 
who  call  themselves  Christians  should  be  glad  to  assist   in,  viz., 
the  Respect  and  Veneration  due  to  our    Burial-grounds  and  to 
their  better  Order  and  Preservation.     We  men.  amidst  the  busy 
pursuit    of  our    mundane    business,    often,    we     fear,     permit, 
tho.uditlesslv,    days    and   years    to    roll    on    without   much  or 
perhaps,  any  thought  of  the  neglected  and    desecrated  state  of 
our  inland  burial-grounds  ;  it  is,  perhaps,  to   the  "gentler  sex 
we  should  address  ourselves,  and  should  ask  them  to  help  our 
endeavours    and   to   see  that   their  husbands  and    fathers  and 
g  nu.ie  attention  to  the  resting-place  of  their  "  loved- 
here  thev  themselves  should  look  forward  to  being 


brothers 
ones,"  ai 
laid  with  loving  hands  and  sad  hearts. 


One  of  our  objects  was  to  repair  the  tombs  and  monuments 
of  those  who  have  gone  before  us,  leaving  an  honoured  name 
behind  them,  but  whose  descendants  cannot  be  found,  or  being 
found  are  not  in  a  position  to  repair  the  tomb  of  their  ancestor. 
Even  with  the  very  limited  means  at  our  disposal  we  have 
already  done  something  towards  the  fulfilment  of  this  object : — 

Honest  Dick  Millikin's  tomb  in  the  County  Cork. 

The  tomb  of  the  old  French  refugee  and  his  wife  Pauline,  in 
Carlow. 

The  tomb  of  the  Best  family  in  the  same  county. 

The  ancient  mail-clad  warrior  at  New  Ross. 

The  tomb  of  the  Shee  family  at  Sheestown,  County  Kilkenny. 

The  revolution  that  has  taken  place  in  the  better  state  of  the 
churchyard  of  Carlow  Parish  Church. 

The  restoration  and  replacing  of  the  Knight  of  Kerry's  tomb 
in  the  Church  of  Dingle  (rescued  from  a  farmyard  close 
by),  broken  and  mutilated. 

Grace  0"Malley's  tomb  and  her  sons  in  the  far  West  of 
Ireland, 
are  some  of  those  we  think  we  may  take  more  or  less  credit 
for  having  had  repaired  or  restored,  and  no  doubt  there  are 
others  we  have  not  heard  of  where  the  small  end  of  the  wedge 
lias  got  hold,  and  where  we  hope  for  better  things  to  come. 
We  think  good  cannot  fail  to  follow  from  the  way  we  have 
exposed  many  glaring  cases  of  desecration  and  mutilation,  and 
that  in  future  such  vile  acts  will  not  Le  attempted  without  an 
effort,  at  least,  to  prevent  them. 

In  the  Journal  for  1892  will  be  found  some  lists  of  incum- 
bents dating  from  an  earlv  period,  and  which  cannot  fail  to  be 
of  interest  to  the  parishes  to  which  they  refer.  We  would 
suggest  that  they  should  be  copied  into  one  of  the  parish  books. 
We  believe  country  clergymen  would  find  it  very  inconvenient 
to  have  to  extract  such  notes  from  their  original  source,  and 
even  if  they  found  the  place  they  would  still  be  "at  sea"  to 
extract  the  matter  without  the  help  of  an  expert  or  an  inter- 
preter to  read  and  decipher  the  faded  writings,  often  contracted 
Latin,  of  the  seventeenth  and  eighteenth  centuries. 

We  have  inserted,  where  we  had  the  necessary  information 
given    us.    accounts    and    descriptions   of    all    "Church  Plate" 


brought  under  our  notice,  and  we  would  ask  our  friends  to 
supply  us  with  more  information  of  this  kind  for  future  Journals. 

The  armorial  shields  from  the  old  tombstones  of  the  County 
Antrim  given  at  page  5,  will,  we  believe.be  thought  interesting 
by  many  of  our  readers.  "We  hope  in  future  numbers  of  our 
Journal  to  give  an  additional  and  varied  collection. 

We  have  inserted  a  page  with  the  dates  of  the  Parochial 
Registers  of  one  County  [Carlow],  thinking  this  arrangement 
more  convenient  than  that  adopted  in  the  Report  of  the  Deputy 
Keeper  of  the  Public  Records,  from  whence  this  list  is  taken. 

We  are  preparing  for  a  future  Journal  lists  of  the  dignitaries 
of  the  Cathedral  of  St.  Lazerian  [Diocese  of  Leighliu],  and 
other  interesting  and  valuable  matter  which  we  believe  has  never 
yet  been  published.  W"e  would  draw  attention  to  the  curious 
inscriptions  and  plates  of  ancient  monuments  at  this  Cathedral. 
given  at  pages  24,  33,  and  34  ;  and  also  to  the  extraordinary 
epitaphs  at  Kilfenora,  to  the  comely  MacDonagh  and  his  wife 
Maria;  to  the  thirsty  and  pugnacious  Pat  Lysaght;  and  to  the 
death-stricken  family  of  Blood.  Other  inscriptions  of  much 
interest  will  be  found  amongst  our  pages,  including  that  giving 
the  eventful  career  of  the  Rev.  Devereux  Spratt  (p.  55),  as  well 
as  the  Montgomery  inscription  (pp.  64,  (J.i),  a  tomb  "  curious 
and  sumptuous,  of  divers  colours  and  inscribed  with  mottoes 
and  verses  of  his  own  (her  husbands)  composures"'!!  But  our 
space  will  not  permit  us  to  mention  more  ;  we  must  leave  them 
to  our  readers.  T 

The  forty  or  more  copies  of  inscriptions  from  St.  Anne's 
Church,  Dublin,  which  is  only  a  portion  of  what  we  have  ready 
for  the  printer  on  a  future  occasion,  will,  we  trust,  interest  our 
Dublin  friends  especially. 

"We  have  just  received  a  very  finely-etched  drawing  of  Sir 
Christopher  Barnewall's  tomb  at  busk,  which  we  intend  to  have 
engraved,  so  as  to  enable  it  to  bo  inserted  opposite  page  100. 

It  has  been  our  wish  to  enliven  our  pages  by  engravings  or 
plates  of  some  of  the  most  remarkable  monuments  described. 
As  we  have  already  said,  the  number  of  these  illustrations,  as 
well  as  the  style  in  which  they  are  done,  has  been  lowered  for 
want  of  funds. 

The  extracts   from   the  obituary  of  the  ancient   Abbey    of 


Meelick,  County  Galway,  are  continued  from  our  first  volume, 
and  are  not  yet  completed.  In  like  manner  we  have  been 
obliged  to  curtail  the  MSS.  we  have  on  hand  of  several  other 
places  ;  this  Journal  having  even  in  its  present  form  exceeded 
in  size  what  our  funds  admit  of.  The  inscription  on  Sir  John 
Cochlan's  tombstone  at  Banagher  may  give  rise  to  much  specu- 
lation as  to  its  meaning. 

Further  extracts  from  Isaac  Butler's  MS.,  circa  1740  (?),  are 
given,  and  from  their  age  are  valuable,  although  we  doubt  the 
critical  correctness  of  the  original  MS. 

We  would  add  a  word  as  to  our  Subscribers,  &c. 

No  Subscriptions  have  been  received  from  the  undermentioned 
six  counties,  viz. : — 

Cavan,  Leitrim,  Longford, 

Queou's  County,  Roscommon,  Tyrone, 

and  only  one  Subscriber  is  to  be  found  in  the  Counties  Down, 
Kerry,  King's  County,  Londonderry,  and  Tipperary.  Under 
these  circumstances  it  will  not  be  wondered  at  that  our  task  is 
not  an  easy  one. 

The  Index  to  Vol.  I.  is  in  progress,  but  it  has  been  found  to 
be  a  work  of  such  a  troublesome  and  tedious  nature  as  to  occupy 
in  its  preparation  an  amount  of  time  far  exceeding  our  expecta- 
tion, or  what  we  are  able  to  give  to  it  continuously.  We  hope 
to  have  it  shortly  in  the  printer's  hands,  and,  when  ready,  due 
notice  will  be  given  to  our  Subscribers  who  may  wish, to  apply 
for  copies. 

The  expenses  for  the  year  amount  to  ...     £65   10     8 

While  the  amount  received  for  the  year,  from 

all  sources,  ouly  amounts  to  ...        51     4     5 


Leaving  a  deficiency  of      £14     6     3 

The  foregoing  account  will  show  the  manner  in  which  the 
funds  placed  in  our  hands  have  been  dispensed  ;  and  we  have 
no  doubt  that  our  Subscribers  will  agree  with  us  in  believing 
that  the  most  effectual  way  in  which  the  small  sum  we  have  at 
our  disposal  can  be  made  available  is  by  means  of  the   Printing 

I, 


Press,  which  not  only  places  on  record  in  our  Journal  valuable 
inscriptions,  many  of  which  would  otherwise  be  lost,  but  also 
stirs  up  and  cultivates  an  improved  public  opinion,  and  in  this 
\ray  enlists  in  the  good  work  many  who  have  not  as  yet  formally 
joined  us. 

Amongst  the  many  cases  of  neglected  burial-grounds  we 
have  to  record,  it  is  a  pleasure  to  find  an  exception  such  as  that 
of  "  Swords,"  County  Dublin,  where,  through  the  influence  and 
exertions  of  the  Rector  (The  Reverend  Canon  Twigg),  and  the 
Churchwardens  and  others,  it  appears  by  a  letter  in  the  Daily 
Express  of  8th  July,  1891,  signed  by  the  Rev.  R.  B.  Stoney, 
B.U.,  of  Irishtown,  that  ''the  church-yard  and  grounds  were  a 
model  of  neatness  and  care,  and  reflect  the  greatest  credit"  on 
the  above-named  gentleman. 

'  The  following  extracts  from  the  "  Acts  of  the  Privy  Council  (of 
England),  1552-4,"  edited  by  John  Roche  Dasents,  shews  how  it  has 
come  to  pass  that  the  ruins  of  so  many  monasteries  in  England,  as  well  as 
in  Ireland,  so  poorly  represent  their  ancient  extent  and  beauty': — 

"  A  letter  to  the  said  Chancellor  that  Oliver  Stephen,  Esq.,  shall  have 
rf  his  Majesty's  gift  400  loads  of  stone  out  of  the  late  Monastery  of 
Warden,  towards  the  building  of  Bedford  gaol," 

'Again' — 

"  '1  lie  Dean  and  two  Canons  of  Chester,  committed  this  day  to  the  Fleet 
for  taking  down  the  lead  of  their  church,  and   other  of  their  disordered 

[From  the  Rev.  Canon  Ilewson.] 

The  following  note  by  Professor  George  T.  Stokes,  in  the 
Jou rnal  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Ireland,  page 
213,  is  instructive,  to  say  nothing  more  : — 

"  I  know  of  churchyards  where  most  valuable  records,  tombstones  and 
monuments  are  rapidly  going  to  destruction,  yet  the  incumbents,  though 
L'lL,>  "ith  very  little  to  do,  will  not  copy  them  into  a  book  while  still 
legible." 

We  add — "  'Tis  true,  and  pity  is  'tis  true." 

The  late  learned  and  much-lamented  Bishop  Reeves,  in  his 
Account  of  the  Island  of  Sanda,  off  the  Scottish  Coast, 
written  in  1S62,  in  conclusion,  quotes  [from  a  writer  in  the 
New  Statistical  Account  of  Scotland"! :  — 


"  This  bmying-ground  also  shows  every  mark  of  neglect,  being  nn- 
enclosed  ;  the  gravestones  are  broken  and  defaced,  and  betoken  that  want 
of  affection  and  respect  for  the  dead  which  is  cherished  by  the  rudest 
nations." 

The  Bishop  adds:— 

"  How  painfully  due3  the  imagination  of  the  Celt  contrast  with  his 
practice  !  The  fate  of  the  little  cemetery  of  Sanda  is  but  a  type  of  the 
prevailing  condition  of  our  most  venerated  sanctuaries.  The  mind  paints 
horrors,  and  the  tongue  relates  the  calamities,  of  the  desecrator ;  aud  yet 
uo  effort  is  made  to  stay  the  desolating  hand  of  Time,  or  take  common 
precaution  against  the  injuries  of  trespass  and  dilapidation. 

"The  patron  saint  is  invested  with  imaginary  honour,  yet  his  cemetery 
is  exposed  to  dishonour ;  sanctity  is  supposed  to  reside  in  the  spot,  yet 
utter  neglect  is  the  only  practical  testimony  which  is  borne  to  the  per- 
suasion ;  and  while  the  foot  or  hand  of  him  who  would  disturb  a  sod  or 
remove  a  stone  is  considered  an  accursed  limb,  the  beast  of  the  field  is 
allowed  to  range  at  pleasure  within  the  hallowed  precincts,  and  make  a 
rubbing-post  of  a  monumental  pillar,  the  velvet  sward  its  bed  by  day  and 
the  enclosure  of  the  chapel  its  shelter  by  night,  the  trodden  miry  receptacle 
of  nocturnal  filth." 

These  weighty  words  of  a  great  and  good  man  who  has 
lately  been  taken  from  amongst  us,  ought  to  be  remembered,  are 
applicable  to  more  than  oneoi.  our  consecrated  burial-grounds  and 
the  ruins  within  them. 

We  would  desire  to  remind  the  thoughtless  who  tramplepver 
the  graves  of  our  crowded  burial-grounds,  of  the  fallowing 
lines  written  by  Thomas  Gray  : — 

"Perhaps  in  this  neglected  spot  is  laid 

Some  heart  once  pregnant  with  celestial  fire ; 
Hands,  that  the  rod  of  empires  might  have  sway'd, 
Or  wak'd  to  extasy  the  living  Lyre." 

And  of  the  sentiment  of  Thomas  Davis  : — 

"  Why  shall  we  seek  for  histories,  why  make  museums,  why  study  the 
manners  of  the  dead,  when  we  foully  neglect,  or  barbarously  spoil,  their 
homes,  their  castles,  their  temples,  their  colleges,  their  courts,  their  graves? 
He  who  tramples  on  the  past,  dues  not  create  fur  the  future,  the  same 
ignorant  and  vagabond  spirit  which  made  him  a  destructive,  prohibits  him 
from  creating  for  posterity." 


The  April  number  of  the  Reliquary  contains  a  notice  of  the 
■work  we  are  endeavouring  to  carry  out.     It  says  : — 

"This  is  an  exceedingly  praiseworthy  undertaking,  and  we  wish  its 
promoters  the  full  success  their  object  deserves.  We  see  only  a  small  list 
of  subscribers,  and  feel  sure  that  this  cannot  be  any  real  indication  of  the 
value  which  educated  Irish  people  place  on  the  memorials  of  their  forefathers. 
The  list  of  subscribers  ought  to  be  tenfold  what  it  is.  We  are  glad  to  see 
that  the  "  Report"  itself  places  ou  record  in  its  pages  some  of  the  many 
inscriptions  especially  liable  to  be  lost  or  defaced.  We  presume  that  the 
Fund  is  at  preseut  in  its  infancy,  and  that  as  it  gradually  gets  more  to 
work,  and  becomes  better  known,  it  will  meet  with  wider  support.  To 
Colonel  Vigors  great  credit  is  due  for  his  endeavour  to  iuterest  Irishmen 
in  the  object  of  the  Fund." 

In  the  April  number  of  the  Western  Antiquary,  published  at 
Plymouth  by  Mr.  Wright,  F.  11.  His.  Soc,  we  find  the  follow- 
ing remarks  on  the  Report  for  18S9  : — 

"  This  is  doing  admirable  work,  and  deserves  the  fullest  encouragement. 

We  find  numerous  reports  from  counties  in  all  parts  of  Ireland 

relative  to  interesting  and  valuable  historical  memorials,  which  are  noted 
as  worthy  of  preservation.  We  are  sorry  to  see  that  the  list  of  subscribers 
to  the  Fund  is  so  veiy  small,  and  to  note  that  the  Editor  laments  that 
several  counties  in  Ireland  have  not,  as  yet,  contributed  a  single  shilling  to 
the  work  lie  has  undertaken." 

We  wish  the  space  at  our  disposal  permitted  us  to  .enter  into 
a  description  of  the  manners  and  customs  of  ancient  burials  by 
the  natives  of  various  countries  ;  we  must  postpone  it  to  some 
future  yeir,  here  only  remarking  of  our  own  country  that  the 
custom  of  burying  in  consecrated  ground  is  said  not  to  have 
been  universal  in  Ireland  up  to  nearly  the  end  of  the  twelfth 
century. 

Giraklus  Cambrensis  mentions  that  "  it  was  enjoined  by  the 
Council  of  Cashel  in  the  year  1171'." 

The  curious  custom  of  the  Quakers  not  permitting  monu- 
ments to  be  erected  over  their  dead,  is  mentioned  in  the  history  of 
that  brotherhood  in  Ireland  between  1650  and  1700  by  John 
Rutty,  and  may  be  observed  by  those  who  visit  their  ancient 
burying-j) laces,  such  as  that  at  New  Ross  and  elsewhere,  and 
though  they  required  their   burial-places   "  to   be   secured  and 


kept  in  good  repair."  they  not  only  did  not  approve  cf  monu- 
ments, but  no  mourning  was  to  be  worn.  An  order  dated  1717, 
recomuends  that  if  amr,  contrary  to  the  ancient  practice,  had 
erected  Monuments  over  the  Dead  Bodies  of  Friends,  such 
should  be  removed,  and  that  none  such  should  be  set  up  in 
Friends  Burying-places  for  the  future." 


IN    MEMOKIAM. 

In  the  death  of  the  late  Reverend  Hugh  M'Nuill,  Incumbent 
of  Derrykeighan,  County  Antrim,  which  occurred  on  Saturday 
the  :}.lth  of  May,  lbHIo,  we  have  lost  an  active  and  valued  sup- 
porter of  the  work  we  are  endeavouring  to  carry  on  ;  it  was 
only  one  of  the  many  good  and  kind  works  in  which  he 
interested  himself.  He  was  a  man  greatly  esteemed  by  all  who 
had  the  pleasure  and  advantage  of  his  acquaintance. 


Doubtless  some  of  our  present  subscribers  have  not  seen 
our  Report  for  the  year  1888,  in  which  we  stated  the  Objects 
we  had  in  view,  and  hoped  to  sue  carried  out  in  the  course  of 
time.  We,  therefore,  repeat  them  here,  as  we  wish  them  to 
circulate   through   the   length  and  breadth  of  the  land. 

They  are  : —  t 

I. — To  endeavour  to  rouse  t!ie  attention  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity  to  the 
present  generally  very  disgraceful  state  of  the  burial-grounds  in 
Ireland,  and  to  enlist  their  sympathy  and  active  aid  in  getting 
them  into  better  order,  and  enclosed,  where  they  require  it ;  to 
<;.  „  "  strive  to  have  them  preserved  and  protected,  and  treated  with 
the  respect  and  veneration  due  to  them. 

II. — To  secure  a  record  of  all  existing  tombs  and  monuments  of  any 
interest — by  having  their  inscriptions  carefully  and  accurately 
copied  ;  and  to  obtain  information,  as  far  as  possible,  of  those 
that  have  been  removed  or  destroyed. 

III. — To  watch  carefully  works  carried  on  in,  ami  about,  churches,  tic, 
so  as  to  prevent  injury  to  monuments  and  tombstones. 


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IV. — To  repair  tombs  of  National  interest  where  the  present  represen- 
tatives of  the  deceased  are  not  iu  a  position  to  do  so,  and  that 
the  funds  admit  of  it  (as  in  the  case  of  Richard  M  Milan's  tomb- 
stone at  Douglas,  Co.  Cork — the  author  of  "  The  Groves  of 
Blarney  " — which  has  been  done,  as  well  as  several  others). 

V. — To  print  annually  a  Journal,  with  illustrations  and  copies  of 
inscriptions,  and  also  such  other  matter  connected  with  the 
Ancient  Memorials  of  the  Dead  iu  this  country  as  may  be 
thought  desirable. 

VI. — The  printing  of  extracts  of  interest  from  chapter-books,  parochial 
and  other  registers  and  records,  is  thought  very  desirable,  and 
the  Clergy  are  earnestly  requested  to  furnish  them,  as  well  as 
any  other  information  they  cau  give  connected  with  their 
churches  and  parishes,  and  used" and  disused  burial-grounds. 

VII. — Accounts  of  ancient  fonts,  bells,  church  plate,  and  memorial 
glass,  are  also  requested,  with  sketches,  photographs  or  rubbings, 
•where  convenient,  and  copies  of  inscriptions  tiiereon,  will  be 
thankfully  received. 

It  is  hoped  that  in  course  of  time,  through  the  help  of  this  work,  a 
complete  list  of  all  tombstones  and  monuments,  now  in  existence 
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M.R.I. A.  

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Carlow 

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The  Manse,  Cullybackey,  Antrim 


Campion,  R.  G 

Carroll,  Rev ,  r.P 

Cashel  and  Waterford,  the  Bishop  of 
Cather,  Mrs 

Chester,   the  late   fit.    Rev.   W.    I!., 

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r.n.s.A.i.,  iic 

Coleman,  James 


Middleton,  Cork 

Howth,  Dublin 

The  Palace,  Waterford 

Newport-road,  Westport,  Mayo 

Carisford  House,  Killaloe,  Clare 

Dolgtlly,  Wales 

3  lioby-plaee,  Kingstown,  Dublin 

Kingstown,  Dublin 

Rathgar,  Dublin 
Southampton,  England 


Comber,  Mrs.  Edward        

Comerford,  the  Most  Rev.  Dr.  M., 
D.D,  m.k.i.a.,  f.r.s.a.i.,  Coadjutor 
Bishop  of  Ki  Id  are  and  Leigliliu  ... 

Conni'llau,  Major,  D.L.,  M.S.S.A.I.     ... 

Cooke,  J.  Ormsby 

Cooke,  Jolin,  b.a.,  m.r.s.a.i. 

Corrigan,  liev.  William,  c.C. 

Cosgrave,  E.  McD.,  m.d 

Creighton,  David  H.,  f.r.gs,,  m.r.s.a.i. 

Crofton.  Miss  II.  A.  M 

Cnffe,  Major  Otway  Wheeler,  M.R.S.A.I. 

Cunningham,   tbe  Rev.  Robert,   b.a., 

M.R.S.A.I.  

Cusrey,  F.  E.,  j.p.,  f.r.s.a.i. 


Hoylake,  Cheshire,  England 


Braganza,  Carlow 
Coolmore,  Kilkenny 
Kiltnrra,  Bally  mote,  Sligo 
C6  Morehan.pton-road,  Dublin 
Jenkinstown,  Kilkenny 
5  Gardiner's-row,  Dublin 
Kilkenny 

Raheen  Manor,  Clare 
Woodlands,  Waterford 

Coleraine,  Londonderry 
The      Mall     House,      Lisraore, 
Waterford 


Daniel,  Miss  C 

Day,    Robert,    f.s.a.,   m 
f.r.s.a.i.  

Deane,  Thomas  M. 

De  Ban-as,  Lieut.-Colonel    ... 
Dix,  K.  1!.  McC,  m.r.s.a  i. 
Dodge,  Mrs.  G.  Pomeroy    ... 
Dooley,  Henry 

Douglas,  M.  C,  m.r.s.a.i.  ... 
Dredge,  Rev.  J.  Iu-le 


Lough     Cea    Lodge,     Athlone, 
Westmeath 

Sidney- pi  ace,  Cork 

Sidmonton  -  square,         Bray, 
Wicklow 

Mogeely,  Curraglass,  Waterford 

37  Kildare-stnet,  Dublin 

Long  Island,  New  York.  U.S.A. 

Parsonstown,  King's  County 

Carlow  t 

Buckland  Brewer,  Devon,  Eng- 
land 


Egan,  P.  M.,  f.r.s.a.i 

Ewart,  laveus  M.,  m  a.,  f.r.s 
Ewart,    Sir   William,    Bart., 


M.A.,  F.R.S.. 


High-street.  Kilkenny 
9  Bedford-street,  Belfast 


9  Bedford-street,  Belfast 


Fetherstonhangh,  A.  J.,  is. a.,  m.r.s.a.i. 

FitzGibbon,  Mrs.  A 

FitzGerald,  Lord  Walter,  m.r.s.a.i., 

M.R.I.A.     ... 

Fitzsiinon.  Mis.  M. 


Templeogue,  Dublin 
Mooveside,  Bnsliey,  Herts 

Kilkea  Castle,  Kildare 
The    Rectory,  Magheralin,  Co. 
Down 


Ffrench,  the  Rev.  J.  F.  M.,  f.r.s.a.i  , 

M.R.l.A.    ...  ...  

Ffrench,  Mrs.  ...  

Fuller,  J.  F.,  f.s.a.  

Garstin,   J.    I',    b.l-,   ll.b.,    f.s.a., 

H.R.I.A.,  F.R.S.A.I.  

I        Garvey,  John         

Goold,  Miss  A.  J 

Graves,    Dr,    n  r>.,    f.r.s.,    m.r.ia., 

Bishop  of  Limerick  

Greenwood,  Sirs.    ...  

Griffith,  Miss  

Hade,  Arthur,  c  e'.,  m.r.s.a.I. 
Hanrahan,  T.  \V.  0. 
Harman,  Miss  Marion,  M  r.s  a.i.     ... 
llcaly,  the  Rev.  Wm.,  p.p.,  m.k.s  a.i. 
Hewson,  llev.  Kdwd.  F.,  b.a.,  is  r.s. a.i. 

Hibbert,  R.  F.,  M  r.s  a.i 

Hibbert,  Mrs 

Hill,  Arthur,  B.E.,  m.r  i.a.,  f.r.s.a.i. 

Hilliard,  I!.  H 

Hopkins,  Rev.  John  \V.,  b.a.,  m  k.s.a.i. 
Hughes,  B.  

Hunt,  Mrs.  Helsham 

Jennings,  Mrs.  F.  M 

Joyce,  P.  W.,  LL.D.,  M.R  I. A.,  m.r  s. A. I. 

Ingram,  J.  Kells,  ll.d.,  Pies,  r.i.a. 
Irwin,  llev.  Alexander 

Keane,  Rev.  James  B.,  m.a.,  m. r.s  a.i. 
Kelly,  W.  E.,  C.R.,  f.r.s.a.i. 

Kelly,  Mrs.  W.  E.  

Kelly,  Miss  Dorothy  

Kdly,  Miss  

Kelly,  Richard        

Kennedy,  the  Very  Rev.  T.  Le  B.   ... 


Ballyredmond  House,  Clonega 

Carlow 
Do.  do.  do. 

Dublin 


Braganstovn,   Castlebellingham, 

Louth 
Rivcrslade,  Balliua,  Mayo 
21  Barrington-street,  Limerick 

The  Palace,  Limerick 
Douinga,   Kilkenny 
Corrig  Castle,  Dublin 

Carlow 

Irishtown,  Kilkenny 
Barrowmount.  Kilkenny 
Johnstown,  Kilkenny 
Gowran  Rectory,  Kilkenny 
Woodbank,  Scariff,  Clare 

Do.  do. 

George's  street,  Cork 
Tralee,  Kerry 

Aghern  Vicarage,  Conna,  Cork 
Independent  Office,  Wexford 
Kilfeara,  Kilkenny 

Brookfield  House,  Cork 
Leinster-road,  Dublin 

13  Wellington-road,  Dublin 
Armagh 


Navan,  Meath 

St.  Helen's 

,  w 

jstport,  Mayo 

Do. 

do. 

Do. 

do. 

Clareville 

do. 

Bellevne 

do. 

Carrickma 

CI  OSS 

,  Monaghan 

King,    Deputy    Surgeon-General    H., 

M.A  ,  M.B.,  M  R.I. A.,  F. It. S.A.I. 

Kingston,  the  Countess  of  ... 
Kiunear,  Rev.  Joliu,  d.d 


Langrishe,   Richard,  f.r.i.a.i., 

Pies.  n. s.a.i. 
Le  Ilunte,  the  Rev.  Francis 
Leinster,  the  Duke  of 

Library,  tlie  National 
Long,  the  Rev.  R.  II. 

Lynch,  P.  J.,  c.e.,  m.k.i.a.,  f.e.: 
Lyons,  the  Rev.  Canon 

Macbeth,  the  Rev.  J.,  lud. 
Maffett,  the  Rev.  Riclinitl  S. 

Mahony,  D.  

Mauleverer,  Miss     

Mayo,  the  Earl  of  ... 

McCIintock,  the  Rev.    F.    G., 

F.K  S.A.I.  

McNeill,  the  Rev.  Hugh,  u.r.S.a, 
Molloy,   William   R.,  f.s.s.,  m.i 

F.R  S.A.I.  

Moore,    the    Rev.    Courteuay, 

M.R.S.A.I.  

Moore,  Henry 
Moreland,  Miss  M. 
Mulkeru,  Rev.  Thomas,  p.p. 
Mundy,  Mrs.  Pierrepont 

Newell,  W,  II  ,  c  b.,  ll.u. 

New  tun,  Philip  J 

Ncu  tun,  Miss  Ada 

O'Flynn,  Richard     

Ossory,  the  Archdeacon  of  ... 

I'errin,  Mrs. 

I'igutt,  William  Jacksun     ... 


52  Lansdowne-road.  Dublin 
Mitchelstown  Castle,  Cork 
The       Manse,       Letterkenny, 
Donegal 

Nore  Mount,  Kilkenny 

New  Ross,  Wexford 

Carton,  Kildare 

Dublin 

The       Rectory,       Templemore, 

Tipperary 
Mallow-street,  Limerick 
Piltown,  Kilkenny 

Wcxfurd 

Herbert -road,  Dublin 
Grange  Con,  Wicklow 
The  Mall,  Armagh 
Palmerstown,  Kildare 

Drumcar,  Dunleer,  Louth 
Stranocum,  Antrim 

Brookfield-terrace,  Dublin 

Mitchelstown,  Cork  , 
Gowran,  Kilkenny 
Ralieeu  Manor,  Clare 
Clontuskert,  Galway 
Gloucestershire,  England 

Lansdowne-road,  Dublin 
Dunleckney  Manor,  Callow 
Ncwtownbarry,  Carlow 

Worcester,  Mass.,  U.S.A. 
Thomastown,  Kilkenny 

Knockdromin,  Lusk,  Dublin 
Duudrum,  Duuu 


Pluuket,  Lord,  Archbishop  of  Dublin 
Poer,  Couut  Je  hi,  d.l.,  m.k.s.a.i.   ... 

Ponsonby,  Hon  Gerald 

Power,   the   Rev.    George    B.,    e.a., 

M.K.S.A.I.  

Pratt,  Mrs.  Fitzniauiice 

Piatt,  .Mrs.  P.  C 


The  Palace,  St.  Stopheu's-gveen 
Kilsheehm,  Waterford 
Green-street,  Grosvenor-sqnare, 
London 

Kilfane  licctory,  Kilkenny 

Dublin 

St.  Anne's  Hill,  Cork 


Quinn,  the  Rev.  Edward,  p.p.,  m.k.s.a.i.      St.  Audoen's,  Dubli 


Rapmond,  Rev.  Jos.,  c.c,  M.K.I. A.  ... 

Pice,  Mis.  C.J.   ' 

Robertson,  J.  G.,  f.r.s.a.i. 
Robertson,  Herbert 

Ryan,  the  Rev.  John,  o.p.  ... 

Sindall,  Alfred         

Seymour,  Mrs. 

Smith- Barry,    Arthur   H., 

M.P.,  F.K.S.AJ.        ... 

Smith,  Owen  S.,  m.k.s.a.i 

Smith,  the  Rev.  Canon  R.,  d.d.        ... 
Stack,  the  Rt.  Rev.  M.,  d.d.,  Bishop 

of  Ulogher,  etc.   ... 
Steele,  Rev.  J.  II 

Steele,  Thomas  M.  

Stokes,  Rev.  George  T.,  d.d.,  m.k.i.a., 

M.K.S.A.I.  

Stubbs,  Miss  Lucy  

Tatham, 

Taylor,  Rev.  J.  Wallace,  ll.d.,  f.r.s.a.i. 
Trench,  Miss  J 

Tottenham,  II.  Loftus,  m.a. 
Townseud,    the    Very   Rev.   William, 

D.D.,  M.RS.A.I.       ... 

Tyndall,  Professor  John,  f.k.s.,  ecc. 

Vicars,  Arthur,  f.s.a.,  Ulster  King  cf 
Arms      


Castleblayney,  Monaghan 
Grange  Krric,  Douglas,  Cork 
St.  Stephen's-greeu,  Dublin 
Huntington   Castle,    Cloncgal, 

Carlow 
St.  Saviour's,  Limerick 

London 
Gleucormack,  Mayo 

Fota,  Cork 
Nobber,  Meath 
Clyde-road,  Dubliu 

Clones,  Monaghan 

The     Cottage,     Croin     Castle 

Fermanagh 
63  Moyne-road,  Dublin 

Blackrock,  Dublin 
Rathmaekuee,  Co.  Wexford 

London 

Emyvale,  Monaghan 

Dubliu 

Guernsey 

Tuam,  Gal  way 

Hazlemere,  England 


Vigors,  Colonel  Philip  D.,  f.k.s.a.i. 
Vigors,  Mrs.  Philip  

Wall,  Lieut.- Colonel  J 

Walshe,  J.  W 

Walsh,   the   lit.  Rev.  W.  Pakenham, 
d.d.,    f.h.s.a.i.    (Vice-President), 

Bishop  of  Ossory,  Ferns,  &  Leighlin 
Weldou,  J.  II.,  ii. u.s. a.i.     ... 

Westropp,  Thomas  J.,  m.a.,  m.r.s.a.i. 
White,  .Major  J.  Grove  (57th  Kegt.), 

m.u.  s.a.i.  ...  

White,    the   Rev.   Hill   Wilson,   d.d., 

M.R.I. A.    ...   -        ...  

Willcocks,    the     Rev.    Canon,     m.a., 

M. U.S.A. I.  

Woodhead,  Miss 

Wood-Martin,  Colonel,  M.R.I.A. 

Woods,  Cecil  C,  f.u.s.a.i. 

Wynne,  Miss  F.  E.  


Holloden,  Carlow 
Do.  do. 

Knock-a-Reagh,    Grange    Con, 

Wicklow 
Kilkenny 


The  Palace,  Kilkenny 

Ash    Hill   Towers,    Kiliuallotk, 

Limerick 
77  Lower  Lceson-street,  Dublin 

Kdbyrnc,  Cork 

Multifarnham,  Westmeath 

Pagenalstown,  Carlow 
Heathfield  House,  Sussex,  Eng- 
land 
Clevcragh,  Sligo 
Iilackrock,  Cork 
Cones,  Carlow 


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INDEX  TO  VOL.  II. 
iHcmorfalS  of  tijf  Deal!,  I-rrlantJ. 

1892  to  1894. 


N.B.  —  The  Names  are  arranged  alphabetically,  but  they  are  not  in  strict  dictionary 
order  ;  am!  names  like  Allen.  Alan, — Burk,  Bourke. — bailie,  Buyly, — Byrne,  Birne, 
$c,  will  generally  be  found  under  the  one  heading  of  each  name. 


A 

Antonius  (see  St.  Antonius) 
Antrim.   218,  405,  409,  504 

Abbevview,  126 

Ap  Owein,  539 

Abbott,  21,  76 

Arbutbnot,   451 

Abergavenny,  437,  482,  484 

Arcbbold,  71,  326 

Acbeson,  559 

Archdall,  105,  106,  143,  215,  348,  567 

Acton,  386,  38S               , 

also  137,  490 

Adam,  319 

Archdeacon  — also  Archdecon,  82 

Adams,  391,534 

Archibald  (Arcliibold  ?),(see  Arcbbold)  71 

Aedh  Ruah,  285 

Ardes,  64 

Aedi-Dubh,  3C0 

Ardfert,  55,  137 

Agar,  36,71,  2G0,  262,  266,  267, 

268, 

Ardbraccan,  86 

269,  426,  428.  429,  56S 

Ardilaun,  334.  527 

Aghahircher  (Achad-Urchair),  299, 

300 

Armagh,  8,  78 

AybmachaUn,    185 

Arms  on  tombstones,  5 

Ahac^o^s,  5 

Armstrong,   155,    156,     192.     202,    203 

Ahcane,  172 

206,  244,  286,  303,  315,  421,  544 

Aidan  (see  St.  Aidan),  300 

Ashe,  318 

Aiken,  395 

Ashley,  540 

AiIbe(seeSt  Ailbe),  319 

Ashton,  52 

Alcock,  30,  53,  54,  369,  566,  567 

Athenry,  514 

Aldborough,  95,  S6 

Athbov,  165-7,  174 

Alder,   90 

Athlone,   133,  226-7-8-9,  231 

Aldercron,  95.  96 

Athlumnev,  174 

AUerdice,  253 

Athv,  509                                                  « 

Aldworth,  51 

Athcarne,  179 

Alexander.   119,256,  260,261,364 

Atkin,   235 

Algiers.  55 

Atkinson,  75,  187,  213,  214,  251,  559 

Allen,  67,83,95,  130,2:35,294,316-17, 

Attractu  (see  St.  Attractu) 

418,452,557,566 

Auchenleck,  484 

Allingham,  470 

Angblianafin,  72 

Alpel,  431 

Aughrim,  110,  171 

Ambrase.  381 

Austin,  380 

Aiicet,  l'0|.e  (see  St.  Ancet) 

Ayltner  (see  Bonynge),  372 

Anckel,  220 

Aylward,  267,  268,  426 

Ancketill,  5?5  (see  Anketell) 

Anderson,  53,  257,  387 

B 

Andreas    (Bishop    of    Fiesole),     (see     S. 

Andreas) 

Bacon,  234 

Andrew  (see  St.  Andrew) 

Badham.  425 

Andrews,   3SG,474 

Bagnall,  35 

Anketell,  1811 

Bagenalstown,  423 

Anne,  Queen — one  of  her  waiting-ffi 

men, 

Bagot,   14u 

288 

BalUconnull,  153 

Anntiley,  49,  69,  71 

Ballvara,  203 

Balfour,  1C5,  300 
Balff,   179 
Ballvcurrv,  174 
Bailie,  241,315 
Baird,  71 
Baker,  43 
Balliriiraan,  74 
Ball,   243-4,  339 
Ballvbogbiil,  74,  75 
Ballvbannon,   71 
Ballvbav,  209 
Ballyloughlan,  71 
Ballvcastle,  409 
Ballogh,  100-1 

Ballvheas,  86 

Ballyknockan,  12,235 

Ballvnascreen,  56 

Ballynanneen,  367 

Ballvnagarde,  53 

Bailywillwell,  69 

Ballyragget,  148 

Balfvsliannon,  57,  283 

Ballyginnev,  73 

Ballygawley,  216 

Bamfurd,  T55 

Bangor,  60-1 

Banks.  545 

Banagher,  68,  155,  157,  158-9 

Barlow,  71,  173 


ird, 


385 


Barbam-Hall,   1C0 

Bamewall,   xvi.,   99,   100,  101-2,  103, 

105,  12G,  167,  171,  180,  lb  1,  233 
Barns,  177 
Barrett,  466 
Barrington,  235,  485 


551 


146 


44,  48,  95,  392,  460,  466,  522-3, 


5ol 


Barton,  95 

Basford,  525 

Bates,  255 

Bathe,  103,  172,179,  424 

Batlev,  248,  573 


Bay 


93 


236 


lieatty,  84,  92 
Bcachfield,  77 

Beaubeere,  234 
B... mount,  531 
Bedell,  43 


53 


Bedford,   178 
Been,   402 
Belsaique,  53,54 
Belinagar,  19$ 


Beanchan,  349 

Beachhill,   127 

Bell,  75,109,286,291 

Delturbet,  84 

Bedlow,  174 

Bellew,  170-1,373 

Belfast,  63,  C9 

Belmore,   114 

Bellevue,  247 

Bellingham.  106 

Benburb,  213,  3C5 

Bencher,  163 

Bennet,  237,  541-2 

Benson,   199 

Benyin,  519 

Beresford,  554 

Berkeley,   !09 

Bermingham,  99,    100,  101,   102,   171, 

493,  oil,  528 
Bernard,  106,  141.   508 
Berrv,  234,235-6-7,  378 
Berwick,  139,  140 
Best  (see  Humfrey),  xv. 
Betson,   143 
Betty,  380 
Bevan,  234-6,  237-8 
Bidwell,   156 
Bigenal,  441 
Bigger,  4,  7 
Bigham,  72 
Bingbam,  72,  558 
Binnan,  233 
Binnev,  72 
Birne,  22,  63 
Birnev,  340 
Birtown,  139 

Blackall,  70 

Blackley,  72,  78 

Blacker,  84 

Blake,  49,  86  ^ 

Blackcastle,  178 

Blanchfield 

Blackfivld,   349 

Blakenev,  129 

Blanchv'ille,    154 

Blanev,   184,213,  465  • 

Blessioqton,  400 

Blood,  xt'i.,  39,  448,  462 

Blundell,  479,  480 

Blvthe,  95 

Bodkin,  504 

Boland,  157 

Bolger,  431 

Bolton,  258 

Boraford,  93 

Booynge,  371-2 

Butt.dpb,  483,  547 

Botiller,  209 

Boucbicr,    120 


Bnuland,  5»4 

Bonghtin,  29 

B..urk,  280 

Bourke,  238,518,  523 

Bowe,  13 

Bower,,  350-1-2 

Bowers,  426 

Bovd,  72,  235,410 

Boylan,  473 

Bovl,  101 

Boyle,  20.70,  157,137,  400 

Bo'wi",   114,  169,  218 

BoXwelJ,  234-5,392-6 

Brooke,   543 

Bradlev,   130 

Bradshaw,  115,149,289 

Brain,  32 

Br^anstown,  15S 

Breedin,  206 

Brehon,  154 

Brady,   173,455 

Braxton,   190,  531 
Brett,  205 

Brabazon  (see  Meath),  245 

Brariabsaw,  149 

Brazier.  2*9 

Bra-g.  315 

Brett,  203 

Brinne,    327 

Brigown,  54,  55 

Brangban.  349 

Breen,  431 

Brennan,  399,  402 

Brewster,  441,446 


Brian,  467 

B'roptay, 

Browns,  421,  443,  456,  472,  603,! 
572 

Brew,  456 

Bride,  95 

Brick,  466 

Bradford,   525 

Brownriggs,  35 

Buchanan,  S5 

Bruce,   7 

Bute,  3 

Buckley,  4C7 

Burcbard,   16,17 

Burden,  296 

Barke,  13,  90.  121,  131.  154.  157. 
214,258,276,  337,  396,  49  !-5, 
523 

Butler,  xvii.,  26, 75,  95,  SG,  98,100, 
1.7.   149,    llil,    K    ,    1C5,    170, 
174,    183,   210,  226,   2.-.    280, 
o  37,3s.',  470,  176,  542,651 
Bullen,  4J 
Bunbury,  4U,  4-: 


Burton, 

128,248 

Burk,  3 

79 

BorfltOD 

221 

burden 

296 

bury  (I 

oyne)  420 

Burrow* 

s,  30,  427 

Burgess 

440-1,551 

Burnett 

4  42-6 

Bu»by, 

154 

Butteva 

lit,   209 

burn,  4 

.;.',  533,  643 

Byres, 

231 

Byrne, 

151.255-7,208,4 

471-2,  551 

Bvron, 

341 

Bvrn,  4  02-3,432 

Bytagb 

119 

Byblo* 

browD, 

72,  328,  344-5, 

Browue 

47,  72,    131-2, 

421, 

443,  450,  472,  5C 

Brownr 

gg,  35,  160 

Cahill,  254,519 
Calder,   13 
Caldon,   129 

Caldwell,  98,  241,470 
Caliper,   73 
Callagban,  163,  464-5 
Calter,  314 

Campbell,  128 

Cane,  89 
CaniuTon,  503 

Carabine,  202 
Carbury,   143,  512 
Carden,  2')7,  4.-0,  541-2-3- 
Carev.-,  10,  13,222 
Carluw,  9,15,  7o,  129,  192 
Can  enter,  426,429 
Carr  !.aee  C.iiie) 
Carrie'*,   2  .4 
Carriaabolt.  43.  14 


S9.  313,  552,553 


(  arsli  .re. 
Ca»l     .   -     - 
Carter,  444- 


Castriott,  228 

Ciickch  Plate— 

Castletown,  50 

F.nniskillen,  107,108,113 

Castlewellan,  C9,  71,72,74 

Fethard,  Co.  Wexford,  5G3.  564 

Caswell,  452 

Franciscans,  Irish,  56,  57, 183, 184, 

Cathcart,   107,  113 

198,232,  233 

Caulder,  4  26 

Gortroe  (see  under  Rathcormac  and 

Cauanau^rh,   145 

Gortroe),  463 

Caulfield,  193-4,451 

Hook  and   Templetown  (see  under 

Cavanai;h,  15,  32,  33,  145 

Owenduff),  564 

Cavan,  73,  84,  lua,  160-1,2 

4 

Kilconnell,   127 

Cavan  Cope,   187 

Kilfenora,  39 

Cawlev,  201 

Killybegs,  Co.  Donegal  (Irish  Fraa- 

Celbridge,  144 

ci-enns),  57 

Centenarians,  106,  315,  384, 

417 

Knockmoume,  463 

Cerlile,  73 

. Loughguile,  3 

Chaigneau,  95 

Middletown,  417 

Chaine,  412 

Moaeely,  463 

Chnpellier,  519 

Mulufcruan     (Irish      Franciscans), 

Chambers,  238 

232,  233 

Chamberlain,  88 

Navan,  177 

Champagn-,  60 

Ovoea   or   Avoca   church   (Castle- 

Chapman,  192 

macadam  parish),  241 

Charleton,  73 

Ow<?nduff    (now     rVthard    union), 

Charters,  387 

563,564 

Chearnlev.  52        „ 

Quebec,  silver  chalice  of  the  Iriah 

Charleville,  78 

Franciscans  at,  57 

Cbeevers,  338 

Rathconrath  (now  Alinoritia  union), 

Chester,  92 

561 

Chiball,  51G 

Rathcormac,  462 

Chichester,  59,  €0,  233 

Rathkeale,   160 

Christmas,  223 

St.  Mary's,  Kilkenny,  331  (note) 

Christian,  556 

St.  Olaf's,  Waterlord,  555 

Church  Plate— 

Templeiuore,    Co.    Tipperary,  206, 

. Aghern,  458 

2u8 

Aghold,  240 

Templetown   (see  under  Fethard), 

Almoritia,  556 

564 

Balhknockan  church(Y\ 

ells  parish), 

Tintern    church    («ee     Owenduff), 

14 

563-4 

Barron-strand-st.    Char 

el,   Water- 

Trim  (Irish  Franciscans),  183,  184 

ford,  SOL',  370 

Tuam  Cathedral,  312,  313 

Boms,  Co.  Carlow,  14, 

IS 

Webs.   14 

Caatlelyons,  461,462 

Church-yard,  338                        * 

„           rural  deaner 

v,  461,  463 

Cinnamon,  73 

Castle(mcc)adam,  241 

Clanebovs,  61 

Clonmeen       (now        Castleinagner 

ClaneartV,  269 

union),  403 

Clancy,  4S-9 

Cork,   Friars   Minors  o 

(see  under 

Claniicarde,  158 

Donegal),  56 

Clano,  319,320 

Crumlin,  283     ' 

Clanvaraghfin,  73 

Delgany,  246 

Clanebor,  213 

Donegal  (Irish  Francist- 

n=\  56,57 

Clarina,   560 

DuuIinCitv (Chriatcli 

ircii  Calhe- 

Clark.  7S.227,  473,  507 

dral,  St.'  Luke's,  St. 

Clarkln,  73 

Nicholas',   Trinity    < 

olli-ge    (see 

Clarkhin,  73 

under  Tuam  Cathe.ir 

1),  S13 

Clarv,    1  12 

„       „       Si.  Kicho 

is  V,  ithout 

Uavtou,  130,476 

and  Pt.  Luke's,  9S 

C  leire,   211 

Dunshau^lilin,  528,  529 

Clea.-y,  lln 

Klphin  |  Irish  Francises 

■   -  1SS 

Cleaver,  149,  216-7,  572 

Ennijkc'riie  (ace  Lnnisi. 

lleis)    I'.'S 

Cieere,  516 

17SG4&9 


Clire,  35 

Coone,  119 

Cliffe,  28,239,240 

Cooper,  99,  102-3-4,  193,  441 

558 

Clogheen,  159 

Coote,  95,  96,  188 

Cloglier,  96,185,  215 

Coolcliffe,  239 

Clones,  71,  120 

Cootf,  95,  96,  1E8 

Clongowan,  71 

Cooihill,  73 

Clonfert,  127,  131 

Corcoran,  46,  203,  435 

CUramel,  210 

Couny,  514 

Clogheen,  209 

Cornwall,   314 

Clooley,  434 

Cornvn,  7,  278 

Clonesboyle,  188 

Corri'b  (Lough),  197 

Cloncah,  60 

Corr,  381,471 

Cloncanon,   124,   126 

Cork,  51,55,  56,90,  209 

Cloninacnoise,  157,  197 

Corteen,  131 

Ciontaif,  76 

Corneen,  230 

Cloncraff,  197 

Cosbev,  74 

Close,  69,  70,  251 

Co=grove,  2C2 

Cloviie,  98,  161 

Cosgriff,  519 

Clusius,  219 

Cosham,   90 

Cochlan  Coghlan,    xvii.,  131-2 

134-5, 

Cotter,  454 

157-8-9 

Cotterell,  341 

Cochrane,  57,  73 

Cotton,  86 

Cockburn,  89 

Couch,  559 

CodJ,  534 

Cooghlan,  157 

Cogan,  141,  167,  181 

Coulson,  517 

Cogbill,  78 

Covey,  13G 

Coldfort,  403 

Cowlnamuckie,  146 

Cole,  65,  114,109,  490 

Cox,  41,296 

Coleman,  37,  49,  56 

Cov,  73 

Colfer,  38S-9 

Crangle,  74 

Colgan,  202 

Crampton,    133 

Collearv,  203 

Crawford,  57,  58,  488 

Colles,  81,  476 

Craven,  110,  493 

Colley,  143,  159 

Creagb,  49,  50,  132-3,  451 

Collier,  165 

Creeilon,  467 

Collins,  48,  139,  176-7,  465,  55 

8 

Crerv,  127 

Collis,  294,  463 

Creuiome,  535 

Collister,  73 

CribUton,  167 

Colpovs,  280 

Crist,  83 

Cohhurst,  451 

Croatian,  340 

Colwill,  386 

Croinpton,  241 

Comerford,  16, 19, 147, 148, 191, 

146,327 

Croke,  327 

Comins,  241 

Cromwell,   115 

Common,  236 

Croker,  53 

Corovn,  45 

Clone,  50 

Condel,  2C6-7-8-9,  427 

Cronin,  467-8 

Confey,  139 

Cross,  515 

Cong'abbev,  334 

Crosbie,   96,  137 

parish,  115,  116 

Crosthwait,  422-3 

Conlan,    188 

dotty,   552 

Conn,  73 

Croaghan,  106 

Connell,  45C-8 

Crowbill,  201 

Conner,  552 

Crowe,   119 

Connolly,  95,  187,  190,  255 

Cr.zier,  490 

Connor,  246,431,  oil 

Cruice,  232,  448 

Conroy,   92 

Cruise,  167-8 

Conti,  41 

Cuff,  384 

Conway,  131-2 

CuUaff,  59 

Couyn^ham,  342 

Cullamon,  185 

Cooke,  36,  200,386,  559 

Culleu,  4S1,  443 

Cnlleford,  98 
Cummin,  382 
Cumyn,  45 
Coney,  SS4 

Cunfe,  118 
Cunniff,  133 
Cunningham,  427 
Cuppage,  70 
Curran,  283 
Cusack,  86,  IOC,  183 


Da!rvm[Ie,  4,379 
Dalton,  44,  124-6,  163,167,  168 
Daly,  118,  126,  135,  318,  337,  432 
Danby,  234-5 
Dane,  342 
Dandv,  357 
Darcey,  183 
D'Arcv,   134,518 
Darcy,  183,  309,  347,  517 
Dant;enmore,   148  , 

Darker,   13 

Davis,  108-9,  113,  128,  236,  341,  545 
Davison,  62 
Dawson,  535 
Deacon,  403 
Deane,  133,  38R 
De  Blaqniere,  75 
De  liri.uke,  11 
De  Burgo,   157,394,494 
DeCourcy,  517 
D"Heris-on,  25 
Dela  Hide,  294-5 
Delahunty,  208 
Delany,  435 
Delamare,  232 
Delgauy  church,  245,  567-8 
„         font,  245 

parish,  24C,  5C7 
Delme,-e,   127 
Delving  Lord,  15S,  183 
Demakola,   190 
Dempsev,  148,511 
Denis,   223,  5U7 
Denman.  119 
Denny,  382 
De  Kant,  369 
De  Kcnzi,  226,  228 
Deriuzv,  25 
Dermont,  104 
De  Rochfort,  170 
Dtrry,  55,  59 
Pcv„_\,  28 
Devereux.  403,  431 
Derrvlonete,  190 
Duk'ie,  63 


Dillon,  36,  100-1-2-3-7,  121, 179 

Disnev,  427-8 

Dix,  74 

Dixon,  212,  238 

Dobbin,  248 

Dobbs,  1,  400-1 

Dod,  459 

Doherty,  89 

Dolen,  385 

Domvile,  95,  485 

Donat.  17 

Donegal  (chalices),  56-7,  58,  69,  129 

Donagliadee,  62 

Donelan,   100,  121,  310 

Doneraile,  50-1-2-3 

Donnelly,  8,366,413 

Donoghue,  203 

Donovan,  468 

Dovcastle,  202 

Dopping.   174 

Dorau,  20 

Dougherty,  441 

Douglas,   212 

Dove,  192 

Duwdall,  162,172,512 

Dowglas,  212 

Dowling,  10,  19, 

Down  (Co.),  61,  64,  C8,  C9-70,  213 

Downes,  8S 

Downpatrick,  63 

Downing,  428 

IUv.i'iiitv,   206 

Dowse,  "440 

Dovle,  47,  96,234,  241,  243,  255,  27 

272-3,  419,  433,  436,  442-3.  557 
Doyne,  26,  420,  437,  ooi, 
Drake,  286 
Drapes,  442 
Drav,  464 

Drew,   1,  67,  84,  432 
Drislane,  47 
Droghe.ia,  161,  163,  179,  162 

„     (Mayors),  162 
Dromore,  161  -I 

Drought.   139,  2P2-3-4 
Drumcouragb,  179 
Drumin,  106 
Drum,  190 
Drtimbanacher,   184 
Dublin,  69,  76,  78,    84,   86,  87,  93,  S 

97,  102-3,   105-6-7,    115.    181.    IS 


Pundrum,  68,  69 

71 

72 

Fassindge,  110 

Dunleckney,  36, 

159, 

260, 

264 

Faulkiner,  163,  191,  205-C,  508 

Dungannon,  76 

Falkner, 

Dunn,   152,  154, 

J49, 

ill 

Fausett,  75,  110 

Dunfert,  171 

Fawcett,  110 

Burnetii,  67 

Feerick,  336 

Punshaughlirj,  529 

Feltou,  91 

PumviIIe,  8 

Feltrim,  107 

Dunville,  419 

Fennemore,  429 

Dimdonald,  63 

Fermanagh,   107,  111,214 

Pwver,  14,  149,  441, 

457 

552 

Fermov,  209,  459 

Dyer,  201 

Ferns,' 96,  161 

Du  Noyer,  117,  1 

67, 
E 

' 

181 

Ferrar,  508 
Fejulanus,  524 
Fethard,  565-6-7 
Fielding,  235 

Eason,  341 

Filey,  t.,  19,34,35 

Eccles,  214,248, 

2i'2 

301 

Fingal,  102,  107 

Eclilin,  106-7 

Fin,  236 

Eden,  469 

Finebor,  39 

Edenderry,  159 

Fintona,  214 

Edgar,  418 

Fitt,  515 

Edmonstone,  67 

FitzDouagh,  33 

Edward  VI.,  51 

FitzGerald,  S,  13,  139,   141,  154, 

173, 

Edward?,  26,  131 

3 

101,  222,  53G,  556 

Egan,  198 

-» 

Fitzgibbon,  328 

Eogan,  125 

Fitzberbert,   176-8 

Egerton,  543 

Fitzmaurice,  137 

Elie,  46 

Fitzpatrick,  443,  465 

Eliot,  376 

Kitzsimun,  435 

Elizabeth,  52 

Fitzsimons,   119 

Elliott,  110,  242 

Fitzwillianis,  100,  101,  402 

Ellis,  427 

Flanagan,  276,428 

Emery,  383 

Flattery,  383 

Emmet,  283 

Fleming,  209,  252,  431,  553 

Enerv,  153 

Flin,  Flinn,  4S,  99,  465 

Eni-i-aihie,  43 

Fling,    48 

Enniskillen,  65,  107, 

108, 

109,110,111, 

Flood,  80,  290,  424 

113-14,488-9 

Floud,  172 

Enright,  156 

Flower  Hill,  176 

Errigal,  55,   193 

Fogngertv,  272 

Eustace,  2113,  321 

,43 

7,443,44 

Foley,  255,  400 

Esmond,  204 

Follard,   154 

Evans,  60,  475 

Ford,  70 

Everard,  169,205 

Fore,  373 

Everett,  95 

Forristal,  154 

Ewart,   1 

Forrestal,  434 

Eyre,  153,  363-4 

F 

Forsayth, 
Forte^cue.  77 
Fort  Singleton,  187 
Fosbery,  161-5 

Fagan,  107,  473 

Fo-ter,  57,59,80,148,443 

Fahv,  156,468 

Fottrell,  474 

Eallun,  120 

Fox,  157,340 

Falls,  366 

Fov,  120,221 

Ealnasugan,   203 

Fraser,  482,  534 

Fanning,  -166 

French,  305,  306-9 

Farrihv,  42 

Furnev,  157 

Farrell',  294,  519 

Furlong,  45,  432 

Fyan,  162 
Kynne,  493 


Gage,  91 
Galbralth,  15 

Gainlort,  2.i8 
Gale,  426-7 
Gallogiy,   109 

Gallane,  276 

Gallavan,431 

Galv.fv,  H5,  135,  136,  193,  323,  518 

Gardn-r,  416 

Garballv,  156 

Garnett,   81,295 

Garoven.   175 

Garrr.i-l.lr,  505 

Garrtin,  19,  32.  33,34,  158,181 

Garrett,  421,  424 

Gaseoigne,  609 

Gaskell,  90 

Garncck,  483 

Gartan,  473 

Gast,  241 

Garviae,  173 

Garaban,  133 

Galelowe,  40 

Gavin,  103 

Gauijsen,  77 

Gamble,  432 

Gaug-ra,  69 

Giral.iu?  Cambremis,  xi, 

Gerrard,  163,  289 

Gevhin,  13 

Geoghegan,  372-3 

Getliio,  Get!iene«,  204,  440 

GermunJui.    17,  19 

Gib!  in«,  289 

Gilbery,  211 

Gibbon..,  289 

Gildea,  235 

Gibson,  61.  110 

Giblins,  184 

Gifford,  457-8 

Giragbty,  357 

Girran,    120 

GlanJure,  9J 

Glasco,   174 

Glaas'ough,   IP  I 

Gleticarrig.  245 

Glinncn,  520-1 

Glendal 

Glynn,  234 

Gonne,  106 

Guff.  552 

Goinc  (-e?  Welsh) 

Gould.ng,  162 

Golldeu,  166 

Gormlev,  201 


Gorman.   145,  151,  174,255,403 

Orf,  i.\.  106,  146,  194,519 

Gormacan,   12 

Gould,  ,'pC 

Go* ran,  516 

Grace,  328.  374 

Gracey,  487 

Graham,  427 

Grant  (sec  Whvte),  220,  S«9 

Grantham,  45 I 

Grancy,  493 

Greenham,  882 

Greengravei.   63 

Greene    (see    Shepherd),    23,    47,  235, 

237-8,259 
Cradv,  43,  205 
Gray,  xis..  110,  425 
Grmig-s  i-managh,  323 
Grange,  189,  236 
Graves,  205-6,291-2 
Greagh,  168 
Grinham,  558 
Grevstones,  77 
Gligg,   12 
Griffith,  21,  35 
Grirhn,  49,  295,  363 
Origan,  121 
Grogan,  241 
Groomc.  429 
Grose,  is,    99,   78,  102,  105,  138,  169, 

183,  195 
Grove,  49,  54 
Grundv,  153,  2-11 
Gnnneil,  .348 
G  wynne,  91 

H 

Ilackett,  210,211,258 
Ilal-or,  77 
Hadlock,   130 
Ha-an,  72.  185 


5... ; 


Haire,  Ml 

Hall,  95,  114.  161,290,387 

Hallihan,  466 

Hally,  552 

Uam'ilton,  «0-l,  74,  107,  113,212.713. 

•110,511,  517 
Handcock,  226.229,230,232,239,375- 

6-7,478,  &01 

412 
Handy,  429 

Hankore  1  «ce  Wakeiv;,  175 
liar  In,    150 

"   looy).  455 


ft?).  42' 
»in,  16 


Harlow,  156-7 

Harman,  93,  191,  «J34,  378 

Harpole  (see  Bowen),  539 

Harris,  97 

Harrison,  S2,  235,  314,  461 

Harrington,  465 

Hart,  381 

Harrey,   186,233,  235-6-7-8,  396 

Hassard,  1C9 

Harford,  472,  474 

Hardwicke,  243 

Hatch  (see  Merge),  531 

Hatton,  35,  269 

Harpeny,  516 

Hasilhead,  66 

Hay,  46 

Hayes,  11,51,234,479 

Hawkins,  60,  235,  238 

Hawkshaw,  331 

Healv,  157 

Heat'lv,   151 

Hedlev,  242 

Hegan,  471 

Hemans,  86,  92 

Hemsworth,  75-6 

Hennessv,  181 

Henry,  51,201,380,428 

Hensworlh,  331 

Herbert,  2U5 

Herdman.  5.  7 

Herlehy,  467 

Herissiu  (see  D'Heresin).  25 

Hcsin,  491 

Heveran,  385 

Hewett, 

Hewson,  sviii. 

Ileyland,  230 

Hierome,  204 

Hickson,  137 

Higin  (see  Grany) 


95 


4.-  I 


553 


HiirL-inson,  234 
Hickman,  41,451. 
Hicks,  530 
Hill,  129.  233,  38 
Hillsborough,  62 
Hillyard,  384-5, 
Hinds,  310 
Hinton,  205 
Hoare.  45,  48,  444 
Hobhou>e,    113 
Hoban,  520 
Hobson,  9,102,211,3 
Hodges,  208 
Hod-on,  246,  377 
Hodder,  4G3 
Hogan,  279,24  4 
Holmes,  206,  544,  557 
Holiban,  329 
Hollybrook,  75 


Hollywood,  74,  128 
Hooker,  20 
Hooper.  544 
Hoplev,  234,  237 
Hopkins,  95.335,446,459 


agar 


47 


Hosier,  119 

Hore,  235.  368 

Houlden,  432 

Houth.  65,  99 

How,  384,  580 

Houston,   188 

Howard,  53,  54,  96,  161,  240,  530 

Housh,  474 

Hosabnrgh,  386 

Howison,  152 

Howtb,  99,  171 

Huddart,  94 

Hudner,  467 

Hughes,  129,  518,  559 

Hull,  380 

Hume,  3 

Huleatt,  454 

Hnmfrey,  266-7,426,439 

Humphreys,  457 

Hunt,  231,  314 


,49 


I  (sec  Whitehead),  518 


Hutchinson,  89,  206 
Hutton,  153 
Hynde,  357 

I. 

Incumbents — 

Agbold,  240 

Ardstraw,  54G,  548 

Arklow    (Enorelly,    dins    Koragh, 

Kilbride,  Killahurler,  Kilmain, 
Templemichael,  Bolaugh,  Kilina- 
cragh,  Newbawne),  240,  241 

Ballvcastle.  409,410 

Carrick      (Ardcullum,     Clonegain, 

Kilmurrv,  Kilshelan,  Newtown- 
linnan),  204,  205 

Carrickfergus,  412 

Clane       (L'lonshambo,       Killibegs, 

Mainham.liodenstown.Sherlocks- 
town),  319,320,321 

Cloncha,  60 

Culdaff,  59 

Inuiscaitery,  prebend    of  (see  Kil- 

rush),  43 

Kilbride,  241 


Fu 
kill),  150 
Kilmegan  (ICilcoo.  Kilkeel),  70 


Incumbents — Kilru.-li— Inniscatterv 

(Kill.mi,    Killballvlione,  Killfie- 
ragh,  Moyarta),  43 

Loughguile,  1 

Middletown;  415 

Templemore,  207 

Incliagoill,  15,  16,  17 
Innismore,  246 
Inniscatterv,  42,  43 
Ionin,  502' 
Irwin,  200 
Isdell,  559 


Jackson,  30,  63,  77,  253,  321,  364,  545 

Jacques,  383 

Janns,  451 

Jameson,  385,  420.  551 

James,  235,  425,412 

Jebb,  348 

Jeflferes,  235-6,  234 

Jeuers  (Ivers),  141 

Jeffares,  106,  234 

Jeuers,  141 

Jesyp,  461 

Johnson,  09,  70 

Johnston.  46,  07,   154,    186,  235,   267, 

365,  384,  438,  557 
Johnstown  castle.  241 
Joly  (see  Watson),  186,  228,  :185 
Jones,  57,  59,  74,  76,  234-5,  343,  394, 

441,482,545 
Jonin,  8,  93,  20 
Jordan,  82-3 
Joice,  Joyce,  36,337,  388 
JulianstowD,  170,  172 


Kane,  520 

Kanturk,  209 

Kavanagh,  22,  23,  24,  31,  33,  154,  269, 

270,  272-3,430,432-3-4 

(see  Lidwell) 

Kean,  276 

Keating,  361,  514,  553 

Keatly,  290 

Keavs,  -16 

Reddle.  Ill 

Kee,  48 

Kealev,  432 

Kelleber.  466 

Kells,  169 

Kenlis,  172 

Kelly,  96,120-1,121.125-6.    144,  196, 

20O,  271,  328,  402-3,  473,  52o-l,  50b 
Keefe,  467 


Kenmure.   107 

Kemmis,  89 

Kenny,  610,  557 

Kennedy,  4. 133,  553 

Kent,  484-5 

Keo-h,   135,  440 

Kerry,  xv.,  55,  136,  137,  138,  509 

Kerr,  231 

Kevans,  543 

Kepples,  35 

Kidlev,  204 

Kilculgan,  159 

Kew  (see  Lloyd) 

Kilballyhone,  43,  44 

Kilbovne,  50,51,  52 

Kildimo,  42 

Kililare,  89,  139 

Kidd,  3S7 

Kildoun,   140 

Kilbnek,  50 

Kilkenny,  94.  145,  154,  1S1 

Killedmund,  35 

Killane,  235 

Killard,  43,  44 

Killenger,  518 

Kilkfel,  69,  70 

Kilmocahill,   150 

Killfabavan,  186 

Kilfenora,  3* 

Kilmeaden    61 

Kilmegan,  69,  70,  71,  72 

Kileonnel,  127 

Kilina'lkedar,  315 

Killybegs,  57 

Killala,  76,  12a 

Kilcoo,  69,  70 

Kilkea,  139 

Killimur,  118 

Kilalcea,  162 

Killavnev.  190 

Killila,  218 

Kilmichidl,  233 

Killurra,  202 

Kilvarnet,  199 

Killinick,  390 

Kilpatrick,  5,  7 

Kilrush,  42,  43,  94 

Kilronan,  76  , 

Kinchela,   619 

Killsany,  135 

Kir>7>land,  102,  171 

King's  County,  155,159 

Kins.  8,  73,  si,  106,  235 

Kinselia,  271 

Kinnev,  412 

Kin-lev.  475 

Sirl  ..        I 


93 


»rde 


Kinneer,  555 
Kiln 

Ki!w 
Kirwan,  507 
Kinsal?,  209 
Kirkratriclt,  315 
Knockdromin,  99,  10; 
Knaresborougb,  517 
Knight,  95 
Knocklin,  98 
Knockstiken,  73 
Knolls,    143 
Knox,  4,85,86,95, 


LMkagt,  UO-1 
Lacv,  530 
Lambert,  236 

Latiuier3tov.ii,  235 

Laugriblie,   136 

Lane,  11 

Landy,  526 

Lanesborough,  84,  95 

Langsi™,  142 

Lantry,  157 

Large,   14 

La  'louche,  9C,  242,  243,  247. 

Latta,  149,  150 

Lautrj,  157 

Laraehbrven,  89 

Latham,  "211 

Lawder,  14,  91 

Lawler,  153-4,317,349,  533 

Lawley  (see  Forrest al ) 

Lawrence,   103,  157 

Lecale,  64.  69 

Leacock,  3b0 

Leader,  4C(i 

Leaky, 

Leahv,  111,466 

Lee,  46,  518 

Leech,  35,559 

Lehuiie,  4>/B 

Lean,  4';G 

Leathly,  2D,  270 

Lopghiirickland,  69 

Luttrell,  100,  103 

Leadmorc,  42 

Ledwich,   18,  109 

Ladeveze,  S5 

Leigh,  92 

Leifhlin,   10.76.192,265 

Leiilin,  139,  142,  14  J 

Leiinon,  472 

LeGros.  216 

L^lie,  442 

Lett,  238 

Leiirim,  157,  160,229,232 

Levery,  560 


Leal  lies,  C2 
Lemase,  2S9 
Lewis,  1-17,  18,  43,  137,  159,  167,  215, 

216 
Lidwell,  360 

Limerick,  53,  90,  104, 160 
Lifford,  8,  160 
Ligonier,  27 
Livallev,  242 
Lindsay,  CS,  127 
Lincu   and    Lynch,    13,  309,   335,   467, 

602-3 
Lincol,  369 
Lisreagban,  157 
Lingstown,  235 
Linahan,  465 
Lishea,  189 
Lesdeen,  43 
Little,  35,  3G 
Lismore,  132,  204-5,  221 
Lockhart,  365 
Lodge,  69,  70,   101-2,  105-6,  137,  143, 

179 
Logh,  5,  6 

Loyd,  144,  207,  208,231,  386,  542-3 
Long,  144,205,207 
Longfield,  477 
Lore,  Win.  62-3 
Londonderry,  35,  56,  68 
Longford,  161 

Longworth,  376-8,  385,  387,  558-9 
Lopdell,  491-2 
Lorcan,   132,  134 
Lowe,  156,258 
Lowth,   10b,  161  171 
I.owry  (see  Sullivan) 
Lucerne,  76 
Ludlow,  178 
Lugaed,   116 
Lumbard,  217,  220 
Lumley,  556 
Lunnv,  111 
Lusk,"  102,  105,  106 
Lntwidge,  106 

Lvhane,  405,467  * 

Lynebam,  4-41 
Lyon,  31 

Lysaght,  xvi.,39,  40 
Lvnn,  474 
Lvior,  14 
Lynch,  43 
Lysaght,  xvi.,  39,40,  363 


MacArtan,  63 
MacMoyer,  3 


MacMabon,  41,  43,  44 

Magblin,  447-3 

Magee,  108,  113 

Malone,  441,530 

Mallow,  52 

Mahon,  4:12,453 

Maher,  211 

MacNaghten,  408-9 

MacXaraara,  278-3,  454 

Macartney,  1,2,  3 

MacCorran,  68 

Mac  Done  sh,  zvi.,  38-9.  381 

MaeOacken,  7,  70 

MacCnllocb,  380 

Macdosnell,  1-3,  412,  504 

MacJerrnott,  130 

MacDov.ell,  381 

MacQdillan.   1 

Madders,  130 

Ma-rano,  348 

MagiU,  67 

Magenia,  68,  413 

Ma^Ura,  55,  56.  6R.  69 

Madden,  95,  133,  134,  207,  467 

Magrath,  70, 150-1,  482, ;    7,552 

Maflett.  55,  68,   70,   79,    115,  ls4. 

241 
Maginn.  47 
Macki-,  95 
Magla^s,  233 
Malcomson,  11 
Malahide,  74 
M^uire,  57.  300 
Uain,  CS1 
M.:<on,  221 
Mar-«rgh,  4'. 
Mi-:ersoD,  203,  445 
Mar-!,al,  2,38,  426-7,  516 

y.^--  ,  ■:■:• 

Martin.  1.  45,  111,  131,  309,  J30 
Wary,  Queen,  52 
Maamn,   126 
MdoniDg,    175 
Massy,  441,453,  550 
Mar»»rde.  183 
Monk.,  473 
Manstr^h,  49 
Ma!    ■«.  77,   ■  11,481 
■     69.77 

■       :.-,  113,  114. 3C3 
Maule.    2b2 
MJT.  222 

.   I4J,  173 
Maxwell,   J10 

Mai  \  1  •(..  165,197,200,235 
.  -i.  4 52 

-   : 
i 

U  Carthr,  1J7 


M'Coghlan.  157.  15*-9 

M'Coan,  253 

M-Caudand,  530 

M-Cormick.  70,  144,  3-4 

M-Creadv,  b4 

M'Clintock,  21 

U'Dovall,  231 

M'Elmeel,  190 

M-Entire,  201 

M'Grath,  203,  552 

M-Gaghv.  190,192 

M-Ghee,  240,  249,  2C~,  473 

M-Guire,  144.145,269 

M-Goui-h.  1-7 

M'Gnver,  145 

U'Hue,  268 

MKav,  97 

M'Kensie,  56,152 

M-Ke-:na.    55,   56,    191,    1S4,  1S5-6- 

188, 191 
M'Donnell,  1.  44,  163,  423 
M-Kenne:b.  56 
U'Kinlev,  110 
M'Maous,  343 
•: 

McFillips,  190 

HcGroodn,  1S3 

McKer.-.v,  388 

McKtrwen,  429 

McKinnev,  7.  56 

McU'urrh'.in.  473 

MeLeroy,  27  2 

McLean.  70 

McMoran,  414 

McNeal,  ixi  .  1.  C4 

Mc.Veilly.  5,6.7 

McPherwn.  128 

Ucanr,  433 

Meatb.  86.   91.   S3.   99.\165.   1C9.    17 

173,  176,  178,  179,184,209,245 
Hears,   112.  114 

:-         ,  131,  i:.«,  134,135,  309,496 
y^aa.  257 

Uecbam,  7,  381,385,383 
Utehan,  55.  163,  lSK,  20.',  *26 
Mridrasa,  211 
M-;i:...  E0 

t,  14"; 

Jltrreditb.  17.516,177 
Jlrrcer,  27 
Jleinhird,  163 
-■  .  63 

23".,  6,  7,  8 


' 


-•.■:. 


"■  ■■_  ; 

! 

108.1      ,1!         18 
-     wn,  415 
Miles,  :;d 


Milestown,  211 

Mill,  130 

Miller,  253,  289,  419,  545 

Milley,   150 
Milne,  401 


tli 


199 


Millikin  (Dick),  xv.,xxii. 

Millington,  7B 

Minchin,   35,452 

Mills,  385,451,555 

Minlogh,  126 

Moffatt,  377 

Mingay,  485 

Mitche'lstown,  54,  55 

Molaua,  2 It; 

Molesworth,  98 

Molony,  36,455-6 

Mooney,  31 

Molloy,  154 

Montgomery,  xvi.,  C4,  65,  66-G7 

Molyneux,  218,  239 

Monevlane,  69 

Moore,  55,  70,  76,113,  121,  143,130, 
173,  174,  258,  317,  379,  384,  387, 
397,  439-441,  444-5,  473,  497 

Morecruft,  173 

Moncreiff,  70 

Morgan,  176,  160,  210,338 

Moone,  3','6 

Mooretuwn,  235 

Moreen,  97 

Morris,  222,  248,  310,  553 

Mountmorres,  222 

Mount  Sandford,  89 

Moricy,  432 

Mnneymore,  55 

Monk.  481 

Monaghan,  55,  184,  493 

Moran,  403  492 

Moresy,  431 

Mongan,  550 

Morphy,  531 

Montmorency,  151 

Morony,  42 

Morton,  36 

Mount  Pleasant,  236 

Moyarta,  41,43 

Moyferta,  43 

Moville,  75 

Mortimer,  419 

Moymet,   100,  179 

Moylough,   199 

Mottlv,  415, 

Mulcahy,  47 
"  CO 


Mo 

Mullicar,  212 
Montr:,  v,  215 
Mulhallen,  267-8,426-8 
Mullinahone,  211 
Mulry,  531 


Mullingar,  242 

Mulrony,  240 

Mullane,  466,  78 

Mundy,  137 

Mullagha,  43 

Murlough,  71 

Mullanisky,  185 

Murphv,  31,  48,  102,  235-6,  398,  431-3, 

468," 506,  526,553 
Murray,  132,  344,  348,  3S2,  428-9-30 
MussenJen,  63 
Mustano,  131-2 
Mury,  434 

Mullvfarnham,   131-2 
Myles,  46 


N 

Nagle,  47 

Nangle,   176,503 

Nanlin,  133 

Narraghmore,  514 

Navan,  175,  176,  177 

Nason,  462 

Nnugbten,  384 

Nash,  12 

Neale,  269 

Neaies,  327 

Neill,  472 

Nelson,  344 

Nesbitt,  558 

Newson,  35 

Netterville,  169,  180-1 

Newbold,  328 

Newton,  36,  421  • 

Newtown,  50,85,  179 

Newcastle,  69,  73,  213 

Newmarket,  51 

New  Koss,  399 

Newburgh, 
Nevill,  475 

Newman,  2^2,  379 

Nicholas,  137 

Nicholson,  23,  53,  92,  545 

Newbury,   478  ^ 

Nidea,  40 

Nobbir,  179 

Noble,  300 

Nolan,  31,339,492,532 

Nowbn,  255 

Nougher,  130 

Nov.  531 

Norcolt,  50 

Nugent,  84, 145, 174,  183,  417,  4»2 


Ai.V 


!',:■ 


Oake.«,  242 

Oates,  111 

Oatv,  37* 

O'lieirne,  11,  -015 

O'Hrin,  281,  277-8,456,461 

O'Brien,  v.,  19,  24,  33,  47,  48,  214, 

O'lirvan,  273,  4G9 

O'Ca'han.  41 

O'Caliaghan,  47-8,  45G,  465-6 

O'Chain,  137 

O'Caihal,   136 

OVurry,  69 

O'Connell,  2."i4,  464 

O'Connor,  35,  3--,  194-5-6,  197-8. 

r,:.t-4. 430 
O'Duflv,  197,527-8 

O'lh.u'an,  184 


OI>.  mpaey,  300 

O'l  lulling,  409 

O'lialv,  11-.  276 

O'Daniel,  121 

O'Dogherty,  07,  348 

COornev,  137 

O  l>  movan,  00,  06,  Cf, 

116,  184, 

O'Ouimrll,  41 

O'llowJ,  202 

O'DxOKaii,  402 

U'rUhi-rtr,  4:;! 

O'Avnii.'lfll.aiG 

U'Uradv,  452 

OKa.it,  4? 

O  Kelly,  124,  127 

O'Kenii,  l,Vi 

lllim.  90,268-9 

O'llra,  0.M.4 

Oil.    .1:.  00 

t'H    i.ecn,    11 

•'•1.  ■:  ..an,  42 

Mi. 

v.. 

''*' 

.   ID 
1  M,  132 

41 
.    11 

y.  I 

.  1  '.  06.    210.  218,22 
1  12,  4  10,  466,  049 

l!i:>,  200,  201-3 

O'Ruairc.  57 

0=borne,  67,  439,  480,  553 

O'Stillivan,  503 

O'Shee,  519 

Ovenden,  108,  113 

Owen,  Owens,  230,  23*,  344,  532 

Oxlo.d,  55 


Packe,  11,518 
Page,  111) 
Pain,  440 
Palmer,  107 
Paine, 

Parishes,  Churches, 
Churchyards,  Ac — 

parish,     purchase    of    font     for    a 

flower-pot,  xiv.  (No.  3) 

Abbey-street,    presbyterian    church 

(see  Anna?,!.  1,  '252 

Abington  or  Abueyuwnevbeg,  52'2 

Agha,  9 

Aghalu.cher,  299 

Aghade,  9 

Aghadoe,  138 

Agheru,  457,461 

Aghavallin,  138 

Achold,  xii.,  9,  22,  240 

Allen,  310 

Armagh,  138 

Annauuff,  '239 

Anchorites'  church  (see  Fore) 


?,  -204 
cathedra 


136,   137, 
abbey,  near  "  Odor- 


n),  9,  399 


Ardoyr.e(nnw  Aghadei 
Ardriston,  0 
Ard>tra\v.  546 
Arklow,  ic,  240     % 
■  Armagh,  Abbev-street  church,  25'2 

„    Campaign  field,  413 

..     Cathedral,  1-7,  -201,413,  414 
Artanc.  vii.  74 
Arklow,  xii.  2  10 
At!ib..v.  ix.   l.;o,  167,  232 
Alhenrv,  490 


l>. 


uican  abbe 


llilone,  St  Mi 
374,  375,  545',  557 
„St  Uulchan'a  old  church,  374 
thy,  :;.,   I'll,  O1/1 

..     St.  John's,  mi 
.voca  or  Ovoca  church.  &c.  (Castle- 
macadam  parish  ;.  xii  ,   211 


Parishes,   Churches,    Churchyards, 
&c— 

Bagenalstown    church    (see    Dun- 

lecknev),  9 

Ballin..kill,  540 

ndtrrv,  219 


l;..l|. 


,-ada 


:i:-,.i. 


30 


anciently    Kilmokidy, 


Ballvaddan,  Emo,  348 

Ballvbeigh,  138 

Ball'vboghill,  vii.,  74,75,471 

Bullycastle,  409 

BaUyellen,  10 

Hallycrogue,   10 

Ballvnockan  church  and  churchyard 

(Wells  palish),  v.,  10,  209,  420, 
&c. 

Ballinobagbsh,  138 

Ballymac-ellegot,  138 

Ballvnudrimny,  317 

• Ballinacowrlv",  J  38  ., 

Ballincashlatie,  138 

Ballynanneen,  Co.  Waterford,  307 

Balljiuscreen,  50 

Ballvsadare,  x.i,  199 

Ballyseedy,  138 

Ballyshannon     (Kilbarron    parish), 

vi'.,  57,  470 

„  Mullinashee  church- 
yard, 283 

Bajlyaheen  ancient  church  (see  Kil- 

finaghty) 

Ballvvotten    church      (see     Danes- 

fort),  328 


Bananher   old   burial-ground  (Rey- 

nagh  parish),  xv 

i.  (No.  l.),155 

Bangor  Abbev,  vii. 

00 

Hannow,  3S8,  561 

Barron   Strand-street  K.C.  chapel 

Waterford,  309 

Barragh,  9 

Belfast  or  Shai.kill, 

417 

Benburb,  xi ,  211, 

213.  302 

Benedictine  nuns,  cl 

apel  of,  Channel 

row,   102 

Bilbo.  9 

r.iiu 


Birtown   churchyard,  Co.    Kildare, 

Black  Friars'  Abbev,  Kilkenny,  51fi 
Blaney  Castle  chapel,  x.,  184 
Blessiiigton,  Burgage   old    church- 

„         St.  Mary's  church,  4"0 
Boden>town  (see  under  Clane),  320 
Bulaugh,   241 
Bonamargy  Abbey,  Ballycastle,  4'.  5 


Parishes,  Churches,    Churchyards, 
&c— 

Borris,  Co.  Carlow,  v.,  9,  14,  254 

Bray,  248 

Bridgetown  Abbey   and   parish,  40, 

408,  459, 

Brigown,  54 

Brosnagh,    138 

Bullock  (see  ' 


Burgage  (« 


w),  Co.  Dublin 
.ington),  400 


Bumtcburch,  20-1 

Burren,   Abbev  of  (see   Corcomroe 

Abbey),  274,  278 

Busherstown    burial-ground    (Rut- 

land or  Urglin  parish?),  255 

Buttevar.t  Abbev,  459 

„         Killadda  churchyard,  469 

Cahcrellv,  522,  523 

Cahir,  138 

Callan,  ix.,  146,  327,  514 

Campaign  Held  (see  Armagh) 

Carburv,  510 

Carlow,  v.,  xv.  (N'o.  1),  9,  15,  25, 

420 

Carnmonev,  4 

Carrick   &c,  xi  ,  204 

Carrick  fergus.  411 

Carrig  chapel   (see  under  Bannow), 


hedral,    142,    537,  also 
Donagh- 


vn),  170 


Castle- Blaney,  184 

Castlecaultield  church  (s 

more,  Co    lyrone) 
Ca*tledermot,  318 
Castlelyons,  459 
Castlemacadam,  241 
Castletown  (see  Julianst 
„  churchyard, 

County,  192 

„   '        Geoghegan,  Co.  West- 

meath,  371 
Castletownrnche,    vi.,  45,  459 
Causestown,  near  Atbboy,  xi.,  232 
Charlemont,  252       , 
Church  of  the  Saints,   India    GoiU 

(Cong  parish),  110 
Clahane,  13S 
Clane.  319 

Clarecounty,several  gravevards.  2*1 
Cloghenbrian,  13< 
Cloi!her,  215,  412  (note) 


,'lonleacle  (see  also  Benburb).  3i;3 


Parishes,   Churches,   Chukchyauds, 

etc  — 

Clonmcl,  76 

Clonmacnoise,  157,197,335 

. Clanmeen       (now       Castlemagner 

union),  463 

Cloiimore,  9 

. Clonmuiih,  9 

Clonshambo  (Clane  union),  320 

Clontarf,  vii.,  75,  548 

Clooney,  280 

Clovdagh,  9,  255 

. Coin,  42 

Collon,  525 

Cur.fev,  viii.,  139 

Cong,"  viii.,  116,  116,  197,  496 

Conary,  241 

Cong  abbey,  197,334,526 

Consecrated   ground,    not    univer- 

sally u=ed  in  Ireland  fof  burials 
till  end  of  12th  century,  xx. 
(Xo.  1) 

Corbally,  360 

Corcomroe  abbey,    274,   278,  xiv. 

(No.  3) 

„  pillar  near  it,  2  j  6 

Cork,  city,    St.   Finbar's  Cathedral 

burial-ground,  281 

Croagbane  church,  near  Cratloe,  447 

Cruise-town,  is.,  167 


IV,  lad. 

*i  ,  50,  60 

Cullcu, 

38 

Current, 

188 

Cylnaea 

lach  (Kilnaballagh), 

44 

Uineafor 

t,  328 

Drlamy 

church    and  churc 

yard, 

*'„'"' 

old  graveyard,  xii 

242 

liedford       burial-ground, 

Greys 

Kilcool  gravevard, 

402 

IVnvbr 

sk,  188 

Invert. 

:;s 

1 ::«,viii,x,.  (So.  1),   13 

-.  139 

Dominic 

•  n  Abbey,  Athenry, 

4U2 

lJ      tbat 

e.  474 

1'         ,     ,V 

7.4  V,,' ".ll' 4*° 

I',  lajjb 

lore,  Co.  Tyrone,  41 

5,549 

Don.   h 

alrick,   IC.7,  LU'J 

1       --> 

COUIItV,    till 

lk<ntr<ii 

t,  church    anJ   cliurc 

hy.ird, 

vc,  4 
I 

mb  Held,  Creauh  caa 

tie.  4:) 

I     .  ,;rl 

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mv.re     churchyard, 

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L!all\ 

agget,  i*,  148 

Parishes,    Churches,    Ch 
&c  — 

Douth,  or  Dow'.h,  x.,  1C9 

Downpatrick  abbey,  vii.,  63 

„  church,  vii  ,  04 

Diishane  church,  138 

Drogheda,  alias  Tredagh,  St.  Mary's, 

x.,  109 

„       St.  Peter's,  xi.,  161-2-3 

Dromore,  412 

_-_  Dunqueeo,  138 

Drumcondra,  vii.,  78 

Drunragh,  80 

Dublin  city,   Christ  Church   cathe- 
dral, 173,313,320,547 

„       St.  Andrew's,  78,  84 

„       St-  Anne's,   xvL    (No.  1), 

84,  87,  296,  548 

„       St.  Audoen's,  288 

„       St.  Bridget's,  485 

,,       St.  George's  burial-ground 

(Whitworth-road),  177 

„       St.    George's    chapel   and 

burial-ground,    Hill-street,    248, 
XV.  (No.  3) 

St.  Luke's,  313 

„       St.  Mary's,  290,  313,  480 

„      St  Michan's,  vii.,  97,  479 

„       St.  Nicholas  Within,  313, 

319,  420 

.  „       Su  Nicholas  Without  and 

St.  Luke's,  vii.  98 

„       St.    Patrick's     cathedral, 

473,485,547,548,  568 

„       St.  Paul's,  648 

„       St  Peter's,  477,  485 

Trinity     College     chapel, 


31, 


>!> 


Duagh  church,  138 

Uuleek,  x.,  170,173 

Duubiody  monastery,  216 

Dundalk,   524 

Dun.lonald,  vii.,  63 

Duntierth  cbuichyard(see  Carbury), 

51 J 
Dunltckney,  vi.,  9,  36,  259,  421, 


Ki-.m  fa-Id  or  Kmlairhfad,  358 

Emiiskillen,  viii.,   107,   111, 


.rrigul     Dachiarog      (or 
6Jggart?)  abbey,  214 


i 





Parishes,    Churches,   Church takds, 

Parishes,   Churches,    Chu rciiyarhs, 

&c—                            , 

&c- 

. Errisral-Keroirue     or    Kieran,    si., 

Kenmare,  138 

214,215  " 

Kenure  old  church  (Lusk  parish), 

Errisal-Trough,x.,55,184>  186,214 

viii.,  107 

■ Feacle,  280 

Kerry  churches,  slate  of,   in    1756, 

. Fenagh,  9,424 

138 

Fiddown,  75 

Kellistown,  9 

Fenloe    ancient     church    (Tomfin- 

Kilannin,   viii.,  131 

lough  parish,  448 

Kilballyhone,  vi,  41,  43,  44 

Fennor  (see  under  Slane),  346 

Kilbarron  (see  Ballyshaunon),  470 

Fethard,  Co.  Tipperaiy,  xi.,  208 

Kilcool,  245 

„       Co.  Wexford,  503,  5C4 

Kilbonnne,    138 

Fore,  373 

Kilbgha,  138 

. Franciscan  abbey,  Ardfert,  J 37 

Kilcarragh,  138 

„                    Gahray,  30!) 

Kilcarrol  church   ruins,   near   Kil- 

„    friary,Waterford,  216,  3C7 

rush,  vi.,  4i 

French  church,  Waterford,  216,  3(j7 

Kilclogban,   138 

Fuertv,  x.,  103 

Killbride,  241 

Galy,'  138 

Kilcredan,   138 

Galway,  75 

Kilclune,  x.,  173 

„         Franciscan  abbev,   303 

„      Mulhu^sey  castle,  173,  343 

„         (St.  Nicholas),  135 

(note) 

Garfinagh,  138 

■■ Kilcoan    churcli    ruins,    near  Ross, 

Gilbertstown,  9 

Co.  Clare,  vi.,  42 

Gilford,  250 

Kilcoleman,  9 

Glanbehy,  138 

Kilconnell  abbev  and  church,  viii., 

Glanwortb,  458 

118, 127,498 

Gla^sealy  churchyard  (see  Narragh- 

Kilcommin,   138 

more) 

Kilcojl  (Delgany  union),  402 

Gorev,  xi.,  230 

Kilcrony,  near  Liunaha,  Co.  Clare, 

Gortroe,  463 

v  1,4*2 

Gowran,  516 

Kilcullen,  321 

Graigh-na-Managh   (Graig),    269, 

Kildare  cathedral,  viii.,  140,  321  — 

329 

also  139,319,320,  477,  480 

.; Graigue,  ix. 

Kildimo,  or   Kildeemo   church,  Co. 

Grey  abbey,  vii.,  64 

Clare,   vi.,  41 

Greystones  (see  Bedford,  Delgauy), 

Kildrum,  138 

4'10 

Kilenear,  138      • 

Hacketstown,  9 

Kilfenora,  vi.,  xvi.,  (No.  1.'),  38 

Haroldstown,  9 

,.         cathedral,  40 

Hillsborough  (anciently   Crumlin), 

Kilfieragh,  vi.,  41,43,  44 

vii.,  62 

Kiltinaghtv,      ballysheen       ancient 

Holmpatrick,  294 

cuuich,  448 

„            Island  of  Skerries,  74 

,,     Sixinilebridge  church,  454 

Hook  and  Templetown,  504 

Kilgobbin,   136 

Howth,  viii.,  99 

Kilgarvan,  138 

■ India  Goill  (see  Cong) 

Kilguan,  138 

Inchicronan  abbey,  280 

Kilkenny,  black  friars'  abbev,  510 

Inniscattery  (see  Scattery  Island), 

„         Cathedral  of  St.  Canice, 

42,  43 

151,483 

Inuisbannon,  vi.,53 

„        SLMary's,  151,331, 517 

Irish  burial-grounds,  xiii.  (No.  3) 

,.         St.  Patrick's,  519 

„     rural      churchyards.     County 

Kilkredane, vi.,  4J 

Meatb,  337 

Kill  jf  the  Grange,  xv.  (No.  3) 

Jerpoiut  abbey,  332 

Killadda      churchyard,     or       Lady 

Julians  town,  x.,  170 

Dudaugh's      grave      (buiKvuut 

Kenoiare,  13S 

parish),  469 

Kilmee.i.   138 

Killughing,   138 

■  Keuuair,  1S8 

Kiilaglieen,  138 

Parishes,    Churches,    ChurchTji 

KDS, 

Parishes,    Churches,    Churchyards, 

&c— 

&c—       - 

Killaloe  cathedral,  450,  453 

Langfield    old  burial-ground,  near 

Killahurler,  241 

Druioquin,    549 

Killitiena,   138 

Laraghashankill       old       burving- 

„         St.      Flannan's     grave- 

grouud, Co.  Armagh,  414 

yard,  410 

Laraghbryan,  viii.,  89,   141 

Killard,  vi.  40,43,44 

Leggarhil!     burying-ground       (see 

Killarney,  138 

Charlemont) 

Killedmund  church  (see  Kiltennell) 

Leighlin   cathedral,    xvi.    (No.  1), 

Killerigg,  1(1 

16,  265,  420,  424,  425 

Killenagh,   sv.,  234 

—           „          parish    icgisters    of,    Co. 

Killeshin,   9 

Carlow,  xvi.  (No.  1),  9,10 

Killibegs  (('lane  union),  320 

Leixlip,  vi.,  13'.),  142 

Killinv,   138 

Limerick  cathedral,  104 

Killinane    (>ee    Old   Leighlin) 

10, 

LUmore,  216 

266,  4'2(j 

Little   St.    George's,    conversion  of 

Killmane,  138,  241 

old  churchyard  in    St.    George's 

KHIinick,  union   of:    Killinick 

II- 

parish,  Dublin,  into  a  park,  xv. 

sliarkmun  (lshartmon),  Kill 

ane. 

(No.  3) 

Killmackree,Moyglas3,St.Ibe 

rius" 

Listowel,  138 

St.  Maw's  Island,  St.  Michael's, 

Lorum,  10 

xi.  '234,  238,  390 

-. 

Longhguile,  v.,  1 

Killitienea,   138 

Loughinislaud,  rii ,  63 

Killokennedv,  452 

Lusk,  viii,   xvi.  (No.  1),  99,  102, 

Killovenoge,"  300 

34S  (note) 

• Killybegs,  Co.  Donegal,  57 

Macetown,  338 

■ Kilmacahill,  Sc  ,ix.  149,150 

Maghera,  Co.  Dcrry,  55 

Kilmacragh,  241 

„       Co.  Down,  vii.,  68,  63 

Kilmalkedar,  315 

Magheradrool,  285 

Kilmegan,  <tc  ,  vii.,  68,  70 

-Ma^hprakeel     burial-ground      (sea 

Kilmore,   138,414 

lermonamongan) 

Kilmoyly,   ISti 

Maglass     or    Movglass     (Killinick 

union),  238,  390,  390 

Kiluasoola   or   Killnasoolagh, 

280, 

Mainham  (Clan,  union),  320 

451 

Malahide,  74,  432 

Kilnegallagh     church     (Kiltie 

agb 

Mallow,  282,409 

parish),  vi,  41,  44 

Manor     Cunningham      (see     Ray- 

Kilorgiin,  138 

mochv).  4H> 

Kilo,uane      ancient     church, 

jear 

Martinstown,  Co.  Meath,  x.,  174 

Limerick,  402 

Meelici.    abbev,  obituary    of,   viii., 

Kilrush,  vi  ,  40,  43,  44 

131,309,496 

Kilstin,  13a 

Mellitont,  xi.,  163,  164,  520 

Kiltallagh,    138 

..         Boyne  obelisk,  163 

Kilshonane,  138 

Middletown,  415,417 

Kilsheelan,  204 

Milchelstown  church,  vi.,  54 

Kibkeerv,  3(16 

Mogeely,463 

Kiltennell,  v  ,  9,  35,430 

Mola'iu  abbey,  Bally natrav,  xi.,210 

• Kilternan,  xv.  (No.  3) 

Monaglian,  184,  53""/ 

Kiltinanlea,   138,  452 

Moone.  320 

Ki  t»ornav.   13S 

Moyarta,  vi.,  41,43,  44 

■ Kilturn     (Enilyfadd     union), 

xi.. 

Moynoe,   454 

'.'<  ■  >,  :l.">s 

Hucius  abbey,  viii..  133 

Kilvarnet,  xi.,  20  1 

Mulhussev    churchyard     (see    Kil- 

Kinard,   138 

clone).  173 

Kiniieagh,  10 

Kindle,  xvi,  (No.    '.) 

| 

Mullagha    ancient  cbapel  (KilrusU 

Knovkmourne.    1' ■■! 

I 

Mulliiia^iccchurclivard.Red  Hugh's 

Knockaimre,  13s 

| 

vault  („ee  liallys'hannon),  283 

-         Lackagh,  viii.,  1.0 

Mulrankic,  259  (note),  390,  397 

Parishes,    Churches,    Churchyards, 
&c— 

MuHifernan,  xi.,  131,  232,  233 

Mysball,  vi.,  10,  3? 

Narraghinore,   r>  1 4 

,,  GlasseMy       church- 
yard, 321 

. Navan,  x.,  174,  338,  530 

New  Abbey  (Kilcullen  parish),  321 

New  Grange,  Co.  Meath,  208 

Newmarket,  Co.  Cork,  283 

New  Boss,  xv.,  xx.,  (No  1),  398 

,,  abbey    (see    under    old 

Ross),  307 

„         St.    Mary's,     xi.,    239, 

399 

Newtown,  near  Trim,  x.,  179 

„         Abbey,  x.,  109 

Nobbir,  x.,  179 

Nurney.  10 

Oidcemeteiies  of  Dublin,  conver- 

sion of,  into  public    parks,  xv., 
(No.  8) 

Old  Leighlin,  v.,  10,  16,  205,  425 

Old  Koss,  397 

Oughtmama  (see  under  Corcomroe 

abbey),  2  78 

Owenduff,  563 

Painestown,  9,  10 

Powerstown,  150 

Piltown   (St.    Christopher's    monu- 

ment in  museum),  332 

■ Portrane  old  cliuicli  (see  Donabate) 

474 

Quakers'  burial-places,  xx.  (No.  1) 

Quin  Abbey,  278,453 

Kahili,  10 

Kaphoe  cathedral,  vii.  CO,  4S5,  547 

Rathasbeck,  193,205 

• Kathconrath  (now  Almoritia  union), 

561 

Rathcormac,  4f!2 

Kathcu-ack    graveyard,    Co.    Kil- 

kenny, 521 

Rathfarnharo,  vii  ,  S3,  479 


thke 


160 


Kathmacnce,  235 

Kathmichael,  248,  2!)S,  547 

Rathvilly,  10,  192 

Kaymochy,  470,548 

Keilford     burial-ground     (Delgany 

parish),  400 
Revnaijli,  155,  296 
Ro'bertstown.i.,   ISO,  181 
Koddanstowu,  342 
Kosbercon,  ix.,  150 
Roscommon  abbey,  xi.,  194-0-7-8, 


Rosl-i. 


nell,  5  :l 


Pakishes,   Churches,  Churchyards, 
&c— 

Ross  (see  New  Ross  and  Old  Ross) 

„       abbey,  near  Headford,  502 

„       church,  Co.  Clare,  vi.,  42 

Rosserrily.  197 

Ruins    of    churches,    several     (see 

Carrick) 

Rush  chapel,  105 

Rutland  (see  Urglin),  10 

Sanda    burving-ground,    Scotland, 

xviii.  (No.  1) 

Scatterv  Island,  vi.  42,  43 

Shauakill    burial-place   (see    under 

Scatterv  Island),  42 
■   Shane's  castle,  vault  at,  412 

Shankill,  Co.  Antrim,  417 

Shankill,  or  St.  Kiil,  Co.  Kilkenny, 

149,  150,265,266,426,  428 

Sheeslo-.vn    church     (St.    Patrick's 

pariah,   Kilkenny),  xv.    (No.  1), 
519 

Sherlockstown    (see   nuder    Clane), 

320 

Shirtmun(Ishartmon?),  S94 

Shrule,  9 

Sixmilebridge    church    (see    Kilfi- 

naghty) 

Skerries  (llolmpatrick  parish),  vii., 

74,  294 

Skrvne,  x.,  183 

Slane,  348 

,,       Kennor     castle,    graveyard 

adjoining,  34G 

Sleaty,  9 

Sligo  abbev,  540 

St.  Anne's",  vii.  10,  84,  86 

St.  Canice's,  ix  ,   J51 

St.    Crispin's   old  chapel  (Delgany 

parish),   401 

St.  George's,  Belfast,  old  eccleiiasti- 


St.  Luke's,  vi 
St.  Iberius   (. 


see   under    Killinick), 

,  vii.,  97 

Co.   Carlow,  10,  269, 


St.  Mich; 

St.  Mullii 

430 

St.  Mary's,  239 

St.    Nicholas     Without,    vii.,    98, 

Dublin 

St.  Nicholas,  Galwav,  viii.  135 

St.  Paul's  Cathedral',  London  (Gore 

monument),    146 

Stackallen,  347 

Staple:,town,  10 

Straboe,   lu 

Stradbally,  551 

Slraffan,  "ix.,  143 

Swords,  vu.,  xviii.,  (So.l),98, 106 


Parishes,   Churches,    Churchyards, 

Paiushes,    Churches,  Churchyards 

&c— 

&c— 

Tagbadoe,  \K.,  144 

Waterford,  St.  Olafs,  555 

Tallaght,  viii.,118,  478 

Wells    (see   Ballyknockan  church), 

Tawnagh,  540 

10,  14 

Teiuplecorinac  oi  Killultagh  ancient 

„  (seeunderOldLeighliti),  266,425 

church  and  churchyard   (see  Bal- 

Westpalsiown,  74 

linderrv,  251) 

Wicklow  County— parish,  404 

Templemore,  xi.,  205-6,  361,  541 

Parsjnstown,  136 

Templepatrick,  v.,  4 

Parsons,  !I5,96 

Templepeter,   10 

Parker,  282 

Tetnpletown,  564 

Parnell,  95 

Templeshambouch,  235 

Paterson,  43,  53,  69 

Templemichell,  241 

Parkinson,  113 

Termonamongan,  550 

Payne,  12.  96,  2GG-9,  425-7-9 

Tintern  church  (see  Owenduff),  563 

Patten,  625 

Tombfield,  Creagh  castle  (Daueraile 

Paulet,  158 

parish),  4'.) 

Peake,  111 

Tomfinlough,  448 

Peard,  459,  4G2 

Tomgranev,  454 

Peden,  7 

Trim,   183 

Peeland,  428 

Trinity  college  chapel,  Dublin,  313, 

Pemberton,   77 

048 

Penn,  90 

Tuam   cathedral,  viii.,    127,    128, 

Pennock,  229 

129,  130,  312,  313,  506 

Pembrock,  152 

Tubrid,  parish,  361 

Pennefather,  247-8 

Tulla,  Co.  Clare,  455 

Pentland,  7!) 

Tullow,    Co.    Carlow,  chapel    and 

Penington,  385 

chapel-yard,  10,  435 

Percival,  236-7,  481 

„                 „              church   and 

Perrin.  99.  100,  102,  103-4,  100 

churchyard,  436 

Perrv  (see  Joyce) 

Tullow  or  Tully,  Co.  Dublin.  296 

Perrot,  157,482 

Tullowcreen    (see     Old     Leighliu), 

Persse,  135-6,  422 

266,426-7 

Petrie,  116 

Tullowmagi.na,  10 

Phelan,  15 

Tynan,  251,416 

Phelps,  453 

Urglin,  vi.,  10,  37,  273 

Phillips,  31,  479 

„     (see  Busherstown) 

Phibbs,  87 

Various,  parishes,  &c,  mentioned  in 

Pigott,  68,  69 

inscriptions,  &c,  22,  28,  36,37, 

Pilsworth,  510 

43,61,  69,76,  80,  86,  98.  1(17, 

Pkelter, 

109,    115,    128,  131,  133,   134, 

Plummer,  150 

149,    161,    192,    197,  232,  235, 

Plunket,  99,  167,  171, 181-2-3,  338 

241,  283,    292,    296,  303,  319, 

Pokrich,  115 

321,  348,   365,   390,    395,  401, 

Poppleton,  131 

411,   412,    415,  416,  420,  424, 

Potts,  230.  378,  392 

427,   428,    430,    433,  435,  452, 

Pooler,    413 

461,  473,    477,  486,    498,   503, 

Poulanisheiy,  44 

510,  548,  550 

Powerscourt,  214 

Warden,     monastery     of— Chester 

Powtd.  96,  199 

cathedral,    reason  of   the    present 

Power,  139,204,551-3-4,579 

state  of  many  ecclesiastical  build- 

Pownall. 150 

ings   in  England,    as    well    as  in 

Prendergast.  7 

Ireland,  xviii.  (No.  1) 

Prescolt,  428 

Waterford,     Barron     Strand-street 

Preston,  106,  178,  339 

chapel,  3C9 

Prestige,  532 

„        cathedral,  218, 370,  555 

Price,  142,  103,  238,  39G,  519 

„        Franciscan    friary    con- 

Prvdee,  387 

Uining  V'rtrch  church  an 
Ghost"Hosp;tal,  21S,  3ij7 


Purcell,  148,217,218 

Roderick,  654 

Purdon,  449,  4i>0-l 

Roe,  119,  207,  553 
Rodden,    132 

Q 

Rogan,  317 
Rogers,  427-8 

Queen's  County,  191 

Rogerson,    444 

Quiglv  (see  Knaresboro) 

Roonev,  403,532 

Quinn".  £0,  465-481,  504 

506 

Rockville,  58 

Quirt,  511 

Rose,  35,  53 

R 

Roofce,   151 

Rosemount,  66,89,106,120,  193,    229 

Radcliffe,  291 

198,353,230 

P.aara 

Roscommon, 

Kambant,  207 

Rosegerland,  239. 

Radford,  284 

Ross,  44,98,105,  131,  380 

Kanaghan,  203 

Rossaua,  80 

Rainsford,  429 

Rothe,  151,  152,433 

Kandlestown,   160,  209,  2 

36 

Rowland,  97 

Rahinstown,  9o 

Rovnen,  492 

Raphoe,  60 

Ru'abon,  97 

Rathkeele,  160 

Rudkins,  25,31,269,428 

Rathmore,  99 

Rush,  105,  107 

Ratlifryland,  74 

Rnss,  10G 

Rat'umacrachsn,  163 

Russel,  102 

Rawson  (see  Wakely),  36 

,175 

Rusk,  5 

Rathaldon,  177 

Rutland.   96 

Rathnally,  177 

Ruttv,  xx. 

Rathglasse,  120 

Jivan,  10,   13,  17,  21,   23,   24.31,  125, 

Raffles,  27 

213,266,402,431-2,  465,551 

Randcll,  209 

Ryder,  80 

Raphson,  90 

Rvdkins,  25 

Kaymund,  425 

Rye,  142 

Reardon,  465 

Ryland,  216,  403 

Reddy,  520 

RedBeld,  449 

s 

Redmond,  233,  234,  430, 

433 

Reeves,  Wm.,  Bisiiop,  xv 

ii,  104,251 

Sackville,  164 

Reesfort.  428 

Saffron  castle,  53 

Reid,  46,245 

Salt,  291 

Reily,  403,  473 

Sail  (see  Hackett)  210-11 

Reynell,  106 

Salisbury,  152 

Revnagh,  155,  157 

Sampson,  342-3 

Reynolds,  129,269,427, 

429 

Sandlord,  89,  90,207,  314 

Riall, 

Sanders,  v.,  17,  19,  22,  33,  34,  35 

Rice,  140.  141,  21K-19, 

224,  515 

Sankev,  140 

Richards,  27,  234,  26U,  427 

Saulter,  426 

Richardson,  155 

Sause.  439 

Richmond,  216 

Sarage,  96,  472 

Rickaby,  525 

Sarille,  40,47 

Rig  maiden,  34S 

Scanderberge,  228 

Ring,  3S2,  542-3,  545 

Scales,  41 

Riordan,  465-6,  46". 

Scanlon,  1,200-7-8,426 

Risworth,  503 

Scandeville,  98 

Risb,  234 

Scatterv,    42 

Roan,  421,429,449,459.  453 

Schubert,  3-11 

Roach,  Roche,  11,  31,   48,   198  (?)  209, 

Schuldham,  331 

235,  271 

Sc..*.t,  35,  286,  403 

Robertson,  146,  154,  33 

Serin,  183 

Roberts,  45,  112,  287,4 

9,478,  521 

Schombersr,  163 

Rochfort,  238,  449,  556 

1   Scully,  145,  405 

Scholarstown,  83 

Spaight,  406 

Sealv.  230-6-7-8 

Spratt,  xvi.,  55 

Searight,  79,478-9 

Speers,  429 

Senior,   76 

Springet,  90 

Sentleger,   51,02 

Sproule,  383 

Serodan,  492 

Stackallen,  347 

Seward,  17.35,  52,  169 

Stack,  130,  509 

Seymour,  000-7 

Stapleton,  633 

Sharl,  103 

Starret,  109 

Stianaban,  053 

Stanhope,  204,  223 

Shanakill,  42 

Stawell,  00 

Shea,  150,467 

Stackpoole,  458 

Shee,  xv. 

Stanihurst,  216 

Sherwood,  170,  507 

Stanley,  229 

Shaiimullagh,  190 

Stay,  67 

Sfaannegarrv,  90 

Stamer,  97 

Shanock,  214 

Stsrbrook,  109 

Shaughne3sy,  120 

Staples,  178 

Shaw,  025 

Stanley    229 

Shepherd,  386,  440 

Stephenson,  &16 

Shirley,  257,  420,  429,  430 

Steven,  57,  188,  266-7,  427 

Shine,  4(36 

Stephens,  xviii.,  57 

Sliintnn,   532 

Staibrook,  109 

Shortall,  272  ' 

Steele,   83,  98 

Shuldbam,  96 

Stokes,  xviii.,  102,  11G,  228 

Sidney,  173,  179 

Stock,  ?25 

Silvester,  23G 

Stoney,  xviii. 

Simon,   169 

Stopford,  18,  21,  193 

Simpson,   129,  199 

Stoyte,   142 

Simla,  75 

Stone,  160 

Singleton,  187.  238 

Stanriard,  95 

Simmonscnnrt    79 

Stamer,  279 

Skelton,  486-7 

Steward,  62,  65,  109 

Skerreft,   132 

Stewart,  11,  232,533 

Skernes,  74 

Stiles,  428 

Skidy  (see  \Valshe)atid  Grant),  217 

Strabane.  107 

Skinner,  63 

Strearaville,  237 

Shillin,  414 

Streane,  246-8 

Skydye,  217 

Streatliam,  67 

Slack,  318 

Strith,    192 

Slieveaneskv,  69 

Stretton,  560 

Slant,  106,346 

Stroud,  230 

Sligo,  62,  19S-9,  2C0,  203,  540 

Strawmore,  56 

Smart,  382 

Studdert,  45 

Sm. thorn.  060 

St.  Andreas,  524 

Sniylie,  9^ 

St.  Anne'-,  95,96 

Sroilv,  230,  392 

St.  Antonins,  307 

Smith,  98,   136,    13*.     1P3,     165,    207, 

St.  Aklan,  300 

295,330,375,  466,  510,026 

St.  Ailbe,  319 

Smyth,  87,    95,96,    175,314,386,426, 

St.  Ancct,  171 

412 

St.  Andrew,  vii.,  84,  124,  171,    30 

Somersetshire,  55 

St.  Attractu.  358 

Someiville,  112,543 

St.  Senanas,  vi..  42 

Southwell,  mo 

St.  Attracts,  358 

Sor 169 

St.  Catherines,  143 

Sollcy,   190 

St.  Clair,  544 

St.  Christopher,  332-3 

so-htr,'  isc 

St.  Carrol.   41 

South  (see  Doyne),  420 

St.  Fechren,  40 

oouthwell,  90* 

St.  George,  94,  95,  229,  3*4.  558 

St  Gobb.in,  17 

Thules,  205 

St.  Kinan,  170,  215 

Thwaits,  289 

St.  John,  229 

Tickell,  90 

St.  Daiiman,  107 

Tigbe,  80-1 

St.  Marv's  church,  ix.   1.51 

Timsun,  233 

Island,  236 

Tisdall, 

St.  Muriach,  6S 

Tobvn  (see  Mules) 

St.  Lawrence  (see  Howth,  99),  65 

Todd,   427 

St.  Lazerian,  17 

Tone,  319 

St.  Mullins,  2C9 

Toner,  4U3 

St.  Mechlin,  107 

Tonson,  462 

St.  Senanus,  40,42,  43,  44 

Tooks  (?) 

St.  Patrick,  40,  435 

Tool,  276 

Stonewold,  57 

Tomev,  1S5 

Stoyte,  142 

Tottenham,  74,239 

Stubbs,  150 

Townley-hall,  1G5 

Styles,  426 

Townsend,  235,  266-7-8 

Sullivan,  40,  464,  467 

Treanor,   189 

Summer,  156 

Trainer,  186 

Summerville,  112 

Travera,  129,  175,442 

Sunter,  3*7 

Trayer,  421 

Supple,  95 

Trench,  96 

Sweeny,  185,  186-7,  ISO,  466 

Trim,    163,169,  179,183 

Swatmau,  473 

Tracey,  5G 

Swanton,  96 

Trough,  55.  185 

Sydney,  226-7 

Tj-enor,   184,  189 

Trovl'ord,  229 

T 

TrousJell,  50 

Trye,  376 

T.  533 

Tudor,  77 

Taafe,  170-1 

Tuesden,  43 

Taggard,  186 

Tubbercurry,  203 

Taghadoe,   144 

Tunpeon,  544 

Talbot,  74,  378 

Tullow,  296,446 

Taghmon,  ^31) 

Tunkil,  505 

Tallaght,  US 

Turner,  543 

Taucred,  243 

Tullv,  386 

Tanner,  234,238 

Tollamoie,  79 

Tanian,  496 

Tunstel,  428-9 

Tarp,  234 

Turroe,  229 

Tasburgli,  502 

Turvey,  101 

Tatlock,  14 

Tnrrock,  229 

Tatnal,  2  50-1 

Twigg,  xviii.,  (No.  1) 

Taylor,  136,  184-5,  193,   191,   214,  253, 

Twohig,  4»7 

268 

Tynan    350 

Teare,  386 

Tyndal,  36,  266-7-6,  42 

Tearnev,  515 

Tyroue,  earl  of,  204,  211 

Teige,  "3s3 

Temple 

U   and  V 

Templemore,  205,  541 

Templepairick.  4 

Ulcomb,  52 

Tench,  26,  533 

Urdin,  276 

Te.ry,  557 

luiacke,  554-5 

Tipperarv(Co.)  204,209 

Upington,  48 

Tew,  217,  343-4 

Upton,  7,  430,  479 

Toy  or  'I've,  6:> 

L>  er  Oswry,  50 

Touks,  142 

Urglin,   273 

Thorn, 

ITs.-her,  05,  9G 

Thompson,   76,  10!),  177 

Vallencev,  103-4-5 

Thomas  1,17, 50, 236-7, 315, 388, 426,506 

Vandeleur,  43 

-7-8,  440,  426-7 


Verncv,  11 
Vesey,  96,  507 
Verville,  78 
Vicars,  242,  570 
Vicary,  230-7 

Vigors,  xx.,  17,  22-3,   25-6-7-8-9,  30, 
32,35,  137,  239,266,  267-8,427-8-0 
Villiers,  127 
Vincent,  113,301-2,  452,453 


w 

W.,  15,  208 

Wa 363 

Wade,   109,  234 

Wadigg,  233 

Wailshe,  368 

Wainwright,  548 

Wakely,  175 

Wakeman, — his  remarks  in   the  Journal 

of  the  U.S.A. I.,  xv.  (So.  3) 
Waker,  560 
Waldron,  118 
Walker,  1,  162,  257,  313,  414,  415,  549 

Mr.  George,  J.?.,  415 

Walker's  "Irish  Llress  and  Armour,"  353 
Walkington,  Mr.  L.  A.  — report  on   liona- 

margy    in   the    Journal    of    the 

R.S.A.I  ,  409 
Wall,  154,  226,  269,  272,  427,  520 
Wallace,  'J6,  203 
Waller,  192 
Wallis,  54,  9.-. 
Wallwork,   287 
Walsh,  16,75,107,    151,  217,218,220 

254,403.412.426,430,432,  445 
■  Mr. — phuto^raj'h  sent  by  him,  4'  s 

Rev.    K. — reference    to    his    work, 

"  Fingal  ami   its  Churches,"  107 
Walshe,  220,  3':8,  309 
V.'annaught,  442 
Waran,  441 
Warburtou,  253 
Ward,  90,  121,  125,  383,  334,  412,  428, 

429 

Hill  of,  167 

Ware,  8ir  James,  references   to  his  works, 

19,  35,  537,  555 
Waring,  70 
Warner,  2-8.289 
V  in   .ck,  7 
Warren,   17.7,  259 
Wartbole,— superstitious  belief,  29', 


Waterford,  Bishops,  £c,  204-5,  220, 
221,  223-4-5,  370,  555,  217-18-19, 
21b,  3G7,  551,  555 

„  Marquis  of,  554 

Waters,  320 

Waterstown,   140,  230 

Watieson,  631 


43,   150, 


191,   192,    253, 


Waiters,  331,429 

Webb,  45,529,542,544 

Weir,  403 

Welch,  4 

Weld,  30,  94,  428 

Mr.  Isaac,   his  "  Statistical  Survey 

of  the  Countv  Roscommon,"  350 
Weldon,  260,  262,  265,  423 
Wellan,  73 

Wellington,  Duke  of,  380 
Welsh,  75,  453 
Welstead,  48 
West,  282,  319 
Westerman,  154 
Wet/em    Antiquary,    published    by    Mr. 

Wright,  K.K.  His.  Soc  ,  on  the    Report 

for  1889,  xx.,  (No.  1) 
Westfal-town,    74 
We-tmeath,    84,   226,   230,   371,    374, 

Westropp,  40,  101,  452,  453,  456,  457 

.Mr.  Thomas  J.,  M.R.I. A.,  278,348, 

447,  453,  454 
Wexford,  233,  235,  241,  388,  061 
Whaley,  412,435 
Wharton,  427,  428 
Whatelv,  86,  87 

Wheeler,  236,  237,  238,  387,  396 
Wheelock,  23.',.  236,  237,  238,  392,  393, 


n,  430,442,443,555 


White,  51.  52,  75,  143,  150,  152,  175, 
2'i7,  217,  370,  379,  415,  468,  473, 
485,  533,  555 

White,  Major  J.  Grove.  45,50,328,331, 
463,  468,  469,  517,  5l'J 

Feet,  the,  537 

Knight,  the,  328 

Whitehead,  42-.  518 
Whitelaw,  320 
Whiteside,  rcvi.  (N'o.  3) 
Whitley,  86,1011 
Wliitmore,  235,392 
Whiinev,  428,480 


Whittv,  43 


W« 


er.  Ms 


1.0,  4.' 


Wilde,  382 

— —  Sir   W.,  reference   to   his   writings, 

195,  527,  528 
Wilder,  292 
Willan,  73 
Willcocks.  264 

William  III.,  Kin-,  164,  436,  540 
Williams,  142,  155,  533,  558 
Williamson,  381,383,418,547 
Williiiglon,   542 

Willoughby  de  Brooke,  Lord,  11 
Willoughb'v,  108,  114 
Wills,  83,  509 

Rev.  Canon,  169 

Wilson,  43,  46,  109,  269,  366,  390,  307, 

426,  427,    42S,  429,    484,   521, 

646,547,548,560 
Wilton,  91 
Winchelsea,  51 
Winchester,  Marquis  of,  158 


srfield 


3G2 


Winn,  130 

Winter,   235,  238,  I 
Winters,  235 


Wise,  368 

Wolseley,  43G,  437,  438,  439 

Wood,  557,567 

Woodcock,  222 

Woodlands,  103 

Woodlock,  369 

Woods,  58,  loG 

Woohvriglit,  Captain  H.  II.,  519 

Worrall,  451 

Wrench,  63 

Wright,  xx.,  129,  5C6 

Wnghlson,  410 

Wynne,  262,  427,  428,  429 

Wyse,  445 

Y 

Telverton,  132 
York,  78 

Young,  59,  60,  96,150,302,  363,42  5 


ADDENDA    ET   CORRIGENDA. 


VOL.  II 

Page  45, 

..     62, 


!*'.■■.'. 


&c. 


T.) 


epitaphs  were 


John  Sculhgote  Mansergh  should  be  Jshh  Soulhcc 

given  in  Koies  and  Queries,  some  vears  ago H. 

on  line  2,  M.  Neal  should  be  J/c  AW. 

(The  Montgomery  M&S.  were  published  a  good  main*  years  ago,  edited  by 

the  late  Thomas  Kennedy  Lowry,  Q.C.— II.    L.  T.) 

The  copy  of  the  Johnson  inscription  in  my  note-book  is  given  differently  in 

the  line?;  also  there  is  no  "  K  "  alter  "sepulture"  in  6th  line.  "  Sequestur"  in 

7th  line  should  be  " egantur."     In  the  9th  line  there  is  no  •'  Ann,"  but 

"  Majors  "    begins    the    following   line,    aud   "  Amicoru[m]  "    should    be 

line  11,  the  word  "  ilnituis  "  should  he  "  duifuis." 

line  12,  "dideram."  should  be  "  deueram." 

But  in  each  of  these  last  four  lines  the  nrst  words  are  obliterated. 

line  3,  Christopher,  thirteenth,  not  thirtieth,  Baron  of  llowth. 

line  21,  insert  a  dividing  stroke  after  in. 

„    22,  insert  a  dividing  stro-ce  Sftcr  thkik. 

„    12  from  bottom,  Jor  [[]K],  rend  [,}■>]. 

„     3  from  bottom,  for  t-:hvD.,  rend  r.icnD. 

',',  lipr  [S1ATHERI N.  read  [#]ATERI  N. 

„    10  from  bottom, Jar  aiciihk  |  cox,  read  At;Ciir>K  |  acon   (the  former 
spelling  of  the  word  is  riyb t  on  its  second  occurrence   in   the   in- 
scription). »J« 
There  is  a  heart  to   the  left-hand  side  of  the  I.  U.S.  at  the  top  of  this 
("Archdeacon  ")  inscription. 
„    10,  for  dom,  read  Dom. 

bottom  line./jf  Xaomb,  read  Naomh. 
,,    13  from  bottom,  the  Q  is,  in  the  original,  a  reversed  P. 
„    too,  wronglv  piinted  315. 


apital   M's  take  the'  form   of 
!  in  this  inscription,  should  be 


:  dots  a'ter  "  years." 

11,  for  Fn,  read  M  (in  the  origi 
the  small  in  enlarged.) 

13  from  bottom,  Ksqr.  here,  and  elsewhere  i 
in  capitals. 

6  from  bottom, for  Captain  of,  rend  Captain  in. 

6  from  bottom. >r  and  eldest,  read  the  eldest. 

5  insert  a  dividing  stroke  after  called. 

4  from  bottom,  toe  initial  letter,  H,  should  he  in  the  form  of  writing. 

4  from  bottom,  omit,  or  place  within  brackets,  the  y  in  bodv. 

3  from  bottom,  the  B  in  Bal[i.]  should  be  the  same  size  as  the  follow- 
ing letter*  in  each  case. 

13,  there  is  some  mistaKe  in  this  and   following  line;  the   words  after 
'  should  he  probably  within  brackets,  with  a  comma 


i.fn 


d   rend  Erected. 


2  from  bottom,  inftrt  a  d;viiiii  g  s;r"'-e  a!\er 
13/or  Penn.yfatb.ers,  read  Pemiefatheia. 


1893. 

Page  290,  line  7  from  bottom,  this  line  of  tne  inscription  is  complete. 

„   291     „    9,  The  Reveresd  should  not  be  in  capitals,  nor  should  the  names  on 
the  next  line  but  one. 
N.B.— We  print  the  names  in  capitals  in  all  inscriptions. 

„  „  „  3  from  bottom,  for  of,  read  of.  For  a  former  ''Graves"  Memorial. 
vide  [Slacker's  "Sketches.'' 

„  400  „  6  from  bottom,  insect  the  test  (which,  on  the  memorial,  is  in  italic 
capitals),  |  "  Them  also  which  sleep  in  Jesus  I  will  God  bring 
with  Him."  |  ISTthkss.  iv.  14. 

„     403     „    5,  insert  a  dividing  stroke  after  "  the." 

„       „       „    16  from  bottom,  for  Mokgan,  read  Mohan. 
1S94. 

„  417  „  13  from  bottom,  "  Shankill  (or  Belfast  Parish)  Old  Graveyard  ";— 
the  inscriptions  from  this  churchyard  should  have  been  placed 
under  the  heading  of  the  "  County  Antrim." 

„    418     „    4  from  bottom,  for  vigil,  read  vigils. 

„    419     „    11,  for  you  must,  read  must  you. 

„      ,,       ,,    1 3,  for  crossed  bones,  read  bones. 

„      „       „    14,  Jor  angels?,  death's  head,  read  angel's  (?)  head, 

„    476     „    18,  omit  the  dividing  stroke  after  Elizabeth. 

it      »       j>  for  thee,  read  ihese. 

„    477     „    17,  for  Esq.,  read  Esqr  ,  and  so  also  on  next  line. 

„  „  „  18,  omit  all  the  dividing  strokes,  as  well  as  the  commas,  in  this  inscrip- 
tion: the  lines,  as  regards  length,  are  printed  as  carved  on  the 
tomb  from  which  the  rubbing  was  taken ;  the  last,  however, 
being  shorter,  shuuld  be  more  to  the  right  hand. 

„  „  „  29,  according  to  Sir  B.  Burke  the  arms  of  the  Eustaces  of  Castlemore 
are  "  gu.,  a  saltier,  or." 

„  „  „  6  from  buttom,  the  l's  in  "  William  "  do  not  take  the  form  of  capital 
letters  in  the  origiual,  nor  do  any  of  the  y'a  of  this  inscription. 
After  rab  [page  477,  line  5  from  bottom]  what  is  apparently 
part  of  an  o  is  legible  on  the  tombstone.  The  liev.  B.  Blacker, 
in  his  "  Sketches  of  Booterstown  and  Dounybrook,"  marks  the 
space  occupied  by  this  word  as  "  illegible,"  but  adds  that 
Ll'Alton  mentions  the  deceased  as  of  "  Kocbuck."  I  take  the 
following  statement  from  the  Journal  of  the  U.S.A. I.  for  June, 
1894,  p.  167  : — "  Kabo  (low  Roebuck)  is  north-east  of  Tacheny  "  ; 
the  name  of  this  latter  place,  we  are  previously  told,  "is  pre- 
served in  the  pari.-h  name  Taney."  Mr.  Blacker  informs  us  that 
a  notable  descendant  of  this  \\  illiam  Nally,  viz.,  Leonard  Mac 
Kally  (see  Webb's  "  Compendium  of  Irish  Liography  "),  was 
buried  here  in  1 8  J 0 . 

„      „       „    3  from  bottom,  alter  this  line  the  printer  has  omitted  :  — 

OCTOBER    Y    7TH 
1669 

„  478,  „  4,  "  Aged  21  "—the  figures  are  wron_rlv  (I  believe)  given  as  "  27  "  in 
Mr.  Blacker's  "  .sketches." 

„  ,,  „  14,  the  letters '•""  are  not  legible;  there  is  however  a  dot  in  the  usual 
place  for  a  mark  of  abbreviation. 

„    479,     „    5,  there  is  no  •'  th  "  after  11  on  ihe  memorial. 

The  whole  of  the  i  ri  rinal  i-  in  capitals.  It  is  here  stated  by  the 
contributor  of  the  inscriptions  from  Dounybrook  and  Delgany 
parishes,  that      ■•■■     ■  i  the  ferm  of  letters,  punctuation,  or 

marks  of  abbreviation,  have  not,  as  a  rule,  been  corrected  by  bim 
for  these  "  Adoecda  et  Corrigenda,"  as  likely  to  require  Uornucb. 
space. 

„    362,     „    6,  for  Bexburb,  read  Clospkacle. 

»   486,     i)   11  from  bottom,  for  DosACABsr,  read  DoNACAVEy. 


XXV111 

a  15,  for  [From   the  Rev.  J.  Wallace  Taylor,  LL.D.],  read  [From  tbe 
Rev.  R.  S.  Maffet]. 

18,  fir  ANCKETILES,  read  ANCKETILLS. 

23,  TH  should  be  a,  large  as,  anil  on  a  line  with,  28- 

24,  omit  the  cross  before  1666,  and  insert  a  dot  in  its  place,  and  another 

after  the  first  numeral  of  the  year.  Ill  the  original  of  this  in- 
scription there  are  dots  between  tbe  words,  except  in  one  or  two 
instances.     The  letter  (J  takes  til-  form  of  V.  and  J  that  of  |, 

9  from  bottom,  for  gulee,  read  "  ragulee,"  and  add — "  The  rubbing  of 

the  above  inscription  was  obtained  by  the  contributor  through 
the  kindness  of  a  ladv  living  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Monaghan." 

2,  for  464,  read  469. 

8  from  bottom,  omit  the  dividing  stroke  after  "Christian." 

bottom  line,  inert  a  dividing  stroke  after  "  right  hand,"  and  omit  the 

dividing  stroke  after  "  moved." 
Footnote.  —  For  Bellvue,  read  "  liellevue." 

The  Rev.  E.  S.  Matl'ett,  having  recently  examined  the  monument, 
finds   that    the   month    in   which    Jlr.    La  Touche  died  has  been 
omitted  by  Feirar;  the  urn  has  a  head  in  relief  carved  ou  it,  and 
the  following  inscription  in  one  line  of  capital  letters: — 
BORN   DEC  •  MUCC1V  .  DIED  FEB  •  MDCCLXXXV. 

20,  insert  a  dividing  stroke  after  "  tribute,"  and  another  after  "  friends." 

23,  Jor  1800,  read  "1880." 

13  from  bottom,  insert  a  dividing  stroke  after  Elizabeth  La  Touche 

12  from  bottom,  for  Esq.,  ;-i'«J-i'.sQRE. 

10  from  bottom,  insert  marks  of  quotation    before"This  woman,"  and 

corresponding  marks  after  "  she  did  "  on  the  following  line. 
7  from  bottom,  insert  "  his  "  before  "  servants." 
5  from  bottom,  insert  a  dividing  stroke  afttr  "  with  them." 
3  from  bottom,  and  following  lines,  insert  four  dividing  strokes,  viz.  : — 

after  "  giits,"  "  way,"  "  three,"  and  "  is." 
before  line  1,  insert  "There  are  two  stained  glass  windows  in  this  tran- 
sept, one  at  each  side  of  the  recess  over  the  La  Touche  Vault." 
,   I.  tbe  Hebrew  word  (Jehovah  i  is  wrongly  printed  ;  the  first  letter,  read- 
ing from  the  right  hand,  ought  to  be  "  •  "   (yod),  and  the  third 
"1"  (vau). 
,    8,  the  type  of  this  inscription  is  altogether  in  capitals,  with  some  larger 


iginal  has  quatre-foils  betwe 


n 

for  "  Magdalen,"  read  "  Magdalene." 

n 

9,  for  "  brought,"  read  "  bought." 

„ 

24,  insert  a  comma  after  Francis;  the  o 

the  names. 

9  from  bottom,  this  line  forms  part  of  the 

n 

2   from  bottom,  insert  "of"  before  Inr 

stroke  before  instead  of  after,  "  U 

6,  omit  "  to  "  after  "  tablets." 

„ 

7,  omit  page  after   p.,  and  place  the  « 

brackets,  and  on  a  line  by  tketr.se 

8cri|ition  to  her. 

„ 

8,  insert  a  dividing  stroke  after  "  wife  of 

„ 

13,  insert  a  dividing  stroke  after  "  j  ears 

„ 

20,  insert  a  dividing  stroke  alter  '■  sacret 

26,  insert  a  dividing  stroke  after  "  a»ay 

,, 

5,/w  B'DoiLY,  read  D'O)  lt. 

dion  itself, 
and  place  the 


ords,    "  Mrs.    Cleaver,"  withii 
Ives  immediately  before  tbe  in 


Bl-II.UEK,     MAUUur-STP.EKT,  DLL 


REPORTS  OF  [or  FROM]  COUNTIES. 


COUNTY     ANTRIM. 


Parish  of  nilly. 

In  the  churchyard  : — 

•'Here  Licth  |  The  Body  of  |  Mr.  |  Jons-  Walker,  who  | 
Departed  this  Life  |  The  -ltlfday  of  Janry.,  |  1803,  aged 
8G  years.  |  In  this  place  ;  at  my  |  own  regest;   I  am  here  | 
r  laid  down  to  sleep :  |  hi  hope  one  day  to  |  Kise  again  my 

Savi  |  our  Christ  to  meet.  |  N.B.  let  no  person  demo  j 
lish  this  at  their  peril.  |  Cut  in  Jane  175  1."* 

:*  Date  and  age  inserted  19  years  afterwards.] 
>  [From  Thomas  Drew,  Esq.,  R.H.A.] 


'  Parish  of  Lougliguile. 

'  This  parish  is  celebrated  'says  Lowis'  for  a  battle  which  was  fought  on 
the  Aura  Mountain,  between  the  MacQuillans  and  the  MacDonnells,  iu 
f  which  the  former  were  defeated.      Mount  Aura  is  1,530  feet  in  height. 

'The  church  was  rebuilt  in  1733  chiefly  at  the  expense  of  the  late  Karl 
Macartney;  the  Roman  Catholic  chapel  was  built  in  17>5.' 

Mr.  Kwartsays: — "The  present  church  was  consecrated  about  1848. 

' The  incumbent  (in  lssG)  was  the  l!ev.  T.  li.  Scanian,  T.C.D. ;  ord. 
1870;  ind.  1880. 

'  FOItMEK    IN'CL'UBE.NTS. 

•Rev.  Dr.—  Martin,  Rev.  H.  M'Neile,  Reverend  F.  Dobbs.  Rev.  S. 
Hunter,  Vicar,  181s;  Rector,  1831. 


Rev.  James  O'Hara.' 


Mural  tablet  in  Loughguile  Church,  E.  gable,  incised  letters : 

U-Ls 


"SACRED   I  TO  THE  MEMORY  OF   |   ELLEN   |   WIFE 

of  GEORGE  MACARTNEY  |  of  lissanoure 

CASTLE  COUNTY  ANTRIM   |  AND  LOWTHER  LODGE 
COUNTY  DUBLIN   ESQR.  |  WHO  WHILST  SHE  WAS 
UNEQUALLED  IN  ALL  THE  RELATIONS  |    OF 
DAUGHTER,  WIFE,  MOTHER  AND   FRIEND  NEVER 
FORGOT  HER  |   FIRST  DUTY  WAS  TO   HER  CREATOR 
AND  PLACED  HER  HOPES  |    OF  A  BLISSFUL 
RESURRECTION  UPON  THE   |   HOLY  PROMISES  OF 
HER  REDEEMER  AS  |   CONTAINED  IN   HIS  SACRED 
GOSPEL  |   SHE   WAS  SUMMONED   |    IN   ALL  THE 
FULNESS  OF  HEALTH  |   (BUT  WITHOUT  SUFFERING) 
TO  ANOTHER  |  AND  A  BETTER  WORLD  BY  THE 
AWFUL  YET  MERCIFUL  |  DECREE  OF  AN  ALL  WISE 
PROVIDENCE  ON  THE  5TH   OF  OCT.    1847    |  OWING 
TO  THE  ACCIDENTAL  EXPLOSION   OF  A   |    QUANTITY 
OF  GUNPOWDER  AT  LISSANOURE.— BELOVED  AND 
DEEPLY  LAMENTED  BY   |   HER  SORROWING   FAMILY 
AND   |   ALL  WHO   KNEW    HER  WORTH.  |    HER   REMAINS 
ARE   INTERRED   IN   THE   |    SOUTH   WEST  ANGLE   OF 
THE  FAMILY   BURYING  GROUND   |   IN  THE  SAME 
TOMB  WITH  THOSE  OF  A    FAVOURITE   CHILD   | 

GEORG1NA  ALEXANDR1NA  |  who  departed 

THIS    LIFE   AT   LOUGH    GUILE    COTTAGE   |    AFTER  A 
LINGERING   AND   PAINFUL   ILLNESS   |   ON  THE 
26TH   DAY  OF    FEBRUARY    1MJ    |   ACID  8    YEARS 
AND  4    MONTHS.'' 


I 

'This  is  the  burial-place  of  the   Antrim   family.     An  oratory  was   built 
here  in  the  year  1621,  by  Randolph  MacDounell,  Karl  of  Antrim.' 


CHURCH   PLATE. 

A  Chalice,  engraved — 

"  Ex  dono    Georgii   Cumiti  de  Macartney 
Ecclcsiac  Parochaili  dc  Lochgule  ]801." 

Paten,  6  inches  in  diameter,  has  the  same  inscription  as  the  chalice. 
The  church  was  built  in  the  year  1733. 


Mural  tablet  in  S.  wall  :- 


Crest — Hand  grasping  a  rose  ;   coronet. 
Motto — "  Mens  conscia  recti." 

"SACRED  I  TO     THE     MEMORY     OF   |   GEORGE 

EARL  of  MACARTNEY  |  o*f   lissanoure  | 

KNIGHT  OF  THE  BATH   |   AND  OF  THE  WHITE  EAGLE 
OF  POLAND,  |    WHO   AFTER    HAVING   FILLED   |   MANY 
HIGH   AND   IMPORTANT  OFFICES    |    IN  ALL   PARTS 
OF  THE  GLOBE,  |   WITH   DISTINGUISHED   HONOR  | 
TO   HIMSELF,  |    AND   WITH   GREAT  ADVANTAGE   | 
TO  HIS  COUNTRY,  |  DIED  MARCH    1S0G.  |    AGED  ()S.  | 
ALSO  |   TO  THE  MEMORY  OF  |  JANE  HIS  WIDOW,  ] 
2ND  DAUGHTER  OF    JOHN    EARL    OF    BUTE, 
K.G.   I   SHE  DIED  MARCH    182S.  |   AGED  33." 

[Incised  letters.] 


Mural  tablet  in  N.  wall : — 

[Coat-of-arms  same  as  that  on  tablet  to  Earl  Macartney.] 
"SACRED  I   TO  THE  MEMORY  OF  |  THE   REVD. 

TRAVERS  HUME  D.D.  |  who  died  july  17th 
1805  |  aged  48.  I  also  |  of  ELIZABETH  his 

WIFE,   I   NIECE   AND    HEIRESS  OF   |    GEORGE 

EARL  of  MACARTNEY.  |  she  died  augt.  2nd 
1S25.  |  aged  64.  |  and  of  I  ARTHUR  their 
youngest  son  j  who  died  january  bth  1s14.  | 
aged   13." 

1"  Incised  letters.' 


'  ARMORIAL  BEARING  FROM  TOMBSTONES  IN  THE  GRAVEYARD  OF  TEMPLE- 
PATRICK,  WITH   SOME   FAMILY   NOTES, 
BY  FRANCIS  JOSEPH   EIGGEK,  AUIHUE,  BELFAST. 

[See  annexed  Plate.] 

1.  '  Dalrtmtlk,  1740. — There  are  no  members  of  this  family  now  in 
the  parish,  nor  have  there  been  within  recent  recollection.  The  old  ."Session 
I5ook,  under  the  date  July  27,  1697,  records  the  attendance  of  James 
Dalrymple,  to  whom  this  stone  was  probably  erected.  The  arms  are  cut 
very' boldly  and  in  extra  high  relief.  The  supporters  are  diminutive,  and 
it  would  be  interesting  to  know  if  they  are  the  usual  supporters  of  the 
Dalrymple  arms.  An  explanation  of  the  motto,  "  Pega  in,"  would  also  be 
interesting.  The  arms  are  :  an  eagle  displayed  ;  on  a  sinister  canton  a 
sword  and  a  baton  iu  saltire.  Surmounting  the  shield  an  esquire's  helmet 
facing  to  the  sinister  with  mantling.  Crest :  a  hand  holding  a  cross  cross- 
let  fitchee.  Supporters :  two  men  in  long  tunics,  each  holding  a  halbert, 
the  handle  resting  on  ground.  On  a  compartment  beneath  the  shield, 
"  liega  iu."  (Issuing  from  the  exterior  sides  of  the  shield,  three  fleurs- 
de-lys.) 

2.  '  Kennedy,  1G97. — This  stone  lies  flat,  within  an  iron  enclosure,  side 
by  side  with  the  gravestone  of  the  Ki.v.  Josias  Welch,  the  grandson  of 
John  Knox.  The  Rev.  Anthony  Kennedy  was  a  Presbyterian  Minister  at 
Templepatrick,  being  ordained  in  1647.  The  stone  bas  unfortunately  been 
broken  across,  but  otherwise  is  in  good  preservation  ;  it  is  of  red  sandstone, 
and  the  arms  are  well  cut  and  beautifully  proportioned,  rendering  a  fine 
appearance. 

'  Underneath  the  arms,  which  occupy  the  entire  upper  half  of  the  face  of 
the  stone,  is  the  following  Latin  inscription,  which  is  given  because  it  is 
the  only  Latin  epitaph  of  any  age  in  either  Templepatrick  or  Carn- 
mouey  ' : — 

hiatq  a K] mis  mm  do  wiraig- 
nsmm  ©mm  mr©nn  kiemmhw 

@!U)D  ^©  FAINIUJiRJD  POTRIKgllD  (gg)!Kl= 
TO'MQiR   ®!E©M    LtUI§™§   1ET 


ccarnpull-  pa  u  r  i  c 


<WW  .^ 


John  iNiLpATk^A  i7-;-c  •jrj.vS'u 


©©lout,  oteim!  m§  [ni©  ®®yyji 

Ci[E©T©~HL^©7£^  OT7  L©g® 

rmmm  §m@mE  ©mosTyiM 

IPIR^HiDOe^lKI®©  iET  ©MOST® 
WHIM®©    uWLTJM    A(fM!rM§ 
E)©IRra©  LytgRWIEftATj  SJJiOT 
§y5M@  tPQOTlM  PATm  EX- 
(UJLTAIMt   [^EPDBDT,  IU)IMlS)IE<gOIRJ3A 
S^TIPv^HOl  1697  MAM®  ^rmTOS 
83/' 

'  The  arms  are  : — Quarterly  1st  and  4th  a  chevron  between  three  cross 
crosslets  fitchee  within  a  bordure  2nd  and  3rd  three  fieurs-de-lys.  In  the 
fees  point  an  inescutcheon  charged  with  a  crescent.  Surmounting  the 
shield  an  esquire's  helmet  with  mantling.  Crest :  a  hand  holding  a  scimi- 
tar. Supporters  :  two  men  in  long  tunics  (?),  each  holding  in  his  exterior 
hand  a  sword.      Motto  on  scroll  under  arms  :  "  Kuituus." 

3.  'Husk,  1623. — This  is  the  most  recent  of  the  armorial  stones,  and 
is  the  worst  drawn.  The  family  still  lives  in  the  neighbourhood,  the 
present  representatives  being  respectable  farmers.  There  is  a  place  called 
Kuskstowu  close  to  Knowehead  in  the  parish.  The  arms  are  cut  in  a  small 
panel  on  the  face  of  a  large  red  sandstone  ;  they  are  :  a  garb  in  chief  two 
conies  regarding  each  other  (the  margin  of  the  shield  corded).  Crest: 
resting  on  the  shield  a  griffin's  head  erased,  with  mantling  springing  from 
behind  the  wreath,     blotto  over  crest:  "  Vertutus  glorius  niercis."'  * 

4.  '  Loon,  1 1>77. — This  family  name  has  passed  away  from  the  parish. 
The  arms  are  very  boldly  cut  on  the  face  of  a  yellow  sandstone;  they 
occupy  the  upper  half  of  a  large  stone,  which  lies  flat,  and  are  very  im- 
posing. They  are  :  a  saltire  engrailed  between  three  swans  uaiant,  two  iu 
thinks  and  one  in  base  :  surmounting  the  shield  an  esquire's  helmet  and 
wreath  with  bold  mantling,  but  no  crest.  These  arms  are  similar  to  the 
Lochs  of  Dry  law,  Scotland.' 

5.  '  M-Nlii.ly,    IT  hi — This  family  is  now  scarce  in  the  parish,  and 

•  'Clo<c  to  this  stone  !i*s  the  body  of  William  Orr.  *lm  «  as  executed  previi  us  to 
•'  Insurrection  of  170*,  whose  death" nave  the  battle-ciw,  "  Kt-meniber  Orr,"  to  the 
participators  in  that  struggle.' 


the  gravestone  has  passed,  in  the  female  line,  to  the  Biggers  of  Ardrie. 
Unfortunately,  the  old  stone  bearing  these  aims  was  destroyed  some  years 
sgo,  upon  the  building  of  an  adjoining  grave.  The  present  stone  bears 
date  1 807.  Two  members  of  this  family  were  "  Elders  of  Session  of 
Templepatricke,  being  publickly  admitted  and  sworne  wt.  prayer  and 
fasting  ye  22d  day  of  Nober.,  being  ye  Lord's  Day  16-16."  A  M'Neilly 
was  at  the  Siege  of  Derry,  under  Colonel  Upton,  the  squire  of  the  parish, 
and  returned  safe  to  his  native  place.  The  family  had  residences  at 
Muckamore,  Carn-Greine,  and  The  Trench,  Moylnsk.  The  arms  are  :  a 
lymphad,  sails  furled,  on  a  chief  a  mullet,  surmounting  the  arms  an  esquire's 
helmet  with  mantling  crest,  an  arm  in  armour  embowed  holding  a  sword. 
Motto  over  crest:  "  Vincere  vel  mod."' 

6.  'Herdsian,  1722. — The  inscription  on  this  stone  is  in  memory  of 
"Jean  M'Leroy,  wife  of  John  Herdman,"  so  it  is  presumed  the  arms  are 
those  of  Herdman.  They  are  boldly  cut  in  a  panel  on  the  face  of  a  large 
sandstone.  The  arms  are  :  per  fess  the  chief  per  pale  charged  with  two 
stags'  heads  cabossed;  in  base  the  three  legs  of  man.  Suimounting 
shield  an  esquire's  helmet  with  wreath  and  mantling  (but  no  crest).  Ou  a 
compartment  beneath  arms  the  motto  :  "  Memeuto  Mori  "  (not  armorial).' 

7.  'Kilpatiuck,  1740 The  name  is  now  extinct  in  the  parish;  the 

Warnocks  of  Carntall  are  representatives  in  the  female  line.  This  family 
(related  to  the  M'Xeillys)  was  in  direct  descent  from  that  Kilpatrick  the 
friend  of  Bruce  who,  about  1303,  before  the  high  altar  of  the  Church  of 
the  Minorites,  in  Dumfries,  finished  the  assassination  of  Comyn,  commenced 
by  Bruce.  Kilpatrick  heard  Bruce  say,  "  1  doubt  I  have  slain  the  Ked 
Comyn,"  and  he  hastily  replied,  "I'll  mak  sicker"  (I  will  make  sure). 
This  has  since  been  the  Kilpatrick  motto.  Joseph  Kilpatrick  was  practi- 
cally ruined  in  the  Insurrection  of  1798  ;  the  soldiers  burned  his  house  in 
Ballyelare,  also  his  factory,  containing  one  hundred  spinning  wheels,  made 
for  the  Linen  Association,  and  offered  a  reward  for  the  capture  of  his  sou 
Kobert,  who  was  an  associate  of  Henry  Joy  MacCracken.  The  arms  are 
deeply  cut  on  the  back  of  a  small  red  sandstone ;  they  are :  a  man  on 
horseback  holding  a  sword,  in  chief  two  staves  in  saltier  engrailed  ;  sur- 
mounting the  shield  an  esquire's  helmet  with  mantling.  Crest :  a  sinister 
hand  holding  a  sword  pointing  to  the  dexter.  Emblems  of  mortality 
beneath  the  shield.     Supporters  :  two  dragons  (?)  sans  wings  and  feet.' 

'  In  conclusion,  it  is  hoped  any  slight  errors  that  may  have  cropped  in, 
will  be  forgiven,  as  the  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  writer  was  limited.  The 
writer  is  iudebted  for  much  information  to  his  friends,  \V.  F.  M'Kinney, 
of  Carumoncy,  and  A.  Peden,  of  Teniplepatrick.  The  illustrations  are 
from  rubbings  made  last  summer  ;  and  the  writer's  best  thanks  are  given 
to  his  fiieud,  Johu  Vinyconib,  M.H.I.A.,  for  much  heraldic  information.' 

John  P.  Prendergast,  in  his  work  on  the  "Tory  War  in 
Ulster,"  states  that  in  the  space  of  nine  years-— from  Ui'JO  to 
1698— eighty  thousand  small  Scotch  "Adventurers"  came  into 
different  nans  of  Ireland,  but  chiefly  into  Ulster. 


COUNTY     ARMAGH. 


Ballymoycr  Pmlsh.     [See  vol.  i.,  p.  296.] 

'The  Book  of  Armagh,  called  by  the  natives  the  Canoni  Phadruig,  was 
regarded  by  the  Irish  as  an  article  of  so  great  value,  that  its  safe  steward- 
ship became  an  hereditary  office  of  dignity  in  a  family  connected  with  the 
Church  of  Armagh,  who  derived  their  name,  Mac  Moyre,  or  "  Son  of  the 
Steward,"  from  this  circumstance,  and,  as  a  remuneration,  held  no  less  than 
eight  townlands  in  County  of  Armagh,  still  knowii  as  the  lands  of  Bally- 
Mac  Moyre  or  Mac  Moyre's  town,  or,  more  commonly,  Ballvmoyer,  Bally- 
myre,  Ballyweer.  "  Maor"  in  Irish  (answering  to  the  English  "  Mayor") 
signifies  a  Custodee;  and  to  that  whole  family  was  applied  the  common 
appellation  of  Maor  na  clanon,  that  is,  Custodee  or  Warden  of  the  Canons.* 
Ballvmoyer  was  a  perpetual  curacy  belonging  to  the  Bectory  of  Armagh  up 
to  the  Disestablishment,  which  fact  seems  traceable  to  what  is  mentioned 
above  as  to  Mac  Mover's  guardianship  of  the  chief  treasure  of  the  Church 
of  Armagh,  for  Ballymoyer  lies  some  ten  miles  to  the  south  of  Armagh 
Parish,  cut  off  from  the  mother  parish.  * 

'  I  cannot  find  any  Dean  of  Armagh  named  "  Dumville."  Lord  Viscount 
Lifford  was  Dean  from  1796  to  beyond  1820." 

[From  the  licv.  Alexander  Irwin,  Armagh.] 


Fglish   Churchyard. 

«  HERE  LIETH  THE   |   BODY  OK    IAMES  |   DONNELLY 
WHO   |  DIED  IUELY  THE  4   |    175G    AGED    28." 

' Over  the  inscription  is  an  arm  and  hand  holding  a  dagger,  and  over 
these,  two  mullets.     There  is  an  ornamental  border  round  the  stone.     . 

•This  stone  is  to  be  found  in  Eglish  churchyard;  it  originally  cost 
LI  10s.,  the  money  being  sent  from  Spain  to  put  a  stone  over  the  first  of 
the  Donnelly  family  that  should  die.  Several  families  of  the  name  reside 
in  the  locality;  they  are  all  poor,  and  small  fanners,  but  trace  their  descent 
back  to  old  Irish  families  who,  they  assert,  possessed  at  one  time  thirteen 
or  fourteen  townlands  in  the  locality.  '1  hey  also  assert  they  are  the 
descendants  of  one  who,  when  approaching  the  shores  of  Ireland,  cut  off 
hi<  hand  and  threw  it  on  shore,  in  order  t.>  be  the  first  to  touch  land.  You 
will  be  familiar  with  the  story  ot  tin-  event  J  hence  the  baud  and  dagger 
on  tlu-  stone. 

•There  are  the  ruins  (,f  an  old  church  here,  the  bell  of  which  is  still  in 
an  adjoining  house,  with  the  date  \~io~  upon  it.     The  only  decoration  on 

•  S«  R. «.  Rsbert  Kmc'j  "  Eu-lv  Hi»l   r\  ot   itir   Primic*  of  Annaeli."  n.  3:)  and 


the  bell  is  a  band  of  vine  leaves  and  bunch  of  grapes  running  round  it,   but 
no  inscription. 

'There  is  an  old  cross  in  this  churchyard  ;  a  picture  of  it  was  given  in 
the  Journal  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Antiquaries,  some  years  ago. 

'There  are  a  few  old  stones ;  the  oldest  has  the  date  1737  on  it.' 

[From  Mr.  C.  J.  Hobson,  Carlow,  1892.] 


COUNTY     CARLO W. 


1  THE  TAROCHIAL  RECORDS  OF  THE  CMCESE  OF  LF.IGHUN,  SHOWING  THE 
DATES  OF  THi:  PARISH  REGISTERS   OF  THE   ABuVE   COUNTY.' 


The  Dates  of  the  Records  that  are  nut  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  have 
been  taken  from  Inventories  returned  by  the  Parochial  Officers.' 


Parishes,  Churches 

County    Vols 

Baptises 

Marriages 

Burials 

Agha       Carlow — |         (See  Du 

nlecknev) 

Aghade  &  Ardristanl     „ 

2  ! 1740-1677 

1740-1856 

1740-1877 

Aghold  [&  Creerin]  j 

Kilcoleman 

n 

3  !  1700-1875 

1700-18— 

1700-1875 

Ardoyue 

,, 

1      1835-1877 

1835-1S70 

1835-1677 

liallon      

„ 

—  i         (See  Aghade) 

Barragh   ... 

1   | 1837-1879 

1838-1879 

1838-1878 

Hilbo        

M 

1   i  1846-1676 

— 

— 

Callow     ... 

5  | 1744-1875 

1744-1845 

1744-1875 

Clonagoose  or  Bonis      „ 

1    :  1832-1877 

1836-1872 

1850-1869 

Clonmore 

n 

2 

]  826-1 3c>2 

1626-1877 

1827-1881 

Clounuilsh 

3 

1840-1877 

1843-1855 

1640-1887 

Cloy  dan* 

n 

2 

l80o-lt>76 

1805-1860 

1805-1676 

Dunleckney,  Agha, 

&  Bagenalstowu 

,, 

5 

1791-1870 

1791-1845 

1791-1876 

Fenaghf 

n 

4 

1809-1875 

1609-1845 

1509-1875 

Gilbertstown 

— 

(See  Aghade) 

Hacketstown       and  j 

Haroldstown    ...  j     ,, 

3      1799-1877  j  1799-1875 

1799-1877 

Kellistown           ...       „ 

2     lb03-lc>79     1&04-1854 

1810-1880 

Killeshiu  &  Graigue  1     „ 

3      1824-1876  1  1624-1845 

1824-1875 

*  For  I'aiustown,  Shrule,  and  Sleaiy  also. 

♦  There  arc  a  few  euuries  on  loose  leaves,  1TS6-1800. 

}  Id  Gkudalougli  Di. 

cese. 

PurisUes,  Clmrebea 

County    Vol> 

Baptisms             Marriages 

Burials 

Kiltennell  and  Bally- 

eliiu      

Carlow'  3 

1837-1875  1  1837-1875 

1838-1875 

Kimieagh* 

1 

1828-1876  1          — 



Leigliiin  Bridge    ... 

„         — 

(See  Du  nleckney  and 

Wells) 

Lorum  and  Ballyellin 

3 

1S04-1S75 

1S04-1875 

1804-1875 

Myshall 

„          3 

1814-1876 

1S15-1855 

1816-1877 

Nurney&Templepetei 

4 

1820-1878 

1821-1872 

1820-1877 

Old  Leigliiin  and    | 

2* 

1781-1804 

1S3S-1879 

1837-1879 

Leigiiliu              J 

"          3 

1 837-1879 



Paiuestown    and     | 

„          3 

1833-1874     1833-1845 

1833-1871 

St.  Ann's            / 

i,          1 

1859-1875 





Eathvilly  and  Kahili, 

Straboe 

1 

1826-1875 

1S26-1845 

1826-1875 

St.  Mullius 

„          1 

1832-1875 

1836-1858 

1836-1874 

Staplestownf 

„          4 

1791-1876 

1791-1874 

1791-1876 

Tullow 

„          3 

1696-1875 

1696-1S45 

1696-1875 

Urglin  (Butland)    j 
Killerig                   I 
Grangeforth  Ch.     ) 

„         — 

1710-1853* 

1715-1877 

1715-1877 

Veils  &  JKillenane 

»          1 

1802-1876 

1803-1861 

1802-1876 

Kail  vltiiooLaii  Church. 

.  This  burial-ground  is  round  the  present  church,  on  the  hill 
on  the  W.  side  of  the  River  Barrow,  at  the  S.W.  entrance  of 
the  village  of  Leigliiin. 

"  HERE  .  LYETH    .  THE  .  BODY    .    [of]    IIVGH 

DOVVLING    |  WHO  .   DECEASED  .  THE    6  .  DAY  . 
OF  |   OCTOBER  .    1712." 

[From  Ryan.] 


T 

Here  lieth  the  earth  of  Robert  Carew.  |  died  .April  1st  1755 
aged  11.     Since  the  |  year  1300  to  this  1778  Leigliiin 
bridge  |  was  not  without  the  name  of  Carew." 

[Ryan.] 


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I.  H.  S. 

"  Underneath  this  tomb  doth  lie 

As  much  virtue  as  could  die, 

When  alive  did  vigour  give 

To  as  much  beauty  as  could  live. 

Mrs.  Catherine  Moore  Lane  one  of  the  |  celebrated  Miss 

O'Bkiknes  of  Dublin  |  departed  this  life  l-'Ttli  of  June  1794  | 

aged  3G  years,  and  may  her  soul  rest  |  in  peace.     Amen." 

[I  have  searched  for,  but  as  yet  have  failed  to  discover,  tli 
stone— P.  D.  V.] 


In  an  enclosure  opening  off  the  general  burial-ground,  on  it 
south  side,  is  a  tombstone  inscribed  to  the  memory  of 


'John  Stewart,  Ksq.  died  October  the  23rd  |  1819  aged  63 
years.     Although  the  tie  between  |  them  is  in  this  life  broken, 
his  widow  sorrows  |  not  as  one  without  hope,  trusting  that 
their  happy  reunion  will  take  place  in  blessed  j  immortality 
thro  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Not  to  record  his  well  kuowu  worth  |  but  to  gratify  their 
own  feelings  this  monument  |  is  erected  to  the  memory  of  the 
deceased  |  by  his  attached  widow,  and  his  affectionate  son." 


The  late  Mr.  Robert  Malcomson  has  drawn  my  attention  to 
the  identity  of  certain  memorial  inscriptions  in  places  and  at 
times  far  distant. 

He  mentions  the  epitaph  in  Ballyknockan  churchyard  at 
Leighlin  Bridge,  County  Carlow,  given  by  Ryan  in  1833,  on 
Mrs.  Catherine  Moore  Lane's  tomb,  dated  17SJ-A,  whom  Ryan 
calls  "one  of  the  celebrated  Miss  O'Beirnes  of  Dublin,"  and 
commencing — 

"  Underneath  this  tomb  doth  lie,"  &c. 

It  is  a  long  jump  from  Leighlin  Bridge  to  Prestwold  in 
Leicestershire;  for  there,  on  a  monument  to  Penelope  Packe, 
daughter  of  Clifton  Packe,  who  married  Richard  Verney  [after- 
wards Lord  Willoughby  de  Brooke],  and  died  3lst  August. 
1718,  in  the  18th  year  of  her  age,  the  inscription  concludes 
with  the  verv  same  words. 


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Bally  knockan. 

The  following  are  in  the  churchyard  : — 

t 

1.  H.  S. 

"  Here  lieth  the  Booy  ©■/ 

TIMOTHy    GORMACAN    W5S9 
DEPARTED    THIS    LIFE    THE 
20™    DAJ'    OF    APRIL    1733    AG2 
68    YEARS. 

As  alsoe  the  body  of  bis  son 
Augustin  Gormacan  who 
erected  this,  and  departed 
this  life  the   ]0;b  day 
of  May  1737  aged  33  years 

And  also  the  body  of 
Mary  Gormacan  alias, 
Nash  the  wife  of  Timothy 
Gormacan  and 

Mother  of  Augustin  aforesaid 
who  departed  this  life  [not  entered] 
Also  Mary  his  mother  who  died 
in  December  |  17-12,  and  his  wife 
Mary  who  died  the  21st  February  I 
1707. 
Thomas  his  son  who  died  January  .  .  .  .** 

[no  date  entered  J 
The  upper  right-hand  corner  of  the  stone  is  broken. 
The  above  is  on  a  fine  altar-tomb  of  black  unpolished  marble, 
with  rich  mouldings;  it  is  about  t>  feet  long  by  3  feet  f>  inches 
wide,  and  is  situated  at  the  extreme  N.E.  corner  of  the  burial- 
ground. 


Next  it,  to  the  south,  is  a  table-tombstone,  inscribed— 

"Erected  by  John  Patne  of  Kil.rri.-ny  in  |  memory  cf  his 
Father  Joseph  Payne,  also  hi*  i  \\  i:    Klk.noi:  Payne 
alias  Guigg  who  depart"    j  this  life  December  25th  1601 

aged  48  years  |  Also  the  ubovena I  .U,\.s  Payne  of 

Kill  |  greny  who  dep'1  this  hie  January  Jb:h  Jti-'O." 


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On  a  small  upright  stone,   partly  buried   in   the   ground,  and 
with  an  indented  top,  is — 


Here  lieth  the  body 
of  William  Carew  w 
ho  deceased  the   13  OF 

OCTO    1722    AGED    90    YEAS 

and  also  the  body  of  his  wife 
Mary  who  deceased  the  10  of 
Fabruary  [sic~]  1700.     And 
also  the  body  of  their  son  Pirce  [s/c] 
who  deceased  the  10  of  august  1718 
aged  2 1  years.  Erected  by  the  said  son 
John  Carew." 


This  inscription  is  only  partially  given  by  Dr.  Ryan,  and  not 
verbatim.  The  first  part  of  the  inscription  is  in  large  capitals  ; 
the  latter  part  in  small  ordinary  type. 


:ke  of  Leighlin  Augt.  1S21,  aged  88  years.' 


"  Erected  by  Bridget  Darker,  of  Braidwood,  Australia,  in 
memory  of  |  her  Father  Michael  Howe,  of  Ballynolan, 
who  departed  this  life  July  4th,  1S63,  aged  52  years." 

[An  upright  stone.] 


"Cathekin  Geyhin  died  17th  October  1731,  aged  17  years." 

[A  flat  stone.] 


'Sarah  Geyhin  als  Lynch  died  27  April  1724,  aged  1( 
years.     Also  Patrick,  her  son." 


"  Here  I.ieth  the  Body  of  William  Caldfk  who  Departed 
this  life  the  6tti  of  August  \l\)i>,  aged  7i*  years." 

[A  flat  stone.] 

Mo  one  of  the  name  now  in  the  parish. 


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I.  H.  S. 
This  stone  was  erected  by  James  Tatlock  in  memory  of 
his  son  William  Tatlock,  who  departed  this  life 
the  loth  [?]  1730  [?],  aged  25  years." 
Also  James  Tatlock  his  Father,  who  departed  this  1 
the  8th  February  1735,  aged  70  years." 

"  Lord  have  mercy  on  their  souls." 


'Erected by  P.  Hates,  J.P.,  |  The  Oaks,  St.  Leonard's, 
Sydney,  |  in  memory  of  his  Father  |  John  Hayes,  who 
died  18  April  1S5S,  |  aged  63  years.     Il.I.P." 

[An  upright  stone. 

'James  Dwter  died  Oct.  18th,  183S,  aged  72  years. 
Mrs.  Mary  Lakge  died  ....  1832."  &c.  &c 


church  plate,  &c. 
A  Flagon,  plated,  given  by  Dean  Jas.  Lyster,  1SG6. 
A  Chalice,  silver,  inscribed — 

"  The   Gift  of  the  Honble.   %   Very   Reed. 
RD.  BOYLE  BERNARD,  Dean  of  Leighlin, 
to  the  Pur  :  of  Wells,  1822." 

A  Paten,  silver  ;  same  inscription  and  date. 

A  Collecting-plate,    brass,   the   gift  of  the  Very  Rev.   Dean   Lawde 
(area  1866). 

A  carved  oak  Collecting-box,  the  gift  of  Dean  Lyster,  185C. 
A  long-handled  copper  Collecting-"  pan,"  inscribed — 

"  Wells  Parish,  1S28.1' 

The  font  is  of  stone,  and  modern. 


At  present  there  are  no  monuments  within  this  church. 


Bonis   Parish. 

There  are  three  silver  Chalices  and   three   Patens  heloiiginc 
to  the  Roman  Catholic  chapel  of  this  parish. 

The  1 irge?t  Chalice  is  about  12  inches  in  height,  and  richly  chased. 
1  he  two  other  Chalices  are  plain,  and  smaller  than  the  firs't  described. 


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The  first  bears  the  following  marks  aud  inscription— 

"  D.  BERNARD  CA  VANAGH  de  Borris  me 
fieri  fecit,  orate  pro  D:  JACOB  0  PIIELAN 
Epis.  Ossor.,  1730." 

Hall-mark— S.  W.     Weight  15-3. 


The  other  chalices  are  hall-marked  I.  J.  and  D.  W.  (?)  ;  on 
one  of  them  is  a  mermaid  with  comb  and  glass  and  a  ducal 
crown ;  a  cross,  within  which  is  a  representation  of  the  Cruci- 
fixion;  and  the  letters  I.N. R.I. 

The  hall-marks  on  this  chalice  are— 

C.  P.,  a  Harp  and  Britannia,  and  T.  B.  (the  donor  ?). 


Carlow  Parish. 

On  a  small  mound  of  earth  between  two  rows  of  houses,  and 
raised  about  8  feet  or  10  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sur- 
rounding ground,  and  completely  disconnected  with  the  present 
burial-ground  of  the  parish  church  (of  which  it  formerly 
probably  formed  a  part),  are  the  remains  of  an  altar-tomb,  now 
falling  to  ruin,  for  want  of  .a  little  care.  The  following  is  the 
inscription  on  the  top  slab  : — 

"  [The  buryiug-place  of  the  family  of  Galbraith 

of  Old  Derrig,  Queen's  County.] 
"  Beneath  this  stone  are  deposited  the  bodies 
of  Samuel  Galbraith  Esqr.  who 
died  ?J  in  the  year  1793  aged  73  years 
also  ?J  Benjamin  Baker  Galbraith  Esq.  son 
"of  the  a  r]  bove  Samuel  who  died  on  the  24<h 
of?]  September  1821  aged  48  years. 

?]  Galbraith  son  of  the  above  B.  B.  G. 

_Died  ?J  Deer.  27th182l.  aged  8  months." 

The  left  side  of  this  slab  is  broken  off  ;  hence  the  words  in 
brackets  are  deficient.  The  head  of  the  stone  is  also  broken 
off;  it  was  originally  about  7  feet  long  and  4  feet  wide,  and 
8  feet  in  height.  It  is  the  only  tombstone  on  the  mound, 
but  other  interments  have  taken  place  here,  I  am  informed. 


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Old  Lel£hlin. 


View  of  the  Cathedral  of  St.  Lazeriat\,  County  Carlow. 
Founded  A. D.  032. 

This  ancient  building  was  founded  in  the  year  above  named, 
by  St.  Lazerian,  who  died  in  the  year  f>38.*  It  is  situated 
about  eight  miles  south  of  the  town  of  Carlow,  and  at  the  foot 
of  the  historic  Slieve-Margy  range  of  hills. 

It  is  the  cathedral  church  of  the  Diocese  of  Leighlin,  united 
in  the  year  1(>00  to  that  of  Ferns,  and  together  with  it  united 
to  the  Diocese  of  Ossory,  and  now  presided  over  by  the  Right 
Rev.  W.  Pakenham  Walsh,  D.D. 

Grose,  writing  in  1791  (vol.  ii ,  p.  32),  gives  an  account  of 
this  old  cathedral,  and  says  that  Burchard,  a  Norwegian,  was 
reckoned  amongst  one  of  the  principal  benefactors  of  this 
church,  and  he  gives  his  epitaph  thus : — 

"hic  jacet  humatus  dux  fundator 
leni/e  en   gormundi   burchardus 
vir  gratus  ecclesi/e." 

Bishop  Harlewin,  who  governed  this  see  from  a.d.  1291  to 
1 29G,  granted  the  inhabitants  their  "  Burgage  Houses "  and 
Franchises. 

The  arms  of  "  Harlewin"  may  be  seen  amongst  the  HarlH.and 

*  Or,  according  to  the  Most  Rpv.  Dr.  Comerford,  on  1st],  April,  639. 


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Cottonian    MSS.   in   the   British    Museum,  viz "  Flower  de 

luces  arg." .     Another,  "Arg.  a  bar  gules,  three  apples"; 

and  a  third,  "  A  fess  arg.  between  three  apples,  or"1 .     A 

fourth  is  given  as  "  Az  semee  de  fleur-de-lys  arg." 

According  to  the  same  author,  the  cathedral  was  burnt  down 
in  the  eleventh  century,  and  rebuilt  by  Donat,  the  then  bishop, 
shortly  after  the  arrival  in  Ireland  of  King  Henry  II.  He 
states  that  Bishop  Thomas  [1252-1275  ?]  bestowed  prebends 
on  his  canons;  that  Bishop  Saunders  [i527-1549]  erected  and 
glazed  the  south  windows  ;  and  that  Bishops  Meredith 
[1589-1597]  and  Vigors  [1690-1721]  were  great  benefactors 
to  the  See.  He  further  states  that  "  the  fame  of  St.  Lazerian, 
and  the  attention  of  his  successors  to  the  improvement  of  the 
cathedral,  collected  numbers  from  every  part,  and  made  '  Old 
Leighlin '  a  considerable  town."  It  is  now  but  a  poor  village 
of  only  a  few  houses,  and  with  no  resident  gentry  in  or  near  it 
except  the  rector. 

Further  particulars  of  Old  Leighlin  and  of  the  cathedral 
will  be  found  in  Seward's  "  Topographia  Hibernica  "  of  1795, 
and  of  the  famous  holy  well  dedicated  to  St.  Lazerian,  and  of 
an  ancient  cross  near  it,  which  still  remains.  He  adds,  "  this 
place  was  formerly  a  city,  but  is  now  a  very  mean  village,"  and 
states  that  "it  is  reported  that  Gurmundus,  a  Danish  prince, 
was  buried  in  this  church;  that  it  was  burnt  to  the  ground  (it 
is  said  by  lightning)  in  a.d.  1060,  and  was  rebuilt  in  1232,  or, 
according  to  other  writers,  between  1158  and  1185,  by  Bishop 
Donat." 

He  says  that  the  priory  was  built  by  Burchard,  the  Nor- 
wegian, who  was  buried  in  the  cathedral ;  and  he  gives  his 
epitaph  as  above,  and  states  that  St.  Gobban  also  founded  a 
celebrated  abbey  here  for  regular  canons,  in  which  a  famous 
assembly  of  the  clergy  was  held  a.d.  630,  to  debate  on  the 
proper  time  for  the  celebration  of  Easter  ;  and  it  is  interesting 
to  know  that  this  question  was  there  settled  finally,  and  has 
ever  since  been  adopted  throughout  Western  Europe. 

Like  so  many  other  towns  and  ecclesiastical  establishments 
in  Ireland,  Old  Leighlin  endured  much  hardship  and  suffering, 
having  been  plundered  on  several  occasions. 

In  Lewis's  "  Topographical  Dictionary,"  and  in  Ryan's 
B 

Xoie.— Although  :-t.  Lazeriau  was  not  as  successful  as  lie  hoped  in  his  6rsi  r-fl",,n 
tu  introduce  the  Knmuit  Cycle  into  Ireland,  in  the  course  of  time  thet  method  of 
determining  the   dale   »l  Cn-t.r   was    as  univer»allj    uJupied   in   Great   Britain  »nd 


18     ' 

"  History  of  the  County  Carlow,"  further  information  will  be 
found.  Lewis  says  of  it — "  This  place  has  from  a  remote  period 
been  distinguished  for  its  religious  establishments."  He  says 
there  were  1,500  monks  here  at  one  time. 

The  town,  up  to  the  end  of  the  last  century,  returned  two 
members  to  the  Irish  Parliament,  one  of  the  last  being  the 
famous  and  oft-quoted  Sir  Boyle  lloche,  whose  speeches  must 
have  afforded  "  the  House"  much  amusement. 

In  Lewis  will  be  found  a  drawing  of  the  ancient  arms  of 
the  See. 

The  ancient  seal  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter,  now  in  the 
Museum  of  the  Royal  Irish  Academy  in  Dublin,  bears  the 
following  inscription : — 

"SIGILIUM  :  CAPITULI  :  ECCLESI/E  :  LETHLIEXSIS." 

It  was  dug  up  some  years  since  from  a  bog  in  the  County 
Kilkenny,  and  is  considered  to  be  the  work  of  the  eleventh 
century. 

Another  seal  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter,  with  a  similar  legend, 
and  dated  1  Gl>9,  is  in  the  possession  of  the  present  Dean  and 
Chapter. 

A  view  of  the  cathedral  as  it  then  was,  will  be  found  in 
Grose,  1792,  and  also  in  Ledwich,  17lJ0.  More  recent  drawings 
of  it.  will  be  found  in  the  Reliquary  for  July,  1891. 

Besides  the  monastery,  there  was  a  bishop's  palace  (part  of 
the  walls  of  the  garden  still  remain)  and  a  deanery  house, 
neither  of  which  can  now  be  traced. 

The  Church  consists  of  a  nave  and  choir  ;  the  extreme 
length  is  about  150  feet,  and  breadth  tl  feet.  The  north 
transept  is  unroofed,  and  much  requires  repair;  the  walls  still 
remain. 

The  chapter-room  (formerly  called  "  the  abbey  ")  opens  off 
the  choir,  and  is  about  50  feet  in  length  by  22  feet  in  breadth, 
with  a  beautifully  cut  stone  east  window,  and  three  well- 
designed  and  smaller  windows  on  the  N.and  W.  walls.  It  has 
boon  put  into  a  state  of  perfect  repair  by  the  liberality  of  the 
late  Hon.  and  Venerable  Archdeacon  Stopford. 

Tiie  central  tower,  resting  on  black  marble  groined  work 
springing    from    the   four  corners,  divides   the   nave   from   the 


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choir.  It  is  believed  to  have  been  the  work  of  Bishop  Sanders, 
■who  died  in  1549. 

In  Sir  James  Ware's  work,  "  Annales  Hiberniaa,"  1704,  will 
be  found  a  list  of  the  bishops  of  this  diocese  from  a  very  remote 
period.  The  succession  of  the  bishops  will  also  be  found  in 
Dr.  M.  Comerford's  "  Collections,  Dioceses  of  Kildare  and 
Leighlin,"  vol.  i.,  1886. 

A  list  of  the  Deans  of  this  Cathedral  is  in  existence,  in  an 
almost  unbroken  line  of  succession  from  the  twelfth  century 
to  the  present  day. 

In  "  Thady  Dowling's  "  MSS.,  printed  by  the  Irish  Archae- 
ological Society  in  1849,  will  be  found  much  interesting 
reading  connected  with  Old  Leighlin,  of  which  he  was  Chan- 
cellor.    He  died  in  the  year  1628,  in  the  84th  year  of  his  age. 

In  an  archaeological  point  of  view,  the  preservation  of  this 
ancient  building  deserves  much  consideration.  Besides  the 
windows,  groining,  and  other  stonework,  within  it  are  to  be 
seen  some  early  and  well-preserved  "  sedilia  "  and  an  ancient 
font,  also  tombs  of  the  sixteenth  century,  with  finely-cut 
inscriptions  in  Gothic  character,  and  floriated  crosses.  Beneath 
one  lie  the  remains  of  Bishop  Mathew  Sanders,  1549;  and 
under  the  same  stone,  Bishop  Thomas  Filey,  1567.  appears  from 
the  inscription  to  have  been  buried  also.  Next  it  is  a  stone 
inscribed  to  John,  the  dumb  son  of  William  FitzDavid  Roe 
O'Brian,  and  his  wife,  Mabella  Kavanagh,  and  dated  a.d.  1555. 

Opposite  the  south  door  into  the  nave  is  a  fine  altar-tomb  to 
W  illiam  O'Brian  and  his  wife,  Winna  Kavanagh,  dated  1559. 
A  full  account  of  these  interesting  monuments,  by  J.  R.  Garstin, 
Esq.,  M.R.I. A.,  will  be  found  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Royal 
Irish  Academy  for  December,  1884. 

Besides  the  above,  there  are  other  floor  slabs  both  in  the 
nave  and  choir,  and  several  marble  mural  monuments.  In 
addition  to  those  already  mentioned,  the  following  were  buried 
here : — 

Bishop  John  O'Mulligan,  a.d.  1431. 

"SEPULTUS  FUIT  JUXTA  TUMBAM  DUCIS 
GURMUNDI  AD  STALLUM  THESAURAURII 
ECCLESI/E." 

[Dowling.] 


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Bishop  Maurice  Doran,  murdered  by  his  archdeacon  in  1525. 

Bishop  Richard  Boyle,  1682;  and  no  doubt  many  others,  of 
whom,  unfortunately,  there  is  no  record. 

The  present  Chapter  consists  of  a  Dean,  Precentor,  Chancellor, 
Treasurer,  Archdeacon,  and  four  Prebendaries— Tecolme, 
Ullard,  Aghold,  and  Tullomagymah. 

It  is  stated  that  amongst  the  Deans  of  this  Cathedral  was 
Roger  Hooker,  1580  to  1591,  father  of  the  famous  divine, 
Richard  Hooker,  of  Devonshire,  born  1553-4,  whose  distin- 
guished life  and  writings  are  so  well  known,  more  especially 
"The  Laws  of  Ecclesiastical  Polity,"  in  defence  of  the  consti- 
tution and  discipline  of  the  Church  of  England.  He  died  in 
1G00. 

Having  stated  so  much  connected  with  Old  Leighlin  and  its 
cathedral,  we  may  now  add  that  it  much  requires  to  have 
money  laid  out  on  it,  both  for  its  preservation  and  improvement. 

Already  much  has  been  done  to  improve  and  preserve  it. 
The  roof  is  in  excellent  order.  Contracts  are  in  progress  for 
heating  the  choir  and  chapter-room  by  hot-water  pipes,  and  for 
re-seating  the  choir  and  re-constructing  the  Canons'  stalls  and 
the  Bishop's  throne.  The  ancient  sedilia  have  been  scraped  and 
cleaned.  A  handsome  carved  oak  lectern  has  been  presented. 
An  organ  was  provided  some  years  since.  Velvet  cushions  and 
carpets  for  and  round  the  communion-table,  and  for  the  pulpit 
and  reading-desk. 

It  is  intended  to  re-open  the  large  ancient  arch  (now  bricked 
up)  between  the  Nave  and  the  Choir,  thus  giving  a  view  of  the 
interior  for  its  entire  length. 

It  may  not  be  out  of  place  here  to  remark  that,  before  the 
Saxon  and  the  Norman  assembled  within  the  walls  of  West- 
minster Abbey,  before  the  dome  or  topmost  pinnacle  of  old 
St.  Paul's  stood  over  the  streets  of  London,  or  that  the  Cathe- 
dral of  Winchester,  and  probably  half  the  now  magnificent  and 
stately  cathedrals  of  England  saw  the  light,  Christianity  was 
preached  in  the  quiet  wooded  glen  by  the  waters  of  the  little 
stream  that  still  babbles  past  the  Cathedral  of  Old  Leighlin. 


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[From  the  late  Dr.  Ryan's  "  History  of  the  County  Carlow,"  1833.] 

•'The  cathedral  church  of  the  diocese  of  Leighlin  stands  at  the  distance 
of  two  English  miles  west  of  Leighlinbridge.  The  site  is  admirably 
adapted  for  a  structure  dedicated  to  religious  purposes.  A  nook  is  formed 
by  the  adjacent  hills,  and  here,  quite  removed  from  any  thorough-fare,  far 
away  from  the  busy  haunts  of  meu,  this  relic  of  antiquity  raises  its 
venerable  head. 

This  Cathedral  (which  is  of  the  plainest  Gothic  architecture)  consists  of 
a  nave  and  chancel.  The  length  of  the  nave  is  84  feet ;  that  of  the 
chancel,  60  feet;  breadth  21  feet.  There  are  a  door  and  window  in  the 
west  end,  and  two  side  entrances.  Ancient  reservoirs  for  "holy  water" 
are  fixed  in  the  wall  to  the  right  hand,  on  entrance,  of  the  south  door,* 
and  on  the  left  of  the  western.  In  the  nave  is  a  large  stoue  baptismal 
font,  sustained  by  a  pedestal  which  rests  upon  a  raised  foundation  6  feet 
square.  The  font  is  at  the  height  of  about  5  feet  from  the  floor  of  the 
nave.f  A  very  curiously  worked  arch  of  stone  may  be  observed  over  part 
of  the  nave.  The  entire  inside  is,  with  the  usual  bad  taste,  whitewashed. 
The  belfry  tower  is  about  (JO  feet  in  height,  and  has  a  mean  sort  of  slated 
spire  on  top  ;  which  from  its  pigmy  size,  and  general  uusuitableness  to 
the  building  on  which  it  is  erected,  has  the  worst  possible  effect.  Wind- 
ing stoue  steps  are  continued  to  the  summit  of  the  belfry  ;  forty  steps  lead 
to  the  first  landing  place,  after  which  twenty-two  more,  of  very  narrow 
construction,  conduct  to  the  top.  The  date  on  the  bell  is  17S7.+  From 
the  north  side  of  the  cathedral  project  two  structures  in  a  ruinous  state. 
The  dimensions  of  that  toward  the  west§  are  27  feet  by  24,  on  the  inside  ; 
with  windows  closed  up  and  roofless.  The  other  runs  on  a  line  with  the 
east  end,  projects  from  the  cathedral  22  feet,  and  is  52  feet  in  length. 
It  is  about  30  feet  in  height  and  is  roofles3.]|  A  Gothic  window  of  superior 
workmanship  and  in  good  preservation  is  to  be  seen  in  the  eastern 
extremity  of  this  latter  ruin.  In  the  chancel  are  stalls  for  the  dean  and 
chapter.     To  the  right,  on  entrance,  we  find  them  thus  lettered  : — 


*  This  "reservoir"  is  no  longer  there. 

+  Tliis  is  no  longer  so.  The  font  has  been  changed  in  its  position  siuce  Dr.  Ryan 
saw  it,  and  it  is  now  about  to  be  a.'ain  moved,  on  the  re-pewiug  of  the  choir.  It  will 
be  placed  on  the  right  of  the  choir  arch  as  one  enters. 

J  The  old  bell  has  been  re  cast,  and  a  new  one  was  given  some  twenty  years  since, 
which,  baring  becume  cracked,  was  replaced  in  1806  by  one  of  larger  size.  This  new 
bell  was  cast  in  Dublin,  and  is  of  a  fine  and  mellow  tone  ;  it  bears  the  following  in- 
scription : — 

"THIS    BELL    WIS    FBECTED    15     1S06   |   BY     SUBSCRIPTION   |   TO     REPLACE 
THE    FOF.MEB    BELL    THE    GIFT    OF    THE    HOSE*      &     VEXER*      ARCHDEACON 
STOPFORD    IX    1812. 

RECTOR— THE    REVD  CANON   J.    W.    ABBOTT. 

A.    M'CLINTOCK,    ESQ.     | 

GEORGE    GRIFFITH  }  CHCRCHW.RnEXS. 

§  The  north  transept.     It  is  still  in  the  faun-  state. 

|]  This  is  no  longer  so  ;  it  I. is  ben  roofed,  tiled,  and  put  into  excellent  repair 
through  the  liberality  nf  the  hue  V,  nerttble  and  Honblc.  Archdeacon  Stipford.  It  is 
now  known  as  "  The  Chapter-room." 


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1.  2.  4.  III. 

DEAN  —  CHANCELLOR — TULLOGYMAH — TECOLM  —  READER. 

To  the  left  thus : — 

I.  II.  3.  IV. 

PRECENTOR — TREASURER — ARCHDEACON — ULLARD 

5. 
AGHOLD.* 

and  one  blank  on  each  side.  Having  thus  depicted  the  general  features  of 
the  cathedral,  let  us  now  proceed  to  the  monuments.  These  are  well 
worthy  of  notice.  Inscriptions  may  be  observed  on  five  flags  in  the  aisle 
of  the  chancel.  Commencing  at  the  Communion  Table,  they  are  in  order 
as  follows.     In  black  letter,  with  curious  figuring  in  centre  : — 

"  $fc  facet  mini*  Cantons 

c  tirujj  propfrt  ft  amm  ob,  1567." 

[See  Plate  I.,  p.  31.] 

Part  of  this  stone  is  improperly  covered  by  the  wooden  steps  of  the 
Communion  Table")"  This  is  the  tomb  of  Matthew  Sanders,  Bishop  of 
Leighlin.  Near  the  preceding,  also  in  obscure  black  letter,  of  which  the 
following  are  a  few  words  : — 

'  —  ft  \)\t  ^oljnmus'  munis  filing.' 

[See  Plate  III.,  p.  32.] 

In  the  middle  of  the  aisle,  with  a  cross  in  the  centre,  and  the  following 
words  round  the  margin  and  centre  : — 

"  HIC  .  JACET  .  CORPVS  .   |   MVRTAGH  .  OGE  . 
CAVENAGII   .  QVI  .  onilT  .  XXIX  .  DIE  . 
[JVLII  .  AN]  NO  .  DM  .    15S1   .  E[T]   . 
JOANNAE  .  B1RNE  .  VXOR1S  .  EJVS  .  QVE  . 
OBIIT  .  DIE  .  XV  .  MARTII   .   |   A.N.NO   .  DM  . 

1590." 
'Near  the  preceding  : — 

"  HERE  .  LYETH  .  TUT.  .  BODY  .  OF  .  j  MARY  .  VIGORS  . 
WJFE  .  OF  .  RICIIAH  !  II  .  VIGORS  .  WHO  .  DECEASED  | 
THE   .  SECOND   .   DAY   .   OK   .   MARCH   .   |    1 70J.+ 

•  Tlirse  are  now  arranged  ilifierctilv,  according  to  the  above  jium'uers. 


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THOV  .  DVST  .  AND  .  CLAY  . 

TELL  .  ME  .  I  .  SAY  . 

WHERE  .  IS  .  THY  .   BEAVTY  .  FL 

WAS  .  IT  .  IN  VAIN  . 

OK  .  DOTH   .  IT  .  GAIN  . 

THE  .  FAVOVR  .  WITH  .  THE  .  DI 


'  Adjoining  the  above,  also  in  Roman  capitals : — 

"  HERE  .  LYETH  .  THE  .  BODY  .  OF  |    SAMVELL  . 

GREEN   .  WHO  .  DECEASED  .  THE  .  L'5*  .  DAY  .  OF  . 
JVLY  .   1CD5    |  AND  .  ALSO  .  THE  .  BODY  .  OF  .  MARY  | 
GREEN  .  WIFE  .  OF  .  SAMVELL    |  GREEN  .  AND  . 
GRANDMOTHER  |  TO  .  MARY  .  VIGORS  .  WHO  . 
DYED  |   YE  .    17THf  .  OF  .  XOVEMB1'    .    1 70G  .  BEING  \ 
EIGHTY  .  FOVR  .  YEARS  .  OF  .  AGE." 


These  7s  are  turned  wrong  on  the  stone. 


'  On  a  black  marble  slab,  indented  in  wall  of  chancel : — 

"Beneath  this  place  lieth  ye  Body  of  |  Mrs.  Christian 
Nicholson,  late  |  wife  to  ye  Honourable  Colonel  | 
Jamks  Nicholson,  who  Departed  this  life  ye  2nd  |  of 
Febr.,  Anno  Dom.  1705,  in  ye  31st  yeare  of  her  Age. 

True  piety  and  onafected  goodness  joynd, 

With  all  ye  graces  of  a  vertuous  mind, 

Fitted  her  early  for  a  blest  remove, 

To  Saints  and  Angells  in  ye  I'ealmes  above. 
Quam  Vivam  Omnes  Colebant  Imiteatur  Defuuctam." 

Above  this  inscription  are  the  crest,  arms,  and  motto :  "  Deus  Mi 
Sol." 


'  The  inscriptions  in  the  nave  next  claim  our  attention,  and  first  in 
attraction  is  a  raised  tomb  (2  feet  in  height,  7  in  length,  and  3  in  breadth), 
which  stands  opposite  the  south  entrance.  It  is  generally  reputed,  even 
by  men  of  education,  that  this  is  a  tomb  of  a  Uishop  Kavenagli  ;  but,  I 
think  a  very  slight  degree  of  scrutiny  will  prove  that  such  is  not  the  fact. 
The  characters  are  in  black  letter  relief,  and  would  certainly  puzzle  most 


persons.     We  confess  onr  inability  to  decipher  the  entire,  bnt  the  following 
words  arc  certainly  to  be  found  on  the  stone : — 

"mc  facet  moieftftnf  <£>'8riu  — 
Uimxu  Eauanasfj  fflia  —  corratefct 
MXimtbvm  &cag&lnue." 

♦Thnsitwonld  seem,  that  it  belonged  to  a  person  named  O'Brin  or 
Byrne.  The  three  townlands  last  mentioned  are  in  this  immediate 
neighbourhood.  I  could  not  discover  the  exact  year  inscribed  ou  the  tomb, 
but  it  is  certainly  subsequent  to  1500.  There  is  a  coat-of-arms  on  one  side 
of  the  tomb,  with  the  initial  B.  at  top.  This  monument  was  pulled  in 
pieces  by  the  deluded  rebels  of  1798,  but  it  has  since  been  restored  to  its 
original  state,  with  exception  of  an  addition  very  improperly  made  at  the 
foot,  where  a  fragment  of  another  tomb  has  been  used  to  repair  this. 
Nothing  could  be  more  injudicious,  as  it  may  mislead  and  confuse  the 
future  inquirer.  We,  however,  do  our  duty,  in  pointing  out  the  circum- 
stance." 


Mr.  Ryan's  account  of  this  tomb  is  very  imperfect. '  Any 
person  accustomed  to  road  old  black-letter  Latin  monumental 
inscriptions  could  not  find  much  difficulty  in  reading  every 
■word  on  this  stone.     It  is  as  follows : — 

"  t'fje.  fttfr  jarrt  S&illdmuiS  nfcrm 
films'  momi  nati  filii  WWXtllmi  filu 
oabio  raff  <5  [atrial  tic  Corraloslu 
[r]t  fcallrmirniarrf)  ar  Surgcdti  brtrrfc 
£njljlcmr  oinjt  vim  mt  mesfe  Mm 
SB.  $&aecttta\xiya  ft  rtus  tiror  CKuma 
£Utoanarjj^i£iHatirici  filtj  tionatt 
fRtHmtonrgtS  q  ol)t»t  =2  oic  mcs'fe 
■=  £1°  tii  $B°tcac  «=  Cora  aiab 
ppinrtur  DrS  Statnt." 

The  annexed  plate,  from  a  rubbing  taken  by  the  Editor  a 
few  years  since,  will  give  a  good  idea  of  this  fine  inscription: — 


PIATE      2. 


:ric 


ssi 


--;,i 


->"  j-.i 


3   P  ^ 


;"-<-! 


Clc-f 


■-  ->. 


O 


£uZ*s~\r!  •  <t~-t- — "  ■—■.•■■  i- ■'■  -""'.'' J      IT-?*--     I 


aiisi 


m 

|Jhs* 


taarUS 


$1§«J 


■I  •  - 


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■•  ••  "-i'i'-zi,1 


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:  There  are  inscriptions  on  two  flags  of  the  nave,  which  run  as  follows  : 
"here  lieth  the  body  of  HE  I  NERY 

RYDK1NS   |  WHO    DEPART  I   ED    THIS    LIFE    IN 
MAY  |   THE    20TH  |    172G,    AGED     101    YEARS.    | 

Also  the  body  of  his  son  |  HENERY  [sic] 
RUDK1NS  |  who  departed  this  life  april  the  6th 
1738,  |  aged  53  years." 


In  the  S.W.  corner  of  the  nave  are  four  stones, 
scribed : — 

The  Vigors  Crest.  The  Rudkin  Crest. 

"  Spectemur  Agendo." 

No.  1.    "Thomas  Tench  Vigors,  Esqre.,  D.L.,  |  died  20th 

February,  1850,  aged  |  45  years.  |  Miss  Mary  Jane 
Vigors,  died  28th  September,  1850,  aged  17  years." 


4  3 

1  2 


No.  2.    "  C.  F.  S.  Vigors,  died  April,  1844,  aged  33  years,  son 
of  N.  A.  Vigors,  of  Old  Leighlin." 

Note This  -was  an  officer  in  the  87th  Royal  Irish  Fusiliers. 

He  was  killed  at  the  "  Moor  of  Meath  "  when  riding  the  Grand 
Military  Steeplechase  of  Ireland.  There  is  a  monument  to  his 
memory  in  Carlow  Parish  Church. 


In  memory  of  |  Anne  Vigors,  |  died  25th  March,  1869 

[aged  87]. 
Matilda  Derinzy,  |  Died  27th  November,  1870  [aged 

83  (?)]. 
Frances  dTlF.r.issoN,  |  died  24th  June,  1877  |  [3ged  88]. 

Daughters  of  N.  A.  Vigors,  of  Old  Leighlin," 


Ko.  4.  "Sacred  to  the  memory  of  | 

NICHOLAS  AYLWARD  VIGORS,  ESQ.,  oi 

OLD    LEIGHLIN,    WHO    DEPARTED    THIS    LIVE 
MARCH    3rd    1S2S,    AGED    ~,1    YEARS.       ALSO    HIS 

wife  MARY  JANE  VIGORS,  who  DEr" 

THIS    LIFE  I  OCTOBER    20'h    1828.    AGED    49    YEA 


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The  following   inscription  is  on  a  handsome  limestone  alt: 
tomb  in  the  nave,  near  the  west  door  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  |  The  Revd.  John  Doyne.  | 
He  was  Minister  of  this  Parish  Eighteen  years,  |  Preaching 
the  Word,  in  season,  out  of  season.  |  His  spirit  Returned 
unto  God  who  gave  it  |  June  19th  1841,  in  his  51st  Year.  | 
'An  Israelite  indeed  in  whom  there  was  no  guile.'  | 
By  his  side  rest  the  remains  |  of  his  beloved  child  Jane 
Eleanor.  |  She  was  removed  to  a  better  world  March 
2Gth  1837.  |  'Of  sucli  is  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven.'  | 
By  his  side  lies  Ellen  his  wife,  died  28  November  1867." 


On  the  north  side  of  the  above  tomb  is  a  flat  slab,  inscribed  :- 
"  Ellen  Doyne  died  23th  November  18G7." 


Near  the  south  door  is  a  flat  stone,  inscribed : — 
[Death's  head  and  cross  bones.] 

"  HERE  LYETH   INTERRED  YE  BODY  |   OF  MRS  JANE 
BVTLER    LATE    OF  |   RATHELL1NE    IN    Ye    COT 
OF    CATI1ER  |   LOUGH    WIDOW    WHO    DEPARTED  | 
THIS    LIFE    THE    21ST    OF    JANCT,  1719}    IN  |   THE 
61    YEAR    OF    HER    AGE,  |    AND    HER    YOVNGEST 

son  PERCE    |  BVTLER  who  dyed  some 

YEARS  |  BEFORE." 

And  on  the  same  stone — 

[Two  hearts  conjoined.] 
"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Jane  |  Edwahds  daughter  to 
ye  above  |  named  Jane  Butler  who  departed  this  |  life  ye 
4th  day  of  May  1750  Aged  72  years. 

Her  life  was  Faith,  Hope,  Charity,  and  Love, 
A  fit  companion  for  the  ISlest  above." 


A  mural  monument  on  the  left  as  you  enter  the  choir: — 

"  To  the  memory  of 
URBAN  VIGORS  of  old  leighlin  |  High 
Sheriff* of  the  Co:  Carlow  a.d.  1 70U.     died  1718  | 
And  of  111s  wife   [BRIDGET]   daughter  of 
ALLEN  TENCH  ESQt:E  |  Also  of  their  second 


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son  |  THOMAS  VIGORS  of  hetwood,  Queen's 
Co.  |  Captain  in  Lord  Ligonier's  Regt.  '  The  Black- 
Horse'*  |  High  Sheriff  of  the  Queen's  County  1 7 L4 
who  died  6th  October  1750  aged  65  |  and  of  his 
wife  ELIZABETH,  daughter  of  EDWARD 
MERCER  ESQnE,  and  also  of  their  only  son  | 
THE  REVEREND  EDWARD  VIGORS  |  of 

old  LEIGH  LIN    and    BURGAGE.  | 

He  was  a  man  greatly  respected  and  beloved  |  as  a 
Christian  Minister,  for  his  steady  friendship  and 
chanty  extended  alike  to  all.  |  He  died  L'Jth 
June  17{J7  aged  50. 

THE  REV  EDWARD  VIGORS  |  was  Curate 
of  this  Parish  from    1774  till  his  death  in    1 7L>7." 
[St.  John  iii.  IS.] 


Mural  tablet  on  the  south  wall  of  choir  or  chancel : 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  |  Nicholas  Aylward  Vigors,  M.P., 
second  sou  of  the  late  Nicholas  Aylward  Vigors,  of  Old  Leighlin, 
in  the  County  of  Carlow,  and  of  Catherine  Uichards,  eldest 
daughter  of  the  late  Solomon  Richards,  of  Solsborough,  in 
the  County  of  Wexford,  who  departed  this  life  October  26th, 
1 840,  in  the  53rd  year  of  his  age. 

With  the  co-operation  of  the  late  Sir  Stamford  Raffles,  he  was 
the  original  founder  of  the  Zoological  Society  of  London 
to  which  he  was  Honorary  Secretary  for  the  first  seven 
years  of  its  institution,  a  member  of  all  the  literary  and 
scientific  societies  of  Europe,  his  name  will  be  long  remembered 
to  science. 

In  private  life  he  was  most  amiable,  hospitable,  and  charitable, 
never  turning  his  face  from  the  wants  or  petitions  of  the  poor. 
This  monnment  is  raised  to  his  memory  by  his  sorrowing  sisters, 
to  whom  he  was  the  most  attached  and  best  of  brothers. 
To  live  in  hearts  we  leave  behind  is  not  to  die." 

The  above  is  white  marble  on  a  black  back ;  it  has  a 
sarcophagus  in  the  centre,  with  two  weeping  female  figures, 
one  at  either  end,  and  over  all  the  family  crest,  arms,  and  motto. 


Mural   monument   on  north  wall   of  choir,   nearer  the   east 


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1  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  |  Nicholas  Aylward  Vigors,  | 
a  native  oftliis  Parish,  |  who  at  the  age  of  seventy-three 
years,  |  the  greater  part of  which  he  spent  inconstant  residence  | 
in  the  land  of  his  birth,  |  terminated  a  virtuous,  beneficent,  and 
honourable  career  |  on  the  3rd  day  of  March,  1828. 
He  was  the  supporter  of  the  poor  and  oppressed,  the  asserter 
of  the  rights  and  liberties  of  mankind,  the  friend  of  the  people." 

[White  marble  on  black  back.] 


About  the  centre  of  the  north  wall,  and  opposite  the  bishop's 
throne,  is  a  monument : — 

"in  memory  of  I  THOMAS  TENCH  VIGORS 

ESQ..    J. P.    D.L.   |   OF    ERINDALE,    CO.    CARLOW  | 
WHO    DIED    20TH    FEB.    1850,    AGE    45.   |   ALSO    TO 
HIS    WIFE    JANE,  |   DIED    29th    OCT1'      |   18/9,    AGE 
80.  ALSO    THEIR  |   ONLY    DAUGHTER    MARY 

JANE  I   DIED    2S    SEP.   |    1850,    AGE     1G.       AND    IN 

LOVING   MEMORY   OF  |  THOMAS  NICHOLAS 

JOHN    VIGORS  |   UNDERGRADUATE    T.C.D.  | 

only  child  |  of  CAP.  &  MARY  H.  VIGORS  | 

AND    GRANDSON    OF    THE    ABOVE    |  WHO    DIED 
19TII    NOVR.    1879,    AGE     16.   |   ALSO    THE    ABOVE- 
MENTIONED  |  CAPTAIN  HENRY  RUDKIN 

VIGORS  |    LATE    OF    THE    8    BATT.    KING'S    R^ 
RIFLES  |  WHO    DIED    AT    KINGSTOWN   |  20  MARCH 
1883,    AGE    48." 


On  the  floor 


HERE  LYETH  THE  BODY  |  OF  JAMES  DEUOY 
WHO  DECEASED  THE  7™  DAY  OF  APRILL  ANO 
DOMII    1718." 


The   following  monument  is  on  the  north   wall,  near   the 
communion-table : — 

"IN"  MEMORY  OF  |  THE  REVERENT)  THOMAS  MERCER 
VIGORS  I  OF  BURGAGE  |  RECTOR  OF  POWERSTOWN 
C°  KILKENNY  |  WHO  DrED  AT  POWERSTOWN  GLEBE 
7  APRIL  LS50,  AGED  74.  j  AND  OF  ANNE  HIS  WIDOW,   ' 
DAUGHTER  OF  THE  REVD.  JOHN   CLIFFE  OF  ROSS 


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CO.  WEXFORD,  WHO  DIED  AT  BURGAGE  1ST  OCTOBER 
1861,  AGED  77.  |  ALSO  OF  THEIR  SONS,  EDWARD, 
WHO  DIED  AT  TOULOUSE  16  DECR.  1828  |  AGED  17. 

JOHN  CLIFFE,  died  an  infant.     JOHN 
CLIFFE,  B.A.  T.C.D.  major  carlow  rifles, 

DIED  AT  BURGAGE  9  JANT  1881,  AGED  66.      BARTH 

URBAN,  B.A.  T.C.D.  acting  advocate-general, 

WESTERN  AUSTRALIA,  WHO  DIED  AT  PERTH,  W.A., 
15  MARCH  1S54,  AGED  36,  AND  OF  CHARLOTTE 
ELIZABETH  his  widow  [married  15  JUNE  1865 
\  CHAS.  LEATHLEY,  ESQ.]  who  died  at  Dieppe, 

FRANCE,  1st  OCTOBER  1877,  AGED  45. 

THE  REVEREND  T.  M.  VIGORS 
SUCCEEDED  HIS  FATHER  AS  CURATE  OF  THIS  PARISH 
IN  1797,  UNTIL  1816;' 

["GOD  IS  LOVE." — 1  John  iv.  16.]    . 

Beneatli  are  the  family  crest,  arms,  and  motto — "  Spectemur 
••  agendo." 

The  following  are  in  the  churchyard  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  Memory. of  Lieutenant  Robert  Henry Boughton, 

of  the  85th  Regiment  of  Foot,  late  of  Corsham,  County  of 
Wilts,  England,  Died  the  30th  of  October,  1S27." 


Under  the  east  window  of  the  cathedral,  within  an  enclosure 
marking  the  family  vault,  and  planted  with  Irish  yew  trees: — 
" SACRED 
TO  THE  MEMORY  OF  ELIZABETH,  DAUGHTER  OF 
THE  LATE  REVD  EDWARD    VIGORS,  OF  BURGAGE 
C°  CARLOW.      SHE  DIED  ON  THE  30  JULY  1828." 
"  Blessed  are  the  dead  who  die  in  the  Lord." 


HERE  REST  THE  REMAINS  OF  THE  REVEREND 

EDWARD  VIGORS,  in  whom  every  virtue  that 

ENNOBLES  THE  MIND,  WAS  EMINENTLY  CON- 
SPICUOUS, BEST  KNOWN,  WHERE  CHARITY  HELD 
FORTH  HER  CLAIM,  OR  SORROW  DROPPD  A  TEAR. 


TO  WHOSE  MEMORY,  THIS  FAINT  EMBLEM  OF  HIS 
WORTH,  IS  DEDICATED  BY  HIS  AFFLICTED  WIDOW. 
HE  WAS  CALLED  FROM  THIS  LIFE,  OX  THE  27TiI  JUXE 
1797,  LX  THE  51st  TEAR  OF  HIS  AGE." 


Alongside  of  this  is: — 

"UNDERNEATH   LTETH   THE   BODY   OF   THOMAS 
VIGORS   ESQ™  WHO  DEPARTED  THIS  LIFE  THE 
CtU  OCTOBER  1750,  AGED  65  YEARS. 

also  RICHARD  VIGORS,  his  sox,  who 

DEPARTED  THIS  LIFE  THE  24th  OF  MAY  17b'0 
AGED  21  YEARS." 


In  the  same  enclosure  : 

"memorise  sacrum  I  JOHANNIS  ALCOCK 

ARMIG.   |   S.    SANCTVE    TRINITATIS    COLLEGII    | 
JUXTA    DUBLIN    ALUMNI    |  OBIIT    DIE    XXIX 
OCTOBIIIS    MDCCCXXIV   |  ^ETATIS    SU.E    XIX. 

Carissime  Vale !  O  sit  anima  mea 

Sed  fiat  Dei  voluntas.     Amen." 


Immediately    outside    this    enclosure    is    a    granite    stone, 
inscribed  : — 

"the  revd  GEORGE  ALCOCK  ouT  1867 

iETAT  57." 


Near  the  west  door  : — 

"Awaiting  a  glorious  Resurrection  |  through  our  Lord  Jes 
Christ  I  here  lietli  the  body  of  |   Ki.lkn  wife  of  Lieut. 
Colonkl  Jackson-.  |  She  departed  this  life  the  •'(Jtli 
October  |  1866,  aged  32  years." 

[St.  Johuxi.  -25  &  26.] 


Near  the  last  is  a  table-monument: 

"HERE     LTETH    THE    BODY    OF  |   COLONEL 

JOSHUA  A.  VIGORS  ok  the  52  d  regiment 

WHO    LED    THE    STORMING    PARTY     [OF    HIS 
REGIMENT]    TO    THE    CASHMERE    GATE    OF    HEI.Hl 
ON    THE     lfi1'11    OF    SEPTEMBER     LS57.       [he] 
DEPARTED    THIS    LIFE    ON    THE    30    OF    MARCH 
lsU-5    |    AGED    59    YEARS." 


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On  the  north  side  of  the  Cathedral,  within  an  iron  railing: — 

"TO    THE    MEMORY    OF  I  A    GOOD    MOTHER, 

SARAH  MOONEY.    died  in  june  1842,  | 

AGED    35    YEARS.'' 

[Then  follows  a  verse  from  the  Bible.] 

She  was  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  Peter  Mooney,  then  Incumbent 
of  Old  Leifdilin. 


On  the  north  side  of  the  Cathedral : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Mns.  Anne  Budkin,  wife  of 
Gilbert  Pickeiung  Kudkin,  Esq.     Thisstoue  was  erected 
in  order  to  perpetuate  the  virtues  of  the  best  of  wives,  the 
fondest  of  parents.     Her  life  was  short  and  not  unchequered 
by  pain  and  affliction  ;  but  she  bore  with  Christian  resignation 
the  dispensations  of  Heaven  ;  and,  knowing  that  this  earth 
was  not  her  place,  she  sought  her  abode  above  all  sublunary 
things,  on  the  18th  day  of  February,  181S,  aged  38  years." 

[This  is  an  altar  tomb.] 


'  Beneath  this  tomb  is  interred  the  remains  of  Mary  Phillips, 
wife  to  Biciiard  J.  Phillips,  Esq.,  of  Ballingate,  in  the 
County  of  Wexford,  and  third  sifter  to  Cornet  Bochc,  late 
of  Font  Hill,  in  this  county.     She  departed  this  life, 
October  the  29th,  1823,  aged  35  years." 


"  J.  H.  S. 
HERE  .  liIES  .  THE  .  BODY  .  OF  .  DANIEL 

LYON  .WHO  .  DESESED  .  MEAT  .  THE  .  

1731    .  AGED  .  33  .  YEARS." 


'Tombs  of  the  name  of  Nowlan,  Kavanagh,  and  Murphy  are  very 
numerous.  The  fence  (it  can  scarcely  be  called  a  wall)  round  the  burial- 
ground,  is  in  the  worst  possible  repair.  When  the  writer  visited  this 
scene,  some  pigs  were  industriously  rooting  over  the  graves  !  Of  the  state 
of  the  cathedral  we  have  little  better  to  report,  as  part  of  the  ceiling  of  the 
interior  has  fallen  down,  the  roof  in  general  is  in  a  state  of  decay,  and  the 
entire  edifice  carries  an  appearance  of  decline." 

It  is  now  just  sixty  years  since  Dr.  Ryan  wrote  the  above, 
and  it  affords  us  pleasure  to  be  able  to  put  on  record  that  a  very 
improved  state  of  things  has  taken  place  since  then  as  regards 
this  ancient  fabrick,  in  which  divine  service  has  now  been 
carried  on  for,  we  believe  we  may  say,  upwards  of  twelve 
hundred  years  !! 


The  following  is  the  full  inscription  on  the  stone  represented 
on  Plate  III.,  and  taken  from  a  rubbing  made  in  1884  by 
Colonel  Vigors  :—  ' 

At  the  head  of  the  stone  are  the  letters  "tjfjc,"  and  alono-  the 
right  side :— 

"  %)it  jacct  Ijitm  ^oljamus  mutus 
films  OTtlUImf  Mi  fcauto  nifi 
pfcratn  tt  mis  |  ujcor  |  iHafrtlla 
cf)  |  abanajjtjjilia  aonatt  bfltotium 
ests  quoin  atafcus  propter  urn 
&nt  |  s  am  |  en/* 

The  last  two  letters  are  in  the  centre  point  of  the  fine 
floriated  cross  at  the  head  of  the  stone.  In  a  second  line  along 
both  sides  of  the  stone  is  : — 

"gnno  fcommf .  mt.ctccUb  ,  obos. 
ots  t[iil  transits  |  rap  nrt 
mentors  stttis  .  futmus  qttotr 

eStlS  .  fltf"  |    in  a  third  line  "  CltlS," 

an(1  aliquant^  quofc  sum*}/' 

The  word  before  Johannes  in  the  above  inscription  is 
certainly  doubtful.  Mr.  Garstin  reads  it  as  g\£  or  $J<£4 
and  translates  it  as  Mr.,  but  it  appears  much  better  to  represent 
the  letters  frfr,  the  ft  appearing  to  go  both  above  and  below  the 
line.  The  only  way  to  account  for  the  word  hie  here  is,  that  it 
was  an  error  of  the  stonecutter. 

The  translation,  according  to  Mr.  Garstin,  is  : 

"  I.H.S.     Here  lies  Mr.  John  dumb  [or  only  ?'  son  of  William 
Fitz-David  Roe  y'  Brain,  and  his  wife  Mabella  Cavaiwli 


PLATE      3. 


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daughter  of  Donagh  of  Wilbinon  (?)  on  whose  souls  God  have 
mercy.     Amen.     Anno  domini  1555." 

"  0  vos  oinnes  qui  trausitis, 
Eogo  nostri  memores  sitis. 
Fuinius  quod  estis, 
Fueritis  aliquaudo  quod  sumus." 


Which  Mr.  Garstin  gives  thus  : — 

"  All  ye  travellers  who  pass  by 
Think,  I  pray,  of  me; 
As  ye  are,  so  once  was  I, 
As  I  am  so  ye  shall  be." 


The  lettering  on  this,  as  on  the  Sanders's  tomb,  is  also  Goth 


Mr.    Garstin   gives  the   following  as  the    translation   of  the 
inscription  on  William  O'Brin's  tomb  (see  p.  24)  : — 

I.  H.  S. 

Here  lies  William  O'Rrin,  son  of  Ferganain  [or  the  nameless] 
son  of  William   Fitz  David  Roe,  Gent.,  of  Corranloski*  and 
Ballenebrenagh,  and  burgess  of  Old  Leighlin.      He  died  on 
the  17th  of  June,  1569,  and  his  wife  Winna  Kavanagh, 
daughter  of  Maurice  Fitz  donagh,  of  Wilbinon  (?),  who 

died  on  the day  of  — — — — ,  A.D.  15 — ,  on  whose 

souls  God  have  mercy.     Amen. 


On  the  north  side  of  this  tomb  are  to  be  seen  the  hammer 
and  nails  and  other  details  of  the  Crucifixion  of  our  Lord.  On 
the  front  or  south  side  are  rudely  cut  arms  on  a  shield.  The 
animals  appear  to  have  been  intended  for  demi  wolves  or 
foxesf  couped,  and  the  word  L'RYN,  with  a  blank  before  it 
for  the  Christian  name. 

At  the  S.W.  corner  is  a  representation  of  the  groined  arched 
ceiling  of  the  tower  with  its  five  bell-rope  holes  [another 
similarly  carved  stone  has  lately  been  discovered,  and  rests 
against  the  tomb],  the  east  end  of  which  has  been  built  up  with 
portion  of  another  seventeenth  (?)  century  stone  with  lettering 
on  it,  but  which  does  nor  belong  to  this  tomb. 

♦  Now  knowu  as  Craan-loski.  ♦  Perhaps  lions  [?]. 


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The  following  is  the  lettering  on  the  tombstone  of  Bishops 
Sanders  and  Filay  [see  Plate  1.]:— 

Commencing  at  the  west  end  of  the  stone,  we  find  the  words 
I)tC  lit  CCt    anC^  alonS  tne  north  edge  of  the  stone— 

jHatljctts  san&crs  i$m  lerj^luun 
qui  —  oUit  xj 

At  the  east  end  or  foot  of  the  stone — 

tit0  Ut  timmfcrts  a0  ft 

And  along  the  south  side — 

jHcCWCjl'Iij;  W  [stone  broken]  [<ci]C  fcCUS 

propt— tttt  am 

And  at  the  end    £J]* 

A  large  floriated  cross,  it  will  be  seen,  runs  along  the  head  of 
the  stone,  having  in  its  centre  the  monogram  "tf»p,"  the 
£  being  used  in  place  of  £j. 

The  two  sunken  spaces,  one  in  the  centre  and  the  other 
near  the  foot  of  the  stone,  were  evidently  originally  occupied 
by  brasses  ;  the  first  representing  the  bishop  with  crazier,  and 
the  second  probably  had  an  inscription.  They  have  lonf  been 
absent,  and  there  is  no  record  of  them. 

The  ornamental  letters  and  figures  near  the  east  end  of  the 
stone,  were,  we  believe,  first  deciphered  by  Mr.  Garstin  in 
1884.     They  read  : — 

On  the  right  side  of  the  space  formerly  occupied  by  the 
bishop's  figure,  in  brass,  are  the  words — 

%\J0S  ft  lap  .  epg  Itfe*  broken]  (Fn  Oh  1567. 

Thus  showing  the  burial-place  of  two  bishops  of  the  diocese 
at  an  interval  of  eighteen  vears. 


I! 

?! 


•  t 


«  ■     . .  •,  tl 


OLD  LUG HUN  CATHtDKAl 
CO    CALLOW     183^ 

ibbiQGtiken  ai  Oct  1631  PD  * 


3.r) 

The  lettering  is  all  raised,  and  of  the  type  known  as  Gothic 
or  Lomhordic. 

The  stone  is  broken  across  the  centre,  as-  shown  in  the 
annexed  plate ;  the  eight  rivet-holes,  which  were  meant  to 
secure  the  brasses  to  the  stone,  can  also  be  seen.  The  plate  is 
from  a  rubbing  taken  in  October,  1884. 

The  following  is  the  translation  : — 

'  Here  lies  iMathew  Sanders,  Bishop  of  Lejghlin.,  who  died  on 
the  23rd  of  December,  1649.     To  whose  sou!  may  God  be 
gracious.     Amen.' 
And  'Thomas  Filay,  Bishop  of  Leighlin,  died  1567.' 

There  is  a  difference  between  the  date  of  Sanders's  death,  as 
recorded  on  his  tombstone,  and  that  given  by  Sir  James   Ware. 
In  one   of  his   works  he   names  the   14th,   and   in  another  the 
24th  of  December,  164'J,  as  the  date  of  his  death. 
(To  be  continued.) 


Parish  of  Kiitennell— Killedmtrad  Church. 

There  are  not   any  tombstones    or    monuments  within  this 
church.     The  font  is  very  modern  and  small — of  stone.     The 
following,  amongst  others,  are  in  the  churchyard: — 
"Dr.  John  Minchin,  1S23. 
Edward  O'Connor,  schoolmaster,  aged  SO,  1839. 
Loftus  Hatton,  of  Slyguff,  to  his  wife  Elizabeth,  ISoO:  also 
John  Loftus  Hatton  and  Thomas  Brereton  Hatton,"  &c,  &.c. 


"John  Leech,  of  Moctiny,  to  his  uife  Jane,  1851.'' 


[A  flat  stone.] 


"  G.  Griffith, 

1876 

Little's, 

Clere's, 

1828 

Kepples 

Brownrigg's, 

_ . 

Scott's, 

Newsom, 

1850 

This  burial-ground  is  kept  in  nice  order,  a 

on  all  concerned. 

Seward  says  the  church  then  [1795]  standing,  "  was  built  by 
the  late  .Mr.  Bagnall,  of  Dunleckney." 


3fi 
Dunleckney. 

EXTIiACTS   rKOM    VESTRV    BOOKS. 
(Continued from  p.  306,  vol.  i.) 

'  The  proceedings  on  12th   December,  1804,  about  Militia  money,  &c, 

are  signed,  first  time,  by  "  Philip  Newton  "  and  "  Jolin  Stewart."  '    ' ' 


;  Th 


e  names  of  the  seven  principals  and  their  substitutes  are  given.' 

1805.  '  A  committee  was  appointed  to  collect  subscriptions  for  buildin° 
a  gallery  in  the  church.'  e 


180G.  '2nd  Sept.  £42  18s.  5d.  now  in  hands  appropriated  to  the 
erection  of  the.  gallery. 

'  Francis  Dillon  signs  as  church  warden,  and  Wm.  Tyndall,  jnn. 

'Sept.  10.  .Mr.  l'atl  Joice  appointed  the  person  who  shall  have  the 
erecting  of  the  gallery,  for  the  sum  of  £96  5s.  9d.' 


1807.  '  Easter  Tuesday,  March  31.  Ordered  that  the  present  pulpit 
and  reading-desk  be  removed  to  one  of  the  east  angles  in  the  church,  and 
a  similar  one  erected  in  the  other  angle.' 

1807.  'June  23rd.     The  gallery  seats  appropriated— 
'  No.  ]  and  2  for  the  use  of  the  parish  in  general. 
'  No.  3  not  yet  applied  for. 
'  .No.  -1  for  the  use  of  James   O'Neil,  of  Carrigmore,  and  Saml.  Little,  of 

Hagenalstown. 
'  No.  5  for  the  use  of  the  incumbent  of  the  parish. 
4  No.  6  „  James  Kawson,  Ksqie. 

'No-7  »  Mrs.    O'Noile,    of   Garrihill,    and   John   and   Kobert 

Burrowes,  of  Bagenaistown. 
'  No.  H I  for  the  use  of  James  Agar,  of  Ballywilliamroe,  and  Benjamin  Cooke, 

of  Dunleckney. 
'  Nos.  9  &  10  be  for  the  use  of  parishioners  in  general.' 

'Xovr.  24.  Ordered  that  the  sum  of  £125  15s.  Od.  be  raised  off  the 
Parish  ol  Dunleckney,  and  £(J8  9s.  Od.  off  the  Parish  of  Augha,  to  pro- 
vide substitutes  for  their  quota  of  Militiamen  to  serve  for  these  parishes  in 
the  County  ol  Carlow  Militia,  Ac. 

'  Signed,  Weldon  J.  Jlolony,  Vicar. 

And  by  the  ch.  wardens  and  some  parishioners.' 


1809.  '4  April.     Ordered  that  Hichard  and  Mathew  Weld,  Esqre.   and 
the  l.Wd.  W.  J.  Molony  be  paid   the  sun,  of  £19  0,  Od.  expelled  by 
them  lor  the  alteration  and  erection  ol  the  pulpits'  («..•;. 
(To  be  cwUinued.) 


> 


i 


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Myshall  l»arish. 

Tlie  Plate  on  the  opposite  page  is  a  representation  of  the 
very  beautiful  statue  of  "  Innocence  "  erected  to  the  memory 
of  Miss  Duiruid  by  her  parents,  and  described  at  page  306  of 
vol.  i.  (Report  for  1691). 


Urglin  Parish. 

'  Inscription  ou  a  tombstone   in   Urglin  or    Rutland   Churchyard,  near 
Carlow':— 

"  Underneath  are  deposited  the  Bones  of  Benjamin  Coleman, 
formerly  of  Gurteen  in  this  County,  which  were  discovered  in 
a  stone  quarry  near  Carlow,  on  the   14th  of  August,  1S32, 
nearly  32  years  after  his  misteriotis  disappearance. 
He  was  a  Dutiful  Son,  an  affectionate  Brother,  a  loving  Husband, 
a  kind  Father,  a  steady  friend,  and  a  good  subject.     This 
Tomb  was  Erected  as  a  tribute  to  his  memory  by  his  only- 
Son  Benjamin,  of  the  City  of  Dublin." 


'The  following  is  a  short  account  of  the  deceased.  He  was  uncle  to  my 
late  father,  and  was  a  yeoman  at  the  time  of  the  Irish  Rebellion  in  the 
year  1798.  He,  with  others,  occupied  a  temporary  barrack  in  Dublin- 
street,  Carlow,  called  the  Bear-Inn,  portion  of  which  is  now  occupied  by 
Mrs.  Morton.  He  had  some  occasion  to  leave  his  barrack,  about  mid- 
night, and  was  never  seen  alive  afterwards.  His  remains  were  discovered 
by  the  edge  of  a  place  called  the  Quarry  Hole,  near  St.  Atine's  Church,  on 
the  Athy  road.  Some  of  the  cloth  of  his  uniform  was  quite  fresh,  red  and 
blue ;  also  his  epaulettes  aud  buttons,  some  of  which  I  had  in  my  posses- 
sion until  a  short  time  ago.  There  was  an  inquest  on  his  remains  ;  there 
was  a  hole  in  his  skull  at  the  back  part  of  the  head,  and  the  doctor  and 
jury  came  to  the  conclusion  that  it  was  made  by  a  small  sledge  or  large 
hand  hammer,  and  caused  his  death. 

Benjamin  Coleman.' 


COUNTY    CAVAN. 

"We  regret  to  have  to  place  on  record  the  fact  that  we  ha 
neither  subscriptions  to  acknowledge,  nor  literary  contribute 
to  enter,  from  this  county. 

"Tis  true,  and  pitv  is.  'tis  true." 


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COUNTY    CLAEE. 


Kilfenora  t'hureliyard. 

I.       "  Dosaldl's  Macdokagh  et  uxor  ejus  Maria  O'Cokou 

sibi  et  snis  ambobus  posteris  hunctumulum  fieri  fecere  An 
Dui  1685. 

"  Momeuto  Mori. 
Formo  favor  populi  fervor  juvenilis  opesque 
Subripuere  tibi  nosccre  quid  sit  homo 
Post  hominem  vermes  post  vermem  foetor  et  horror, 
Sic  in  non  homiuem  vertitur  onmis  homo 
Sic  transit  gloria  mundi. 
Quisquis  eris  qui  tvansieris  sto  perlege,  plora. 
Sum  quod  eris,  fueramquc  quod  es ;  pro  me,  precor,  ora." 

TRANSLATION. 

].  'Donald  Macdonogh  and  his  wife  Maria  O'Conor  caused  this 
monument  to  be  made  for  themselves  and  for  their  posterity, 
on  both  sides,  A.D.  KJ85. 

Remember  death. 
A  fine  form,  the  good  will  of  the  people,  youthful  ardour 
and  wealth  have  snatched  from  thee  how  to  know  what  man  is. 
After  tiie  man,  a  worm,  after  the  worm  foul  smell  and  horror. 
Thus  even  man  is  turn.dinto  what  is  not  a  man. 
Thus  the  glory  of  this  world  parses  away. 
Whoever  thou  art  who  shall  pass  by 
Pause,  read  carefully,  am!  lament. 
I  am  what  thou  wUt  be,  and  have  been  what  thou  art, 
pray  for  me,  I  beseech  thee." 

Crest — A  gauntleted  hand  holding  a  sword  with  serpent   twined  ro 
blade. 

Shield — Parti  per   chevron,  two   griffins  rampant   above,  boar  pas: 
below  chevron.     No  tinctures  decipherable. 

Motto — "  Prubitis  est  optima  virtus." 

"  Uprightness  is  the  best  of  virtues."  ' 


'  Tomb  within  church,  north  «  ill,  son  buried  in   same  tomb, 
ti  u  (_1  uglish)  below,  now  concealed  by  pew1 : — 

"James  Macdonogh  built  well  near  Church,"  with  followi 
inscription  :  "Deo  et  13.  Fechuuiio  hoc  opuseuluni  fuuusi' 
Donai.i  us  Mai  ounogh  licentin  et  permissione  Kpiscopi 
Fineboreiisis  la  Ano  Dni  16S7." 


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TRANSLATION. 

'  Donald  Macdonogh  by  license  and  the  permission  of  the 
Bishop  of  Finebor,  founded  this  little  work  to  God, 
Anno  Domini  1G87.' 


'  In  churchyard,  near  south  wall  of  chance)': 

"  Non  quem  qnam  defraudavi,  me  soepe  fefelli. 

Et  .Marti  et  Baccho  soepe  tributa  dodi. 

Patk  Lysoght  obiit  Anno  Dni  17-11  oetat  suoe  85." 
'  I  have  not  deceived  anyone,  I  have  often  patronised 

[faction]  fights  and  bouts  of  drinking. 

1'atrick  Lysaght  died  A.D.  1741,  aged  85.' 


'North  wall  of  chancel,   tomb  of  Dean  Blood,  who  presented  Com- 
munion plate' : — 

"  Homo  quasi  flos  egreditur  et  fugit  velut  umbra. 
Sic  t.acite  fugerant  et  piguora  chara  pareutum.     Pectora  quod 
cruciat  moesta  dolore,  sua.     Nomina  si  quoeras  honiai,  si 
tempora  mortis,  Ecce  notaj  subsunt  qua  tibi  cuncto  notant. 
Videlicet  Neptunus  qui  fuit  Alius  Kev"  Nept.  Blood,  Decani 
Fineborensis  ejusque  uxoris  Isabellas  Blood  alias  Pullein 
expiravit  1°  die  Julii  1683,  mense  setat  13°  Elizabeth  B. 
exp.  21"  Sept.,  163S.     Mse  iet  6  —  Johannes  Blood  exp. 
17"  Maii  1B04.     Al"  Oct.  5"  Amabilis  euim  Debora  B: 
expiravit  5°  die  Junii,  1G95,  ana  jetat  9  s  Theodosia  B  • 
exp.  20°  Apr.  1609.  M«  set  13°. 
Pius  et  peraeutus  vuro  juvenis  Gulielmus  Blood  expiravit 
13°  die  -Martii  1699  An"  retat  16J,  Lepidus  etiam  Neptanus 
expiravit  30°  die  .Martii,  1700,  An"  setatis  octavo.     Qui 
hie  inferius  sepcliuntur." 

TUE    BLOOD   MONUMENT. 
'Man  as  a  flower  groweth  up  and  passes  away  as  a  shadow. 
Thus  silently  have  passed  even  the  dear  pled'ges  of  love 
to  parents  whose  sorrowful  hearts  are  tortured  with  <rief. 
If  you  would  seek  the  names  of  these  and  the  dates  of 

their  death,  lo !   the  lines  which  are  below  tell  thee  all 

Namely — Neptune,  son  of  the  Kevd.  Neptu.ve  Blood, 
Dean  of  Finebor  [Kilfeuora  ?],  and  his  wise  Isabella  Blood, 
otherwise  Pullein,  who  died  on  the  1st  July,  IGsj,  :1..,.j  13  ■ 
also  Klizaei.tu  B  i.,„,i>],  who  died  21  September,  1(JSS,  a-ed 
C.     John  1!.  w}10  iiiecj  j;  Jiav,  j,;.,  (j  .,Ulii  -  v<_.  n. . .  aIsQ  ° 
the  aimable  Deboua  B.  who  died  5th  or  June,  1695,'  a  'ed  <h 
Also  Theodosia  B.,  who  died  20  April,  1699,  astilVS 
years  ;  aLo  the  dutitul  and  clever  youth  \\  illiam  B.,  who 


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died  13th  March,  1699,  aged  10  ;  also  Lkpedus  Neptonth 
who  died  30  day  of  March,  1700,  in  the  8th  year  of  his  agi 
and  these  arc  buried  here  below.' 


IV.  'Under   shrine   in  chancel,   flat  stone,    head   to  west.     Inscription 
deeply  cut  round  margin  beginning  at  west ' : — 

"Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Hy  Gatel,  one  who  lived  21  yeares 
deane  of  this  Church  and  died  in  September  1638." 


V.  *  Altar-tomb,  four  panels,  in  chancel  near  nave,  south  side.    Iuscrij 
cut  in  relief: — 
"William  Magencharig  I  (?)  and  his  wife  Eliz.  Medea  (?) 

made  this  tombe  anno  Dni  1650." 


'  Also  in  chancel,  south  side,  head  to  east,   effigy  of  a  priest  holding 
chalice,  on  a  flat  stone.     No  inscription.' 


The   following  imperfect  inscription   is  given  as    far  as  is 

possible : — 

"  Beneath  lie  the  remains  of  Mrs.  Bridget  Lysaght,  alias 
Jordan,  aud  of  J  .  .  .  [broken"  the  beloved  wife  and  child 
of  Danl  Lysaght,  a  tribute  of  respect  paid  to  their  memory 
by  a  kind  husband  and  fond  parent,  both  of  whom  died 
in  18[4?]3. 

All  the  rest  torn ." 


Seward  says  of  this  place  that  the  cathedral  is  very  ancient, 
but  in  good  repair  ;  the  nave  is  full  of  old  family  monuments, 
and  in  the  choir  is  that  of  St.  Fechran,  its  original  founder, 
having  the  effigies  (sic)  of  the  saint  carved  at  full  length. 

'  Here  are  also  seven  crosses,  each  of  which  is  formed  of  a  single  stone, 
and  ornamented  with  very  antient  sculpture.' 


Parish  of  Hilrnsh. 

'  The  church  of  Kilrush  is  said  to  be  very  ancient.  A  traditional  elegy 
is  preserved  in  the  neighbourhood,  ascribing  its  building  to  Sen  anus,  the 
'successor  of  St.  Patrick.' 

Parish  of  Killard. 

'This  church  is  unroofed,  but  the  walls  are  standing'  (1816). 


Parish  of  Kilfieragh. 

•  This  church  is  said  to  have  been  rebuilt  by  the  Macdonnel  family  early 
in  the  last  century ;  it  is  in  thorough  repair,  and  has  divine  service  iu  it 
regularly,  with  a  large  congregation  in  the  summer  time.' 


Parish  of  Jiojarta. 

'  This  church  is  in  ruins,  the  greater  part  of  it  having  been  taken  away 
to  cover  graves.  It  is,  however,  a  great  burial-place  for  the  ancient  septs 
of  .Macmahon,  O'Cahan,  O'Honeen,  &c.  If  the  traveller  should  feel  any 
surprise  at  seeing  the  celebrated  name  of  "Conti"  inscribed  on  several 
tombstones  here,  he  may  conclude  they  cover  the  remains  of  descendants  of 
some  of  the  illustrious  visitors  of  the  Clahe  family  at  the  neighbouring 
castle  and  mansion  of  Carrigaholt. 

'  A  large  bell  was  found  here  a  few  years  ago,  and  sent  to  Limerick, 
where  it  was  sold.' 


Kilballyhoue  Parish. 

'The  church  is  without  a  roof,  nor  is  it  likely  that  it  has  been  covered 
in  for  a  century  and  a-half ;  yet  the  walls  are  standing,  and  in  perfect 
repair.  The  arch  of  the  door  is  Gothic,  and  seems  low,  as  the  graves  and 
tombstones  have  raised  the  surface  of  the  inside  of  the  church  several  feet 
above  the  level  of  the  ancient  floor,  the  hard  aud  almost  impenetrable 
surface  of  which  generally  forms  the  bottom  of  the  graves.  Here  are  the 
remains  of  a  baptismal  font,  which  has  been  broken  ;  but  on  each  side  of 
the  square  pedestal  which  supported  it,  are  figures  not  iuelegantly  sculp- 
tured ;  but  only  two  of  them  remain  perfect — one  of  these  is  an  (sic)  human 
figure,  bare-headed,  with  a  staff  or  crozier  in  his  band;  aud  the  other  a 
tree,  with  two  projecting  branches.' 


Kilcarrol. 

'The  ruined  church  of  Kilcam.l  stands  on  a  sequestered  spot,  within 
half  a  mile  of  Kilrush.  In  it  are  the  remains  of  a  worm-eaten  wooden 
image,  held  in  the  greatest  veneration  by  the  peasantry;  aud  near  tne 
church  is  a  circular  mound  of  earth  and  stones,  from  the  top  ot  which, 
tradition  says,  St.  Carrol  preached.     This  is  a  popular  burial-place.' 


Kildimo   [or  Kildeemo]. 

'  Every  vestige  of  this  church  has  disappeared ;  but  tradition  records  its 
situation  in  an  orchard  near  the  residence  of  the  late  Mr.  Arthur  O'Donnel.' 


lailiici'alla    ii  <  lniroh 

'  Is  in  ruins,  situated  near  Clarefield,  in  the  pari.-h  of  Kilfleragh.  It  is 
the  burial-place  of  the  Protestant  families  of  Cox  and  Scales,  who  have 
leases  fn  perpetuity  of  adjoining  farms  from  the  representatives  of  the 
Ballykett  Hickman  family.' 


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Kilcrony 

'  Is  situated  on  the  Shannon,  near  Dnnaha.  It  is  remarkable  only  as 
the  burial-place  of  the  ancient  and  respectable  family  of  Mokonv  or 
Moroni.' 

Kilkredane. 

'  There  are  considerable  ruins  of  two  ancient  churches  in  this  place.  In 
one  of  them  is  a  burial-place  of  the  .Uacdok.nells  of  Kilkea.' 


Koss. 


'The  church  of  Ross  is  situated  near  the  natural  bridges,  on  the  remote 
and  wild  bay  called  by  this  name.     It  is  30  feet  long  and  15  feet  wide.' 


liilcoan. 


'At  a  small  distance  from  Doss,  and  divided  from  it  by  a  bog,  the  ruins 
of  the  church  of  Kilcoau  were  some  years  ago  perceptible.  It  was  called 
the  church  of  Coan,  a  survivor  of  the  nine  saints  whose  bodies  lie  in  the 
churchyard  of  Ross.' 


'  An  ancient  bell,  said  by  O'Halloran  and  many  others  to  belong  to  St. 
Senanus's  altar,  is  still  preserved  by  the  descendants  of  the  family  of 
O  Kane,  in  "  tlie  \\  est,"  and  the  spot  on  which  it  is  averred  that  it  fell 
from  heaven  for  the  saint's  use,  is  .hewn  at  the  cross,  between  Kildimo 
and  Farriliy,  where  an  altar  has  been  erected  to  commemorate  the  event 
This  relic  of  antiquity  is  covered  by  a  strong  coat  of  silver,  firmly  fastened 
to  it,  aud  ornamented  by  raised  figures  ;  it  is  in  geueral  use  for  the  dis- 
covery of  petty  thefts,  and  the  clearance  ot  characters.  Many  of  the 
country  people  would  not  swear  falsely  on  the  "Golden  Bell,"  as  it  is 
called,  for  they  are  taught  from  their  infancy  that  the  consequent  of  such 
an  act  would  be  instant  death.' 


Scatter?  Island. 

'The  remains  of  the  monument  of  Senanus,  which  was  defaced  by  the 
Danes  m  816,  are  still  to  be  seen  in  battery  Island,  with  the  ruins  of 
eleven  churches,  and  several  cells.  In  the  stone  that  closes  the  to,,  of  the 
altar  window  ot  the  cathedral  church,  is  the  head  of  a  saint,  with  his  mitre 
boldly  executed,  and  but  little  defaced.  This  is  one  of  the  most  popular 
burial-places  in  the  county;  bat  it  U  not  very  easv  of  access  in  stormy 
weather:  the. ncouveuience  is  remedied  by  a  burial-place  called  ShanakiiI 
<the  old  church),  in  the  townlauds  of  Leadmore,  near  Kilrush.  The  country 
people  bene^e  that  all  the  bodies  buried  in  this  latter  place  nr  i  min  ul  msly 
conveyed  under  the  bed  of  the  river  into  the  holy  ground  oYinmscaTTekv.' 


'There  are  no  public  libraries,  nor  any  manuscripts,  except  a  few  in  the 
Irish  character,  preserved  by  a  family  of  the  .Mac.Mahuns,  in  Carrigaholt.' 

'The  Roman  Catholic  chapels  are  five — viz.,  at  Kilrush,  Dcnbeg, 
Lissdeen,  Mi.yahta,  and  Kii.lallyhone;  most  of  these  have  been  rebuilt 
and  slated  since  the  year  1799.' 


'list  of  incumbents,  extracted  from  tue  first  fruits'  records.' 

"  Rect.  sive  prebend,  tie  Kilrush,  Marcos  Lynch,  stndeut  deprived; 
the  preb.  sequest.  to  Rob.  Tuesden,  val.  £o0. 

"  Robert  Wilson,  admiss.  et  iustitut.  f'uit  ac  iustallat.  prio.  die  Oct. 
1C70,  in  Praebend.  de  Eniscathie,  als.  Kilrush,  in  Com.  Clare,  £4  ster. 

"Guliel.  Bedell,  iustitut.  et  collat.  iustallat.  f'uit  prim,  die  Septemb. 
eod.  anno  (1G70)  in  Prebend,  de  l-.uniscathie,  als.  Kilrush,  in  Coin.  Clare, 
£4  ster. 

'•Joiies  Paterson,  cler.  institnt.  et  installat.  fuit  25°  die  ffebruar. 
1685,  in  Prebend,  de  Inniscathy,  als.  Iniscatrie,  als.  Kilrush,  et  eod.  die 
institut.  fuit  ad  in  Vicar,  de  Killard. 

Killfieragh,  Killballiuone,  ct  Motarta,  Com.  Clare.' 

"Johes  Vandalf.ur,  cler.  in  Artibs.  magr.  collat.  fuit  6"  die  May, 
1GS7,  ad  Prebend,  de  Iniscathrie,  als.  Kilrush,  £1,  Vicar,  de  Moyfeita 
J0s.,  Killard  10s.,  Killfeiragh  2()s,  et  Killballyhaue  los.  4d.,  Com.  Clare. 

"Richard  Bullen,  liect.  Kilrush,  1  .Nov.  1752. 

"  William  Lewis,  Rect.  Kilrush,  4  June,  1753,  Clare. 

"William   Watson,  1!.  Kilrush,  1  Aug.  17G7,  Clare. 

"  Irwine  Wiiitty,  collated  24  July,  1777,  P.  Knniscathrie,  £4,  Kil- 
fieragh,  Moyarta,  Killballyhone,  and  Killard,  Clare,  n.t. 

"George   Baker,  A.B.,  instituted  9  April,  1799,  R.  Kilrush,  Clare. 

"George  Gustavus  Baker,  instituted  1  Aug.,  179(5,  It.  Kilrush, 
Clare. 

"Stakdish  Grady,  instituted  19  June,  1805,  vice  G.  G.  Baker,  re- 
signed, who  held,  7  August,  1796,  R.  ICrtish,  Clare." 

[Mason.] 


Of  the  above  parishes,  &c,  Lewis  says  : — 

"  The  church  of  Kilrush  is  a  large  edifice,  with  an  embattled  tower 
crowned  with  pinnacles  ;  it  was  built  in  181o,  near  the  site  of  the  ancient 
church,  of  which  the  ruins  form  an  interesting  and  picturesque  appendage; 
it  contains  a  well-executed  mural  tablet  to  the  late  .Mr.  Vandelcur. 

"The  (B.C.)  parochial  chapel  is  a  spacious  building,  with  a  well- 
executed  altar-piece. 

"  At  Mullagha  are  the  ruins  of  an  ancient  chapel,  supposed  to  have  been 
built  by  St.  Senan,  who  is  said  to  have  been  a  native  of  that  place. 
Attached  to  it  is  a  burial-ground,  still  in  use,  and  near  it  a  holy  well. 
There  are  several  forts  and  rath.-,  in  this  parish." 


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'Killard  is  bounded  on   the  west  by  the  Atlantic 
modern  building.' 


'  Iulfieragh,  seven  miles  from  Kilrush,  on  the  coast.  The  church,  a 
small  plain  building  without  a  tower,  is  said  to  have  been  rebuilt  by  the 
M'Douuell  family,  early  in  the  last  century.  It  was  repaired  a  few  years 
since,  at  an  expense  of  £100. 

'  At  Kilnaiiai.lagii,  on  the  western  side  of  Ponlanishery  Harbour,  a 
nunnery  is  said  to  have  been  founded  by  St.  Senan  ;  it  is  called  "  C)li)4- 
C4)Ueclj,"  or  the  "  Church  of  the  Xuns,"  and  the  ruins  of  the  chapel  still 
exist,  with  a  burial-ground  attached.' 


1  Moyaf.ta  is  another  coast  parish,  between  the  Shannon  and  the 
Atlantic.  The  ruins  of  the  old  church  still  remain,  and  the  burial-ground 
contains  some  tombstones,  inscribed  with  the  celebrated  French  name 
"  Conti,"  some  of  whom  are  supposed  to  have  been  visitors  of  the  Clare 
family  at  the  neighbouring  castle  of  ''  Currigaholt."  The  MacMahons  are 
said  to  have  once  had  a  residence  in  this  parish.' 


'  Kilballyhonl,  or  Kilballyowen- — The  ruins  of  the  old  church 
still  remain  in  the  burial-ground  ;  and  at  Boss  are  those  of  another,  but 
much  smaller.' 


Bunratty. 

'Mural  monument  in   the  chancel  of  Bunratty  ruined  church;  letters 
sunk  Boman  capitals  ;   no  date  ' : — 

"  Here  Lieth  The  Valiant  Brave  and  Just 
Captain  Dalton  now  in  Dust 
I  Know  Said  The  Captain  My 
LorD  And  Redeemer  J.  C.  Liveth  And 
Although  My  Body  is  Dust 
Still  With  Mine  Eyes  I  shall  See 
The  LorD  God  of  Hosts." 

[From  J.  G.  Barry,  Esq.] 


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COUNTY    CORE. 

C'aMfctownroche  lparish. 

[From  Major  J.  Grove  White,  57th  Regiment.] 

'Tablets  on  the  walls  inside  the  church  ' : — 

"  Near  this  place  |  In  the  Family  Vault  |  of  William  Veiilinq 
Esqre.  Councr.  at  Law  |  Lye  the  Remains  |  of  his  wife 
Martha  Vkhling,  |  Daughter  of  Hoddeu  Roberts  Esqre.  | 
Her  affectionate  husband  |  in  gratitude  to  the  Memory  |  of 
a  most  faithful  and  loving  wife  j  fond  mother  and  sincere 
friend  |  caused  this  little  monument  to  be  erected.  |  Slie 
dyed  at  the  city  of  Corke  |  on  the  30th  day  of  April  1769.  | 
Aged  49  years.  |   And  sleeps  in  full  but  humble  confidence  | 
of  a  Joyful  Kesserrection  (sic).  |  Her  Daughters  Ja.ne  and 
Catherine  sleep  J  with  her." 


Sphinx,  Egypt.  XLIV.  Regt. 
Crossed  swords  through  a  laurel  wreath,  in  front  of  crossed  colours. 
"To  the  Memory  of  [  Brevet-Major  John  Loftus  Otway 
Mansergu  I  44  Regiment  |  who  died  near  Aden  on  his 
passage  to  England.  |  on  the  24tii  January  1S63.  |  aged 
27  years    |  after  arduous  exertions  in  the  zealous  perform- 
ance |  of  his  duty  on  Field  Service  |  in  the  North  of  China.  | 
This  Tablet  |  is  erected  by  the  officers  of  the  Regiment  | 
•as  a  tribute  of  their  love  and  esteem  |  and  to  mark  their 
deep  regret  |  at  the  loss  ot  one  |  whose  worth  and  many 
noble  qualities  |  Had  so  much  endeared  him  J  to  his 
Brother  officers." 

'There  is  also  a  tablet  to  the  memory  uf  Mart,  the  wife  of  John  South- 
gate  Mansergh,  of  Greenane,  County  Tipperary,  and  only  child  of 
1'icuAUD  Martin,  of  Clifford,  Castleiownroche  Parish.  She  died  3rd 
Sept.,  1811,  37  years  of  age.' 


'A  tablet   is  erected  to  the  memory  of  Anna,  wife  of  Captn.  W, 
Hoare.     She  died  3rd  January,  1S.5(J,  asred  28  vea>V 


In  the  churchyard  '  :— 

'•  Jn.  Comyn  of  Clare  Castle,  Co.  Clave,  died  22nd  August, 
le>25,  aged  27  years." 


"  Burial  Place  of  Jj 


4C> 
Charles  Hay,  died  3rd  August,  1771." 


Louisa  Teresa,  wife  of  William  Rogees  Johnson. 


Francis  Elif.,  native  of  Grenville,  Normandy,  died  7th  May 
1834,  aged  45  years." 

'Susanna  Agnes  Myi.es,  wife  of  William  Myles.     She  died 
15th  August,  1887,  aged  48  years." 


1  Robert  Webb,  J.P.,  of  Quartertown  House,  Mallow,  died 
23rd  November,  188.',  aged  53  years." 


;Jon\  Webb,  of  Castletownroche,  died  3rd  July,  18GS, 
aged  37  years." 


'John  Webb,  died  loth  October,  1816.  aged  59  3'ears. 
Frances,  his  wife,  died  Gth  December,  1818. 
Robert,  their  son,  died  February,  1852,  aged  63  years. 
His  wife  Mary  died  1832,  aged  42  years." 

Alexander  Reid,  of  Montrose,  in  Scotland."     (Illegible.) 


'Thomas  Keats,  of  Castletownroche,  died  23rd  February, 
1825,  aged  74  years.  Also  his  sou  Thomas,  died  15tli 
January,  1828,  aged  1  year  and  9  months." 


'  William  Wilson,  Esqre.,  of  Kilcummer  Honse,  died  8th 
January,  1874.     His  father  .u.J  mother  also  lie  here." 


;  Revd.  John  Lee.  Rector  of  Bridgetown,  County  Cork,  died 
22nd  December,  1873,  aged  51  years." 

Erected  by  Sidney  CnnrnR.iN,  to  the  memory  of  his  -on 
Joseph,  who  died  19th  May,  1860,  aged  13  years." 


Erected  by  Edward  Wilson,  in  memorv  of  his  father 
Michael  Wilson,  died  17th  December,  1859,  aged  56  ye 


James  Saviixe,  Sergeant  2nd  Rattn.  1st  Rorals,  di 
cholera  at  Nusserabad,  1st  Sept.,  18(59,  aged30  yes 


"Erected  by  Sergeant  James  and  Ellen  Swuiv  9™1  r  «. 
1st  lioyals,  in  remembrance  of  their  two  3JES Ws  and"' 
John,  who  died  28th  December,  1805,  aged  2  vent-    and 

irsSir  AiJriA  El,T'  clied  ^--A  a?  L 

Sept.,  1867,  aged  1  yearand  6  months.     Also  Anna 
Catheiune,  died  3rd  November,  1869,  aged  10  months." 

"Julia  O'Callaghan,  died  1st  January,  1869,  aged  2q  years 
Also  her  brother  Dan,  died  20th  September,  18C3  a4l  M 

31st  Jj l,    It,^  ^d  03  years.     Also  their  father,  T«oth* 
OCallaghan,  died  31st  January,  1880,  aged  7(J  years." 

"Mama  Elizabeth  Eccles  Maginn,  born  31  Avet    ifKi 
Jed  6  Octr    1858      Also  Ann  Eccles  Maginn^  fori,     ^ 
23  Deer     I8o2,  died  4  Nov.,  18G4.     Also  Jaws  1  "clfs- 
Maginn,  born  17  Nov.-,  1865,  died  6  June,  1866 

aS  Mam  hi'  A VMA^rN'  A;^'  i:eCt01'  °f  C-t'etWnrocie, 

and  mam  hu  wife.     Mart  Maginn,  died  .March,  1875 

and  Ann  Maginn,  died  Septr,  1881,  sisters  of  C.  A.  Maww. 

'  Revd.  John  Maginn   Rpctm-  «f  p«0it»*  ,      ,.  , 

Octr     IK  in   ,      iT,  '         .?        Lastletownroehe,  died  25t!;, 
vcn.,  te-JU,  aged  3b  years. 


"Edmond  Doyle,  died  7th  Feby,  1756,  aged  92  years 
His  w,fe  Elizabeth  died  14th  November,  1762." 

«  Erected  by  Pat  and  James  Naq^o!  Ballysheen,  to  their 
father  John,  who  died  10  July,  1836,  aged  59  years." 

"lmS77°6fifis  ?:  ^? of  her  ^aDdson  ge-  g-- 


"Erected  by  John  Brownk,  of  Mallow.  j„  memory  of  ills 
lather  fiioMAS,  who  died  4  Janv     ls9cj   ,  !  .  r A 
^;M  of  his  mother  Cax„,:,,S^-;-^,.^- 
Alsoms  brother."     (Illegible.)  °  '  1MJ' 

"tliJ  b{-  5°WEUDS  O'B^Tof  Castletownroche,  in 

memory  o<  his  son  John,  who  died  29  Sept.,    1834." 

'«&.«*  Dr.slank,  died  25  Mar.,  1762.  aged  4;)  yean,." 


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Burial   Place  of  Pat  Clancy  and   Family,  and  their 
daughter  Ellen."     (Illegible.) 


Revd.  Thomas  Hoare,  Piector  of  Castletownroche, 
28  April,  1770,  died  15  Dec.,  1835." 


■  John  Welstead,  died  18th  October,  1808,  aged  42  years, 
erected  by  his  widow  Bridget."  [Altar-tomb.] 


;  Chlotilta  Lucy  Hoare,  died  13  July,  1886,  aged  75  years. 


;  Jeremiah  O'Callaghan,  died  28  Sept.,  1810,  aged  G8 
years."     (Family  Burial  Place.) 

'Thomas  Upington,  died  July,  1808."     (Family  Burial  Place.) 


Erected  by  Daniel  Murphy  in  memory  of  his  brother 
Bartholemew,  who  died  13  July,  1839,  aged  34  years.' 

Mary  Kee,  died  25  Nov.,  1778." 


John  Fling,  died  1736,  aged  64  years." 


;Joiin  Roche,  died  27  March, 


Erected  by  Daniel  and  Patrick  Barry,  of  Castletonnroche, 
in  memory  of  their  father  Thomas,  who  died  23  October,  1828." 

'  Family  Burial  Place  of  Ulick  Fi.inn,  of  Ballygrican.     He 
died  7th  August,  1785,  aged  69  years."     (Illegible.) 


Johanna  O'Brien,  of  Renny,  died  4  April,  1801,  aged 
20  years.     Erected  by  her  father  William." 


William  Clancy,  died  1791,  aged  29  years,  erected  by 
his  father  Timothy." 


Timothy  Clancy,  died  March,  17S7,  aged  3S  y( 


Mathias  Collins,  died  10  Novr.,  1786,  aged  58  yea 


Erected  by  Pat  Collins,  Rathnacarten.  to  memory  of 
his  father  Matiiew,  who  died  23  -March,  1S78,  aged  80 
years.     Also  his  mother  Maugaket,  who  died  1st  1".  by.. 
1S70,  aged  5S  years." 


William  Collins,  died  12  May,  1762,  ai 


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"  Mrs.  Mary  Maksergh,  died  3  Sept.,  1811,  aged  37  years." 


"Matthew  Blake,  died  lt>  March,  1871,  aged  50  years. 
Erected  by  his  widow  Johanna  Blake." 


"Eevd.  James  Coleman,  died  November,  176S,  aged  33  years." 

'The  vault  of  the  Grove  Family  (now  extinct),  and  subsequently  of 
the  Grove-Annksley  Family  of  Anne's  Grove,  Castletownroehe,  has'  no 
inscription  on  the  slab  which  is  on  the  footpath  on  south  side  of  the  church. 
The  vault  goes  under  the  church.' 


'The  vault  of  the  Furlong  Family  is  in  east  side  of  churchyard,  and 
bears  inscription  to  that  effect.' 


'Tombstones  are   also    erected  to  the   Families   of  O'Neil,   Clancy, 
Murphy,  Sullivan,  Hunter,  &c,  &c 

'  1  had  no  time  to  copy  the  inscriptions.' 


The  Tomb  Field,  Creagh  Castle,  Moneraile  Parish. 

'The  altar-tomb  over  the  vault  of  the  Creagh  Family  is  in  a  field  near 
Creagh  Castle,  called  the  Tomb  Field.     There  is  only  the  one  tomb.     The 

burial-place  is  surrounded  by  a  circular  wall.' 


"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  |  John  Creagh,  Esqre.  |  M.D.  | 
a  Physician  |  a  Scholar  |  and  a  Philanthropist.  |  He  was 
the  delight  of  the  Society  |  in  which  he  lived  |  and  a 
blessing  to  the  Necessitous  |  of  every  Description.  |  lie 
died  the  30th  of  March,  1792,  aged  |  82  years.  |  Also 
here  lieth  the  body  of  John  |  Brasier-Creagu,  Esqre. 
his  grandson  |  who  departed  this  lif   the  6th  day  of  I 
October,  1804,  aged  ^3  years." 

[Altar-tomb.] 

'  Captain  John  Brasier- Creagh,  of  Creagh  Castle,  informs  me  that  the 
following  are  also  buried  in  this  vault : — 

'Emma  Griffin,  died  11  Sept.,  1863,  aged  76. 
Ann,  wife  of  George  Washington  Brasier-Creagh,  died 

23  May,  1SG6,  aged  63. 
William  Johnson  Brasier-Creagh,  died  Feb.  26,  1827. 
William  Brasier-Creagh,  died  6  May,  1866,  aged  10. 
George  Washington  Brasier-Creagh,  died  June,  1876, 

aged  79. 
Isabella  Brasier-Creagh,  died  IS  Oct.,  1390,  aged  46. 
P.iCHAiti)  B.  Brasier-Creagh.'     [Date  not  known/ 

D 


so 

Doneraile  Church,  Parish  of  Itouerailc. 

[From  Major  J.  Grove  White,  57th  Regiment,  Kilbyrnc,  Doneraile.] 
•Inside  the  church': — 

"  To  the  Glory  of  God  in  loving  memory  of  |  Haves  St.  Leger  | 
IVth  Viscount  Doneraile  |  Horn  1st  October,  1818.     Died 
26th  August,  1887.  |  This  peal  of  six  Bells  in  the  Tower 
of  Doneraile  Church  is  erected  |  by  his  daughter  Clare  and 
her  husband  Loud  |  Castletown  of  Upper  Ossory." 

[Brass.] 

"  Sacred  |  to  the  memory  of  |  Arthur  Gethin  Cueagh, 
Esqre.,  |  who  departed  this  life  |  on  the  23rd  of  August, 
1855,  |  aged  75  years.  |  teiuccrely  and  deservedly  Regretted  | 
By  all  who  knew  him." 

[Marble.] 


'Arms,  &c.': — Crest — A  horse's  head  with  a  branch,  rampaut. 
Arms  and  Motto — "  Virtute  et  nomine." 
"This  tablet  is  erected  |  by  Catherine  Stawell  |  as  a  tribute 
of  affection  |  to  the  memory  of  her  beloved  husband,  | 
William  Stawell,  of  Kilbrack,  Esqre.,  |  with  whom  she 
lived  in  uninterrupted  happiness  |  for  fifty-five  years.  | 
He  died  on  the  17th  day  of  February,  1830,  |  aged  85  years." 

[Marble.] 

1  On  marble  slab  on  floor  west  of  cummunion-table' : — 

".To  the  Glory  of  God  and  in  loving  memory  of  |  Nicholas 
Evans,  J. P.,  |  Retired  Commander  R.N.,  of  Newtown  in 
this  Parish,  |  who  died  11th  October,  1884,  aged  78  years.  | 
And  of  Catherine  Alicia  his  wife,  |  who  died  30th 
December,  1884,  aged  72  years." 


"  To  the  Glory  of  God  and  in  loving  memory  of  |  Jane 
Margaret,  widow  of  Robert  Crone,  of  Byblox,  | 
Doneraile,  and  daughter  of  the  late  John  Norcolt,  |  M.D., 
died  August  22,  1»78,  aged  70  years." 

"  These  communion  rails  were  presented  |  by  some  relatives 
and  friends."  [Brass.] 


"  To  the  memory  of  Robert  Fennell  Crone,  of  Byblox,  | 
and  .Martha  his  wile,  and  their  5  sous,  John,  James,  | 
Robert,  Hugh,  Randall,  and  4  daughters,  Jane.  | 
Frances,  Anne,  Martha,  this  window  is  erected  |  by 
Constance,  widow  of  Dn.  Trolsdell,  R.N.,  the  fifth  and 
youngest  daughter,  and  sole  surviving  member  of  the 
family,  a.d.  1^7S."  [Bra 


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'  Crest — A  dexter  arm   in  armour  embowed,   liolding  iu  the  hand  a 
dagger  all  ppr. 

Arms — Ar  on  a  chev  gii,  between  three  roses  of  the  last  barbed  vert, 
seeded  gold. 

Motto — "  Nonrissez  l'esperance."  ' 

[All,  over  the  inscription.] 


"sacred  to  the  memory  I  of  I  MAJOR  HANS 
THO5  FELL  WHITE  |  Late  40th  Regt.  |  of 

K1LBURX*  NEAR  DOXERAII.E    |  WHO  DEP.  THIS  LIFE 

may  17,  18/6.  |  Aged  5-1  Years." 

[Marble.] 


'A  handsome  monument,  12|  feet  by  8  feet,  consists  of  a  life-size  figure 
of  Hope,  in  pure  white  marble,  holding  an  anchor  in  the  right  hand,  and 
leaning  with  the  left  arm  ou  a  medallion  of  Arthur  Sentlegcr,  Lord  Viscount 
Doneniile.  The  figure  is  enshrined  in  a  portico  supported  by  pillars  of 
Sienna  marble,  and  on  each  side  stands  a  figure  of  a  boy,  in  white  marble, 
the  one  on  the  right  holding  in  his  right  hand  a  club,  and  the  other,  in  his 
left-hand,  a  looking-glass,  round  which  is  entwined  a  snake.  Above  is  a 
viscount's  coronet,  with  the  family  arms:  Crest — A  griffin  passant  or; 
Arms — Az.  fretty,  arg.  a  chief,  or;  Supporters — Two  griffins,  or,  wings 
elevated  and  indorsed  fretty,  az.  Motto — "  Haut  et  bon."  The  whole  is 
surmounted  by  a  funeral  urn  connected  on  each  side  by  festoons  of  tracery- 
work  with  a  small  lamp. 

'  Underneath  runs  the  following  inscription  ' : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of  | 
Arthur  Sentleger  Lord  Viscount  Doneraii.e  and  Baron 
Kilmeaden,  who  died  7th  June,  1727,  aged  70  years  j 
he  married  Euz.  Hayes,  daughter  of  John  Hayes  of 
Winchelsea,  in  the  County  of  Sussex,  Esqre.  | 
by  whom  he  had  three  sous  and  two  daughters,  viz.  At.thuk, 
John,  and  Hayes,  the  present  Lord  Viscount  Doneraile.  | 
Mary  who  died  young;  and  Euz:  married  to  IIichd. 
Aldworth  of  New  .Market,  in  the  County  of  Cork,  Esqre.  | 
Descended  from  Sin  Anthony  Sentlegek,  Knight  of  the  Most 
Honorable  Order  of  the  Garter,  Gentleman  of  the  1'rivy  Chamber,  | 
and  employed  in  the  most  honorable  offices  tinder  the  most 
Renowned  Henry  the  Eighth  and  Edward  the  Sixth,  | 
Several  times  Lord  Deputy  ot  Ireland,  by  whose  means  in  his 
first  Government  the  Nobility  and  Commons  were  induced  | 
by  general  and  free  consent  to  give  Henry  the  Eighth,  the  style 
and  title  of  King  of  Ireland  to  him  and  his  Posterity  fur  ever.  | 

,  *  Alias  KilWne. 


This  grave  Counsellor  after  his  course  cf  life  spent  in  the 

service  of  these  two  Kings,  | 

and  having  endured  nevertheless  some  crosses  in  the  time  of 

Queen  Mary,  but  living  to  see  | 

the  happy  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  Departed  this  life  1559, 

aged  about  60,  and  is  buned  at  L'Icomb  in  Kent,  | 

where  there  is  a  monument  erected  to  his  .Memory  as  well 

as  several  others  to  his  ancestors.  ] 

This  Monument  was  erected 

by  Hayes  Sentleger  the  present  Lord  Viscount  Doneraile 

as  au  affectionate  Testimony  of  his  filial  Duty." 

In  churchyard  ' : — 

"  The  Burial  Place  of  William  Ashton,  Esqre.,  and  Family." 

[Altar-tomb.] 

"  Sacred  |  To  the  memory  |  of  j  William  Lore,  Esqre.,  | 
who  departed  this  life  the  23  |  day  of  March,  1812, 
aged  75  years."  [Altar-tomb.' 


"  Sacred  |  to  the  memory  of  |  James  Grove  White  |  the 
tenderly  beloved  |  and  eldest  son  of  |  Charles  Tucket 
White  |  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  |  who  died  in  Doneraile  | 
June  22,  1S57,  |  aged  5  years  and  9  months.  | 
'  Them  that  sleep  in  Jesns  |  will  God  bring  with  him.'  | 
Also  the  above  Charles  |  Tucket  White,  died  | 
12  July,  aged  43."  [Upright  stone. 

"  Keneatb  this  tomb  |  are  deposited  the  remains  of  |  John 
Grove  Seward,  Esqre.  |  He  departed  this  life  the.  4th  day  | 
of  June,  1825,  in  the  |  50th  year  ot  his  age.  |  Here  also  lie 
the  remains  |  of  .James  Grove  White,  Esq.  |  of  Kilburn, 
who  entered  |  into  rest  Janry.  13th,  18C6,  |  aged  74  years. 

'  Walking  |  in  all  the  commandments  |  of  the  Lord  blameless, 
he  was  beloved  in  life  ami  in  |  l»cath,  deeply  lamented.      His 
afflicted  widow  places  |  this  inscription  as  a  record  |  of  his 
virtues  and  her  regret.  |  '  Thess.  iv.  16.' 
Here  also  lie  the  remains  |  of  1'iiebf.  White,  widow  of  the  | 
above,  who  departed  this  life  j  the  5th  of  May,  1S79." 

;  On  the  panels  of  tomb  are  inscribed  ': — 

"  Ann  (nee  White)  widow  of  |  Tnos.  Seward  of  Nursetown  | 

Mallow,  died  fi  Jany.,  182S,  |  aged  93." 
"  Mary  (net;  Chearnley)  widow  |  of  Capt.  Js.  Grove  White  | 

of  Kilburn..-.  Doneraile,  |  died  S  Sept.,  1849,  aged  S4." 

r  Altaic  tomb. 


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"William  Andersos,  Esqre.,  of  Ahacross,  |  Died  Deer.  5th, 
1882,  Aged  80  years."  [Upright  stone.] 


'  In  this  Vault  lies  the  Remains  |  of  Mary  the  wife  of  | 
Thomas  Patf.uson,  Esqre.  |  and  eldest  daughter  of 
John  Lovf.,  |  late  of  Castle  Saffron,  Esqre.,  |  Died  the 
17th  day  of  December,  1708,  |  aged  77  years." 

[Altar-tomb.] 

'Martha  |  the  beloved  wife  of  |  Charles  Choker,  Captain  | 
Royal  Navy,  |  entered  into  rest  November  18,  1872.  | 
1  am  the  Resurrection  and  the  life.  | 
Charles  Crokek,  Captain  ltoyal  Navy,  |  sixth  son  of 
Edward  Crokek  of  liallynagarde  |  in  the  County  of 
Limerick,  |  Born  February  5,  1793,  Died  December  23, 
1877.  |  Beloved  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord." 

[Cross.] 


;  In  loving  memory  of  |  Mabel  Evelyn  Rose,  |  the  dear 
little  child  of  |  the  Revd.  A.  Jackson  Nicholson,  | 
Hector  of  Doueraile,  |  and  |  Mary  Bfciier  his  wife,  |  Born 
March  30,  1879,  |  Died  May  12,  1882." 
"  My  beloved  is  gone  down 

Into  his  garden  to  gather  lilies 
Joy  for  the  little  sleeper 
The  gentle  timid  lamb 
Safe  with  her  tender  Keeper 
Could  there  be  sweeter  Balm." 

[Cr 
(To  be  continued.)    t 


lnnishannon  K'arisb. 

With  reference  to  the  curious  anonymous  inscription  from 
this  parish,  given  at  page  o24,  vol.  i.,  we  are  glad  to  be  able  to 
supply  some  information  which  we  think  will  prove  the  identity 
of  ttiis  stone. 

Doctor  Alexander  Alcock,  of  Innishannon,  lias  kindly 
supplied  us  with  the  following,  in  reply  to  our  request  of  last 
year  for  information  on  the  subject  : — 

'  The  old  tomb  is  no  longer  a  mystery ;  it  is  the  tomb  of  a  Mr.  Howard, 
originally  How  bard,  a  felluw -countryman  of  Matliew  Belsaique,  a  Huguenot, 
•who  tettled  here  in    17G0.     A   .Mrs.  How  aid  was  interred  in  it  about 


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twelve  years  since  ;  and  in  all  probability  old  Mr.  Howard,  the  grandfather 
of  the  lady  who  now  represents  the  family,  was  the  identical ' 
"  Chief  of  Hospitable  hearts." 


•'To  the  Memory  of  a  Revered  and  Honoured  Father   | 
Matthew  Belesaique,  |  born  in  the  Province  of  j 
Lanquedoc  in  France,  who  |  departed  this  life  Sept.  26th    I 
1761,  aged  57  years.     This  tomb  is  |  erected  by  his       ' 
children  in  filial  |  commemoration  of  the  exemplary  I 
Chr.st.an  Virtues,  who  sacrificed  |  his  loving  couni  '  and 
all  j  earthly  considerations  to  his   |  God  and  Religion   of 
winch  he  now  reaps  the  |  Glorious  reward.  I  May  his 
posterity  die  the  |  death  of  the  Righteous,  and  I  mav  their 
last  end  be  like  his."  ' 


To  the  Memory  of  John  |  Belesaique,  who  died  Dec.  11, 
1824,  |  aged  10  years,  of  El.za  |  Minton  Belesaiqqe, 
who  died  |  April  6,  1823,  aged  20  years,  I  with  their 
parents  Eliza  Relesaique,  |  who  died  Dec.  9th,  1S32 
afdJ.59years>  an(i  I  Matthew  Hoddek  Lelesaique,  I 
who  dIed  Oct.  28,  1833,  |  aged  60  years.  ' 

Peace,  faithful  friends,  unto  those  souls  who  knew 

\\  hat  faith  in  God  enables  man  to  do. 
Also  to  their  son  Matthew  R,  lesaique,  who  I  departed 
this  life  June  2oth,  1854,  aged  19  years." 

[From  Alexander  M.  Alcock,  Esq.,  M.D.] 

Mitchelstoun  Parish. 

B^lu!JZ^^°n  tW0^estones  in  the  old  churchyard  of 

"HEARE    RESTETH   THE    BODIE    OF  BARBARIE 
GROVE:   THE  WIFE    OF  JOHN    GROVE  GENT 
WHO    DEPARTED    THIS    LIFE    THE    FIFTH 
DAIE    OF    MAIE    ANO     DON1    1629." 

"HEARE    LIETH    THE    BODIE    OF    PETER 
WALLIS    GENT.    WHO     DEPARTED    THIS 
LYFE   THE    19™    DAY    0F    NOVEMBER  ANO 
DONI    1630." 


'The  old-fashioned  spelliil"  in  those  iWrinrtniK  *.;il  K„    i  i 

«  u(1„r.  m  c     ,           ..  ,}      '"»  J"  "■'-"-  1'^ct.  ifi.i.i.,  v.  ill  ho  observed — e.n 
Heare     fur  here,  "  Bodie,"  "  Daie."     In  s™ml  ;„, ...„  , g 


Daie."     In  sever.;!  instances  flm  i^ti 
« Inch  were  deeply  cut,  and  are  still  wonderfully  clear-a.'e  co.ljiled.' 


■rtrr.- 


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'  Copy  of  inscription  on  a  memorial  brass  in  Mitchelstown  church' : — 

"to  the  glory  of  god  and  in   memory 
of  rev.  devereux  spratt  born  may  1st 
1620   in   somersetshire:  graduated  at 
oxford  :  ordained  i6<0  in  the  diocese 
of  ardfert  and  county  of  kerry, 
ireland.      imprisoned  and   besieged 
there  in  1641.  i  escaped  under  escort 
to  cork.  i  captured  off  the  coast  by 
an  algerine  corsair.  i  sold  as  a  slave 
in  algiers.  i  ransomed   by  leghorn 
merchants.  i  returned  to  england 
1647.  i  rector  of  this  parish  of  brigown 
or  mitchelstown  from  1661  to  1663. 

DIED    I6S8. 

'IN    JOURNEYINGS    OFTEN,    IN    PERILS    OF    WATERS, 

IN    PERILS    OF    ROBBERS,    IN    PERILS    BY    MINE    OWN 

COUNTRYMEN,    IN    PERILS    BY    THE    HEATHEN    .    .    .' 

-2    COR.    XI.    26. 

ERECTED    BY    VICE-ADMIRAL    SPRATT,    1886." 

[From  the  llev.  Canon  C.  Moore.] 


COUNTY     DEPwRY. 


This  is  another  County  from  which  we  have  received  neither 
money  nor  information,  though  this  is  the  fifth  year  our  work 
has  been  in  progress.  For  the  few  notes  we  have  had  of  the 
county,  we  are  indebted  to  friends  living  outside  its  bounds. 


[From  the  Rev.  R.  S.  Maffett.] 

'  The  following  notes  from  O'Donovan's  MSS.  I  took  in  my  further 
search  as  to  the  M'Kennas  of  Maghera  (County  Londonderry),  in  con- 
nection with  the  Errigle  tombstone  ' : — 

(Moneymore,  Sept.  27,  1834.) 
"The  M'Kennas  of  Maghera  have  a  tradition  among  them  that  their 
ancestors  removed  thither  from  Trovgh,  in  the  County  of  Mouaghan." 

(Maghera,  Sunday,  October  6th,  1834.) 
"  I  called  to  see  Donagh  Roe  M'Kenna,   aged  91,   who   was  the  best 
Irish  scholar  in  the  North The  M'Keunas  removed  hither  from 


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Trough  in  or  abotit  the  year  1641.  The  real  name  is  McICenncth,  a  name 
synonymous  with  MeKenzie  in  Scotland.  There  are  Scotch  McKennas 
here  also,  but  they  generally  write  the  name  M'Kinnev.  It  is  the  Mac 
Cionuaoith  of  the  Annals." 

«  (•'  It"  =  M'Kinnev,  according  to  Index.)' 

•  Dr.  O'Donovan  speaks  of  a  valuable  MS.  that  could,  it  was  thought, 

be  traced  to MKenna.     He  suggests  the  giving  in  its  place  an  easier 

one — the  way  to  approach  the  subject  would  be  through  the  Kev.  John 
M'Kenua,  f.P.  of  Magliera,  he  was.  told.' 


(County  Londonderry  Vol.,  p.  218.) 
"  There  is  a  tradition  at  Bally nascreen  that  O'llagan  put  on  O'Neill's 
slipper  or  brogue  at  the  inauguration.  Charles  O'Hagan.  the  last  chief  at 
Ballynascreen  who  is  interred  in  the  old  church,  ordered  a  brogue  to  be 
sculptured  on  the  family  flag.  This  Charles  lived  at  Strawmore,  and  kept 
a  farm  and  house  of  entertainment  there.  His  son,  a  great  profligate,  who 
has  since  gone  to  America,  cut  the  following  epitaph  with  a  penknife  on 
the  tombstone,  in  the  father's  lifetime,  to  ridicule  the  family  pride  : 

"  Here  lies  the  corpse  of  Charles  Haggin 
Who  in  his  life  sold  many  a  nagain. 
And  tlio'  he  sleeps  beneath  the  brogue 
There  never  lived  so  great  a  i-ugue." 


COUNTY     DONEGAL. 


INSCRIPTIONS    ON    ANCIENT    CHALICES    OF    THE    IRISH    FRANCISCANS 
STILL    EXISTING    IX    THIS    COUNTUT. 

[Rev.  C.  P.  Meehan,  M.R.I.A.] 

DONEGAL. 

"  D.  JOANNES  COLUAXUS  cum  conjure 
D.   CA  Til  ERIN  A    GOULD,  me  fieri  fecit 
profratribvs  minoribiis  de  Corck.     Orate  pro 
eis.     A.I).  1G3<J." 

•John  Colman  and  his  wife  Catherine  Gould,  caused  me  to  be  made  for 
the  Friars  Miuors  ot  Coik.     l'rav  for  them.     A.D.  16J9.' 


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KILLVBEGS. 

'  The  llev.  Mr.  Stephens,  rector  of  this  parish,  and  author  of  the 
admirable  book  on  South-Westeru  Donegal,  has  a  silver  chalice,  with  this 
inscription  ': — 

"Fr.  ANTS.   VDOHERTY,  T.S.D.  procu- 
ravit  II.    Calkem  pro   usu   F.F.    Convts. 

IJongaliensis." 


*  A  silver  chalice  of  fine  workmanship,  now  in  the  possession  of  an  Irish 
priest  in  Quebec,  bears  the  following  inscription,  iu  Irish  ': 

"MARY,  daughter  of  MAGUIRE,  wife   of 
BRIAN    OGE    ORUA1RC,    caused   this 
chalice  to  be  made  for  her  soul,  for  the  friars 
of  Donegal,  the  age  of  Christ,  1033." 
•  Inside  the  pedestal ' : — 

"John  O Mullarkey  0' DoneVs  silversmith  made  me." 


Ballyshannon. 

'■I  enclose  a  correct  copy  of  the  three  Crawford  tombstones  inscriptions 
within  the  rails.  Outside  there  is  another  Crawford  family,  the  represen- 
tative of  which  latter  is  Mr.  KoberJ  Crawford,  Stonewold.  You  will  see 
what  an  affecting  tale  is  indicated  on  the  middle  stone, — all  the  family 
were  cutoff  with  consumption.  I  send  copy  of  Forster  tombstone,  which 
is  in  a  perfect  state;  and  my  interpretation  of  the  symbols.  There  is  a 
defaced  motto  on  the  Jones'  stone.  1  can  read  all  the  rest  of  the  inscrip- 
tion. There  is  a  Crusader's  stone  that  I  unearthed  some  years  ago  ;  it  is 
leaning  now  against  the  church  wall,  near  the  door,  as  it  had  beeu  removed 
from  its  true  place,  and  stuck  dowu  in  an  obscure  grave,  where  it  sunk  out 
of  sight  at  last ;  by  accident  1  came  on  it.  There  is  a  partially- injured 
stone  of  the  sixteenth  century,  with  a  legend  well  cut  rouud  the  sides  ; 
these  words  appear ' : — 

"BERNARD  CON.  ONEIL  AB  ORIS  BELLESENIENSIS 
QUI  OBIIT  PR1DIE  HON  JIM  ANNO  DOMINI  15  .  ." 

"The  figures  on  this  stone  are — A  ship,  crescent  moon,  cornucopia, 
and  three  right  hands.  On  a  shield  is  a  Latin  inscription,  defaced,  with 
"  HOC  "  legible  in  strong  sunlight.  There  is  also  a  tomb  of  the  .Major's, 
1751,  viitt.  an  elegant  Latin  inscription.' 

[From  the  Rev.  S.  G.  Cochrane. 


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H 

o 

m 
EH 

"  Underneath  this  stone  is 
placed  the  mortal  remains 
of  IIkssy  Mauie,  daughter  of 
T.  W.  Chaweord,  ofKockville, 
Esq.,  Surgeon  of  the  Donegal 
Itegt.,  who  died  on  the  8th  of 
July,  1833,  aged  14  yrs.,  in 
full  reliance  of  redemption 
through  the  blood  of  our  Lord 
Jtysus  Christ.     Beside  her 
are  interred  her  brothers 
Henry  George  and  T.  \V. 
Seth  Crawford." 

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the  remains  of  Thomas 
William  Chawforp,  late 
Surgeon  of  tlio  Donegal  Hegt., 
wlio  departed  this  life  21st 
Jnly,  1842,  aged  59  years. 
Also  of  Marqret  his  wife, 
who  died   4th  July,  1841, 
Aged  58  years.     Also  of 
their  daughter  Mary  Ann, 
who  died  lGth  July,  1842, 
aged   17  years.     And  of 
their  daughter  Geohgina, 
who  died  24th  May, 
1843,  aged  22  years." 

a 

%   ?     o     o    %     goo     P.     u   U     g    - 

—     >-,  .^    »S    •—    .-     —     ^    <—     "*    .2    » 

, 

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Above  the  following  inscription  are  to  be  seen — a  grey- 
hound, a  hunting  cap,  and  a  falcon ;  and  below  these,  a  shield 
with  three  hunting  horns  in  chief,  and  a  dog  in  base,  with  the 
motto  "  RECREATIOS "  underneath,  and  a  winged  angel's  head 
on  each  side : — 

"  Here  lieth  y'  boily  of  MY.  Fimncis  Foster  |  who  died  March 
>■•  14th  1782,  aged  82  years.  |      Also  Mrs.  Catherine 
Forster  [sic]  wife  to  the  above,  |  died  Septr.  y"  17th,  1782." 


'  "  Forster  "  =  forester.  A  number  of  heraldic  plays  upon  the  name — 
dogs,  falcon,  cap,  horns,  motto,  all  puns  on  Forster  =  woodman.  The 
angel  heads  at  ends  of  ribbon  point  to  a  spiritual  meaning,  viz.,  resurrection 
oj  flesh.  The  whole  symbols  express  belief  in  a  pleasant,  joyous  life  in  the 
country,  and  a  joyful  hereafter  in  the  body  restored.' 


"This  monument  was  erected  by  |  John  Jones  in  memorvof 
his  father  |  Edward,  who  departed  this  life  |  August  20th, 
in  the  hundred  and  ninth  |  year  of  his  age,  Anno  Domini  1712." 

'  On  this  stone  we  have  a  cross-crosslet,  the  sim  and  moon,  a  stag  on 
top,  a  coffin,  an  hour-glass,  death's  head  and  cross-bones,  and  winged 
angels'  heads.     The  motto  is  illegible.' 


Parish  of  Culriafl'. 

LIST    OF    INCUMBENTS,    TAKEN    FROM    FIRST    FRUITS    ItECORDS. 

'Robeutus  Young,  collat.  fait  6°  die  April,  1661,  ad  Rector,  do  Coldagh, 
in  Com.  Donegall. 

'Robert  Young,  admiss.  institut.  et  induct,  fuit  26°  Feb.  166S,  ad 
Rector,  de  Cooldagh,  vel  Coldagh  £10  ster.  et  Cloncagh  iu  Com.  DouegaU, 
£13.  6s.  4d.  ster. 

'By  certificate  of  William  Lord  Bishop  of  Deny,  2nd  Nov.,  1757, 
George  Sandfoud.  Rector  Coldaffe,  £10. 

'By  certificate  of  William  Lord  Bishop  of  Deny,  dated  8th  April, 
1761,  Arthur  Hyde,  I!.  Culldafte,  22nd  Nov.,  17o7,  Com.  Donegal,  £  1 0. 

'By  certificate  of  Frederick  Lord  Bishop,  dated  30th  April,  1770, 
Samuel  Stone,  18th  July,  1769,  R.  Culldaff  or  Coldagh,  Com.  Donegal, 
£10. 

'Edward  Chichester,  collated  1st  March,  170S,  R.  Culdaff,  Donegal, 
£10. 

'William  Chichester,  instituted  27th  Feb.,  1S00,  Reet.  Culdaff, 
Donegal,  £10. 

'  Edward  Chichester,  collated  3  1st  July,  1S07,  vice  William  Chichester, 
who  held  from  27th  Feb.,  1 500.  vacated  by  resignation,  2nd  April,  1807, 
Rector  of  Cnldaffc,  Donegal,  £  10.' 


Parish  of  C'lonclia. 

LIST    OF    INCUMBENTS,    TAKEN    FROM    HRST   FRUITS    RECORDS. 

'Robert  Young,  admiss.  institut.  et  induct,  fuit  2G°  Feb.,  1668,  ad 
Hector  de  Cooldagh  vel  Coldagh,  £10  ster.  et  Cloucagh,  in  Cora.  Done-alL 
£13.  Us.  4d.  ster.  ° 

'Arthur  Champagnk,  collat.  17  March,  1786,  Rectory Cloncaw, 
Donegal.  £13.  6s.  Sd. 

'  Wm.  Chichester,  instituted  27  April,  1791,  Rector  Cloneah,  Donegal, 
£13.  Gs.  8d.  " 

'Edward  Chichester,  instituted  27  Feb.,  1800,  Rector  Cloneah 
Donegal,  £13.  6s.  8d. 


Itapboc  Cathedral. 

BELLS. 

I  see  it  stated,  that  the  two  bells  of  this  cathedral  have  the 
names  of  the  Right  Rev.  James  Hawkins,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  the 

Diocese,  and  the  Very  Rev.  ■ King,  Dean  of  the  Cathedral, 

inscribed  on  them,  with  the  date  "  1788." 


COUNTY     DOWN. 


From  Bangor  Abbey.—  [Harris'  "  Down."] 

'On  a  stone  in  the  steeple  is  the  following  inscription  to  the  memory  of 
Lady  Beatrix  Hamilton,  viz. ' : — 

"BEATRIX    HAMILTON: 

OBIT  .  ANNO  .  MDXXXIII  .  [1633?] 

OCTOB  .  XIX  .  .CTAT  .  SU.E  .  XXVII  . 
MOEREXS  .  MARITUS  .  COND1DIT. 
THE    .  BODIE   .   OF  .   BEATRIX    .   HEEB   .   BELOW  . 

IN'  .  HOPE  .  OF  .  GLOKIE   .  NOW  .  BO  ill  .  SWEETLY  REST. 
HER  .  SOVLE  .  HATH  .  SOARD  .WHER  .  FLOODS  .OF  .JOY  .  BOE  . 
FLOW  . 
OF  .  SIOX  .  THAT'S   .  ABOVE  .  A  .  GLORIOUS  .  GVEST  . 
"WHER  .  CHRYSTAL  .  STREAMS  .  WIIER  .  GOLDEN  .  GLANCING. 
STREETS . 
ENIOY  .  A  .  CONSTANT  .  DAY  .  WITHOUT  .  A  .  NIGHT  . 
WHER  .  JASPER  .  WALS  .  WIIER  .  PORTS.  OF  .  PEERLES  .  PEARLE  . 
EMBRODRED  .  ARE  .  WITH  .  THE  .LA.MB's  .  SHYNING  .  LIGHT. 


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THITHER  .   1   .  GOE   .  SHE  .  SAID  .  THIS  .  HODIE  .   FRAIL  . 

SHALL  .  SHORTLY   .  IN   .  MY  .  COPIN  .  SWEETLY  .   REST  . 
ONCE  .  SWEET.  TO  .THE  .  BOT  .  NOW  .TO  .CHRIST.  FAREWELL 

WEL  .  MEET  .  I   .   FVLLY  .  HAVE  .  WHOM  .  I   .  LOVE  .  BEST  . 
O  .  BLESSED  .  COVENANT  .  AEVEENE  .  FOR  .  AY'  . 
WHO  .  WAS  .  BVT  .  A  .  POORE  .  THING  .  EEN   .  YESTERDAY'  ." 


'There  are  uo  other  inscriptions  on  this  family;  but  we  find  that  Bangor 
was  their  place  of  interment,  and  particularly  of  Lord  Claiiehoys,  who  died 
on  the  20th  of  June,  1659,  and  was  buried  in  a  most  sumptuous  manner, 
on  which  occasion  there  were  tents  erected  in  the  fields,  on  account  of  the 
great  concourse  of  people;  from  whence  all  the  company  proceeded  on  the 
24th  of  the  next  month,  the  day  appointed  for  the  funeral,  with  great 
solemnity  to  the  church.' 


'  On  a  tombstone  of  red  marble,  adorned  with  the  Hamilton  arms,  and 
this  motto,  "  Fortis  non  Ferox,"  is  an  inscription  to  the  memory  of  Archi- 
bald Hamilton,  a  Dissenting  minister,  iu  this  tetrastick  ' : — 

"  Hie  abavis,  atavis,  et  avo,  su  patre  crcatus 
Presbiteris,  Sanctis,  Presbiter  ipse  jacet 
Annos  si  spectes  juvenum  flos  excidit,  at  si 
aut  studia,  aut  mores,  transiit  ille  senex." 


1  Within  side  the  church,  fixed  on  the  south  wall  near  the  pulpit,  is  a 
stone  erected  to  the  memory  of  John  Gibson,  the  first  Protestant  Dean  of 
Down,  with  an  inscription  thus  written': — 

"HERE    LYES    BELOUE    ANE     LEARNED    AND 
REVEREND     FATHER     IN     GODES    CHURCH 
MESTER    10HN    GIBSON     SENCE     REFORMA- 
CIONE     FROM     POPARY     THE     FIREST     DEANE 
OF     DOl'NE     SEND     BY     HIS     MAIESTIE     INTO 
THIS     KINGDOM     AND     RECKVED     BY'     MY'     LORD 
CLANEBOYE    TO     BE     PREACHER    AT    BANCOR 
AT    HIS     ENTRY     HAD    XL    COMMUNICANTS 
AND     AT     HIS     DEPAHTOOR    THIS     LYF    -J    OF 
JVNII      1()'23     LEFT     1200     BEING     OF     AGE    63 
YEARS     SO     CHKYST    WAS     HIS     ADVANTAGE 
BOTHE     IN     LYFF     AN     DEATH." 


G2 
From  Douagliadee. 

"HERE    LYETH    THAT    PIOUS    AND    FAITHFUL 
SERVANT    OF   JESUS  I  CHRIST   MR.  ANDREW 
STEWART,    LATE    MINISTER    OF    | 
DONAGHADEE,    WHO    DIED    THE    2nd    OF 
JANUARY    1671   I  AND   OF   HIS   AGE  THE  46." 
'  And  tinder  his  arms  are  the  Latin  lines  ' : — 

"VITA  PROBUM,   PROBITASQUE   PIUM,   PRETASQUE   BEATUM 
LAUS   CELEBREM,    LAUDI   MENS   DEDIT   ESSE    PURAM. 
CORPUS  HUMUM,  MENS  DIAPOLUM,  FAMA  INCLYTA  MUNDUM 
MORTE   SABIT,    DECORAT    LUMINE,    LAUDE    BEATI." 


•  On  the  tombstone  of  a  sailor,  whereon  is  cut  an  anchor  in  one  scutcheon 
and  a  heart  in  another,  is  an  inscription,  the  poetical  part  of  which  is  iu 
terms  relative  to  navigation,  thus  ' : — 

"  Here  lieth  the  Hotly  of  Mr.  James  Davison,  aged  51  |  years, 
who  departed  this  Life  the  2 1st  of  .January,  |  1707. 
Tho'  Boreas  Blasts  and  Neptunes  waves 

Have  tost  me  to  and  fro, 
But  now  at  length  by  God's  decree 

I  harbour  here  below. 
Altho'  at  anchor  here  1  lie 

With  many  of  our  Fleet, 
Yet  once  again  I  must  set  sail 

My  Saviour  Christ  to  meet." 

This  is  the   third  instance   we  have  met  with   these  lines 

one,  at  Sligo,  is  given   at  page  237,  vol.  i.;   a  second  is  in  this 
vol.,  page  ;  and  now  this  from  Donaghadee. 


From  Hillsborough   [anciently  Crunilm]. 

'  In  the  body  of  the  church  is  erected  a  monument,  6  feet  high  and  2  feet 
broad,  the  plate  of  which  is  of  white  Italian  marble  bordered  with  black 
Irish  marble,  and  on  it  the  following  inscription  to  the  memory  of  a  worthy 
clergyman  lately  deceased,  viz.': — 

"  Underneath  |  Lieth  interred  the  Body  of  the  Reverend 
John  Leatiiks  |  A  Gentleman  of  a  most  blameless  Life,  | 
And  innocent  Conversation.  |  Exemplary  for  every  Virtue 
which  can  recommend  a  Clergyman,  |  livery  Grace  which 
can  adorn  a  Christian.  |  Without  Art  or  (Mentation  to 
appear  what  he  was  not,  |  His  modesty  concealed  from  the 
world  what  he  really  was,  |  Learned  iu  hi.  Profession,  I 


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Moderate  in  his  Desires,  |  Temperate  in  his  Enjoyments,  | 
Humble  in  his  Deportment,  |  Peaceable  in  his  Disposition,  | 
Patient  in  Afflictions.  |  Having  never  wronged  any  man, 
lie  needed  not  to  restore  Fourfold :  |  But  he  really  did 
bequeath  half  his  Goods  to  the  Poor  at  his  Death,  |  To 
•whom  he  had  constantly  given  a  fourth  part  of  his  yearly 
Income  in  his  Life.  |  Where  the  Good  Man's  Heart  always 
was,  there  be  laid  up  his  Treasure  also.  |  Daniel  Mussenden 
of  Belfast,  Merchant,  |  Krected  this  Monument  to  preserve 
the  memory  and  Example  of  his  Friend.  |  Header,  lead  the 
Life  of  this  Highteous  Man,  and  thy  last  end  shall  be  like  his, 
Peace.  |  He  died  December  the  22nd,  1737,  aged  70  years." 


Elundonald  Churchyard. 


Here  Mary  Dickie  lies  beneath  This  Stone 

Aged  Full  40  Years  Excepting  One 

September  ye  lCth  She  Did  Leave  Time 

In  16  Hund.  Years  30  and  9. 

22  Years  8  Months  And  10  Days 

AY  as  married  to  James  Kirkholme  of  Green  Graves. 

Beauty  And  Yertue  Did  in  Her  Agree 

And  now  Her  Soul  is  Bless'd  in  Eternitie." 

(Mr.  Skinner's  interleaf) 


Etonghinisland. 

"  MAURITIUS    LAPIDUM    BIRNE    HOC 

COOPERTUS    ACERVO,     I 

QUEM    STRUXIT    VlVUS    SUMPTIBUS 

IPSE    SUIS    A.D.    1617."  ,„.., 

(Harris  "Down,    1744.) 


Abbey  of  Ilownpatrick.— [S.  Lateral  Aisle.1. 

[From  Harris'  "  Down."] 

"  Exuvise  Thosle  Jackson  fidtlis  ministri  Jesn  Christi, 
qui  purar.i  Evangelii  doctriuara  sincera  tide  amplexus, 
oredocuit,  et  vitas  sanctimonia  ornavit:  in  mediis 
tamen  laboribus,  ipsoq :  auatis  flore  immatura 
morte  prereptus,  suis  jucuudus,  omnibus  hunianus, 
sacro  coetui  prasertim,  cui  prefnit  desideratissimus 
placiue  in  Christo  obdormivit  Novembris  die  Secundo 
A.D.  1708  et  rutatis  sua-  36  et  beutam  hie  jus- 
torum  resunvctionem  prajstolatitr. 
Hoc  monnnicntum  Conjugi  Charisiuise  lnoerens 
postiii  uxor  superstes.-' 


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Parish  Church  of  Uowiipatrick. 

"  John  Mc.  Neal,  Dean  of  Down,  by  his  son  Captain  M.  Neal 

not  yet  fully  perfected  (1744). 
Quod  mortale  habuit  hie  deposuit  Eeverendus  |  D.D. 
Johannes  Mc.  Neal,  Dec.inus  quondam  |  Duuensis,  claris 
natalibus  oriundus.     Pietate  et  |  sacris  literis  a  Pueritia 
instructus,  liberalibus  |  artibus  ac  studiis  Theologicis 
apprime  ernditus,  in  |  omnibus  sacri  ministerii  ofticiis 
fnngendis  sedulus  et  |  assiduus,  in  amicitia  sincerus, 

injnriarum  obliviosus,  |  vindictae  nescius In  egenos 

benignitas  in  |  amicos  liberalitas,  ergaafflictos  misericordia, 
in  |  victu  temperantia,  divitiarurn  ant  contemptus  aut  I 
neglectus  fere  supra  mediocritatis  normam.      Sed  |  excessus 
condonandus."    In  concionibus  absq ;  fastu  et  I  verborum 
pompa  doctus  et  perspicuus  in  colloquiis  |  cum  salutifera 
instructiotie  pins,  in  totins  vita  comnier-  |  cio  sine  fuco 
sincerus.     Ejus  conatibus,  inspection!,  et  |  partim  expensis 
debetur,  quod  in  hac  axle  sacra  Deum  |  Colimus.     Tandem 
studiis  et  laboribus,  prrecipue  in  cura  |  animarmn  expressis 
fatigatus  et  oppressus  diem  clausit.     Ubiit  xxi"  die  Januarii 
Anno  1709  .Etatis  67  |  et  hie  cum  lectissima  conjuge  Lucretia 
exinclita  |  Marshorum  gente  in  Domino  obdormivit  I  Posuit 
filius  unicus  Heniucus  Cohortis  Ductor." 


Grey  Abbey.—  [De  Jugo  Dei.] 

•  On  a  monument  erected  on  the  north  side  of  the  altar,  under  four  several 
coats-of-arms  belonging  to  the  branches  of  this  family  (Montgomery)  are 
the  following  words ': — 

"  The  Honourable  Sir  James  Mountgomeut,  a  person  |  of  Know- 
ledge, Courage,  Piety,  &  Worth,  well  educated  |  at  Schools 
and  Universities  (as  his  .Manuscripts  vet  |  extant  do  shew) 
travelled  to  France,  Italy,  Germany,  |  and  Holland,  learned 
those  Lingua's,  and  made  |  profitable  Observations  relating 
to  Peace  and  War;   re-  |  turning  Home  studied  at  the  InrTs 
of  Law,  sollicited  |  his  Father's   Business  at  the  I  loyal  Court, 
at  the  Council  |  Table,  at  the  Parliament  and   Prerogative 
in  England,  |  and  before  the  Government  and   Four  "Courts 
in  Ireland;  |  was  second   Son  of  Hugh  first  Lord  Mount-  I 
GoMEnr  of  Ardes,  and  Gentleman  in  Ordinary  of  |  the  Privy 
Chamber  to  King  Charles  the  Martyr,  |  Colonel  vl  l-'out, 
and  Captain  of  Horse,  which  he  |  raised  at  his  own  Expence 
and  by  his  Credit  and  |  maintained  In-  his  Prudence  and 
Industry  fifteen  |  months  in  the  Barony  of  I.e.  ale.  which   he  I 
preserved  all  that  Time  from  the  Irish  of  this  County,  and  I 
their  assisting  Neighbours;   and  many  other  |  valuable 
Services  performed  during  all  that  War  |  (the  Record;, 


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whereof  arc  kept).     TTe  was  thrice  married,  viz.,  Ann   1631 
to  Katherine,  eldest  |  Daughter  of  Sir  William  Stewart 
Knight,  Baronet,  |  an,!  Privy  Conncellor.     Ann.  103-.  to' 
Margaret,  eldest  Daughter  of  Sir  William  Cole  of 
Enniskillin,  |  Kt.  ;  and  Ann.  1647,  to  Francesse  St. 
Lawrence,  3rd  |  Daughter  of  Nicholas,  Lord  Baron  of 
Houth      His  first  Lady  being  embalmed,  and  kept  two 
months,  |  was  put  in  a  black  marble  Coffin,  and  laid  five  I 
Foot  above  Ground  in  the  middle  of  her  Monument,  I  which 
was  curious  and  sumptuous  of  divers  Colours,  I  all  polish'd 
Marble,  inscribed  with  Mottos  and  |  Verses  of  his  own 
Composures,  and  Gilded  in  every  |  fit  Place;  which  standing 
in  Newtonstewart  arch  |  was  with  it  burned  and  demolished 
by  the  Irish  |  Ann.  1641.     Behold  its  pom-file  on  a  Board  I 
near  this.  ■ 

His  other  two  virtuous  Ladies  and  their  |  Children  (which 
died  before  them)  lie  buried  over  against  this  Monument ;  to 
all  whose  |  Memory  it  is  the  Carved  Device  and  Armories  at 
the  |  Defuncts  Kxpeuce  long  ago  made,  his  only  Grand  1 
Child  James  (also  now  assisting)  of  Gratitude  I  Painted  and 
erected  by  W.  M.  Primi  ventris  sola  |  proles,  the  Year  of 
the  Worlds  Peace  and  Happiness,  M.DC.XCIII.     /Et.  62." 

'On  the  top  of  the  first  coat-of-arms  is  this  date' "  1641  " 

*  There  are  verses,   &c,   painted  on  the  pedestals  of  the  pillar's  on  e 
side  ol  the  moiniment,   not  easy  to  read. 
'  On  a  stone  underneath  ' : — - 

"  eiiitamon. 

"James  by   Pirates  shot  and  thereof  dead,      \    12  of  March 
By  them  i'th'  Sea  solemnly  buried  f     "    i$o>  " 

"  AII02TPCXMI. 
To  the  Sub-/Erial  Elements. 
Devouring  Hades!  th'  ever  hungry  Earth, 
Woulds't  and  shall  eat  up  all  that's  of  thy  Birth 
Fain  in  thy  Lap,  by  Death  of  any  kind, 
By  whom  the  waters  drink,  and  lost  Day  find. 

Step  to  1st  Corinth.,  ch.  15  v.  51. 
Yet  Graves  and  W  avcs  must  all  such  Guests  restore 
At  that  great  Day  to  live  for  evermore  ; 
Tho'  he's  deceas'd,  his  noble  Acts  and  Name, 
Longer  than  this  can  last,  shall  live  by  Fame. 

Prov.,  ch.  22  v.  1  ;  Keel.,  ch.  7  v.  5. 
ALLELUIAH. 
Thus  angels  sung,  Glory  to  God  on  high, 
Peace  upon  Earth,  good  Will  towards  Men  may  be. 
So  always  pray,  and  always  pray  ought  we. 


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Haec  pio  Animo  Filius  ejus  chricus  Mouse 
Aprilis  Anno  a  Salvatore  Mundi  nnto, 
M,  DC,  LII.  excogitavit,  ilium  lugebatque 
Londini. 

At  my  full  Heighth  my  Length  did  not  surpass 
My  Father's  Shadow,  as  at  noon  it  was. 
Carmina  mea  tribuunt,  Fama  perennis  erit." 

1  On  another  monument,  adorned  with  cherubs'  heads,  the  rose,  thistle, 
flower-dedys,  and  under  a  small  scutcheon,  with  a  moon  crescent,  is  the 

following  inscription  composed  in  Greek,  Latin,  and  English ' : 

"  EUITAfclON  LTIJTPAMMATIKON. 
In  Honoratum  Guliklmuji  Montgomeky  de  Roscmount 
Armigerum,  qui  in  Domine  obdormivit  7  mo.  die  of  January 
Anno  XPI2TOrENIA2   170?,  JE  74. 
Armiger,  ecce,  mann,  vita,  Hterisqne  profundi's  Qui  largus, 
lamp.ns,  Corypheus  fata  peregis  Laude,  fide,  genere,  et° 
dementia  turn  probitate  Luxit  laudatus,  pracelleus,  vicit  amatus." 
'  At  the  bottom  ' : — 

"  Idyllium  hoc  elaboravit  et  Sculpsit 
Dl.  Duncan." 

'  On  a  tablet  hnng  up  against  the  wall,  whereon  the  arms  of  this  family 
are  painted,  is  this  inscription  ' : — 

"  Pradoctus,  fidelis,  et  strenuus  Evangelii  Praco  Jacobus 
Montgomert  Generosus,  in  artibus'magister,  ex.  familia 
de  Hasilhead  in  Scotia  oriundus,  ftliliti  Aurato  (ejusdem 
ntriusq:  nominis)  Afiinis,  et  sub  illo  in  pace  et  hello  curator 
Animarnm  vigilantissinius  cujus  spiritus  mi^ravit  e  terris  in 
Coelum  Deo  datori— Die— Anno  a  Christo  nato  M.  DC. 
Corpus  autem  sub  Cathedra  veritatis  hie  jacet  sepultum, 
Posteritasq  :  couditur  in  spe  Aiarraaew;. 
D.  0.  M.  GLORIA. 
AM  EX." 
1  Underneath  the  arms  ' : — 

"  Uccidit  hie  (mirum  !)  nulta  sol  nocte  occuta. 

This  sun  hath  set,  and  yet  no  night  ensu'd. 
No  wonder;   fur  God  here  his  Light  renew'd. 
Posuit  amicus  lubens  merito  anno  a  mundo  taxata,  1693." 


is  inscriptiou  is  on  a  stone  King  flat  on  the  floor  of  the  chanc 
Sit  Ilypogreum  hoc  nobis  (et  memoria:)  Sacrum. 
The  Hon.  Elizabeth  Mountghmkhy  died  the  loth  of 
November,  Anno  Domini  Chri>ti  1<J77,  aged  -12  years. 
William  Mouxtgomeky  de  Hosemount,  Esq.,  her  only 
husband  continued  n  widower,  and  so  died  on  the  7th  d'av 
of  January,  Anno  Dieti  Domin,  1706,  being  74  years  old. 


c>: 


Hugh,  first  Lord  Viscount  Moontgomery,  of  tlic  Great 
Ardes  (by  his  two  eldest  sons),  was  Grand  Father  of 
them  whose  earthly  Remains  are  laid  in  the  vaulted  Tomb 
before  the  Manx  Marble,  both  which  were  made  for  their 
peculiar  Repository  by  the  care,  pains,  and  cost  of  the  said 
William,  in  a  due  deference  to  the  said  Elizabeth,  his 
good  and  only  wife.     Their  only  Issue,  Jamfs,  in  August, 
1687,  married  Elizabeth,  eldest  Daughter  of  Archibald 
Edmonstone,  Laird  of  Dunreth,  whose  children  now  living 
are.  Elizabeth,  William,  Martha,  and  Jamf.s.     The 
Dead  were  Anna,  Helena,  Hugh,  Jane,  and  Arciiibali 
being  all  God's  lovely  Loans. 

Let  them  their  Hones  and  Dust  rest  here  nntost ; 
Others,  room  having  elsewhere,  nothing's  lost. 
Intruders  (still)  graceless  usurper's  are, 
One's  Tomb  belongs  not  even  to  his  Heir. 
Them  twice  by  God  join'd,  none  but  he  may  sever, 
Th'  are  laid  up  here,  till  he  raise  them  for  ever. 
May  all  their  Race  be  pious,  and  safe  keep 
This  House  and  Bed,  where  in  our  Lord  they  sleep. 
Corpora  daut  tunmlo  segnant  quoq  :   Curmine  Saxum, 
Quod  impositum  donavit  Franciscus  Allen,  Anniger. 
Readers  Remember  Job.  ch.  19  v.  25,  26,  27  ;   Deut.,  ch. 
5  v.   16,  and  ch.  27  v.  16.       Endeavour  to  obtain 
Rom.,  ch.  16  v.  24.     Amen. 

Ric.  Osbop.nf.,  Sculpsit." 


'  Under  the  coat-of-arms  of  the  Rev.  David  Magill,  Minister  of  ting 
and  the  neighbouring  parishes,  within  the  church  on  a  stone  in  the  south 
wall  is  this  inscription  ' : — 

"  Voce  Gregem,  vitaque  Deo,  Lethoque  Fideles, 
Qui  pavit,  placuit,  qui  cruciavit  hie  est. 
Obiit  15  Octobris,  Anno  1633." 

See  vol.  i.,  page  130. 


'  On  a  gravestone  in  the  churchyard  ' : — 
"  Here  lies  Jean    Stay, 
Who  Night  and  Day 
Was  honest,  good,  and  just ; 
Her  Hope  and  Love 
Was  from  above. 
In  which  Place  was  her  Trust, 
Her  spirit  left  her  Terrene  part, 
With  joy  to  God  where  was  her  Heart. 

On  the  -1th  Day  of  January,  170?. 
[Kindly  contributed  by  Thomas  Drew,  Esq.,  li.II.A.] 


08 

Maghern  Parish. 

[From  Rev.  R.  S.  Maffett.] 

'  These  items  occur  in  the  Londonderry  volume,  hut  there  is  a  slighter 
notice  of  this  parish  in  the  County  Down  volume  of  O'Douovan  ': — 

"  Ui.d  Churchyard. — Headstones — names,  Magenis,  MacAutax, 
and  MacCorran.  Two  vaults,  one  as  old  as  church  apparently,  same 
shape  as  St.  Muiriach's  tomb  at  Banagher,  but  larger;  it  contains  many 
bones  (perhaps  chiefs',  not  patron  saints',  tombs)." 

[O'Donovan's  MSS.,  R-I.A.l 


liilniegait  Piirisb. 

Our  best  thanks  are  due  to  William  Jackson  Pigott,  Esq  , 
of  Dundrum,  in  this  county,  and  to  Mrs.  Pigott,  for  a  most 
carefully-written  collection  of  the  monumental  inscriptions  in 
the  burial-ground  of  Kilmegan,  with  notes  of  the  church  and 
parish,  and  pedigrees  of  some  of  the  families  whose  names  are 
recorded  on  the  monuments.  We  regret  that,  owing  to  the 
great  expense  of  printing  the  pedigrees  furnished  by  Mr. 
Pigott,  we  are  reluctantly  obliged  to  omit  them. 


'The  early  record  of  people  who  died  here  before  1822  is  valuable,  as 
the  Church  Registry  Books  are  lost  prior  to  that  date. 

'  During  the  early  par.t  of  this  century  a  wall  was  built  (4  feet  high), 
and  some  10  feet  from  church  and  round  two  sides  (east  and  south),  and 
the  clay  dug  out  between  this  wall  and  church  thrown  out  and  over  the 
wall  into  the  grave-ground  covering  np  a  number  of  tombs,  and  some  of 
the  present  headstones  are  actually  resting  on  top  of  former  upright  tombs. 
There  is  little  or  nothing  historical  about  the  church,  only  that  it  must 
have  been  in  existence  before  1678,  at  least.  There  was  an  old  man 
named  Lindsay  (R.  C.)  who  took  a  great  interest  in  it,  and  he  said  tnat 
it  was  built  by  some  Miss  Megan s,  so  we  may  safely  call  it  "  Megans' 
Church";  and  he  had  also  a  tradition  that  there  was  "a  great  old 
warrior"  built  up  in  masonry  on  top  of  the  tower,  and  there  certainly  is, 
1  am  told,  some  kind  of  receptacle  between  the  railing  and  roof  built  of 
biicks.  What  it  really  is,  I  cannot  say;  and  over  the  east  window  out- 
side is  an  old  sculptured  head,  somewhat  like  those  on  recumbent  tombs.' 

[William  Jackson  I'igott.] 

TOMBS  IN  THE   BUHYING-C.ROf.ND  OF  KILMEGAN,  COUNTY  DOWN. 

[From  William  Jackson  Pigott,  Esq.,  Dundrum,  County  Down.] 

'  The  inscriptions  on  the  tombs  in  Kilmegan  burying-ground  are  valuable 
as  a  record  of  the  interments  which  took  place  prior  to  1M'2,  as  all  entries 
previous  to  that   date   have   been  lost.     Owing  to  a  law-suit  between   the 


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late  Rev.  George  Henry  M'Dowel  Johnstone,  of  Rallywillwell,  and  the  Rev. 
John  Forbes  Close,  of  Mourne  Rectory,  Kilkeel,  in  connection  with  the 
right  of  impropriation  of  the  parish,  it  is  supposed  many  of  the  church 
hooks  were  sent  to  Dublin  to  be  produced  in  evidence,  and  were  never 
returned. 

' The  Protestant  chnreh  of  Kilmegan,  in  the  townland  of  Moneylane, 
one  mile  and  a-quarter  from  the  seaport  of  Dundnim,  County  Down,' 
occupies  the  site  of  an  ancient  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  is  in  the  barony 
of  Lecale. 

'A  return  made  by  the  Gaugers  of  Loughbrickland  in  1765,  reports 

"  Parish  of  Kilmegan,  church,  0;  meeting-house,  0;  convents  aud  Popish 
chapels,  0;  Protestants,  180;  Papists,  400;  one  Popish  fraternity  in 
Kilcoo  near  Castlewellau,  as  is  said."  In  1766,  the  Protestant  minister  of 
Kilmegan  made  a  report  to  the  House  of  Lords  of  the  names  of  all  the 
householders  in  the  parish,  and  the  number  of  sons  and  daughters  and 
servants  in  each  family,  distinguishing  the  religion  of  each.  According  to 
that  interesting  document,  there  were  in  the  parish  at  that  time  2,007 
l'ap'sts,  divided  into  414  families,  and  1,275  Protestants,  divided 'into 
2G6  families.  Previous  to  the  Reformation,  Kilmegan  was  under  the 
spiritual  jurisdiction  of  the  "Plebanus"  of  Kilkeel.  In  the  vear  1704, 
Owen  O'iMullen  is  returned  as  parish  priest  of  Kilmegan,  then  64  years  of 
age.  and  residing  at  Slievaneskey,  but  it  is  more  than  doubtful  if  he  offici- 
ated in  the  old  church  of  Kilmegan.  There  was  in  this  old  chnreh  a  curious 
historical  relic  of  ancient  ways,  in  the  form  of  a  poor-box  or  collecting- 
ladle,  of  copper,  bearing  the  inscription— "The  gift  of  Edward  Mathkws, 
t;q-,  of  Newcastle  (1734  ?)."  This  gentleman  was  the  owner  of  the 
Newcastle  property,  and  had  a  residence  there  before  the  estate  passed  into 
the  possession  of  Karl  Annesley.  This  old  collecting-ladle  disappeared 
from  the  church  between  1884  and  1889,  during  the  incumbencv  of  the 
Rev.  George  Joseph  Lodge. 

'  Dundrum  Castle,  according  to  the  late  Professor  O'Cnrry,  occupies  the 
te  of  Dun  RudhraiJhe  (Ruray's  Fori);  and  some  years  ago  a  bronze 
enamelled  plaque,  which  is  at  present  in  the  possession  of  .Mr.  William 
Jackson  Pigott,  of  Dundrum,  was  found  in  the  graveyard  of  .Maghera,  two 
miles  distant.  Mr.  William  H.  Patterson,  M.U.I.A.,  Rellast,  writing  in 
the  Journal  of  the  Royal  Historical  and  Archaeological  Association  of 
Ireland,  says  of  it: — "  it  is  evidently  a  badge  :  the  subject  is  the  Crnci- 
DXion.  At  both  top  and  bottom  are  loops,  which  appear  to  have  been  for 
,,lp  purpose  of  attaching  the  badge  to  the  dress  of  the  wearer.  The  back- 
ground is  composed  of  diamond-shaped  sunk  spaces,  tilled  in  with  blue  and 
«hi;c  enamel  alternately.  It  will  be  observed  that  a  group  of  women  and 
soldiers  surround  the  cross.  One  of  the  soldiers  is  shown  in  the  act  of 
piercing  the  Saviour's  side  with  a  spear,  and  the  blood  issuing  from  the 
woundjs  represented  by  red  enamel,  and  tills  three  ot  the  diamond-shaped 
spaces."  This  plaque  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  decoration  of  one  ol  the 
oughts  Templars  of  Dundrum,  and  was  t±i~  up  in  Maghera  grave-gronud 
">'  »  man  named  'ley  or  Tye,  from  whom  I  purchased  it  about  tin;  year 


site 


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'  Over  the  east  window  of  the  church,  and  outside,  is  built  into  the  wall 
a  curious  engraved  stone  bead,  somewhat  resembling  those  on  old  recum- 
bent tombs. 

'  The  interior  of  the  church  lias  been  used  at  an  early  period  as  a  burying- 
place,  as,  on  digging  up  different  places  during  the  restoration  and  reno- 
vation (1892),  quantities  of  remains  were  disturbed.  In  an  old  book  of 
Maps  of  the  Koads  of  Ireland,  published  in  1776,*  the  old  building  is 
given  as  in  a  state  of  preservation.  These  maps  may  Lave  been  copied 
from  maps  of  an  earlier  date,  probably  1767.' 


'RECTORS  AND  C0RATES  OF  K1LMEGAN    FROM    1791  To  PRESENT  TIME.' 

•  Rev.  Robert  McCormick,  died  1794  ;  was  either  Rector  or  Curate. 
'  Hev.  Roger  I!lackall,  died  1799,  Curate. 

•Rev. Force. 

•  Rev. McCraceen. 

'Rev.   George  Hen.   AIcDowal  Johnstone,  Rector  [1823];  T.  J. 
Moore,  Curate. 


Rev 

.  Jno.  Forbes  Clos 

e,  1822 

;C 

urate,  Rev.  F.  F.  McGiiatfi. 

Do. 
Do. 

do. 

do. 

do.     Rev.  Wji.  Boyle  1  .,      . 
j         n       ti         t,           r  brothers. 
do.     Rev.  Hugh  Boyle  J 

1  >0. 

do. 

do.     Rev.  Adam  Cuppaqe. 

Do. 

do. 

do.     Rev.  E.  Russell  Moncreiff. 

Rev 

,  JoSfPH   Gl  ORGE 

Lodge, 

Rector,  ord.  1878,  ind.  1883. 

Rev 

.  Robert  Folde.' 

The  "Ecclesiastical  Register"  of  1818  gives  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Lucas  Waring  sis  Rector  of  Kilkeel,  Kilcoo,  and  Kilmegan 
(Treasurer  of  Down),  admitted  1765  ;  and  the  Rev.  James 
Maffett  as  his  Curate  at  Kilcoo. 


1  Rodrick  McLean  is  the  last  National  schoolmaster  attached  to  the 
Protestant  school  in  connection  with  Kilmegau  parish,  a  native  ot  (about) 
Dungauuon.' 


;  Inscription  on  Jubilee  window ' : — 

"This  |  window  |  is  presented  by  the  |  Parishioners  of 
Kilmegan  |  to  the  Praise  ec  Glory  of  God  |  as  a  Jubilee 
Offering  |  in  this  |  fiftieth  year  |  of  the  Reign  of  Queen 
Victoria,  |  1887.  j  God  Save  |  the  |  Queen." 


"•  Taylor  ur.d  Skimp  i  s  .Muir 


INSCRIPTIONS  FKOM  THE  TOMBSTONES  IN   THE   BUP.Y1  NO-GROUND  OF 
KILMEGAN. 

."  William  Agar  |  late  of  Ballyloughlan  J  interred  here  27th 
February  |  1825  |  aged  63." 


'This  is  the  Burying-ground  |  of  |  Hugh  Agar  of  Murlough." 

1 1880.  I  In  memory  |  of  |  Agnes  [  the  beloved  wife  of  Hugh 
Agar  |  who  died  15th  Feb.  1878  |  aged  35  years.  |  Also 
of  Hugh  Agar  |  who  died  at  his  residence  |  Clongowan 
House,  Clones,   |  31st  January  1SS4,  aged  51  years.  | 
'Them  which  sleep  iu  Jesus  will  God  bring  with  him.' 
[1  Thes.  4-14."] 


'  Sacred  to  the  Memory  |  of  Mr.  Thomas  Archbold  of  | 
Pundrum,  who  Died  13th  June  |  1812,  Aged  106.  | 

Luring  his  long  life  this  Venerable  |  Man  was  Dis | 

Virtue  of  a  Tr &  and  an  upright  Honest  D j 

This  stoue  was  erected |  tribute  of  Felial  respect | 

memory  of  a  beloved  and  V |  ated  Father  by  his  only 

son  |  Thomas.  |  Here  lyeth  the  remains  of  Jane  |  Arcmibold 
lielictofthe  Late  Thomas  |  Archibald.     She  departed 
this  life  1st  June  |  1822,  at  the  advanced  Aged  of  y5  years  | 
her  Amiable  qualities  through  a  long  |  Life  Endeared  her  to 
all  her  acquaintau  |  ces  and  her  Memory  needs  no  Eulogy.  | 
Also  |  the  Remains  of  their  son  Mr.  Thomas  Archbold*  | 
who  died  deservedly  regretted  on  the  14th  day  J  of  December 
1833,  in  the  83rd  year  of  his  age." 


■  Memento  Mori.  |  In  Memory  o;  |  Hugh  |  Drowned  in  Earl  | 
Annesle/s  Lake  |  12th  August  1836  |  Ml  ly.  |  Also 
Moses,  Died  1st  June  1855  .El'  21  |  Son  of  Andrew  &, 
Martha  |  Baird  of  Castlewellan.  | 

'  When  those  we  love  are  snatched  away 
Like  tenderest  flowers  that  first  decay, 
"lis  sweet  to  know  that  Jesus  lives, 
And  feel  that  peace  the  Saviour  gives.' 
Erected  by  their  brother  Lev.  James  |  Bajrd  of  St.  John, 
New  Brunswick,  British  North  America." 


'This  is  the  |  Burying  |  Ground  of  the  |  late  John  Barlow  | 
of  Ballybaunon  |  17th  November  lo2(J." 


72 

'  In  Memory  of  [  Jane  Beattie,  wife  I  of  I  James  Beattif.  I 
Died  February,  188,'),  |  Aged  31  years.  I  Also  I  Her  mother 
Mary  Hag  an,  Died  |  March  22nd,  1871,  Aged  77  years.  I 
Her  last  words  were  |  "  Happy  in  the  Lord." 

[This  tomb  is  composed  of  Portland  cement 

1  Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  |  David  Hicham.  |  who  died  11th 
April,  1872,  |  Aged  100  years.  |  For  40  years  Sexton  of 
Kilmegan  Church.  |  Also  his  wife  Jane,  aged  45  veai 
And  of  his  grandson  David  Bigham,  I  who  died  7th 
December,  1870.  |  Aged  6  months. 


."Ml-. 


1  Erected  |  In  Memory  of  |  Mart  Ann  Bingham,  I  of 
Waterask,  |  who  departed  this  life  |  18th  June,  1864, 
Aged  3S  years.  |  Also  her  beloved  father  |  William 
Bingham,  |  who  departed  this  life  I  8th  December,  186a.  I 
Aged  7-1  years. 


"  Hibbert  Newton  Bwney,  |  Born  31st  October,  1836   I 
Died  3rd  June  1837  |  Aged  7  months.  |  'Suffer  little 
children  to  |  come  unto  me,  and  forbid  I  them  not,  for 
of  such  is  |  the  kingdom  of  God.'  " 

"Erected  |  by  |  J,.„N  Bleacki.et  |  of  Castlewellan  I 
in  Memory  of  his  j  Son  &  Daughter  I  John  aud  IIakiet 
A.D.  1829." 


'•Here  lieth  the  Body  |  of  David  Boyd  who  I  Dept.  this  life 
Mar  |  ch  1°  1767,  aged  61  years.  |  Margai:et,  wife  of 
David,  |  aged  68.     Maky,  wife  of  |  William  Boyd,  who  I 
depd.  this  life  April  the  |  10th  1797,  Aged  41.     Thos. 
and  James,  sons  of  J  Wm.,  aged  1  year." 


"  Here  lieth  the  |  body  of  Ricuaicd  |  son  of  Rd.  Boyd  I  of 
Aughlisnafiu  |  who  depd.  this  life  j  April  9th,  1774,  I 
aged  3  years." 


"  Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  |  Thomas  Bk.-wn.     Also  his  I 
wife  Margaret  Brown,  Late  of  |  Dundrum,  12th  of  Dec. 
1»28.  |  Ann  Jam,    Bkown  departed  I  this  life  Feabr.' 
28th  1843,  Aged  l'1.  |  Wu.liam  Brows  Also  died  the  2d  I 
of  March  1843.  Age  i  18.  j  Mai.ia  Blown  died  Junu. 
26th  1844,  Aged  19. 


spelling.— VT.  J.  P. 


73 


t 

1  Here  lies  The  |  Body  of  Rose  |  Burns  who  |  Departed  | 
This  Life  |  20 .'  1753  |  Aged  49  years." 


'This  Stone  Erected  |  By  John  Calister  |  1802." 


"  Erected  by  his  wife  |  In  loving  Memory  of  |  William  J« 
Cassells*  I  who  peacefully  passed  |  from  death  to  life  j 
15th  Sep.  1890,  Aged  30 'years. 

'  Jesus  said,  I  am  the  Resurrection  |  and  the  life.' 


"  Erected  by  William  Ceulile  of  |  Clanvaraghan  to  the  | 
Memory  of  Mart  Ellen  |  who  departed  this  life  | 
August  the  8th  1841,  Aged  20." 

"  Here  lieth  |  the  Body  of  Sam  |  Chambers  who  |  depd.  this 
life  the  |  29  July  1785,  |  Aged  b7  years." 


'  This  is  the  Bury  |  ing  place  of  |  Frederick  Charleton  | 
of  Newcastle."  t 


«  Here  lieth  the  Body  of  |  Mauy  Cinnamon  of  |  Clarkhill,  who 
departed  |  this  life  the  20th  |  1796,  aged  63  years." 


"  Here  lieth  the  body  |  of  John  Clark  Junr.  of  |  C Wellan 

who  depd.  |  this  life  June  the  ....  |  17%,  aged  22  years." 

"Sacred  to  the  Memory  |  of  Thos.Clakkin  and  |  also  Ann 
his  wife,  late  |  of  Coothill,  Coy.  Cavan,  |  16  May,  1822." 


"  The  |  Family  |  Burying  Ground  |  of  the  late  |  William 
Cochrane,  I  Knoekstiken." 


'Deposited  the  Dust  |  of  William  Collister,  of 

Ballyginney,  aged  72,  1793,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  | 
aged  69,  1800;  likewise  of  his  sou  John,  |  aged  73, 
Kept.  20,  1829. 


Robert  Conn  of  Water  |  ask,  interred  the  14th  Nov.  | 
1808,  Aged  82.  |  Also  his  wife  Margaret  |  Conn,  Aged 
63  years,  |  interred  28th  July  |  1794." 


ve  of  Armagh.     Died  at  Matlock  Spa.  Deri. 
nlc,  County  Down,  four  miles  from  Kilmeg 


•  Erected  |  By  |  Jons  Cosbf.y  |  of  Castlewellan,  to  the 

Memory  of  |  his  daughter  Eliza  who  departed  this  life 
20th  Jany.  1836,  |  Aged  22  years.  |  Also  to  the  above 
John  Cosbf.y  who  |  Departed  this  life  the  oth  of  June  I 
1739,  Aged  64  years."  ' 


'This fa  the  Burying  I  place  of  JO0R  Cram  I  gle  of  Rath- 
fryland  |  1807." 

( To  be  continued.) 


COUNTY    DUBLIN. 

The  following  remarks  on  the  neglected  state  of  some  of 
the  burial-grounds  in  this  county,  to  which  Mr.  Dix  Hon 
Local  Secretary  R.S  A.I.  for  North  Dublin,  drew  attention  in 
the  Irish  Builder  of  the  15th  July  last,  we  trust  may  meet  the 
eyes  of  those  who  are  answerable  for  their  preservation  and 
order,  and  may  lead  to  some  measures  being  taken  to  improve 
their  condition. 

relvtl?TB°GHILI':~01d   ChnrCh'    Va'7  Deglected-       The  "y   ''«1»'>« 

rWhLAnD  f  S^RR,IES:-'I'he  «a«le  appear  to  be  herded  in  the  old 
church  | !]  A  post  and  ra.l  fence  is  required  round  it,  and  to  be  cleaned 
oat.     J  he  Island  belongs  to  the  Hamilton*  of  Balbriggan  * 


'WrsTPALsTowx.-This  ruined    church    much    needs    attention;  it 
bnned  m  elder  trees  and  ivy.'  ' 

Artauc. 

"  This  tomb  hath  been  erected  bv  Christopher  Hoi  i  rwnon 
of  Artaiue,  Esq.,  the  19  of  February,  1  7—.     And  underneath 
the  same  lyeth  the  body  of  Elkablth   wile  to  the  above 
Chnstopher  Hollywood,  daughter  to  John  Talbot  of  .Valahidc 
Esq.,  «  ho  departed  this  life  the  23  of  J  une,  1711.     Here 
asoe  l.eth  the  body  of  the  above  named  Christopher 
Hollywood,  Esq.,  husband  to  the  said  El  zab,  th  who 
departed  this  life  the  twelfth  dav  of  Au-ust    171s" 
Copled  on  1st  March,  1868.     The  stone  was  cracked  in  two  pieces  ' 

[H.  L.  Tottenham 


75 

Ballyboghall. 

'  In  the  church  on  a  gravestone  is  the  following  inscription  to  the 
memory  of  the  Whites,  who  had  lived  for  many  years  in  the  County  ut 
Louth  ' : — 

"  This  stone  and  Buriall  place  belongeth  to  Mr.  Patrick 
White  and  his  Posterity,  who  departed  this  life  in  the  year 
of  Our  Lord,  1710,  in  the  75th  year  of  his  age." 

[I.  Butler's  .MS.] 


Parish  of  Clontarf. 

{Continued from  vol.  i,,  p.  174.) 

'  Within  the  walls  of  the  old  church,  are  the  following  inscriptions': — 

"  Eva  Mary  third  daughter  of  Thomas  II.  Atkinson,  of 
Clontarf.     She  died  1  February,  I860."  |  Also  |  "  Frances 
E.  [Lily],  second  daughter  of  the  above,  died  lyth  Novr., 
1882,  aged  19  years."  |  Also  his  wite  Marian  who  died  9th 
Sept.,  1884,  aged  50  years  |  also  his  beloved  wife  Jane  who 
died  2  Jany.,  1891,  aged  45  years." 

[An  upright  stone.] 


Alexander  Bell,  died  July  1G,  1880. 

Isabella  Eva  Letitia  Hejiswoiith,  died  May  15,  1883." 

[White  marble,  upright.] 


"  doctor  WILLIAM  FAUSETT  T.C.D.  M.R.C.S.l. 

JIOVJLLE,    DIED    NOVR.    29TH,     1S&0,    AGED    69 
YEARS,  FOR  43   YEARS    THE    BELOVED    PHYSICIAN 
OF    CLONTARF." 

[White  marble,  a  flat  stone.] 


"  Sacred  |  to  the  memory  of  |  Edward  de  Blaquirf.  |  of 
Fiddown,  County  Galway,    |  who  died  at  Simla,  Clontarf,  | 
on  the  2nd  Febry.  1875,  |  aged  72  years." 

[An  upright  stone.] 

"ADELAIDE   HARR1ETTE  EVELYN  WELSH  | 

DIED    20TH    FEBRY.     IbTiS   I  AT    AUBURN    VILLA, 
BOLLYBROOK,   |   AGED     I  I     YEARS.  |    ALSO  j 

CHARLES  BALDWIN  WELSH,  |  died  17th 

APRIL    1878,    AGED    25    YEARS.  |         ALSO 

EDMUND  CHARLES  WELSH,  died  27  decr. 

1884,    AGED    35    YEARS." 

[An  upright  stone.] 


"  Anna  Moore,  eldest  daughter  of  the  Revd.  John  L.  Moore, 
D.D.  |  and  Anne  his  wife,  |  died  5  July,  1SG8,  aged  23 
years.  |  Robert  Moore,  born  Deer.  25th,  1819,  died  at 
Lucerne  Octr.  2Cth,  1670.  |  The  Rev.  John  Lewis  Moore, 
D.D.,  Vice  Provost  |  of  Trin.  Coll.  Dublin,  I  boru  Jany.  14, 
1800,  died  Novr.  25th,  1S75." 

[A  flat  stone.] 
•  Alongside  of  the  above  is  another  flat  stone,  inscribed  ' : — 
"Nellie,  |  wife  of  Captain  H.  Moore,  4th  Regt.,  |  died  at 
Sorrento,  2  March,  1878,  aged  26." 


;  Isabella  Kjiily  Senior,  3rd  daughter  of  Captain  Senior, 
R.N.,  died  at  Cloutarf  18  Septr.  Ib72." 


"  Jaiies  Senior,  Cantn.  R.N.,  died  May  30,  1670." 

An  upright  stone.J 

'Next  to  it  is  an  upright  stone ' : — 

"  Eleanor  Josephine,  |  daughter  of  the  llevd.  Jas.  R. 
Millington,  I  Vicar  of  Kilronan,  who  died  2ord  Mav   I 
1872,  aged  19  years." 


"Joshua  Hill  Jones,  of  Clonmel,  who  died  31  January, 
1672,  aged  82  years." 

[White  marble,  upright.] 

"Elizabeth  Thompson,  who  died  at  Clontarf  on  12th  Jany. 
1874,  aged  S6  years,  daughter  of  the  late  Very  Revd. 
Twos.  Thompson,  M.A.,  Dean  of  Killala.  |  Also  her  brother 
Henrt  Walker  Thompson,  Esq.,  late  Asst.  Inspector 
General  |  K.l.C,  |  who  died  May  12th,  1877,  aged  81." 

[A  flat  stone" 


1  Erected  by  her  loving  daughter  Sophie  |  to  the  memory  of 
her  mother  |  Mai.y  Anne  Uemsworth,  widow  of  the  late 
Captain  Wji.  II.  Hemsworth,  Co.  Inspector  H.I.  Constabu- 
lary, |  who  died  at  Cloutarf,  Mar.  11,  l>t-o." 

[This  is  an  upright  .-tune  under  the  east  gable  wall.] 


;  Here  are  interred  the  remains  of  |  Jane  Abbott,  |  born  at 
Leighliu  Bridge,  Co.  Carlow,  |  died;a  Baymount,  Clontarf, 
Eeb.  11.  1671,  aged  6.',  years.     Also  of  her  daughter  Jane 
Algista  Abiimtt,  I   burn  in  Dublin,   died  suddenly,  at 
Baymount,  |  Jany.  23,  1872,  aged  07  vears." 

[An  upright  stone  under  east  gable.] 


'In   the  wall  of  the  east  gable   a  stone  is  fixed,   with   the  following 
inscription ' : — 

"  This  Burial  Place  belongeth  to  Mr  |  Alex*  Jackson,  this 
monument  |  was  erected  by  his  Daughter  MRS  |  Sarah 
Hapsor  in  memory  |  of  her  Father. 
Here  lyeth  f  ISody  of  y"  above  Sarah  Hadsou,  who  died 
April  y"  4th  1751,  aged  75  years." 


•The  remains  of  an  old  font  or  holy  water  stoup  (?)  are  fixed  in 
wall  ;  round  the  edge  the  following  letters  can  still  be  read ' : — 

".       .       .       .    UI    ELLEN    SHEPHD    1 7  —  7 -"    (?) 

4  The  above  are  all  the  monuments  at  present  inside.' 


In  the  old  churchyard  ' : — 
"  Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  |  John  Tudor,  Esqr.  of  |  Beachfield 
in  this  Parish,  died  5  Oct.  1840,  aged  72.     Also  Anna  his 
wife,  who  died  21  July,  1836,  aged  34  (?)  years." 


"Mr.  William  Pemberton,  died  1 1th  Septembr.  1811  (?), 
also  his  wife  Elizabeth,  who  died  6  Deer.  1826,  aged 
63  (?)  years." 

"  Eliza  Gausson,  bapd.  28  Novr.  1874  ;  she  died  17  N'ovr — 
Charles  Gaussen,  died  11  June,  1887,  his  92  birth  day." 
[From  Greystones.] 

««  Mary  Mathews,  died  12  May,  1877.     John  R.  Mathkws, 
her  father,  died  13  Jany.  18S5.  aged  77  years.     Also  her 
mother  Margaret,  died  18S8." 


William  Henry  Fortfscue,  Esqre.,  died  Jany.  11,  18C6. 
Also  Amelia  his  wife,  18  Deer.  1SG9,  and  3  children." 

[An  upright  stone.] 


«  Sacred  to  the  Rema,sc  |  of  Eliz™  The  Wife,  and  Dorothea 
the  Mother  of  Geo.  Vernon,  Esq.,  who  both  died  |  Ann. 
Dom1  1775." 
'The  above  is  on  a  flat  stone  at  an  opening  (door  or  window,  broken 
down)  on  N.  side  «i"  the  ruin  ;  the  stone  is  broken  lengthways.' 


"  Eliza,  wjte  of  Travf.ks  Blackeley,  Esqre.,  of  Vervile,  who 
d.  Mar.  17th,  1S.53,  aged  48.  Travees  Uobert  Blacklp.t, 
born  8  June,  1801,  died  10th  Novr.  1870." 

[A  flat  stone  ] 
;  There  are  some  other  inscriptions  I  had  not  time  to  copy.' 


Dntiiicomlra  Church. 

'This  chapel  was  erected  by  the  family  of  Cogiiill.  The  late  Earl  of 
Charleville  had  the  presentation  to  it,  and  it  continues  in  his  representa- 
tives. It  is  situated  about  a  mile  and  a-half  north  of  Dublin.  Over  the 
church  door  is  a  sundial,  with  these  very  appropriate  words — "  Dum 
spectas,  fngio."  The  cemetery  is  large,  and  on  one  of  the  stones  are  these 
hues': — 

"  Nor  tender  youth,  nor  hoarv  agf>, 

Can  shun  the  tyrant  Death's  dire  rage. 

Yet  truth  and  sense  this  lesson  give, 

We  live  to  die,  and  die  to  live." 


'  But  Coghill's  monument  is  most  remarkable.  He  is  represented 
sitting  in  his  robes  as  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer;  below  at  his  right 
hand  is  Minerva,  and  at  his  left  Religion,  in  white  marble,  with  the  artist's 
name — P.  Sheemakers,  f. 

'  The  following  inscription  gives  us  the  particulars  of  his  life  and 
death  ' : — 

"Marmaduke  Cog  hill,  eldest  son  of  Sin  John  Coohill,  of 
Coghiil  Hall,  in  the  County  of  York.  Knight,  was  born  in 
Dublin  on  the  -28th  day  of  December,  1 ' i 7 -> .      In  10*7  he 
was  admitted  a  fellow  commoner  in  Trinity  College,  Dublin. 
In  1691  he  took  his  degree  of  Doctor  of  the  Civil  Law.     In 
1692  he  was  elected  representative  for  the  Borough  of  Armagh. 

He  died  of  the  gout  in  his  stomach,  on  the  9th  of  March. 
1738,  after  a  long  ami  painful  illness,  which  he  supported 
with  patience,  fortitude,  ami  resignation. 
Mary  Coghill  hath  built  this  house  for  the  worship  of  God, 
and  erected  this  monument  to  the  memory  of  so  valuable  a 
brother,  whose  body  is  laid  in  the  vault,  belonging  to  his 
family  in  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Dublin." 


"On  the  1 8th  of  May,  1791,  were  deposited  here  the  remains 
of  the  much  lamented  Francis  Grose,  I'sq.,  whose  mental 
endowments  and  social  qualities  had  long  procured  him  the 
admiration  of  the  public,  and  endeared  him  to  a  numerous 
circle  of  friends.     The  idea  of  illustrating  the  history  and 
antiquities  of  the  British  Isles,  by  existing  monuments, 
was  noble  and    magnincent :  while  it  showed  the  vast 
capacity  of  his  mind.'' 


79 

Donnybrook  old  Churchyard. 

[From  the  Rev.  R.  S.  Maffett.] 

'  This  churchyard,  situated  in  the  village  of  Donnybrook,  has  been 
closed,  I  am  told,  for  some  ten  or  fifteen  years,  as  regards  the  general  burial 
of  parishioners.  A  small  piece  of  wall  about  the  centre  of  the  ground  is 
presumably  the  remains  of  the  old  church,  the  present  edifice  at  Simmons- 
court  having  been  erected  about  sixty  years  ago.  Archbishop  King 
is  buried  on  the  north  side  of  this  graveyard,  but  I  failed  to 
find  his  tomb.  When  I  first  visited  it  in  the  autumn  of  1892, 
the  ground  seemed  in  a  moderately  good  state  as  regards  the 
mowing  of  the  grass,  weeds,  &o.  Round  the  side  bounded  bv  Church- 
lane,  however,  there  was  a  disgraceful  array  of  tin  kettles,  buckets,  &c.  (I 
counted  240,  and  did  not  exhaust  the  number — ou  one  tomb  a  frying- 
pan!).  The  relieving  officer,  who  has  charge  of  the  ground,  had,  I  should 
mention,  already  taken  steps,  through  the  Police  and  otherwise,  to  have 
the  nuisance  abated.  He  had  been  only  about  six  months  in  his  present 
position,  and  he  told  me  that  the  Poor-Law  Guardians  had  allowed  him 
£3,  to  be  laid  out  on  the  graveyard  during  the  year.  I  received  all  possible 
facilities  from  him  for  copying  inscriptions.  On  my  visit  in  the  following 
April,  the  old  tin  vessels  had  been  removed,  and  the  boundary  walls  repaired 
where  they  adjoin  the  site  of  the  former  Roman  Catholic  chapel,  now  lying 
a  vacant  space  interposed  between  the  churchyard  aud  the  Police  Barracks. 

'  Many  of  the  gravestones  require  cleaning— earth  and  sod  encroaching 
on  the  flat  stones,  and  leaf-mould  having  covered  the  inscriptions  on  some  of 
those  raised  above  the  level  of  the  ground.  There  are  a  good  many  trees 
in  the  graveyard,  which,  though  not  extensive,  is  capable  of  being  made  a 
pleasant  and  pretty  resort.  There  are  no  flowers  planted,  nor  apparently 
any  personal  care  bestowed  (except  in  the  case  of  a  recent  memorial, 
noticed)  on  any  of  the  graves.  Till  a  key  of  this  churchyard  is  kept  in  the 
village,  and  freer  access  thus  given  to  the  public  than  can  be  afforded  even 
by  an  obliging  official  living  half  an  hour's  walk  from  the  spot,  there  will, 
]  think,  be  little  improvement  in  this  matter.  I  had,  however,  the  pleasure 
of  finding,  on  my  visit  in  April,  that  the  old  wall  and  dingy  gate  were 
gone,  aud  that  a  handsome  trout  boundary  to  the  churchyard  was  being 
erected,  consisting  of  basement  wall  and  railing,  with  an  entrance  through 
a  stone  arched  gateway,  surmounted  by  an  Irish  cross,  the  design  for 
which  was  fund, lied  by  J.  II.  l'entland,  lisq  The  wall  is  a  massive  one, 
of  Tullamore  limestone.  The  following  was  kindly  supplied  me  by  .Mr. 
Graves  Seaiight  as  the  inscription  intended  to  be  placed  on  the  entrance': 
"This  Memorial  is  elected  by  the  Members  of  the  Dublin  Stock 
Exchange  to  the  Memory  ot  Thomas  Chamney  .Sf.auigiit, 
for  many  years  Registrar  to  their  .Society,  who  died  .May 
27th,  lS'JO,  and  whose  remains  are  buried  in  this  Churchyard." 

'  On  a  further  visit  in  May,  the  grass  in  the  graveyard  required  mowing 
badly,  pos,il.ly  owing  to  the  entrance  bring  still  in  the  hands  of  the  con- 
tractor.    There  seems  to  be  no  doubt  that  the  flat  stores  along  the  north 


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wall  of  the  ground  trill  soon  be  altogether  Ion  to  sight,  unless  the  mould 
and  debris  is  removed  from  them.  Under  a  couple  of  inches  of  such  [ 
came  upon  the  inscription  on  the  tomb  of  the  Rev.  John  Foster  (Foister?) 
formerly   Senior  Fellow  of  T.C.D.,  and  Kector  of  DrumraHi 

•There  is  a  small  angle  of  ground  at  Church-lane,  close'to'  the  entrance, 
winch  would  be  an  excellent  site  for  a  caretaker's  lodge  (memorial  or  other- 
wise), were  such  considered  necessary  to  the  throwing  open  of  the  ground 
which  would  appear  a  desirable  thing,  if  it  were  planted  with  flowering 
shrubs  and  furnished  with  a  few  seats.  What  obstacles  there  mi-ht  be  or 
what  is  the  local  feeling  on  the  subject,  I  am  not,  however,  aware 

« A  Latin  cross,  which,  with  base,  stands  nearly  difeet  from  the  -round 
—the  cross  itself  being  2*  feet  high,— has  been  lately  erected  in  a  space 
enclosed  by  a  railing  and  planted  with  shrubs,  not  very  tar  from  the 
entrance.  It  IS  to  the  memory  of  the  late  rector  of  the  parish.  The 
material  (limestone)  is  light  grey  in  colour,  the  polished  face  being  dark. 
On  the  base  is  the  following  inscription':— 

"sacred  I  TO   THE   MEMORY   OF  |  REV.  ARTHUR 
GORE  RYDER,  D.D.  |  rector  of  donny- 

BROOK.  I    SUB    DEAN    OF    CT    C»    CL      |   WHO    PASSED 
AWAY   |   FEB.    2 1  ST    1889,    |  AGED    64. 
'BLESSED    ARE    THE    DEAD    WHICH    DIE    I.V    THE 
LORD,    FOR    THEY    REST    FROM    THEIR    LABOURS.'" 


*  An  upright  stone  near  the  entrance,  to  the  right-hand  side,  has  the 
following  inscription,  in  letters  of  1^  inch  hHi ' : 

"  HERE  .  LyETH  :  THE   |   BODJT  .  OF  .  ELIZA  .   | 
BETH  .  quiNN    WIFE    |   OF  .  ioHN  Qu'NX  | 
WHO   .  DEPARTS  (V)    I   TIlis   .  LiFE  .  THE  4   | 
DAy    OF    DECEMBER]    J    1722    AND    4    OF  . 
HE[];l]    I    CHILDREN." 

'  About  the  centre  of  the  ground,  not  far  from  the  entrance,  is  the  burial- 
place  of  a  younger  branch  oftheTighe  family  of  l.'ossana,  Countv  Wicklow 
It  is  enclosed  by  a  railing  greatly  injured  by  rust,  which  spoils  the  appear- 
ance of  the  elegantly-carved  memorials  within.  The  older  of  the<e  is  a 
pillar  with  an  urn  on  the  top.  The  pillar  is  light  grey  in  colour  and  is 
raised  on  a  granite  basement  of  two  steps. 

'On  the  side  of  the  pillar  facing  the  entrance  to  the  graveyard  is  the 
following  inscription  ':— 

"  REvllw.   II.   N.  TIGIIC  I   THIRD   SON   OF  |    WILL^l 
TJGHE    ESQli    |   OF     ROSSANA  |    IN     THE    C°    OF 

wicklow  |  born    1 7  16  |  died    1828." 


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'  The  opposite  side  of  the  pillar  bears  another  inscription  ' : — 

"WILL?£    G.    TIGHE   |   CLERK    |   FOURTH    SOX    OF 

RICIl!l  W.  II.   N.  TIG  HE  |    BORN    1801    |   DIED   1828." 

'  On  a  third  side  is  the  following'  :— 

"LUCY    THE    "WIFE    OF  |   EDWARD    TIGHE    ESQ.!     | 
OF  LOWER    LEESO.N    STREET  |   DAUGHTER    OF   | 
RICH2.    NEWTOX    KING    ESQ.!    |   DIED    Gth 
JANUARY    1S60." 

'  In  front  of  this  third  side,  of  the  pillar,  and  within  the  raili  _, 
elaborately- carved  monument,  suggestive  of  an  entrance,  and  having  foi 
heads  carved  on  it.     It  hears  the  following  inscription,  in  very  ornamental 
letters,  the  first  and  third  lines  beiug  on  ribbons': — 

"SACRED    I  TO    THE    |   MEMORY  |    OK   |  EDWARD 

TIGHE  Esoli    |  who  died  |  -27th  june   16G4  | 
aged  67  years.    |   THIS  MEMORIAL  |  of 
affection  and  esteem  I  is  erected  by  I  JUS 
mourning  wife  I  SUSAN  LOUISA  TIGHE." 


is   an 


'There  are  two  recumbent  stones  near  the  middle  of  the  graveyard,  with 
handsome  ornamental  crosses  carved  in  relief.  The  stones  rise  from  the 
ground  perpendicularly  for  about  4  inches,  then  slope  for  6  inches ;  on  this 
part  the  inscriptions  are  incised.  The  crosses  are  different,  but  each 
measures  about  4  feet  7  inches  in  length.  The  following  are  the  iuscrip 
tions  on  the  first  tombstone  ' : — 

"FRANCES  DAUGHTER  OF  |  JOHN  ARMSTRONG 
GARNETT,  M.D." 

'  On  the  other  side  ' : — 

"WIFE    OF    EDWARD    RICHARDS    I'LREFOY    COLLES, 
BARRISTER    AT    LAW.   |  DIED    30li'    JUNE     1SG5, 
AGED    fi7    YEARS." 

'  At  the  foot  of  the  stone  ' : — 

"E.    R.    P.    COLLES   |    DIED    27T2    APRIL    18S.3   (" 
IN    HIS    S31!1    YEAR." 


'On  the  second  tombstone  is  the  following': — 

"ELIZABETH  MARY,  DAUGHTER  OF  JOHN  ARM- 
STRONG GARNETT,  M.P.,  j  DIED  JULY  'J'll  ISfi 
AGED    GG    YEARS." 


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'  Ou  the  other  side  ' : — 

"HANNAH     LASCELLES    GABNETT  |  DIED     19™  DEC. 
18/8,    AGED    /9." 


At  the  south  side  of  the  graveyard  is  a  headstone,  the  side  of  which  to 
the  left  ham  is  broken  oft'  the  whole  length.  The  date  (1629)  is  the 
oldest  which  I  met  with  in  the  graveyard  ' :— 

"DHKEjARE-VNDER-  LYETH 

[T]HE  *  BODY  *  OF  '  THOMAS 
r«D@&]DAN  *  SON  DM"]  OF  •  RIC 
[WjARD  *  JORDAN]  *  AND  [-©IF?] 
[(gjATHERIN  '  HANON  (?) 
WHO  *  DIED' THE '15[ra?J 
[@]F-  OCTOBER  '1629 

[fl]HS" 

'The  letters,  some  of  which  are  joined,  are  fully  2  inches  in  height  in 
he  above  inscription,  ..ml  are  carved  in  relief.  The  I  11  S  is  to  the  right 
hand  of  the  centre.     Of  the  letters,   &c,  in  brackets,  as  conjectured    there 


trace. 


foil 


Not  far  from  the  Jordan  headstone,  is  another  smaller  one.      It  has 
ption  in  incised   letters,  which  vary  from  U  to' 14  belli 


height.     This  stone  is  a  little  broken  at  the  top  of  the  I  H  S 

* 
I  H  S 

«  3CEARE  •  LYEATH  •  THE  |  BODY  :  OF  :  IOHN: 

ARCHDE  I  COX  •  WHO  •  DPARTe"  |  THIS  • 

LIFE  •  THE  27  I  OF  MAY  IN  ■  THE  Y  | 

EARE  OF  OVR  LO  |  RD   HOC  ANNO  DO  | 

MINO  PATRICK  ARCHD  |  ECON  Hl§ 

FATHER  CA  |  VSED  Tills  STONE  |  TO 

BE  S»T  II EARE." 

'The  unnecessary    addition    of  "Anno  Domino"  (sic)  to  the  English 

f*^sio\:\.r",!a.r-  p« Cist  »«■•««■ °» "»  ***  *<&  ■*,  nodoV 

a    —an      A      hav,„g  been   first  carved  by  mistake. .  There  are  other 
intei  eating  peculiarities  in  the  junction  of  letters,  &c.' 


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'  A  flat  stone,  not  far  from  the  Jordan  headstone,  bears  the  following 
inscription  ' : — 

"  Here  under  lieth  ye  body  of  Micheall 
Wills  &  his  son  &  daughter  Micheall  & 
Sarah  Wills  who  departed  this  life  in  ye 
yeare  of  our  Lord  1675  &  his  wife  Ioanna 
Wills  who  deceased  this  life  yc  lb".'  of 

Dec.   1713 
Mary  Wills  late  wife  of  Isaac 
Wills  died  March  y°   ]()."'  Anno  dom 
1732.  aged   [5  ?]  6 'years. 

CAPtAin   Isaac  Wills 
Departed  the  first  Day  of 
[Omjne   1753  Aged   86  years." 

'"Day  of"  and  "86  years"  are  on  a  piece  of  the  stone  which  is 
broken  off.  This  piece  is  about  a  sixth  of  the  whole  tombstone  iu  size, 
and  another  sixth  (apparently  with  no  inscription)  seems  lost.' 

(To  be  continued.) 


l*iiri*.li  <>f  Itatlifarnliam. 

[From  Thomas  M.  Steele,  Esq] 

e/&ERE    LYETH    |  THE    BODY    OF    JOrlN   |    {0  RIST 
WHO    DEPAKT      |    ED    THIS    LJFE    THE    4T"  |   OF    IuXE 
1/07    .    .    .  |  AGED     13    YEARS." 


"  HERE    LYETH   |  THE    BODY    OF    RATHER1.*    |  THE 

wiFE  of  10HN  ALLEN  of  scholars  |  town 

WHO    DIED    THE  |   21st   OF    DECEMBER   |    1 70S." 


c/6ere  Lycth  the  Body  of  £?JETEtt   //  RENCH 
who  Depart  |  ed   this  Lite  the  6T.H  of  Novr.  |  17'- 1.'' 


'The  above  are  in  the  old  churchyard  of  Rathfarnham.  The  west  gable, 
the  choir  arch,  and  a  fragment  of  the  ?  mtii  wall,  are  all  that  remain  of  the 
church  itself.     The  place  is  in  a  state  that  is  positively  di«graccfuU 


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St.  Andrew's. 

In  the  year  1859  this  burial-ground  was  surveyed  by  Thomas 
Drew,  Esq.,  and  about  250  inscriptions  copied  and  catalogued 
by  him,  for  a  citation.  This  valuable  list  should  be  on  record 
somewhere.  We  should  feel  much  obliged  for  any  information 
concerning  it. 


St.  Anne's  Parish. 

The  following  has  been  sent  us  by  a  correspondent: — 

'  When  I  attended  the  funeral  of  Dr.  Thomas  Beatty,  about  1 870,  the 
graveyard  was  still  undisturbed,  and  contained  many  memorials.  Very 
soon  after,  Dr.  Dickinson  made  a  sweep  of  them  all,  and  converted  it  into 
a  bare  playground,  as  it  now  is.  Very  few,  I  think,  of  the  memorials 
survive.' 


'one  hundred  and  sixty-two  inscriptions  at 

st.  ann's  tarisii  church,  Dublin, 

Copied  in  the  years  1666  and  18G7  by  the  L'ev.  Christopher McCready,  of 

Dublin,  and  Transcribed  from  his  book  by  me,  Beaver  H.  Blacker, 

January,  1873.' 

'  I.  North  chancel ' : — 

"  Sacred  |  to  the  memory  of  |  Frances,  |  Countess  of 
Lanesborough,  |  who  departed  this  lite  at  |  Lanesborough 
Lodge,  near  Belturbet,  |  Co.  Cavan,  on  Saturday,  Octr.  5th, 
1850.  |  Her  remains  are  deposited  in  a  Vault  j  in  this 
church,  belonging  to  the  |  Lanesborough  Family. 

'  Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  iu  the  Lord.' 
Rev.  ch.  siv.  v.  13." 

[Now  in  the  vestibule.] 

'II.':— 

"  Near  this  Place  are  Interr'd  the  Remains  of  the  |  Honourable 
Henry  Edmund  Nugent,  |  son  ofGeoitGE  and  Euzabeth,  | 
Earl  and  Countess  of  Wi-.stmeath.  |  who  departed  this 
life  on  the  3rd  of  March,  1811,  |  aged  eight  years. 
"  Kntomb'd  within  this  Hallow'd  spot  repose      • 
The  earthly  reliqucs  of  an  half-blown  liose, 
A  tlower  which  if  matured,  with  dew  supplied, 
Tlio'  withered  now,  had  been  the  gard  'u's  pride; 

Of  talents,  far  beyond  thy  years,  j ess  .1 

With  seeds  of  cv'ry  social  virtue  blcss'il, 
Good-natured,  cheerful,  open,  patient,  kind, 
'J  hy  countenance  true  index  of  ihv  mind  : 


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Free  were  thy  manners,  without  Guile  or  Art, 
Warm  were  the  feelings  of  thy  gen'rous  heart, 
Whilst  from  thy  lips  distill'd,  from  earliest  youth, 
The  sacred  Accents  of  unerring  Truth  : 
By  thee  each  early  gift,  each  childish  toy 
(Such  would  have  been  the  man !  such  was  the  bo 
Was  ne'er  so  well  enjoy'd,  as  when  'twas  shar'd 
With  those  by  friendship  or  by  love  endear'd  : 
Such,  Henry,  were  thy  prospects  !     But  alas  ! 
The  fairest  gems  decay,  and  fade  like  grass ; 
Hence  then,  let  Parents  learn,  in  Earth's  abode, 
Their  surest  comfort  is  their  hope  in  God." 


III.':— 

"  Alexandek   Knox,  |  died  June  17,  A.D.  1831.  |  He  was 
a  true  and  real,  |  a  spiritual  and  practical,  |  an  informed 
and  enlightened,  |  a  primitive  and  catholic  |  Christian.  | 
His  intellect  was  of  a  high  order  |  of  ardent  and  soaring 
genius:  |  discursive,  intuitive,  imaginative,  judicious,  |  he 
communicated  truth  |  with  great  force  of  argument,  |  and 
splendour  of  eloquence,  |  in  writing  and  speech.  |   To  a 
temperament  |  constitutionally  nervous,  timid,  refined, 
sensitive,  |  the  warmth  of  his  affections  supplied  energy,  | 
which  gave  zeal  and  constancy  to  his  friendships,  |  and 
courage  to  sustained  exertions  in  a  good  cause.  |  At  an 
early  age  |  he  gave  up  the  world  and  its  distinctions,  | 
devoting  every  power  |  to  the  immediate  service  of  God  and 
His  Word  :  |  that  Word,  |  in  its  letter  and  spirit,  |  in  its 
principles  and  their  effects,  |  was  the  satisfaction  of  his  heart 
and  mind :  |  it  gave  enlargement  to  the  whole  man  in  all  his 
faculties.  |  Cultivating  it  diligently,  |  and  bringing  forth  its 
fruits,  |  he  realized  to  himself  the  great  fact,  |  that  the 
Gospel  of  Christ,  |  by  a  justifying  and  a  sanctifying  efficacy,  | 
is,  to  everyone  that  believeth,  |  the  power  of  God  unto 
salvation.  |  A  cordial  adherent  of  the  Church  of  England,  | 
he  loved  her  best  in  her  universal  character  1  as  a  living 
member  of  Christ's  body ;  |  and  gave  the  right  hand  of 
fellowship  to  all  |  who  under  any  form  possessed  her  spirit ;  | 
rejoicing  that  in  Christ  Jesus  |  neither  circumcision  availetli 
anything  nor  uucircumcisiou,  |  but  a  new  creatine.  |  As  he 
lived  the  life  of  faith,  |  so  he  died  in  the  sure  Christian 
hope  |  of  a  resurrection  |  to  glory.  |  T.  Kirk,  sc, 


IV.  Under  the  bread-shelf':— 

"The  liight  Hon.THEopniiX's  Loud  j  Xewtown  of  Xewtow 
Butler  Bequeathed  |  to  the  I'oor  of  St.  Ann's  Parish  for  |  ev< 
Thirteen  Pounds  Per  Annum  |  To  Be  Distributed  In  Bread 
At  live  |  Shillings  Each  Week.      1723." 


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Under  memorial  window,  north  chancel  ' : 

"In  memory  of  James  William  Ci'sack,  I  M.D.     Born  May 
26,  1788.     Died  |  Sept.  25,  1861." 


VI.  Under  memorial  window,  east  chancel ' : — 

"  Erected  A.D.  1861  in  memory  of  |  ALEXANDER  Knox. 


'VII.  Under  memorial  window,  south  chancel': 

"  Jn  memory  of  Felicia  Hemai^s,  A.D.  1860." 

[See  p.  9'-,  for  monument.] 

VIII.  South  chancel':— 

"To  the  memory  of  the  |  Hevd.  Gf.oi!gf.  William  Cotton.  | 
This  mouunient  is  erected  by  the  |  Parishioners  of  St. 
Anne's  |  as  an  affectionate  record  of  the  estimation  |  in  which 
they  |  held  his  pastoral  character  |  after  an  intcrcourje  of 
36  years,  |  during  which  |  he  officiated  in  this  church  | 
as  cuiate  of  this  parish.  |  He  departed  this  life  on  the  | 
20th  of  July,  1837,  |  aged  64  |  years.  T.  Kirk." 


'  IX.  South  chancel  ': — 

"To  |  the  memory  of  |  Chatu.es  Dickinson,  |  D.D.,  |  Bishop 
of  Meath.  |   He  died  of  typhus  fever  |  on  the  12th  July, 
1842,  |  in  the  50th  year  of  his  age,  |  and  was  buried  in  the 
churchyard  at  Ardbraccan. 

'  Be  ye  wise  as  Serpents,  and  harmless  as  Doves.' 

-Matt,  xi   16. 
After  a  distinguished  career  in  the  I'nirersity  of  Dublin  he 
entered  into  Holy  Orders,  |  and  was  soon  after  appointed 
Chaplain  to  the  Female  Orphan  House,  |  where  he  continued 
for  12  years;  |  during  tile  |ast  perj0(i  ot  „.hicJl  he  bucame 
Domestic  Chaplain  to  |   Kichard  \\  hately.  Lord  Archbishop 
of  Dublin,  |  who  presented  him  to  the  Vicarage  of  this 
Parish  of  St.  Anne,  |  from  which  after  7  years  he  was 
elevated  |  to  the  Iiishoprick  of  Meath  ;  and  after  |  presiding 
over  that  see  for  the  short  period  of  20  mouths,  |  he  was" 
taken  to  his  rest  in  Christ,  in  the  midst  of  zealous  labours  | 
for  the  welfare  of  the  Chinch  and  the  good  ot  mankind. ' 

Kiik,  sculps." 

X.  East  end  of  south  gallery':— 


Near  this  spot  arc  deported  the  remains  of  C  HA  It  ITT  |  Jt 
Newbukgh,  alias  Blake,  wife  of  Thomas  Newuii.gi  ' 
Pally  Ifcas,  Esqr.,  who  departed  this  life  the  HJth  of 


I  of 


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Novr.  1745,  in  the  20th  year  of  her  age.  |  Her  short,  but 
wellspent  life  was  a  pattern  of  filial  |  piety  and  conjugal 
affection.  |    With  a  goodness  of  mind  and  a  capacity 
uncommon  to  |  her  years,  she  shar'd  and  lightened  "a 
husband's  and  |  parent's  cares  :  to  the  one  an  inseperable  (sic) 
Bosom  |  friend;  to  the  other  the  joy,  the  comfort,  and 
support  |  of  her  years.     In  the  whole  of  her  conduct  a 
pattern    |  to  her  sex.  |  With  the  hearts  of  her  friends  she 
possessed  the  |  benovolence  (sic)  of  all  who  truly  knew  her ; 
of  all  who  [  were  capable  of  being  gain'd  by  the  sweetness 
of  her  |  temper  and  the  unaffected  simplicity  of  her  manners.  | 
A  stranger  to  the  crimes  and  lollies  of  life,  aimiable  (sic)  in  | 
vertue  (sic)  and  innocence,  she  resigned  her  breath,  an  j 
offering  fit  for  Heaven,  in  whose  mercies  thro'  the  | 
men-its  (*ic)  of  her  Saviour  she  humbly  confided." 

[Surmounted  by  bust.] 


XI.  East  end  of  south  gallery  ': — 

"  Chap.lks  Ferdinand  Smyth    |  Born  5  Septr.,  1810.      Died 
22  August,  1 862,  |  aud  was  interred  at  Streathara,  Surrey.  | 
This  tablet  to  his  beloved  memory  is  presented  |  by  his 
sorrowing  widow.  |  '  Because  I  live,  ye  shall  live  also.' " 


XII.  South  gallery  '  :— 

"  Uuderueith  |  lie  the  remains  of  |  Elizabeth  Catherine,  | 
the  beloved  daughter  |  of  |  Owen  aud  Ann  Puibbs,  |  who 
died  |  April  6th,  I S 1  3,  |  aged  |  13  years.  |  Her  afilicted 
parents  |  dedicate  |  this   talilet  |  to  her  memory. 

Here  rest,  dear  maid,  and  wait  th'  Almighty's  will, 
Then  rise  unchanged,  and  be  an  angel  still." 


XIII.  Beneath   the    second    window    from    the   chancel,    on    the    south 
gallery  ' : — 

"  In  memory  of  Robert  Smyth  |  and  Rachf.l,  his  wife : 
presented  |  by  their  sons,  Chakles  Ferdinand  and 
Robert." 


1  First  window  in  suuth  gallery  ' : — 

"To  the  memory  of  Wight  Rev.  Richard  Wha  tf.ly,  D.D., 
Archbishop  of  Dublin." 

Hightly  copied  in  St    Ann's  Registry  of  Monuments.' 


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:XIV.  South  gallery  ': 

"  In  the  vault  34  underneath  this  church  |  are  deposited  the 
mortal   remains  of  |  The  Kt.   IIokb.  William,   Loud 
Downes      and  |  The  How.  Tanklrville  Chammklaim.  I 
They  had  both  sat  as  Justices  in  the  Court  of  Kind's  Bench    I 
to  the  cluef  seat  in  which  the  former  had  been  raised  on  the  I 
lamented  event  of  the  murder  of  their  associate  and  chief   | 
Arthur,  Viscount  Kilwarden.  ' 

In  the  high  offices  they  fill'd,  they  equally  possessed  the  I 
judicial  qualities  of  knowledge  of  the  laws,  sound  judgment  I 
and  sagacity  in  the  administration  of  them.     These,  with 
in-  |  flexible  integrity,  and  firmness  of  mind,  and  patience 
and  |  temper  never  once  known  to  fail  or  to  falter,  gave  to 
the     discharge  of  their  publick  duties  a  general  confidence 
and  |  satisfaction,  never  surpassed  in  any  time  or  country.  I 
In  the  peculiar  characteristics  of  their  minds  they  differ'd.  I 
1  he  first  excell'd  in  general  and  accurate  knowledge,  com-  I 
prehensiveness  of  mind,  composed  thought,  and  coolness  of 
judg-  |  rnent.     The  latter  iu  promptness  and  penetrating 
force  of  intellect.  |  ° 

They  were  equally  inaccessible  to  fallacious  ingenuitv    the  I 
influence  of  power,  or  of  popular  blandishment!     Iu'z'ealoua 
sense  |  of  duty,  candour,  and  love  of  justice,  neither  could 
excel  the  |  other,  or  he  excell'd  by  any.  I 
They  each  in  the  highest  degree  estimated  the  qualities  I  of 
the  other,  and  almost  in  an  equal  decree  were  insensible  I 
of  their  own.      Bnt  those  qualities  were  ackuow  ledg'd,  and 
as  |  justly  valued,  by  a  cotemporary  publick.  I 
In  private  life  both  were  as  amiable  and  beloved,  as  in  I  their 
pubhek  character  they  were  approved  and  respected.  I 
Their  friendship  and  union  was  complete.  I 
They  had  studied  together,  lived  together,  sat  together  I  on 
the  same  bench  of  justice,  and  now  by  desire  of  tiie  survivor  I 
they  he  together  in  the  same  tomb.  I 

I-    .U."       )       .1  I 


In  their  death: 


they  were  believing  and 


practical  Christians.  | 
Header,  think  not  this  statement  the  exaggeration  of   I 
monumental  eulogy.     For  what  relates  to^publick  station    I 
those  of  the  publick  who  witnessed,  or  who  have  heard  of 
them,  |  are  confidently  appeafd  to— of  the  rest,   much  more 
is  felt  than  here  express'd. 

Mr.  Justice  Chamberlain  died  May,  1802.  ngedSI  years    I 
Lord  Downes  survived  him,  to  be  executor  to  his  will,  I  and 
guanhan  to  his  children.     To  them  he  was  as  a  parent    and  I 
a  most  generous  benefactor,  till  it  plcas'd  Cod  to  ilo^e  his  I 
virtuous  and  pious  life.     He  died  on  the  2ml  or  Ward.,  1826, 
>"  |  the  78th  year  of  his  age.  I 


This  faithful  testimonial  of  long-surviving  recollections  | 
has  been  here  erected  on  the  27th  of  April,  183o." 

[Surmouuted  by  tuo  medallion  busts.] 


X  V.   Beneath  the  third  window  from  the  chancel,  on  the  south  gallery ' : — 
"  In  memory  of  Hicham)  Cake  and  Isabella,  his  w  ifc.     Their 
remains  rest  in  the  family  burial-place,  Larachbrycn,  Co. 
Kildare." 


XVI.  South  gallery': — 

"  Near  this  spot  |  are  deposited  the  mortal  remains  o!  |  Sir 
Fkedeuick  Flood,  Baronet,  |  who  died  the  first  of  •February, 
182-4,  |  in  the  85th year  of  his  age:  |  also  of  Fi:ances,  his 
wife,  |  who  died  the"  1st  of  January,  1808,  |  aged  GO  years.  | 
It  is  not  here  intended  to  record  virtues  and  laleuts  |  already 
well  known,  and  universally  felt  and  acknowledged,  |  but 
simply  to  offer  an  humble  though  heartfelt  testimony  |  ot 
affection   and  gratitude  |  to  the  respected  and  cherished 
memory  of  the  best  of  parents  |  by  their  only  surviving  and 
deeply  afflicted  child.  P.  Cockburu,  fecit 

;  XVII.  Beneath  the  most  southern  window  on  the  south  gallery': — 
"  In  memory  of  the  Right  Honourable  John  Dohekty, 
LordChiel  Justice  of  her  Majesty's  Court  of  Common  l'leas 
in  Ireland.     Born  Jan.  7th,  L787.     Died  Sept.  8th,  1850." 


XVIII.  North  gallery':— 

"  Elizabeth  |  Lady  Hutchinson,  |  relict  of  |  the  Uevd.  Sin 
James  Hutchinson,  Bart.,  |  died  April  28th,  1827,  |  aged 
75  years.  |  Her  ladyship's  remains  |  are  deposited  under- 
neath this  church,  in  Vault  No.  17." 


;  XIX.  Under  the  third  window  from  the  chancel,  on  the  north  gallery 
"  In  pious  memory  of  Thomas  Kemmis,  born  1752,  died  1823  : 
and  of  his  son  William  Kemmis,  born  1777,  died  ltru'4  : 
both  resident  in  this  parish  from  17^7." 


XX.  North  gallery':— 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  |  Henry  Moore  Sanpfohd,  | 
Loud  Baron  Mount  Sam>foki>,  |  of  Castlerea,  in  tlie 
County  of  Boscommon,  |  who  departed  this  life  December 
20th,  lGl  I,  aged  62  years;  |  and  to  his  wife,  |  Cathehine, 


90 

Baroness  Mount  Sandford,  |  daughter  of  the  late  Right 
Honourable  Silver  Oliver,  |  of  Castle  Oliver,  iu  the 
County  of  Limerick,  |  who  died  the  19th  October,  131 S, 
aged  56  years.  |  This  monument  is  erected  to  record  the 
many  virtues  |  and  amiable  qualities  of  these  two  lamented 
individuals,  |  and  as  a  testimony  of  the  sincere  attachment  | 
and  affection  of  a  surviving  relative." 


'XXI.   North  gallery  ' : — 

"  In  this  churchyard  are  deposited  the  remains  of  J  Thomas 
Penh  Gaskell,  Esq.  |  who  died  19th  October,  1S23,  aged 
61  years.  |  Also  those  of  Frances,  his  wife,  |  the  daughter 
of  John  Ward,  Esqr.  |  (by  his  wife  the  Dowager  Countess 
of  Glasdorf).  I  She  was  interred  12th  December,  1S00, 
aged  36  years.  |  They  had  but  one  child,  who  died  an  infant.  | 
The  above  Thomas  Pens  Gaskell  was  of  Sbannegarry,  j 
in  the  Co.  of  Cork,  and  a  liueal  descendant  of  the  |  celebrated 
William  Penn,  the  Founder  of  Pennsylvania,  |  by  his  wife, 
the  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  |  Sir  William  Spri.nglt, 
Bart. 


XXII.  Beneath  the  window  in  the  northern  gallery  nearest  the  chancel ' 

"  In  memory  of  Edward  Hckell,  who  died  July  IS,  1863, 
in  his  84th  year." 


XXIII.  East  end  of  the  north  gallery  ' : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  |  Anne  Alder,  |  wife  of  Charles 
F.  Alder,  |  Cosham  Lodge.  Hampshire,  Esq.,  |  who 
departed  this  life  |  the  Dm  day  of  October,  ls44.  |  Her 
afflicted   husband  |  erected  this  tablet.  |  Her  tvmains  lie  | 
in  the  same  vault  underneath  |  with  those  of  her  beloved 
mother." 


XXIV.  East  end  of  north  gallery' : — 

•        "  In  the  vault  near  this  place  lye  the  remains  of  |  Sir.  R  -it; 
Maude,  Burt.      He  dyed  of  the  gout  |  the  4th  of  August, 
1750,  aged  74.     Also  th?  remains  |  of  his  eldest  sou 
Anthony   Maui  ycd  iu  |  June,  17-1,     .    .  3 

months.     Also  the  remains  of  !  his  son  IJobekt  Macde, 
who  dyed  the  8tb  day  |  of  Deer.,   17S6,  of  the  small-pox, 
aged  21  years  &  |  3  months:.  |  Erected  by  Elizabeth 
Ladt  Malde  tn    ii'i.i  |  day  of  July,  1761." 


XXV.  On  the  pulpit '  :— 

"  In  memory  of  the  Most  Rev.  Chari.es  Dickinson,  D.D.,  I 
Bishop  of  Meath,  <£  sometime  Vicar  of  this  Parish.  |  A  good 
minister  of  Jesus  Christ,  nourished  up  in  the  |  words  of  faith 
&  of  good  doctrine,  gentle  unto  all  |  men,  apt  to  teach, 
blameless  as  the  steward  of  God,  j  alter  he  had  served  his 
own  generation  by  the  will  |  of  God,  he  fell  on  sleep.  I 
Erected  by  his  son,  |  also  I  Vicar  of  this  Parish,  I  A.D. 
MDCCCLX."  " 


XXVI.  On  the  font '  :— 

"  An  offering  from  the  children  of  this  parish.  |  A.D.  I860." 


XXVII.  On  the  end  of  the  east  wall,  under  the  south  gallery  '  :_ 
"  To  the  memory  |  of  |  Lieut.  William  Wilton,  |  of  the 
14th  Light  DragM-,  |  who  died  1st  of  May,  1819,  |  aged 
26  years.  |  This  stoue  is  erected  by  his  |  brother  officers 
in  token  |  of  their  esteem  and  regard." 


'XXVIII.  In  same  place': — 

"Sacred  |  to  the  memory  of  |  Captain  Henry  Gage,  I  14th 
Light  Dragoons;  |  died  9th  Decemr.,  1826,  |  aged  24.  | 
This  monument  is  erected  |  by  his  brother  officers  |  in 
testimony  of  their  esteem  |  and  affection." 


XXIX.  South  wall,  under  gallery  ': — 

"Thomas   Felton,  Esqre..  |  late  Pavmaster  7th  Hussars,  I 
died  4th  >eptember,  1830,  |  aged  43  years.  |  This  tablet  is 
erected  by  |  his  brother  officers,  |  as  a  mark  of  respect  | 
to  his  memory." 

'  XXX.  Beneath  the  window  nearest  the  chancel,  in  the  south  wall  under 
the  gallery  ': — 

"  In  memoriam  Stex-hani  Gwynne  amici  posuere.  I  Nat   Mai  4 
1633.      Obiit  Mart.  IS,  19151." 


XXXI.  South  wall,  under  gallery': — 

"Riitkd  Lawdf.h,  Esq.,  M.D.,  |  late  Surgeon  7th  Hussars,  I 
died  11th  July,  I83ri,  |  aged  51  years.  |  This  tablet  |  is 
erect.nl  by  |  his  brother  officer*  |  as  a  mark  of  reject  |  to 
his  memory." 


92 
'XXXII.  Same  place': 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  |  Alexandra  Jaitray  Nicholson    I 
AJ.D.     Died  loth  December,  1830,  aged  35  years.  \  Awake 
tliou  that  sleepest,  and  arise  from  the  dead,  aud  Christ  shall 
give  thee  light. — Kphesians  ch.  5,  v.  14." 

XXXIII.  Same  place  ' : — 

"Near  here  resteth  [sic]  the  remains  of  |  John  Possonet  Conk, 
Esq.,  I  who  died  on  the  23rd  September,  17i)7.  |  'J'bis  tablet  I 
is  affectionately  and  respectfully  |  raised  to  his  memory  I 
by  his  son,  |  Sir  John  Cokroy,  Bart." 


XXXIV.  Same  place':— 

"To  the  memory  of  |  Mary  Lf.igif,  |  who  died  at  Leamin^toi 
in  Warwickshire,  |  on  the  18th  November,  1S51.  |  Ma/liei 
prayers  and  alms  come  up  for  a  memorial  before  God.  I  " 
'  God  is  a  spirit,  and  they  that  worship  him  must  worship 
him  in  spirit  and  in  truth.' 

'Jesus  said  unto  her,  I  am  the  resurrection  and  the  life;  he 
that  bclieveth  in  me,  though  he  were  dead,  yet  shall  he  live  ' 


;  XXXV.  Same  place  ' : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  |  of  |  John-  Beaut,  Esqr.,  M.D 
who  died  the  |   16th  of  June,  IS31,  aged  66,  |  and  |  to' 
Margai;et,  his  youngest  daughter,  |  who  died  April  5th 
1S25,  aged  15." 


'  XXXVI.  Same  place  '  :— 

"  lu  the  vault  beneath  |  are  deposited  the  mortal  remains  of  I 
Felicia  IIema.ns.  |  bhe  died  Jday  16th,  1«30,  |  aged  41." 
'  Calm  on  the  bosom  of  thy  God, 
Fair  spirit !   rest  thee  now  ! 
E'en  while  with  us  thy  footsteps  trod, 

His  seal  was  on  thy  brow. 
Dust  to  its  narrow  house  beneath, 

Soul  to  its  place  on  high  ! 
They  that  have  seen  thy  look  in  death, 
No  more  may  fear  to  die.' 

r<       ,  Harrison,  Chester." 

[See  also  r.  SG,  for  memorial  window.] 


XXXVII.  Same  place':— 

"  In  a  vault  |  beneath  this  church  |  are  deposited  the  remains 
of  |  Robert  Gkorge  Bomford,  Esqr.,  |  late  of  Rahinstown 

House,  Co.  Meath.  |  He  departed  this  life  |  on  the  1  lth  of 
December,  1846,  |  iu  the  45th  year  of  his  age,  |  to  the 
inexpressible  grief  of  |  his  sorrowing  wife  and  family." 


XXXVIII.  West  wall,  under  south  side  of  west  gallery  ': — 

"Sacred  |  to  the  memory  of  |  Maria  Massy  Bomford,  | 
widow  of  the  late  Robert  Bomkokd,  Ksq.,  |  of  Rahinstown 
House,  Co.  Meath,  |  who  departed  this  life  July  the  10th, 
1848,  |  aged  79  years.  |  Her  surviving  children  record  in 
this  tablet  |  their  deep  sorrow  for  the  loss  of  the  best  and  | 
kindest  of  mothers,  and  their  humble  hope  that  |  she  sleeps 
in  Christ  Jesus,  to  be  raised  by  |  Ilim  at  the  last  day 
uuto  everlasting  life." 


XXXIX.   North  wall,  under  gallery  '  : — 

"  In  memory  of  |  Gkorge  Caldwell,  Esquire,  |  a  native  of 
Kilwinning  in  Scotland,  |  who  went  to  Dublin  in  early  life,  | 
where  he  was  for  many  years  a  merchant.  |  Retiring  from 
the  bustle  of  active  life,  |  he  resided  for  about  23  years  in 
Irvine,  |  but  from  his  connexion  with,  and  attachment  |  to 
the  place  in  which  his  business  habits  |  were  formed,  he 
annually  visited  the  j  scene  of  his  former  labours.  |  During 
his  last  visit  he  died  on  the  |  4th  day  of  November,  1834,  | 
in  the  79th  year  of  his  age." 


XL.  North  wall,  under  gallery  ': — 

"Near  this  place  are  interred  the  remains  of  |  Jane,  |  the 
beloved  and  lamented  wife  of  Ksi'ink  Batty,  Ksqr.,  |  and 
daughter  of  Michael  Harris,  Ksqr.,  of  this  parish.  | 
She  died  on  the  2Sth  day  of  September,  1 833,  |  after  a 
few  hours  severe  illness.  |  She  lived  and  died  |  loving  our 
lord  Jesus  Christ  in  sincerity,  |  and  meekly  trusting  for 
salvation  |  only  in  His  atoning  blood,  |  and  the  exceeding 
love  and  mercy  of  her  God  and  Father,  |  vouchsafed  to  her 
for  His  sake;  |  so  that  though  thin  suddenly  snatched  away 
from  this  world,  |  she  has  kit  to  her  mourning  husband  and 
friends  |  the  consolation  of  feeling  |  a  full  and  certain 
assurauce  |  that  she  now  rleeps  in  Jesus." 


1  XLI.  North  wall,  under  gallery  ' : — 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  |  of  Kdmond  Joseph  Weld    Rsar 
who  departed  this  life  August  the  |  15th,  1831    a.«edi 4o'' 
For  as  in  Adam  all  die,  even  so  in  Christ  shall  all  "be  made 
alive — 1  Corinthians  15  ch.  22  ver." 


;XLII.  East  wall,  under  gallery': — 

"  In  |  memory  of  |  Thomas  Belmore  St.  Gkorge   Esqre     I 
Barrister  at  Law,  fourth  son  of  the  |  late  Kevd.  Howard 
St.  Gkorge    DU„  |  of  Kilrusl,  House,  Co.  Kilkenny,  and  I 
I  awson-,t.    I.uhlm.      He  died  Jan.  14th.  |   1863,  in' the      ' 
80th  year  ot  his  age    |  Erected  to  his  memory  by  his  eldest 
son    |  Howard  St.  George,  of  Leichardt  District.  I  Queens- 
land, Australia.  |  lie  thou  faithful  unto  death,  and  I  will 
give  thee  a  crown  of  life.— Rev.  10.  11."  (sic) 

[Now,  1893,  in  vestibule.] 


'XLIII.   North  porch,  north  wall': 


"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  |  Rev.  Thomas  Pakenham 
HmMMRT,  |  who  during  a  period  of  many  years  I  was  one 
ot  the  most  eminent  |  instructors  of  youth  in  this  city    I 
His  friends  and  pupils  |  have  united  "in  erecting  this  tablet  I 
as  a  shght  tribute  to  his  worth,  |  and  a  memorial  I  of  their 
esteem  and  affection.  |  Died  June  25, 1 84 1.     A  ge  I  50  yeL-s 


[Now,  1893,  in  vestibule.] 


'XLIV.  Centre  porch,  east  wall 


"This  monument  |  was  erected,  |  as  was  also  another  |  at 
Lhaugulpore,  |  by  Ins  brother  engineers  |  and  other  friends 
in  India,  |  m  testimony   |  of  their  appreciation  of  I  his 
private  worth  |  and  professional  ability.  I 
Sacred  to  the  memory  |  of  |  IIichaudJohn  St.  George    I 
Resident  Engineer  on  the  |  East  Indian  Railway,  I  who  was 
drowned  on  |  4th  of  October,  1859,  I  when  cro«iU  a 
flooded  valley  |  near  Colgong,  Bengal.  |  Deceased  wu  3rd 
t.ouof|   Ih.ihas  BelmokeSt.  Gi.okgi,  r'<r,r 

Ps.  103.  v.  15.  i-,   oyv   6 

'Thanks  be  to  God  which  givctli  ns  the  I  victory  tliron-li  om 
Lord  Jesus  Christ.'  K.  kirkj  vJilA: 


XLV.  Centre  porch,  north  wall ': — 

BENEFACTIONS  TO   VK    SCHOOL. 


C<>L.  I. 

COL.   II. 

1756. 

Mr.  Southwell,  p. 

1787. 

Mrs.  Ladeveze    £22 

15 

0 

aim.  for  ever      £2 

0 

0 

17S9. 

Mrs.  St.  George    20 

0 

0 

1761. 

LadyLanesborough  5 

0 

0 

17S9. 

The  Rt.  Hon.  & 

1764. 

John  Barry,  Esq.    5 

13 

9 

Hon.  the  Members 

1767. 

Mrs.  Ussher,  a  De- 

of the  Kildare-st. 

benture             1 00 

0 

0 

Club                    22 

15 

0 

1768. 

Mrs.  Parnell            5 

0 

0 

178!). 

Mrs.  Aldercron     20 

0 

0 

1769. 

Mrs.  Prudence 

1789. 

Fraus.    Hopkins, 

Kvcret                   5 

0 

0 

Esqr.                     1 0 

0 

0 

1771. 

Henry  Barton,Esq., 

1790. 

Nichs.  English, 

a  Debenture     100 

0 

0 

Esqr.                    10 

0 

0 

1772. 

Rev.  Dr.  Domville  22 

15 

0 

1S00 

Miss  Mary  Butler  50 

0 

0 

1775. 

Ditto      do.     1 1 

12 

3 

1602. 

Francis  Higgius, 

1776. 

General  BIythe     50 

0 

0 

Esqr.                    1 0 

0 

0 

1770. 

Mrs.  Knight         75 

0 

0 

1803. 

Lady  Allen             10 

0 

0 

1776. 

Lady  Parsons         10 

0 

0 

Lever  Buchanan, 

1779. 

Countess  Dowager 

Esq.                    15 

0 

0 

of  A  Id  borough    20 

0 

0 

1604. 

Couutess  Aldboro  20 

0 

0 

1779. 

Mrs.  Coote             '20 

0 

0 

Mrs.  Anne  Hall    11 

7 

6 

1780. 

Abraham  Chaig- 

John  Ladeveze, 

neau,  Esqr.         10 

0 

0 

Esqr.                  50 

0 

0 

1781. 

Lady  Louisa  Con- 

1808. 

Patrick     Bride, 

nolly,  p.  ami.        5 

13 

9 

Esqr.                   10 

0 

0 

1782. 

A  Ladv  in  England  10 

0 

0 

1810. 

Mrs.  Madden        37 

13 

0 

1783. 

The  Rt.  Hon.  & 

1811. 

Andrew      Knox, 

Hon.  the  Members 

Esq.                    25 

0 

0 

of  the  Kildare-st. 

1817. 

Mrs.  Butler           1 0 

0 

0 

Club                   22 

15 

0 

1819. 

Miss  Stannard     100 

0 

0 

1784. 

Mrs.  Jane  Orde     10 

0 

0 

1821. 

Mr.     Michael 

1785. 

The  Rt.  Hon.  & 

Mackie                10 

0 

0 

Hon.  the  Members 

1822. 

Mrs.AnneWallis  1 00 

0 

0 

of  the  Kildare-st. 

Club                   22 

15 

0 

1786. 

Mrs.  Smyth              5 

0 

0 

1787. 

The  Rt.  Hon.  & 
Hon. the  Members 
of  the  Kildare-st. 
Club                   22 

15 

0 

96 


XLVI.  Centre  porch,  south  wall': — 


•.NEFACTIuNS  To  THE  POOlt. 


COL.  I. 

COL.   It. 

1723.  Ld.    Newtown 

I80G.  T.Wallace,  Ksq 

.  £5   13 

Butler,  p.  ann. 

1811.  Mrs.  Vesey 

10     O 

forever           £13 

0 

0 

1764.  Arch  -  Der.eon 

Smyth,  L.V.     100 

0 

0 

1772.  Dr. Young,  Bishop 

of  Ferns                5 

13 

9 

1778.  Dr.Kdwd  Smyth  50 

0 

0 

1779.  EarIofAIdborough60 

0 

0 

1780.   Mrs.  Coote           20 

0 

0 

1782.  Dr.  Garnet,  Bishop 

ofClosher          10 

0 

0 

1783.  Lady  Parsons        10 

0 

0 

1785.  D.  La  louche,  Ksq.  11 

7 

6 

1785.  Mrs.     Hannah 

Smyth                    5 

0 

0 

1785.  Mrs.    Rebecca 

Shuldham           1 1 

7 

G 

1787.  Mrs.  Elizath.  Ann 

Crosbie               1 1 

7 

6 

1787.  Mrs.Margt  Burke  10 

0 

0 

178S.  Mrs.  Elizth.  Kelly  50 

0 

0 

J  788.  Mrs.  Barnard         20 

0 

0 

1788.  Duke  of  Rutland   10 

0 

0 

17S8.  Wm.  Raphson         5 

0 

0 

1789.   Mrs.  Aldercron      10 

0 

0 

1793.  Mrs.  Doyle               5 

0 

0 

1795.  The  Misses  Paines  11 

7 

6 

1796.  Mrs.     Hani 

Swanton              10 

0 

0 

1797.  Mrs.  Mary  Trench  19 

12 

4 

1799.  Mrs.  Supple          10 

0 

O 

1800.  Hugh   Howard, 

Ksq.                    22 

15 

0 

1801.  Mrs.  Lucy  Crosbie  10 

0 

0 

1803.  lit.  Hon.  Earl  of 

Aldborough        50 

0 

0 

1S01.  Lady  Anne  l'owel  40 

0 

0 

Mr.  Usher              45 

10 

0 

Mr.  A.  Savage     11 

' 

6  1 

97 


'  XLVI.  South  porch,  east  wall ': — 

"  In  memory  of  |  Sir  William  Stamer,  Bart.,  |  who  departed 
this  life  14th  January,  1838,  |  aged  74  years  ;  |  and  of  his 
beloved  wife,  |  Martha,  Lady  Stamlr,  |  who  died  21st 
September,  1836,  |  aged  C3  years.  | 
'  Come  unto  me,  all  ye  that  labour  and  are  heavy  laden,  | 
and  I  will  give  you  rest.' — Matt.  xi.  28. 
'  Being  justified  by  faith,  we  have  peace  with  God  |  through 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.' — Horn.  v.  1. 

M.  &  P.  Harris,  152  Gt.  Brunswick-st." 


'  XLVIII.  South  porch,  south  wall '  :— 

"  In  a  vault  |  beneath  this  church  |  lie  the  remains  of  | 
Daniel  McKay,  Esqr.,  |  of  St.  Stephen's  Green,  J  in  this 
city,  |  and  |  of  Moreen,  Co.  Dublin.  |  Born  2nd  Deer., 
1778.  |  Died  5th  Deer.,  1S40.  |  Also  of  Eliza,  his  wife,  | 
daughter  of  Edward  Rowland,  Esqr.,  |  of  Carthen  Lodge, 
Ruabon,  Denbighshire.  I  Born  9th  July,  17S5.  I  Died  7th 
May,   1858.  | 

Looking  for  that  blessed  hope,  and  the  glorious  |  appearing 
of  the  great  God  aud  our  Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 

[In  the  vestibule.]  T.  Kirk,  fecit." 

(To  be  continued.) 


St.  SXichan's. 

'  On  a  tombstone,  over  which  is  the  pathway  to  the  vestry  of  St.  Michan's 
Church,  Dublin,  was  an  inscription,  of  which  I  copied  as  much  as  remained 
legible  more  than  forty  years  ago  [dr.  1850].  The  following  is  my 
copy  • : —  a  j 

"lACENT    SUB    [HOC]    MARMORE    SVPULTI 
ROBERTI    JOHNSONI,     ARMIGERI,     [SEJCUNDI 
JUDICIS     REGI/E    COMMUNIUCM]    PLACITORUM 
CURI/E,     ET    UXORIS    EJUS,    ELIZABETH, 
UBERI,    QUORUM     NOMINA    EIRANT]    SINGU- 

LORUM     SEPULTUR     R...: ES    INFRA 

1S1EQUESTUR    [LUCI1A     19    JULII     1669: 
THOt.VIAS    [7]    DECEMBRIS     1670:    HALIES] 

10    DECEMBRIS     1679.        ANO    MAJORE 

PARENTUM    AMICORUtMl    LUCTU    OBlIT 

O    RELIQUIS     DUITUIS^,    VlXERAT 

OO    MAJOREM     SPEM  ILLIS     DIDERAM 

TUS    /ETAS     DOCTRINA    MORES." 


98 

'  T  am  quite  nimble  to  fill  in  all  the  blanks  in  tlic  above  ;  but  I  copied 
all  that  was  legible — probably  ino<t  of  it  is  no  longer  so.  The  letters 
between  brackets  I  suggest.     The  names  I  got  from  the  parochial  register ' 

[II.  LT,  1891.] 

St.  Xioliolns  Without  and  wt.  Luke's. 

THE  CH0KCH  PLATF.  OF  ST.  NICHOLAS  WITHOUT  AND  ST.  LL'KE's. 

Since  the  remarks  in  page  271,  vol.  1,  with  reference  to  the 
above  were  sent  to  the  printer,  there  has  been  a  correspon- 
dence on  this  and  other  subjects  connected  with  these  parishes, 
published  in  the  Irish  Ecclesiastical  Gazette;  the  Rector,  the 
Rev.  J.  D.  Smylie,  states  that  the  story  referred  to  is 
"  unfounded,*'  as  far  the  "  discovering,  restoring,  or  rescuing 
tliis  plate  from  becoming  a  family  heirloom,"  &c. — [Eds.] 


'  .Against  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel ' : — 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  the  Reverend  Henry  Scardkvile, 
Dean  of  Cloyn,  Archdeacon  of  Rosse,  Prebendary  and  Vicar 
of  Swords  who  departed  this  life  the  3rd  of  February  1703 
together  with  the  body  of  his  First  wife  Mary,  the  daughter 
of  the  Honble.  C<>.lo<\el  Gui:y  Moleswoj.th  of  London, 
who  died  in  child  bed  and  left  no  issue,      lie  also  married 
Margaret  the  daughter  [of]  Culliford  of  Kncoomb  in  the 
County  of  Dorset,  bsqre.,  who  was  interred  at  Thistleworth 
in  Middlesex  by  whom  he  had  issue  a  son  and  a  daughter 
viz.  Frederick  Maynhard,  &  Elizabeth." 

[Isaac  Butler's  MS.] 

Parish  of  Tallaglit. 

'  In  the  old  churchyard  a  slab  with  rounded  top  is  inscribed  thus': 

"here   lyeth  I  the   body  of  IOHN  I  SMITH 
of   knocklin[e]  I  who  died  the    IS   of  j 

FEBRVARY     I/O,." 


'There  is  here. article  granite  font — horseshoe  in  shape.  It  is  very 
trgc,  measuring  internally  55  inches  by  60  inches  (greatest  measurements), 
nd  must  be  ot  great  antiquity. 

'A  small  stone  cross  may  also  be  seen  in  this  churchyard.' 

[T.  M.  Steele.] 


99 

Parish  of  Ifowth— llowth  Church. 

'  In  the  south  aisle,  within  thirteen  feet  of  the  east  window,  is  the  tomb 
of  Christopher,  the  thirtieth  1.01:0  Baron  of  IIowth  [in  complete 
armour]  ;  there  are  emblematical  figures,  aud  the  following  inscription, 
A.D.  1430':— 

"CHRISTOPHER,     BARON     HOWTH,    ALIAS  I 
DE    STO    LAURENC10,    AND    LORD    OF  I 
PARLIAMENT,    AND    ANNE     PLUNKETI 

DAUGHTER    OF    PLUNKET    OF  I 

RATHMORE    IN    THE    COUNTY    OF    MEATH." 
'  In  the  north  wall  is  a  monumental  stone ' : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Anne  Flin. 
A  friend  that  lov'd  thy  earthly  form  when  here, 
Erects  this  stone  to  dust  he  held  most  dear, 
Thy  happy  genius  oft  his  soul  reviv'd, 
Nor  sorrows  felt  until  of  thee  depriv'd. 
Peace  to  thy  gentle  shade  and  endless  rest, 
To  thy  fair  soul  now  nuuiber'd  with  the  blest ! 
Yet  take  these  tears  mortality's  relief, 
And  till  I  share  thy  joys,  forgive  my  grief. 
These  little  rites,  a  stone,  a  verse  receive, 
Tis  all  a  father,  all  a  friend  can  give. 
Deceased  September  1766.     Aged  near  '21  years." 

4  This  tender  parent,  who  is  deposited  near  his  beloved  daughter,  was 
Mr.  Laurence  Fun,  an  eminent  bookseller  in  Castle-street,  in  whose  well 
•assorted  shop  the  writer  of  these  pages  indulged  his  fondness  for  antiqui- 
ties at  a  juvenile  age.' 

[F.  Grose,  1792.] 


tusk  Parish. 

It  is  with  much  pleasure  that  we  have  received  the  news 
from  Mrs.  Perrin,  of  Knockdromin,  of  the  safe  removal,  and 
erection  in  the  tower  of  this  church,  of  the  fine  tombs  of  Sir 
Christopher  Barnewell  and  James  Bermingham,  which  so  well 
deserved  the  care  and  money  spent  on  their  preservation. 

.Of  the  Bekmixgham  tomb,  the  late  Mr.  A.  Cooper  wrote  in 
1783:- 

'  At  the  east  end  of  this  waste  isle  lies  a  flagstone,  a  little  raised,  on 
which  is  a  figure  of  a  man  in  demi-relievo  in  complete  armour,  with  a 
?»'ord  by  his  side,  his  hands  uplifted,  and  a  dog  at  his  (Vet.  Hound  tho 
<-'dge  is  the  following,  in  raised  letters.     0:i  the  north  edge  ' : — 


100 

"FOR    JAMES    BERMINGHAM     OF     BALLOGH     ESQ. 
'  On  the  south  edge  ': — 

'AND    HIS    WIFE    ELLINOR    FITZWILLIAMS   1637." 
*  On  the  west  edge  ' : — 

"WO.    I  HI.    MERCATORO." 

It  will  be  seen  by  the  note  taken  from  the  Express  of  the 
3rd  July,  1890,  and  given  on  page  102,  that  there  appears  to 
be  very  considerable  ambiguity  as  to  the  exact  wording  of  the 
above  inscription. 

ISAAC  butler's  notes. 

'  The  church  stands  in  the  middle  of  the  town,  it  is  long  and  narrow. 
Divided  into  two  isles — the  south  is  the  place  of  service — the  north  is 
wast  [sic],  and  a  place  laid  apart  for  burials  from  the  tombs  that  are 
erected  there.' 

'  Near  the  upper  end  there  is  a  large  monument  adorned  with  the  figures 
(upon  the  cover)  of  Mr.  A.  Barnwall  and  his  Jady  in  haut  relief.' 

'  On  the  pillow  ' : — 

"SOLI     LADES    DEO. 
81.    DE>S.    NOBICSUM.    QUIS.    CO:N*]TRA    NOS." 
'  On  the  east  end  of  the  tomb  ' : — 

"THIS-  MONVMEMT.  IS-  MADE  •  I  FOR -THE- 
RIGHTWORSHIPFVLL  I  SR  •  CRISTOPHER  . 
BARNEWALL-IOF.TVRVI  Y-  KNIGHT-  BY- 
THE.RIGHTWORSHIPFVLLSIR   LUKCAS- 
DILLON    OF-  MOYMET-  KNIGHT- AND- 
DAEM  -MAI  RION  -  SHARL    HISWIF    WHO- 
MARRIED  -  HERR- 3    Y>ER- AFTER- 1  THE- 
DEATH    OFTHESAIDSERI  CHRISTOPER- 
[HJER  -FIRST -AND-  LOWING  •  HOOSBANDE-I 
WHO-  HAD-  ISSUS    FIVE-  SONNES-AND- 
15-DACHTERS-BY-HER- 

WISH    WELL    TO    DILLON    1589." 

There  are  numerous  mistakes,  1  find,  in  Butler**  copy  of  this 
inscription  ;  many  of  the  letters  are  conjoined  in  a  curious 
manner,  which  appears  to  have  puzzled  Butler. — Ed. 


101 

'  Under  the  east  window  in  tlie  same  isle  there  is  a  large  tomb.  On  tho 
cover,  in  haut  relief  is  the  effigie  of  a  knight  in  compleat  armour  with  his 
hands  joined  iu  a  praying  posture;  and  on  the  north  ledge  of  the  tomb 
this  inscription  ': — 

"FOR    IAMES     BERMINGHAM     OF     BALLOGH 
ESQUIRE.'' 
•  On  the  south  side  ledge  '  :— 

"AND    HIS    WIFE    ELINOR    FITZWILLIAMS    1637. 
'At  the  west  side  of  said  tomb  ': — 

"W/E  I  H  I      MERCATORI." 


'  In  the  wall  which  divides  the  church  there  is  fist  a  black  marble  stone, 
with  the  following  cyphers  and  inscription  ' : — 

t 

I  .II   I 

"This  stone  and  burying  place  |  belongs  to  CuiusroPHEK  | 
Boyl  and  his  Posterity.  |  Where  his  Parents  Br's  &,  | 
sisters  are  buried,  also  |  his  daughter  Catherine  |  Boyl 
who  deceased  June  |  ye  lGth  1717,  in  the  8th  year  |  of 
her  age. 

May  mercy  shield  him  at  his  dyeing  day, 

Who  for  their  souls,  whose  dust  lyes  here  shall  pray." 

[I.  B.'s  MS.] 

Sir  Christopher  BarnewelFs  tomb,  of  Turvey,  and  his  lady: — 

"  Erected  by  Sir  Luckas  Dillon  who  was  the  2nd  husband  of 
the  lady.     Issue  five  sonnes  and  fifteen  Dachters." 

By   its    side    is   another    tomb    to    the    memory    of    James 
Bermingham. 

Mr.  Westropp  reads  it  tlius  : — 

"FOR   JAMES    BERMINGHAM    ESQ.  AND    HIS 
WIFE     ELINOR     FITZWILLIAMS    1527 
-      VAE    TIBI     PECCATOR." 
Lodge  ("  Peerage,"  1750)  gives  it  thus  : — 

"FOR  JAMES   BERMINGHAM    OF    BALLOUGH 
ESQ.    AND     HIS    WIFE     ELINOR     FITZ- 
WILLIAMS   1637    W/E     I -HI.    MERCATOR.' 


102 

Professor  Stokes  agreed  with  Lodge  as  to  the  date.     Father 

Denis  Murphy  and  others  decided  that  the  Latin  words  were 

vae  mihi  peccatori*  1637. — {Express,  July  3,   1890. — Excur- 
sion of  Antiquaries  of  Ireland.) 

'  Lnsk  was  for  many  ages  the  burial  place  of  the  Barnf.walls,  lords  of 
Kingsland,  whose  property  was  very  large  in  Fingal. 

'  Here  was  also  interred  Doctor  Patkick  Hossel,  titular  Archbishop  of 
Dublin,  who  died  during  the  residence  of  James  II.  in  Dublin.  King 
James  attended  this  prelate  in  1689,  when  he  consecrated  the  chapel  of 
Benedictine  Nuns  in  Channel- row. 

'  Under  the  east  window  of  the  north  aile  is  a  table  monument  to 
James  Bermikgham,  with  his  effigies  in  complete  armour,  and  this  inscrip- 
tion.'    [Here  follows  the  same  inscription  as  given  by  Isaac  Butler.] 

[Grose,  vol.  i.,  p.  13.] 


The  following  notes  have  kindly  been  furnished  by  Mrs. 
Perrin,  of  Knockdromin,— a  lady  who  has  shown  a  lively 
interest  in  the  work  we  are  endeavouring  to  carry  out,  from  its 
commencement  in  188S,  and  to  whom  we  feel  much  indebted. 

Barnewall  monument,  copied  from  the  Journal  of  "Anti- 
quarian Rambles  in  the  County  Dublin,"  by  the  late  Austin 
Cooper,  Esq ,  E.S.A.  and  M.R.I.A.  :— 

•Lusk,  Sth  June,  1783. 

'  Near  the  communion-table,  in  the  centre  of  the  church,  stands  a  large 
raised  tomb  of  Sir  U.  Barnewall  and  Lady,  adorned  on  each  side  witn 
several  coats-of-arms  of  Barnewalls,  Dillons,  Butlers,  &c,  and  the  names 
of  all  their  children. 

'  On  the  top  lie  the  full  figures  of  Sir  Christopher  and  wife,  in  alto- 
relievo, — the  best  piece  of  sculpture  of  this  kiud  that  I  have  seen. 

'The  stone  is  a  fine  grit  of  the  fire  kiud,  and  so  polished  that  it  looks 
as  if  varnished  with  a  whitish  substance. 

'  They  are  both  dressed  in  the  ruff,  &c,  of  Elizabeth's  days,  with  the 
dog,  as  usual,  at  foot ;  and  the  ornamentation  on  the  garments,  &c,  is 
really  elegantly  extravagant. 

'Un  the  pillow  under  thejr  heads  is  inscribed,  in  raised  letters': — 

"SOLI  •  LAVDES  •  DEO      SI  •  DEUS  ■  NOBISCUM  • 
QUIS  •  CONTRA  •  NOS." 

'  And  ou  the  east  eud  or  foot  of  the  monument  is  the  following  inscription.' 

[Then  follows  Mr.  Cooper's  copy  of  the  inscription,  which 
differs  slightly  from  that  given  by  Isaac  Butler.] 


103 


'  On  the  west  sale  Loud  ?]  is  written  ' : — 
"CHRISTOPHER    BARNEWALL       MARION    SHARL." 

'On  the  north  side,  besides  the  names  of  all  their  children,  the  following  u 
at  the  top  ' : — 

"WISH  •  WELL  •  TO  •  DILLON  .  1589." 

'And  in  one  corner': — 

"QUI    OBIT    1575    AUG.    DIES." 

Mrs.  Pen-in  adds: — 

'  The  west  side  is  divided  into  three  compartments :  the  centre  one  has 
a  large  coat-of-arins  [and  under  them  the  initials   L.  D.] 

'  The  north   side  has  shields  carved  with  the  Barnewall,  Dillon,  and 
Sharl  arms.' 


L.    D. 

M.   S. 

P.    B. 

A.    L. 

JOHN 

SR 

MARION 

BERNEWAL 

DILLON 

PATRICK 

ANE    AND 

WHO    MRIED 

ET   CETRA 

LAWRENCE 

ALSON 

JAMES 

MOVD 

AND    IOHN 

ELISABETH 

DILLON 

AND 

MARY 

ANE : AND 

SOON 

MARY 

DONIS    AND 

MABEL 

AND 

AN° 

KATER1NE 

ISMAY 

EIRE 

I6S9  .  QV1 

MARCRE 

AND    ALL 

TO    THE 

OBIT 

GINE    AND 

SO 

SAID    SR 

1675    AVG 

ALSONE 

ELLINOR 

LVKCAS 

VSTI  .  DIES 

The  following  description  of  a  very  ancient  tomb  in  this 
parish  was  read  at  a  meeting  of  the  Roval  Irish  Academy,  3rd 
March,  17Si).     [See  R.I.A.  Journal,  vol.  ii.] 

The  description  is  by  Colonel  Charles  Vallancey,  M.R.S.  L. 
E.  and  Dublin.     He  says  : — 

"  The  stone  was  found  covered  with  earth  in  the  church  of  Lusk  in  17^3, 
when  a  fair  drawing  of  it  was  made  by  Air.  Martin  Gavin." 

I  of  it,  about  11  inches  bv  b,  is  (riven  facing 


A  large  engraving 
page^57._ED. 

"  One  corner  is  broken  off,  which   contained   the  letter   H 
I1IC  ;  and  probably  the  letter  M.  in  the  dati 
off." 

He  then  gives  the  size  of  the  stone  [as  in  Mr.  Cooper's  MS.], 
and  adds  :— 


word 

tied  ur  broken 


104 
"The  inscription  is  very  legible  ": — 

"  Jjtr  jnnt  toaltmts  _ 
taftmont  ft  ujror  ru  mom'ra  rjo  an 
malnio'  jjjjftfrtur  jtig  amm  tquss 

SltltO    tlimt   I     I     M     I  [Stone  broken.] 

ffff  jrrb  i  :  " 

There  are  five  C's  to  be  still  distinctly  seen  on  this  stone  • 
how  Colonel  V.iliancey  could  have  put  only  four  it  is  difficult 
to  see.  The  M  for  one  thousand  no  doubt*  was  on  the  part  of 
the  stone  broken  off  after  the  words  Anno  Dom. 

"  Eic  jacet  TValterus  Der^mont  et  uxor  ejus  Monica 
quorum  animabus  propiatur  Christus.  Amen.  Jesus 
Anno  Domini  [II  PjCCCCCXXXV  :    :  " 

The  following  is  an  extract,  sent  us  by  Mrs.  Feirin,  from  a 
MS.  of  the  late  Austin  Cooper,  F.S.A.  and  M.R.I.A.  (1783), 
with  reference  to  this  tombstone  : — 

'  Near  this  tomb,  lying  carelessly  on  the  ground,  is  a  remarkable  tomb- 
stone, which  so  much  was  said  about  in  the  Magazine  for  1752.  and  of 
wh.ch  an  engraving  Ins  been  published  [see  foot-note].  Having  been 
favoured  with  a  sight  of  it  by  one  of  the  inhabitants,  1  carefully  examined 
it,  and  found  it  so  erroneous,  that  1  regret  I  had  not  employed  my  time  in 
drawing  instead  of  comparing  it.  The  figures  are  all  like  the  original  but 
not  in  due  proportion.  Several  of  the  letters  are  very  incorrectly  copied, 
particularly  the  date,  winch  is  evidently  1.575  [1535  ?].  The  X'a  or  tens 
for  [in]  the  date  are  exactly  the  same  as  those  of  a  date  of  an  inscription 
which  1  copied  in  the  Cathedral  of  Limerick.' 

Foot-note  above  referred  to  : — 

« A  drawing  of  this  tomb  is  to  be  seen  in  the  2nd  vol.  of  the  Transactions 
of  the  Loyal  Irish  .\cademv,  pane  57. 

'The  stone  measures  5  feet  5  inches  in  length  by  2  feet  2  inches  in 
breadth,  ami  o  inches  thick. 

'  The  inscription  was  (tl)ic  iacat  [jfc]  Walteras  Dennoiit  et  uxor  ejus 
;!r/C^,qU,,vv'!,-a.,;llnabus   ProPlietu'-   Ueus.       Amen.      Anno    Domini 

*  With  regard  to  the  date,  that  learned  antiquary,  Dr.  Reeves  was  of 
opinion  that  the  style  of  letters  is  evidently  about  the  middle  of  the'  XYJth 
eentnrv ' 


105 

'Vallancey  further  says  that  the  two  open  hands  are  pointing  to  the 
names  of  the  deceased,  and  that  they  are  "  nniqiie." 

'The  figures  denote  the  Trinity,  with  the  Messiah  on  the  cross.     I.  N.  K. 

'  The  letters  are  raised. 

•The  stone  is  narrower  at  the  lower  end,  and  there  are  three  rows  of 
letters  at  the  bottom  and  a  row  all  round.' 

This  stone  is  now  standing  against  the  wall  in  the  vestry 
of  the  R.  C.  chapel  of  Rush,  where  I  lately  took  a  rubbing 
of  it,  which  I  hope  to  publish.  We  find  the  following  notice 
of  this  stone  iu  "  Grose." — Ed. 

'  On  a  stone  discovered  in  1753  is  ' : — 

"IC    JACET    WALTERUS    DERMOT    ET    UXOR 
E.    U.    MONICA    QUORU    AMBUS    PROPTUR 
ORIS    AMEN.    JESUS    ANNO    DMNII    [Ml 
CCCCC    XXXV." 
'On  the  dissolution   of  religious  houses,   the  church   was  granted    to 
Patrick  Barnewall.' 


'WILLIAM    ARCHDALLS    TOMBSTONE,    LUSK    CHURCH. 

'  To  the  Editor  of  ihe  Irish  Builder. 
4  Sin, — When  the  handsome  tomb  of  Sir  Christopher   Barnewall  was 
moved  from  the  churchyard  of  Lusk,  and  placed  within  the  ancient  and 
noble  tower  of  the  church,  an  interesting  tombstone  was   unearthed   in  the 
tower.     It  bears  the  following  inscription  : — 

"Brioto  Ii'rtlj  tljf  £otm  of  mmtsm  I 
grcfftall,  Cttufii  of  Dunlin,  horn  \ 
^tntnnurr  29tlj,  1683,  anti  twU  | 
Jrntnnurr  6flj,  1751.    Zl)is>  iHorni* 
nunt  i  iuns  fifftfti  to  tt»r  memory  of 
a  |  trntifi  ©tnsnaniJ,  nn  affectionate  I 
dTatDrr,  a  sinmt  Stintii,  aim  an  | 
Ijonrst  Alan,  oj)  Smmrtta,  fiuE  I 

^mtftro  zzxmw 

*  A  pedigree  of  the  Archdall  Family  may  he  found  in  Archdall's  edition 
of  Lodge's  "  Peerage  of  Ireland,''  vol.  hi.,  pages  230  and  281,  article, 
"  Gore,  Karl  of  lioss." 


^n;   Elizabeth,    and 

Ibis  Eev.  John  ArchdaU,  SESI0K  w '   1„  v        ^  ?'  Norib,k»  ^glaud. 

-amed  ,  JUia  DoueIIan   of  Crolg      ,      °tl,    SL^  6*  ]'U    166'4    a-< 

1  be  connection  of  the  Archddl  f,,,;     "  e,  c,      ty  ^common. 
continued  for  three  generations  am"J  W"h  Lu*k>  *»  Wears  to  have 

i he  tombstone  is  in  tolenhlp  ,lra- 
section  to  the  Uev.  DanlywJ™™™-     I™  ^ted  for  its  ;„. 

&c-'  w    k> 7 '—*•»  n0Hr  "icar  of  Lusfc Yn,„-« 

-Irish  Builder,  1st  Feb.,  1893  '  ^  2Sth  Ja'>ua<7>  1893°     ' 

ECHLIX    TOMB. 

[Kindly  contributed  by  .Mrs    PP,,.;n    „f  t-       , 

'          •  Lema>  of  Enockdromin.] 
'Xear   this,  joining  the  will    ;-        i 

"  Here  lys  the  remains  of  Sir  |;,,pr„T  v 
fte  County  of  Dublin  Ua,,,,        ^   MtK'  I  .°'  «««  in 
Kar  1727  to  Elisor  I  iw  ,  [  '  as  mamed  '"  the 

o^V„.  ,  l;tLLING,^  J;--;;-- one  of  the  cohein.-^ 
Born  13th  November  16*9,  Died  S  ^  ^'mvlml'  I 

"  5"!  re'-tf  a"  h0MKt  nia»  without  pretenJ0'' 


M  that  he  had  lived 


id  that  he  died." 


107 

A  rubbing  or  drawing  of  this  monument  would  be  worth 
having,  with  a  description  of  the  lettering,  &c,  and  the 
dimensions  of  the  tomb. 

Sir  Henry  Echlin,  Bart,  was  owner  of  Kenure  Park;  it 
passed,  I  believe,  from  his  family  to  that  of  the  Dukes  of 
Ormond,  and  is  now  held  by  Sir  Roger  Palmer,  Bart. 

KENURE  OLD  CilliKCH. 

On  reference  to  Isaac  Butler's  MS.  Notes,  we  find  the  dates 
on  the  Dillon-Walsh  monument  in  this  burial-ground  differ 
from  those  given  at  pages  175  and  17b",  vol.  i.  We  would  be 
glad  to  know  which  are  the  correct  dates. 

Margaret  Dillon's  death,  as  given  by  Butler,  is  1631,  and 
her  husband  (Robert  Walsh)  as  1662,  instead  of  1(361  and 
1663,  as  given  on  the  above  pages. 


With  respect  to  the  Hamilton  tomb  in  the  same  burial- 
ground,  the  frith  Builder  of  the  15th  March,  18'J3,  gives  the 
following  : — 

'George,  4th  Baron  Strabane,  who  m.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Christopher 
Fagan,  of  Feltrim,  County  Dublin,  by  his  will,  desired  to  be  buried  in  the 
chapel  of  Kenure  (see  ''  Fiuga]  and  its  Churches,"  by  Rev.  Robert  Walsh, 
DA).),  but  was  interred  in  the  remains  of  St.  Mechlin's  or  St.  Daruuan's 
church  in  a  field  near  Rush,  under  a  large  tomb,  on  the  north  side,  adorned 
with  his  coat-armour,  and  the  inscription'  [given  at  pages  177  and  178, 
vol.  i.l 


COUNTY     FERMANAGH. 

l*ari»Ii  of  Enniskillcn, 

■  Font— dated  H^'BY    tkMa 

CHURCH  PLATE (all  silver). 

'The   Flagon  is  engraved  with  the  arms  of  the   Cathcarts 
following  inscription  ' : — 

"  The  Gift  of  ALLAN  CATIICART,  Esq,: 
to  the  Church  of  Enniskillcn.     A.D.  1707." 

It  is  12  inches  ill  height. 


108 
'The  Chalice  is  inscribed  ': 

"  Poculum  Ecclesice  Parochialis  de  Eniskeene  (sic) 
ex  dono  EDUARDI  DAVIS,  Gcnerosi 
Anno  ]63S." 

'  Its  height  is  6|  inches. 

'  A  second  Chalice  bears  the  following  inscription  '  :_ 

"  Presented  to  the  Honbk  and  Tiev.  CHARLES 
MAUDE,  rector  of  the  parish  of Enniskillen, 

and  his  successors,  by  CHARLES  OVEN  DEN 
Esqr.,  Provost.     To  be  used  exclusively  at  the 
celebration  of  the  Lords  Supper,  according  to 
Ue  rubric  of  the  Protestant  Church  by  Law 
Established.     Aug.  1st,  1834." 
'Its  height  is  8$  inches. 

'  There  are  two  Patens,  inscribed— ( 1) ' :— 
"  The  Gift  of  Mrs.  MITCHELL,  Relict  of  the 
Rev.  Mr.   ANDREW  MITCHELL,   late 
Rector  of  Enniskillen,  1742." 
'And  (2)':— 

"Presented  to  the  Hon'"  and  Rev.  CHARLES 
MAUDE,  rector  of  the  parish  of  Enniskillen 
and  his  successors,  by  CHARLES  OVEN  DEN 
Esq.,  Provost,  August  1st,  1834." 

'  A  Spoon  ' : 

"Presented  by  WILLIAM  WILLOUGIIDY 
Earl  of  Enniskillen,  to  the  Rector  and  Church- 
wardens  oj  Enniskillen,  Jan.  1st,  1834. 

[I.E.C.,  1892J 


109 


INSCRIPTIONS    IN    ENNISKILLEN,    &C. 

{Continued from  p.  363,  vol.  i.) 

"  Underneath  lies  the  Body  of  Josfph  Whitley,  who  departed 
this  life  in  great  peace,  through  an  humble  but  firm  confidence 
in  the  all-atoning  merits  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  7th 
July,  1847,  aged  G5  years. 

Also,  his  wife,  Hannah  Whitley,  who  departed  this  life, 
trusting  in  the  all-atoning  merits  of  her  Redeemer, 
December  31st,   1855,  aged  C3  years." 


'  On   a  four-sided  granite  column  are  the  following  records  connected 
th  the  Gallogly  family ' : — 

"In  this  burial-ground  were  deposited  the  mortal  remains 
of  Gf.orgf  Gallogly,  who  died  January,  1824,  aged  59  ; 
and  of  his  wife,  Jane,  who  died  November,  1839,  aged  76. 
Also  of  their  daughter,  Margaret,  wife  of  Charlfs 
Wilson,  of  the  County  of  Cavan,  who  digd  October  8th, 
1 827,  in  the  29th  year  of  her  age. 
This  monument  is  erected  to  their  memory  by  the  only 
daughter  of  the  above-named  Makgat.f.t  Wilson." 


'  Upon  the  south  side  of  the  large  sarcophagus  monument,  railed  in, 
near  the  north-east  corner  of  the  church,  is  the  following  inscription  ' : 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  William  Steward,  Esq.,  who 
died  on  the  20th  of  August,  1813,  aged  72  years. 
And  to  the  memory  of  his  wives,   Catherine   Starret, 
Anne  Hassard,  and  Eliza  Wade  ;  and  of  his  children, 
William,  Richard,  Jason,  Catherine,  and  Jane." 


:  Erected  by  the  Presbyterian  congregation  of  Euuiskillen, 
in  memory  of  their  late  mtich-beloved  Minister,  the  Kev. 
Thomas  Beukelt,  who  died  the  8th  day  of  December, 
1836,  in  the  ninth  month  of  his  ministry,  aged  23  years.' 


'  Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  Robert  Bf.ll,  aged  23  years ; 
John  Davis,  aged  26  years;  and  John  Stakbrook, 
aged  23  years,   Privates  2nd  Battn.  XIX.  Regiment,  who 
were  drowned  in  Longh  Erne  on  the  28th  February,  18G3. 
This  stone  is  placed  over  their  Grave  by  the  Officers,  Non- 
commissioned Officers,  and  Privates  of  the  2nd  Battn. 
XIX.   Regiment,  stationed  at  Enuiskillen,  as  a  Memorial 
of  fond  esteem,  and  deep-felt  sorrow  for  their  untimely  end. 
'  In   the  midst  of  life  we  are  in  death.'  " 


110 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  Kev.  Richard  P.  Cleary, 
A.M.,  a  laborious  Curate  of  this  Parish  for  19  years,  who 
departed  this  life  9th  February,  1845,  aged  5G  years. 
A  fen-  friends  who  valued  him  while  living,  and  lament 
Ins  death,  have  erected  this  tomb  over  his  remains,  to 
record  their  affection  and   his  worth." 


1  Erected  by  I.  Company  1st  Battn.  17th   Regiment,  in 
memory  of  Private  -David  Craven,  aged  2$  years,  of 
the  above  Company,  who  died  at  Enniskillen,  on  the 
ICth  January,  1SCJ." 


1  Erected  by  the  Members  of  Orange  Lodge  415,  in  memory 
of  their  Master,  Peter  Duff,  who  died  28th  March,  1840, 
much  regretted,  aged  40  years." 

;'  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  William  Elliott,  who  departed 
this  life  the  21th  of  June,   1S46,  aged  27  vears 
And  of  Osbokn  Elliott,  who  was  accidentally  drowned 
on  the  27th   August,   1847,  aged  22  years. 
Erected  by  the  McKinley  Orange  Lodge,  No.  1539.  as  a 
mark  of  their  sincere  respect  for  their  deceased  Brethren." 

'John  James  Fawcf.tt,  Assistant  Surgeon,  C2nd  Pegiment 
departed   this  life  29th   May,   1827,  aged  34  years. 
This  stone  is  erected  to  his  memory  by  his  Brother  Officers, 
in  testimony  of  their  esteem  and  regard." 


"In  memory  of  Sergeant-Major  John  Fassindge,  91st 
Highlanders,  who  died  at  Enniskillen,  on  the  16th  July, 
1S7G,  aged  37   years. 

Erected  by  the  Officers  and  Non-Commissioned  Officers  and 
Men  of  the  Pegiment,  as  a  mark  of  Esteem  and  Uespect." 


''Erected  as  a  Testimony  of  esteem  by  the  Anghrim  Orange 
Lodge,  Xo.&90,  to  the  Memorv  of  the  1,'ev.  Henry  Gmr 
who  died  sincerely  regretted,  June  19,  1811,  in  the  37th 
year  of  his  age." 


Erected  by  the  Officers  &  Men  of  bis  Company,  in  memory 
of  Private  Robert  Gibson,  of  the  26th  or  Caraeronian 
Pegiment,  who  was  drowned  whilst  bathing  in  the  P'ke 
on  the  1,5th  of  June,  184f»,  aged  21  years;  native  of    ' 
Gratney  Green  in  Scotland." 


Ill 

1  Robert  Keddle,  Lieut.  50th  Regiment,  departed  this  life 
30th  June,  1S15,  aged  28  years.     His  death  was  occasioned 
by  a  wound  received  in  action  with  the  French,  on  the 
13th  Deer.,  1813,  at  St.  Pierre,  near  Bayonne. 
This  stone  was  erected  by  his  Brother  Officers,  to  per- 
petuate the  memory  of  a  gallant  soldier." 


;This  Tomb  is  erected  to  the  memory  of  Constable  Thomas 
Leadt,  by  the  Officers,   Head  and  other  Constables  of  tiie 

Fermanagh  Constabulary 

He  departed  this  life,  deeply  and  deservedly  regretted  by 
all  who  knew  him,  the  2nd  day  of  June,   1847,    aged 
29  years." 


'■  Erected  as  a  Tribute  of  affection  by  the  Children  of  Church 
Sunday  School  and  other  Friends,  in  memory  of  William 
Lunny,  an  Orphan  Apprentice,  who  was  drowned  in  Lough 
Erne,  18th  August,  1866,  aged  15  years." 


'  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Sergeant  James  Martin, 
27th  Inniskilling  Eegt.,  who  died  at  Omagh,  on  the  28 
March,  1852,  aged  23  years. 

This  stone  was  erected  by  the  Orangemen  of  the  27th  Inniskillii 
as  a  Tribute  of  respect." 


'Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  William,  the  beloved  son  of 
Sekgt.  Major  Oates,  who  in  the  blessed  hope  of  a  joyful 
Resurrection,  fell  asleep  in  Jesus,  7  Deer.,  1854,  aged  30  year; 
This  monument  was  erected  by  the  Pensioners  of  the 
Enniskillen  District,  as  a  testimony  of  their  affection." 


"  Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  John  IIoksenden  Peake,  Esqre.. 
Lieut.  59th  Regiment,  who  departed  this  life  on  the  10th 
of  April,  1833,  aged  35  years,  deeply  regretted  by  his 
Brother  Officers  and  Friends,  to  whom  his  many  estimable 
qualities  had  endeared  him." 


'  On  the  north  side  of  river,  near  Fast  Bridge,  are  the  grounds  of  the 
Convent  of  the  Sisters  of  Mercy,  the  school-house  of  the  Christian 
Brothers,  and  the  Roman  Catholic  Cemetery,  opened  a  few  years  ago. 
1«  the  latter  is  a  handsome  monument,  having  a  granite  pedestal',  on  which 
stands  a  stone  figure  of  Virgin  and  Child.  This  statue  is  covered  by  a 
granite  canopy,  having  four  semicircular  openings,  supported  by  pilasters 
and  surmounted  bv  a  Gothic  cross. 


112 

,_«-*«"-*•*"• ™-"-->p»c«i„!:™;."i:ts;.„. 

'I  hen  follows  a  request  to : 

"Pray  for  the  Sou!  of  JAMES  Suumnux,  Jon,  who  died 
2  i  th  January,  1863,  aged  32  years." 
'  On  the  south  side  may  be  read  • 

'  On  the  east  side  is  engraven  :— 

"to  JiSSS  Tl  pUt  °n  imTrta,it>'-  ^en  shall  come 
vicC      o  >     f     ,     'S  Wn,ttCn-  Ueath  is  S(vaii0»'e'i  '"» 
5JS&  ver  G  1S  tliy  Sti"S  ?  "-1  Cor-  »•  «*•* 

"This  is  followed  by  a  praver  to  the  Virein  for  the  ™,,i  nr  s 

'  Upon  the  west  side  are  the  words  of  Jesns  :— 

"llZ  ^u  lCTT'T  a"d  the  life;  he  that  believeth  in  me 
alth  ugh  he  be  dead,  shall  live."-John  xi.  chap.,  25  veT' 

followed  by  the  praver' : 

"0  Lord,  have  mercy  on  the  soul  of  James  Summfrviltt 

ZTByZ^-  1S01'aDd  died  °"  the  '5^834. 
"lulZTT  h"  bee"  ereCt0''  bv  his  ^ectionate  widow 

May  they  rest  in  peace." 


BKLLS. 


'The  belfry  underwent  repairs  in    i-!r.,„) 


113 

CHURCH   PLATE. 

'  Of  the  gifts  that  have  from  time  to  time  been  presented  for  the  due 
celebration  of  the  Holy  Sacraments  of  the  Church,  the  old  cup  for 
Sacramental  use  has  been  already  referred  to  as  bearing  the  inscription  : 

"  Pociduin   EccIcsice   Parochialis   de  Eniskecne 
ex  dono  EDUARD1  DAVIS  Generosi,  anno 


Hi3S. 


[See  p.  108.] 


'  The  large  tankard  or  flagon  was  : — 

"  The  Gift  of  ALL  AS  CATHCART,  Esq.,  to 
the  Church  of  EnnisMlen,  A.D.  1707." 

'This  was  Captain  Cathcart,  who,  with  Mr.  Hugh  Hamilton,  was 
commissioned  by  the  Governor,  Gnstavns  Hamilton,  to  present  the 
address  of  the  Enniskilleners  to  the  Prince  of  Orange  ;  he  died  in  1720. 

'Two  large  silver  vases,  with  lids  and  handles,  were  presented  in  1834, 
by  the  late  Charles  Ovenden,  M.D.,  then  Provost  of  Knniskillen;  but', 
with  the  consent  of  the  donor,  were  melted  down  in  18'j;;,  and  two 
Sacramental  cups  and  a  paten  were  formed,  under  the  direction  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Magee. 

'  The  paten  was  made  after  the  antique  pattern  of  one  which  had  been  in 
use  since  1743,  the  gift  of  Mrs.  Mitchkll,  widow  of  the  lately  deceased 
rector,  who  had  been  nearly  fifty  years  incumbent. 

'  The  inscription  ou  each  of  the  new  cups  was  copied  from  that  on  the 
goblets  presented  by  Dr.  Ovenden,  and  a  similar  inscription  appears  on 
the  paten. 

'  A  handsome  wiue  strainer  was  on  the  same  occasion  given  by  Lord 
Knniskillen.' 


'  Poor-Boxes. — Two  copper  poor-boxes,  with  handles  of  oak,  were 

"  The  Gift  of  S.  MOOR,   1753," 

and  two  others': — ■ 

•'  The  Gift  of  M.  A.  Parkinson,  to  the  Hon.  and 
Revd.  J.  C.  MAUDE,  for  the  Church  of 
knniskillen,   October  Mth,   1S42." 


'  The  Font.— Stands  at  the  N.W.  end  of  the  church,  and  is  entitled  to 
a  prominent  place,  from  its  antiquity  and  artistic  beauty.  It  has  a  pretty 
interlaced  border  round  the  rim,  and  bears  upon  its  upper  edge  the  tollow- 
>ug  inscription  in  raised  capitals': — 

i(The   Gift  of  WILLIAM  VINCENT,   Rector 
of  the   Church,  A.D.    lt.tjti." 


'Most  of  the  bells  in  the  parish  church  were  the  munificent  gift*  ,,( 
individuals.  The  large  bell,  No.  1,  on  which  the  hammer  of  the  clock 
strikes  the  hours,  was  the  gift  of  the  present  Earl  of  Knniskillen,  as  from 
its  face  (though  not  by  its  tongue)  we  are  thus  significantly  informed  :— 

"Presented  by  WILLIAM  WJLLOUGIIBY, 
Earl  of  Enniskillen,  to  his  Friends  the  Innis- 
killing  Men,  1841." 

'The  other  large  bell  (No.  2)  was  re-cast  by  Wears,  of  Whitechapel, 
London,  from  the  metal  of  the  two  old  bells,  "  William  and  .Mary,"  which 
had  been  cast  in  1710,  said  to  be  from  some  of  the  cannon  taken  by  King 
William  at  the  Boyne,  and  given  to  the  Knniskilleners  for  that  purpose. 
This  tradition  is  borne  out  by  the  inscription  thereon : — 

"  This  Bell  was  given  by  Government,  A. D.  1716, 
and  re-cast  at  the  expense  of  the  Parish  of 
Enniskillen,  ]  828." 

•The  Vestry  Records  of  1715  and  1716  make  mention  of  a  sum  of 
thirty  pounds  having  been  applotted  for  the  founding  of  bells ;  and  the 
accounts  of  1828  and  1829  contain  entries  for  "re-casting  bells,  £40"; 
and  again,  "towards  the  repayment  of  the  sum  expended  in  purchasing 
and  hanging  the  bells  of  Knniskillen  Church,  £50." 

'Of  the  remainder,  the  late  Earl  of  Belmoee  gave  one;  the  Hon.  J. 
C.  Maude,  another;  the  two  Misses  Hall,  three  more;  and  one  small 
bell  was  paid  for  out  of  the  general  fund  raised  for  rebuilding  and  renew- 
ing the  church  in  1811. 

'The  tower  clock  (the  works  of  which  are  connected  with  No.  1  bell) 
was  also  the  donation  of  the  ladies  just  named,  whose  gifts  to  this  church 
amounted  to  upwards  of  four  hundred  pounds.' 


MONUMENTS. 

'  Of  the  monuments  in  and  about  the  parish  church,  many  are  worth v  of 
notice,  as  bearing  curious  devices,  and  many  for  their  quaint  and  unique 
inscriptions. 

'The  oldest  is  found  on  a  sandstone  slab,  now  forming  part  of  the  north 
wall  of  the  church.  In  its  upper  compartment  are  the  arms  of  the  noble 
family  of  Cole  (a  bull  passant,  armed  and  unguled) ;  at  the  foot,  an 
upright  hour-glass,  and  the  emblems  of  mortality— coffin,  skull,  and  cross- 
bones, — with  hour-glass  lying  on  its  side,  signifying  that  life's  sands  have 
all  run  out.  In  the  intermediate  space  there  had  been  an  inscription,  near 
the  end  of  which  is  the  date  1627.  livery  letter  on  this  stone  is  defaced, 
and  none  of  the  family  papers  record  the  decease  of  anv  member  whose 
memory  this  frail  witness  was  designed  to  preserve.  This  monumental 
stone  stands  above  the  entrance  to  the  family  vault.' 


115 

'  Next  in  order  of  date  is  a  very  curious  relic  of  the  past.  A  singular 
inscription,  in  capitals,  occupies  the  centre  of  the  stone,  which  is  40  inches 
long  by  'J\  inches  nide,  having  a  small  border  with  an  unusual  legend  that 
is  continued  on  the  loner  portion  of  the  slab.  The  words  are  cut  in  the 
opposite  direction  from  those  that  record  the  name  of  the  deceased,  and  so 
they  meet  in  the  middle.  Thus  the  reader  must  change  his  position  from 
foot  to  head  of  the  stone,  in  order  to  read  the  whole  inscription.  Within 
a  circle  are  sculptured  (basso-relievo)  a  skull  and  cross-bones,  beneath  which 
are  the  words ' : — 

"  HERE  LYETH  THE  BODY  OF  WILIAM  POKRICH,  LftST 
SVN  VNTO  RICHARD  POKRICH  WHO  DEPARTED  THIS  LIFE  THE 
1628."  APRIL 

'  The  legend  on  the  border  and  loner  end  is  defective,  as  two  pieces  near 
the  corners  have  been  lost ;  though  in  some  parts  the  letters  are  almost 
worn  out.     The  following  words  are  legible  ' : — 

"  GRAVNT  ME  MER HAT  NOW  DEATH 

SHU BODY,  YET  THE  EYES  OF  MY  SOVLE 

MAY  STIL  BEHOLD  AND  LOKE  VPPON  THEE  WHEN 
DEATH  HATH  [TAKEN  A1WAY  THE  VSE  OF  MY  TOVNG, 
YET  MY  HEART  MAY  CRY,  AMD  SAY,  LORD,  INTO 
THY  HANDS  I  COMMEND  MY  SOVLE.    LORD  JESVS 
RECEIVE  MY  SPIRIT." 


Canon  Bradshaw  mentions  that  the  above  words  were  almost 
identical  with  those  used  by  the  celebrated  statesman,  Thomas 
Cromwell,  Earl  of  Essex,  beheaded  by  order  of  King  Henry 
VIII.,  on  the  28th  July,  1540. 


COUNTY    GAL  WAY. 

I'jirish  of  Cong. 

[Contributed  by  the  Rev.  R.  S.  Maffett.] 
The  following  account  of  an   ancient   inscribed   stone   found 
in  this  parish,  is  taken  from  the  Ordnance  Survey   MSS.  in  the 
Library  of  the  H.I. A.,  Dublin,     (^ee  Engraving)  :— 

'"  Incha  Goill,"  an  island  with  two  chapels  in  it — St.  Patrick's  and  one 

now  called  "Teampull  na  Naomb,"  i.e.,  the  Church  of  the  Saints. 


CIIIUK'H     UP     II 


Alvrs. 


•  Character  eighth  to  eleventh  century— sonth  side  wall      "There  ' 
very  ancient  stone  inserted  in  this  wall,  ornamented   with  a  en 

»'^i|.ti'..;."     "At  rh..   north-east  , ,    of  I :hoir  there  isa' 

to'"Mvl>«ch  is  probably  that  of  the  Archbishop  JIuirgesO'.Nioc,, 

on  tins  island  in  the  year  I  1 28." 

'  "  A  short  distance  to  the  Booth  w(  ■  < 
this    church    is  »    small    hoadstoi 

granite  now  8  feel  over  ground,  and  not  i 

thnn  5  inclu  s  square,  which  exhibits  n  ven 
"ncient  inscription  in  the  liomaii  cli  h  ■ -■ 
the  fifth,  m-  very  beginning  of  the  sixth, 
century.  ^  'I  his  stone  has  two  crosses  on  each 
side  of  it,  but  on  the  rcverso  side  to  the 
Ji  iters  one  is  nearly  broken  off.  The  follow- 
ing is  a  facsimile  of  the  inscription."  ' 

InPetrie'8  "Irish  Inscriptions," edite  I 
by  Miss  M.  Stokes,  2nd  vol.,  we  find  a 
further  description  of  tin's  stone  :— 

'iNCHA  OOILL,    IN    PARISH    OP  CONG, 
CO.    GAT. WAV. 

'  After  J  had  taken  the  sketch  from 
ODouovan,  I  found  an  engraving  of  the 
Btone  in  the  above  work  Petrie  gives  ■ 
p,"od  deal  more  of  wider  part  ol 
what  would  be  below  the  earth  in  ©'Donovan's 
««*«■■  As  regards  the  inscription  in  Petri 
»k i  first  letter  is  on  a  line  with  the  rest— the 
8nland  Dth  (and  7th  of  2nd  line)  are  rather 
'"  2|"'  lin«-  H»e  5th  J.  [(/Donovan  seems 
-  line  of  inscription  is  shorter  than  first 

letne,  and   the  upper  shaft  of  lower  (front)  c 

ie  adds  ns  letterpress: — 


«;  the  8th  c;   the  10th  d 
to  read  this  L,  not  I.        'I 
by   almo-t   a   letter 
shorter  than  lest.     1 


"lie   luguaedon   macci   menueh. 

"  The  .Stone  of  Lugacd.    Son  of  Men." 


M 


'  "  Macci   is   the  Oghi 
identified. 

'We  are  also  told  that  it  was 
that  this  name  m 
son  of  l.iaii.ani.i  (Liamhnin),  m- 
first  adopted  by  Dr.    Petrie   when   he    in 
Ireland  "a  drawing  of  the  stone.' 


not    I.,  in 


e.«te  I  by  O'Donov  in  to 

'atrick.     This   rending  was 
shed  in    his   "  Architecture 


Ui 


117 


•n  "  vrfiq.7  r.f 


This  drawing 
of  the  Inchagoil 
stone  is  taken 
from  a  sketch  by 
G.  V.  du  Noyer, 
and,  as  men- 
tioned by  Mr. 
Maffett,  will  be 
found  to  vary  in 
some  respects 
from  the  small 
drawing  given 
by  him,  and  re- 
presented on  the 
opposite  page. 


IIS 

Kilconnell. 

(Continued  from  page  379,  vol,  i.) 
'  No-  32 — On  a  mural  slab  in  the  south  wall  of  the  choir  ' : — 

0=  H.  §. 

"  Pray  for  ye  soul  |  of -James  Waldbon,  who  D.D.  1~62 
Errectd  by  his  Wife  ilAitr  Waldron." 


'  No.  33 — The  Daly  monument  is  a  very  handsome  one,  under  a  richlv 
carved  pointed  canopy  ;  the  side  of  the  tomb  is  divided  into  tou 
panels  with  rich  mouldings.' 


No.  34 — On  a  mural  tablet  on  the  north  wall  of  the  choir': — 

t 

0    H    § 

"  PRAY    FOR    THE    SOUL    OF   |  THOMAS    DALY 
ESQ    WHO    |  DIED    2    OF    APRIL     1877»    AGED   | 

81   years,     his  wife  AMELIA  HOBHOUSE 

WAS    ALSO    BURIED  |   HERE     16th    JANUARY    lblJO. 


No.  35 — Mural  tablet  in  the  east  wall  of  the  north-east  chapel': — 

"THIS    MONUMENT    WAS    ERECTED    BY     MICHAEL 

CVNNFE  &  his  wife  MARGRET  NOLANE 
LAVREXCE  CVNNFE  &  his  wife  ELIZA- 

BIT11    KE....B    .    OTHERS    i-'OR    THEM    &    THEIR 
POSTERITY    1753    &    THE    LORD    HAVE    MERCY 
VPON  THEIR  SOYLES." 


36'— 

"  PRAY  -  FOR  •  THE  •  SOVLES  •  OF  ■  I  LIEFTENT 
[»'"]  •  COLLO  I  NELL  •  DEARMOTT  •  DALY  •  I 
OF  •  KILLIMVR  •  WHOE  .  ER  I  ECTED  ■  THIS  . 
MONMENT  -I  FOR  •  THE  ■  VSE  •  OF    HIMSELF-  1 
AND  •  HIS  •  BROTHER  •  MAI  IOR    TEIGE 
O   DALY  •  AND  ■  AL  !  L    THERE    POSTERITY- 
1674.' 


119 

Xo.  37 — The  following  is  also  a  mural  slab  in  this  chapel ': — 
"This  Monument  perpetuates  the  |  Memory  of  ye  Family 
of  FiizsiMONs.     Also  Mrs.  Ellinkr  Roe  who  Dyed 
Anno  1769." 


>'o.  38 — On  the  south  wall  of  the  choir  ' : — 

t 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Joseph  Paqe  died  August  2nd, 
1850,  aged  80  years,  R.I.P." 

No.  39 '— 

"  Sacred  |  to  the  memory  of  |  Anne  Hozif.r  of  this  parish  | 
who  departed  this  Life  the  loth  day  of  February,  |  1844, 
aged  84  years.     Having  survived  her  beloved  husband 
Thomas  Michael  Hozieb,  Solicitor,  51  years.     K.I. P. 
This  tablet  is  erected  by  their  affectionate  son  and  only  child 
James  Hozier,  of  London." 

[Denman,  83  I?egent-st.,  London.] 


No.  40'— 

"  Mart  Crowe,  who  died  on  the  27  March,  18G7,  aged 
1 9  years,     liequicscat  in  pace." 


•  fto.  41 — Crest — A  "  Cubit  arm  "  holding  a  sword,  beneath   which   is  a 
shield  with  arms,  two  mullets,  &c,  &c,  and  this  inscription : — 

"THIS    MONUMENT    WAS    ERECTED    BY 
CHRISTOPHER    ALEXANDER    AND    EDWARD 
BYTAGH,    FOR    THE    USE    OF    THEM- 
SELVES   AND    THEIR    POSTERITIE    ANO 
DO    1685." 


"OF  YOUR  CHARITY  I   PRAY  FOR  THE  SOULS  OF 

BRYAN  COONE  who  died  in  1868,  aged 

68  YEARS.  |  ALSO  HIS  DAUGHTER  CATHERINE 

WHO  DIED  IN    1858,  AGED    14   YEARS. 

ERECTED   BY  HIS  BELOVED  DAUGHTER  ELLEN 

CO  ONE." 

The  above  is  on  an  npright  stone  in  the  north-west  court.' 


J  20 
No.  43— The  folio 

t 

0    M    § 
"Pray  for  the  soul  of  Mrs.  John  Foy,  alias  Bp.tdget  Fallon, 
who  departed  thn  life  the  18  day  of  August,  I860,  aged  52 
years,  may  she  rest  in  peace.     Amen." 

'So.  14—  An  upright  stone  in  same  court':— 
t 

I.  H.  S. 

"pray  for  the  soul  of  JOHN  SHAUGHNESSY 

WHO  I.1EU  i   MARCH    1885,  AGED   77  YEARS. 

also  his  wife  |  CATHERINE  SHAUGHNESSY 

WHO  DIED    14   MAY   1S63,  AGED  4S  YEARS." 


45— In  the  north-west  corner  of  this  court':— 
"in-    LOVING    MEMORY    OF    |    MARGARET 
BOUCIJIER   the   wife   of   JAMES   M 
BOUCIIIERoFRATiIGLASSE(lN.THISp;RisH 

ESQUIRE,    WHO    DIED   |  OX    THE    6th    D1Y    OF 
SEPTEMBER    IS?2  |    IN  THE  5.3RD  YEAR  OF  HIS    4GE 

BLESSED  ARE  THE   PUnE  IN   HEART,   FOR  THEY 
SHALL  SEE  GOD.'  " 


'  Xo-  46~ 0"  a  flat  stone  in  the  choir  '  :— 

0    M    § 

"  Pray  for  the  soul   of  .Mr.  I  Edwihi,  i;„,v    „fn 
p„lir,„.  „f  ,.  I  ^""Ahii  kkli.\.  of  Cloones  .  .  . 

was  erected  by-  his  family.        '       '     "  '  iJonuui^t 
'  tf./.P. 


17— On  an  upright  stone  in  the  choir  '  :— 
A  crest  and  arms  are  to  be  seen  on  a  stone,  without  date  or 
iw-npuon.      Hie  crest  appears  to  Le  a  do?  (?)   uas--niii  f?) 
amontleSh1eldato,ver,«ithalion(?)cn  I,.,,',',, 
wall,  and  beneath  the  tower  a  lion  (?)  standi,,  -  1     t 
(rampant  ?).'*  k      »u«min0  iipugut 


121 
X0.  45 — On  a  flat  stone  at  the  foot  of  the  last ' : — 

t 

0    M    § 
"Pray  for  ye  Soul  of  BRYAN   KELLY  of  grigan 

WHO     DIED    Ve     17     OF    S   |   ANNO    DOMINI     1751 
THIS    STONE    WAS     ERECT  |   ED     BY    HIS    WIFE 

SUSAN  I  NA  KELLY  alias  MOORE." 


t 

0    H    § 

'THIS  MONUMENT  I  WAS  ERECTED  BY    MADDIN 

BURKE  I  fob  his  wife  I  FRANCES  BURKE 

ALIAS  DONELAN  |   WHO  DYED  THE   19   I  MARCH 
1/53  FOR  I  THEM  &  THEIR  POSTERITY  &  THE 
LORD  HAUE   |  MERCY  VPON  THEIR  SOULS.       1734. " 


'  No.  50 — On  a  flat  stone  under  the  tower ' : — 

"  Crest  and  motto :  "honor  virtutis  premium." 

t 

0  N.  DNS.  DM. 

*  Lord  have  mercy  on  |  the  soul  of  Michl.  YVakd,  |  EsQrt.,  | 

d.  d.  1804,  aged  58.  |  Also  his  wife  Margret  Ward  alias 

0  Daniel,  d.  d.  |  1809,  aged  54,  their  son  Joseph  Ward, 

Ksqr  d.  d.  I  18  March,  1818,  Aged  42." 

'No.  51— 

'  The  following  tomb  is  near  the  west  door  of  the  abbey  ;  it  is  an  "  altar" 
tomb  ;  the  inscription  runs  round  the  edge,  in  old  English  characters  ;  a 
rich  canopy  in  the  flamboyant  style  half  covers  this  splendid  monument 
[See  Plate,  p.  \23,  for  which  I  have  to  thank  the  Hon.  Gerald  Dillon. 
— P.  D.  V.]  On  the  front  are  six  panels  containing  figures,  one  in  each 
panel ;  over  their  heads  are  their  names  thus,  commencing  on  the  left  as 
you  look  at  the  monument ' : — 

"i^aitct  ^ofjanr**  —  Pallet  ElotJibir  [?J  — 
.^anrta  iHaria  —  ^anrt  3olm\t&  — 
^aitrt  3>aroilj    —  g>anrt  Dinais  "  [?] 

[See  annexed  drawing.] 


122 


UJ^ 


i: 


Ti 


'e  six  figures  represented  on  this  tomb  appear  to 

1.  £>t.  John  [Evangelist],  on  the  left  a3  vou 

2.  £>t  £oute  [?Xot)obtf]. 

4.  ^t.  T.oljii  [Baptist]. 

5.  ^t  5nmro'  [Bishop  of  Jerusalem]. 

G.  £t.  fienfc  [Qrnnate  ?]  or  Qirjate  ? 


be:— 

look  at  it. 


123 

'  The  first  holds  an  open  book  ;  the  second  has  a  crozier  and  a  mitre  on 
head  ;  the  third  a  crown  and  staff  (?)  ;  the  fourth  a  lamb  in  his  arms  ; 
the  fifth  a  bag  suspended  by  the  girdle ;  an  open  book,  a  flowing  beard, 
and  a  staff  in  his  right  hand  ;  the  sixth  or  last  figure  holds  an  open  book 
iu  his  right  hand  and  a  staff  in  his  left,  has  a  flat  cap  and  a  flowing  beard. 


'  The  first  figure  (St.  John)  has  no  beard,  and  has  a  much  more  youtb- 
ful  appearance  than  the  others  ;  be  wears  a  flat  cap  with  a  zig-zag  upper 
edge,  as  does  also  St.  John  the  Baptist  fig.  4  .  The  head-dress  of  No. 
5  is  quite  different  to  that  of  the  others.  The  feet  of  the  1st,  4th,  5tli, 
and  Gth  figures  are  bare.  The  only  words  of  the  marginal  inscription  that 
appear  to  be  decipherable  now  are  ' : — 


:  —  uti  nioiiummtum  r 
3tam  ctt'am 


124 

We  believe. 


-  ancient  missals-the  "  Book  of  Kells,"  &c._ 

*^^iz:i£:rMyr~d-"M 

St.  Peter,  an  old  man  with  a  round  beard. 

fet.  Paul.  bald,  and  with  a  beard  rush-like 

St.  Andrew,  an  old  man  with  frizzled  hair  and  forked  beard 

&t.  i  nilip,  a  young  man,  beardless. 

St.  Mathew  [Evau'-J,  an  old  man  with  along  beard. 

ft  .  Luke  [do],  a  young  man,  curled  hair  and  small  beard 

St.  Snnon  Zelotes,  an  old  man,  bald,  and  with  a  round  beard. 

4  And  on  the  top' : — 

"HERE    VNDER.ILYETH.THE 
BODIES  .  OF  .  |  DONOGHRA  I  NE  . 
OKELLY  .  DONNELL  .  OKEL  :  J 
SHANE . OKEL : I  AND . FARDO- 
RAGH.OKEL:|  DESENDED  | 
FROM     SHANE.  OKELLY  I  WHO. 
CAVISED. THIS. INSCRIPTION. I 
TO. BY. DONE. FOR     HIM. 
AND  •  HIS  .  POS  :" 

"Built  1512.    Now  Enlarged  by  William 
Kelly,  Cloxcanon,  1823." 

'No.  53— On  a  raised  tomb  in  the  north  transept':— 

"PRAY  FOR  THE  SO  |  LL  OF  MICHAEL  D  I  ALTON 
Esq  OF  ra  I    I  AUA  [?]  who  DiED  THE  28  OF 

JANLAR    175'J." 


125 

Hound  the  edge  of  this  stone  is  ' :  — 

"ORATE     PRO    AXIMA    REVEREND1   |   SIMI    DO     AC 
FRATRIS   |   XOSTRI   BOET1I   EOAN  [?]    PI    p"   [?]. 


'  No.  54  ' — 

"  PRAY   FOR  THE   |  SOUL  OF  WILLIAM     RYAN 
WHO  DIED   |    IN  THE  YEAR    1773.  |   THIS   WAS 
PLACED  BY   HIS  SON   HUGH     RYAN." 

'  This  is  a  mural  tablet  opposite  the  turret  stair.  On  the  to])  are  the 
letters  I  ■  11  •  S,  ■  ;  and  beneath,  a  death's  head  and  cross-bones  in  a 
frame.' 


No.  55 — On  an  upright  stone  near  the  turret  stair  door ' : — 

"[©RjATE    PRO    AN[]]MABVS 

••••SIC  [Stone  broken."] 


'On  an  upiight   slab  in  the   north    court,    and  opposite  door  into  the 
choir' :- — 

"  This  was  placed  by  Edmund  Kelly  &  his  wife  in  memory 
of  Those  who  lyes  Beneath  This  stone." 


No.  56 — On  an  upright  stone  in  the  north  east  transept ' : — 
"PR£     FOR    SDOiUNUSCA  [?]   I     UJJS  [?] 

GERMEF  [?]       ER1ES    [?] 

UIETA    [?] SEPT [?] 


'  On  a  mural  slab  in  south  wall  of  the  choir  are  a  crest  and  cubit  arm 
holding  a  dagger  (  ?),  and  under  it,  three  lions  rampant — two  in  chief  and 
one  in  base,  with  a  wild  boar  (?)  in  the  centre  of  the  Held. 

'The  motto  is — "  IIONOU  victutis  pisemium." 

'  No  inscription.'  [See  Ward  monument,  p.  121    ante.'] 


'No.  58'— 

'  On  a  broken  stone  under  the  east  window  are  to  be  seen  a  crest,  a  dog. 
currant  past  a  tree  (?),  and  on  the  shield  two  hands  open,  conped  at  the 
wrist,  and  below  them  a  dog  or  hear  (?)  or  other  animal  goiug  up  a 
pole  (?),  with  the  motto — "  deo  kt  ki-.i.i  hhllis."  ' 


126 

1  No.  59 — On  a  flat  stone  iu  the  north-east  transept ' :  — 

I.     H.    S. 

"  PRAY  FOR  THE  SO  |  VIS  OF  ANDREW    DALTON 
DECEAS  I   ED    THE     IOeTII    OF  |   IVLY     IJO'.)    AND 

of  RICHARD  DALTO  |  X  his  son  bebe  e| 

NTERRD  FROM    |  DVBLIN    THE     18    ET  |   II    OF 

APRIL   1712  |       Pray  for  MR    MICHAEL    | 
DALTOX  who  d  d  ian  |  vary  the  2Sth  1"33 

WAS    BVXLT    11Y    HIS    SON    MR    JOIIX    DALTON 

ait,  I  vst   1  ?33." 

No   60 — On  a  flat  stone  in  the  centre  of  the  chancel ' : — 

" the  Bodies  |  .  .  Michael  Kelly  ofGirran 

Esq.  who  Died  |  the  2  Day  oflune  1701  |  Aged  C.'j  Years, 
and  of  his  |  Wife  Margaret  Kellt  alias  |  Daly,  and  Ins 
brother  Akthuky  Kelly  for  |  thorn  and  their  Posterity." 

4  The  upper  corner  of  this  stoue  is  broken.' 


No.  61 — On  a  flat  stone  near  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel,  siirmountc 
by  a  Gothic  canopy  like  that  over  the  Cloncanon  comb': — 

"ORATE  •  PRO  •  ANI  I  MABVS  •  THOM/E  I  HVGONIS  • 
MA  I  LACHI/E  MANN!  I  N  •  GVLLIELMI  •  HV  I  GOfJIS  • 
MANNIN  •  I  OMNIVM  •  DE  •  MINLOGH  •  QVI  •  HOC  •  I 
SEPVLCRVM  •  SIBI  I  ET  ■  SVIS  •  FIERI  •  FE  I  CERVNT  • 
ANNO  •  I  DNI  •  1648." 


No.  62 — On  a  fine  mural  tablet  in  the  K.E.  chapel  are  the 
and  motto  of  the  Baunewall  family,  and  the  iuscript 
p.  180,  vol.  i.' 


No.  63 — A  mural  tablet   on   the   west   wall  of  the  north  cunrt  has 
following  inscription  ' : — 

"erected  by  BEDIL1A  O'MALLEY  in  memory 

OF   I   HER    DELOVED    HUSBAND    PATRICK 
O'M ALLEY    OF  I   ABBEYV1EW    WHO    DEPARTED 
THIS    LIFE    SEPTR   2j,    1863    |  AGED    5G    YEARS. 
O   LORD    HAVE    MERCY    ON    HIS   SOYI.    |    THIS    STONE 


127 

is  kecut  by  DANIEL  O'MALLEY  in  memory  | 
of  his  fond  mother  BEDELIA  O'MALLEY 

WHO    DEPD   THIS    |  LIFE    OCTOBER    22,     1882 
AGED    73    YEARS.       MAY    THEY    REST    IN     PEACE." 


'  On  a  raised  tomb,  within  the  railings' : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Edward  Crips  Villiers,  l-'sq.  | 
of  Beech  Hill  |  who  departed  this  life  Febry.  2U,  1856, 
Aged  40  years." 

CHURCH  PLATE. 

'The  Paten  and  Cup  are  both  inscribed  as  follows  ' : — 

" Kilconnel  Church.     Reed.  I.  Delmcge,  Rector. 
1835." 

'  There  is  no  Flagon. 

'  |;Ei.l. — There  is  not  any  inscription  on  the  Bell. 

'  F<1NT. — The  upper  part  appears  to  be  very  old.  It  is  a  large  lime- 
stone block  hollowed  out,  and  roughly  carved  all  round  the  outside.  It  is 
not  unlikely  that  it  may  have  belonged  formerly  to  the  abbey. 

'  In  the"  "  Annals  of  the  Four  M  aster  J,"  the  following  appears  under 
date  1353  : — "  1  he  .Monastery  of  Kilconnel,  in  the  Diocese  of  Clonfert  ill 
Connaught,  was  founded  by  Franciscan  friars  by  William  O'Kelly,  Lord  uf 
Hy-Maine." ' 


Lewis     says    Kilcoimell    was    a   favourite     burial-place    lor 
many  of  the  most  respectable  families  in  Gal  way. 


Tiiam  Cathedral. 

(Continued  from  page  397,  vol.  t.) 

'The  following  inscription  is  engraved  on  a  stone  that  is  cemented  to  the 
northern  wall  of  the  old  Cathedral': — 

"The  memory  of  |  Catherine  Lindsay  |  who  died  April  the 
26th  1773  Aged  32  |  She  inherited  the  virtues  other  grand- 
mother Kate  Crery  |  whose  remains  with  those  of  the  | 
Hev.  W.  Crery  are  lure  interred  |  They  all  lived  the  life  | 
and  died  the  death  |  of  the  righteous  |  Header  go  aud 
do  thou  likewise." 


The  following  five  inscriptions  are  in  the  grass  on  shibs,  very 
t  end  of  the  old  Cathedral':— 


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'  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Edmund  Burton,  the  Very  I!ev 
the  Dean  of  KUlala,  Rector  of  Hollymount,  and  Vicar- 

General  of  the  Diocese  of  Tuara,  where  he  was  a  beneficed 
clergyman  for  55  years.  He  departed  this  life  on  the 
22nd  of  March,  1517,  having  attained  his  80th  vear. 
During  life  he  felt  truly  thankful  to  Divine  providence 
for  the  numberless  blessings  he  enjoyed;  and  when  the 
hour  of  dissolution  drew  nigh,  he  quit  each  vain  scene 
without  a  tear,  without  a  tremble  or  a  fear,  and  minted 
with   the  dead." 


'  Under  this  stone  |  are  interred  |  the  remains  of  |  the  Revd. 
Kdw.  Burton.  |  He  died  Septr.  I  the  2d,   171H  I  in  the 
48th  year  I  of  his  age."  ' 


'Hicjacet  corpus  reverendi  |  Joh.aknis  Campbell.  L.  L.  D.  I 
qui  obiit  decimo  quarto  |  calenda  Maii  Anno  Domini  I  1772 
etatis  quadrigessimo  |  Septinio." 


'Under  this  stone  lies  j  Catherine  Buieton  who  I  died  the 
13th  May,  1782,  |  aged  57  years.  |  With  tender  gratitude  I 
for  18  years  of  uninterrupted  |  Happiness  |  Her  husband 
Archdeacon  |  Edmund  Burton  |  Erected  this  in  memory  I 
of  her  virtues  |  and  his  affliction." 


"  Here  lieth  the  remains  of  Harmf.t  |  Elizabeth  Burton, 
fourth  daughter  of  the  |  Very  Kev.l.  the  Dean  of  Killala.  l' 
Born  10th  December,  1790.  |  Died  loth  Eebruary,  1866." 

'The  following  are  the  inscriptions,  except  one,  nnder  the  south  walls 
of  both  churches  ' : — 

"To  the  memory  |  of  Barbara  the  wife  |  and  I  Sarah  the 
mother  |  of  |  H.  Campbell,  A.M.  |  whose  |  mortal  acts  I 
are  |  recorded  in  Heaven." 


'Underneath  this  stone  lies  the  |  body  of  Francis  Davis,  of 
Tuam.  |  Esqre.,  who  died  the  15th 'dav  of  I  September  ' 
1616,  in  the  36tb  vear  of  his  a-e" 


"  Sacred  to  the  memory  |  of  Captain  Peter  |  McPherson 
66  Regiment,  |  who  died  the  21st  |  July  1805,  Aged  |  25 
years.  |  '1  his  stone  has  been  placed  over  |  his  remains  as  I 
a  mark  of  the  Re-  |  gard  and  esteem  |  of  his  Brother  I 
Officers." 


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"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  |  John  Wright.  |  Sculptor,  |  a 
native  of  Glasgow,  |  who  departed  this  life  at  Tuain  j  on 
the  3rd  day  of  July  1858,  |  aged  .'58  years. 
'  So  teach  us  to  number  our  days  |  that  we  may  apply  our 
hearts  unto  wisdom.' — Ps.  90." 


'  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Captain  |  Benjamin-  Hughes,  late  of 
the  |  Carlow  Militia,  who  departed  |  this  life  on  the  9th  day 
of  June,  |   1809.  [  Aged  35  years.     |  This  tomb  is  |  erected 
by  the  said  Regiment  in  |  testimony  of  their  veneration  | 
for  the  deceased." 


"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  |  George  Benjamin,  infant  son  | 
of  Benjamin  Hill,  R.M.  |  Born  17th  March,  1S6S,  |  died 
the  25th  Octor.  1868.  |  The  6th  Septr.  1869  |  died  Besst, 
aged  7  years  |  and  'J  months." 

"To  the  memory  |  of  Mart  Caldon,  |  Daughter  of  John 
Caldon,  I  Captain  and  Adjutant  |  of  the  Donegal  |  Kegi- 
mcnt  of  .Militia,  |  who  departed  |  this  life  |  16tli  March, 
1808,  |  aged  21  months" 

«'To  the  memory  of  the  |  wife  of  Bernard  Simpson,  |  who 
departed  this  life  on  the  j  28th  May,  1800,  |  in  the  16th 

year  of  her  age.  |  She  was  the  eldest  daughter " 

'  N.B. — The  writer  was  unable  to  decipher  this  last  memorial  any 
further.  Four  others,  sunk  in  the  grass,  cannot  at  all  be  read,  save  these 
words  on  one  ' : — 

"  In  this  tomb  erected  in  memory  of  Thomas  Blaeeney,  Esq." 


'  Sacred  to  the  |  memory  of  Arabella  Stew-  |  ard  Travers, 
daughter  of  |  Major  Travers,  Bifle  Brigade,  |  who  departed  | 
this  life  18  May,  1S20.  |  Aged  4  months." 


;  Stranger,  |  I  pray  thee  spare  one  moment  |  to  mark  the 
monument  of  |  departed  worth,  it  contains  the  |  ashes  of 
Doctor  Michael  Beholds,  |  late  Surgeon  of  the  Donegal  | 
Militia.     Erected  to  his  memory  |  also  by  his  afflicted 
brother  |  officers,  the  last  token  of  their  |  esteem  and 
regard.      His  virtues  |  were  many,  vices  he  had  none,  | 
ready  to  sooth  the  sorrows  of  |  his  fellow  creatures  he 
became  |  endeared  to  all,  as  an  husband,  |  a  father,  a 
friend,  &  was  tender,  |  affectionate,  and  sincere.  |  As  he 
lived,  live  thou  the  friend  |  of  mankind,  as  he  died  mayest  | 
thou  die  in  peace  with  God.  |   Beloved,  respected,  &  re- 
garded |  By  all  who  knew  him,  |  He  departed  this  life  the 
24th  |  December,  1810,  in  the  4ord  |  year  of  his  age." 


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'  last  of  those  nearest  the  old  cathedral,  south  side  ' : — 

"  Underneath  this  stone  |  rests  the  Belies  of  |  Theobald  Mill, 
Surgeon  and  Apothecary." 

'  N.B. — The  writer  was  unable  to  read  this  last  memorial,  owing  to  tin 
obliteration  of  the  cutting  by  time,  any  further  than  above.' 


*'  Agnes  Collins  |  fell  asleep  in  Jesus  |  29th  March,  1878,  [ 
aged   60  years. 
'Precious  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  is  the  death  of  his  saints.' 

Ps.  cxvi.  15. 
Erected  by  her  sorrowing  [  Husband  and  Son." 


"  A  token  of  love  |  and  gratitude  |  to  the  memory  |  of 
Edward  Hadlock,  |  who  died  Uctober  |  the  I6tb,  1797,  | 
aged  52  years." 

"  Here  lieth  |  the  mortal  remains  of  Christopher  |  MacDermot, 
who  departed  |  this  life  on  the  19th  of  July,  1821,  |  in  the 
COth  year  of  his  age.  |  This  tomb  was  erected  by  |  his 
affectionate  son  |  Marshall  Mac  Dermott." 


"  Here  lieth  William  |  son  of  John  and  Grace  |  Madders. 
Born  January  |  loth,  1846.     Died  July  |  15th,  1851." 

"  Here  lies  the  remains  |  of  Anne  Clayton  |  alias  Winn. 
departed  life  |  the  24th  September,  1S33,  |  aged  33  years.  | 
This  tomb  erected  |  By  hev  beloved  husband  |  William 
Clayton." 


'"  In  memory  |  of  |  Catherine  Allen,  the  beloved  wife  |  of  | 
John  Allen,  late  serjeant  of  the  |  Constabulary  in  Tuam,  | 
who  departed  this  life  on  the  20th  of  |  June,  1840,  in  the 
40th  year  of  her  age. 

Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  |  Lord. —Rev.  xiv.  13. 
Also  their  Beloved  (laughter  |  Jane  Allen,  j  who  departed 
the  7th  .May,  1812,  |  aged  13  months." 


Here  lieth  |  Kdwap.d  son  of  |  Felix  and  Kliza  Xougher.  | 
Died  April  19th,  1858.  |  Aged  3 


■:n  .-. 


"Here  lies  the  Body  |  of  Alice  Bradley,  |  wife  of  John 
Bkadley,  I  of  Gal  way,  who  departed  |  this  life  year  of 
1785,  |  in  the  |  31  year  of  her  age." 


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Sacred  |  to  the  memory  of  |  Miina  Arkah  |  infant  Daughter 
ot  |  Robert  and  Mart  Couteen,  |  of  Douglas,  Isle  of  Man.  | 
Died  30th  March.  18C1,  I  aged  7  months." 


"In  |  the  Blessed  Hone  |  of  a  joyful   Rcsurection  |  Here  lies 
the  mortal  remains  of  |  John  Howards,  |  who  departed 
this  life  |  July  30th  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  ISIS,  |  aged  7 

(To  he  continued.) 


[From  Mr.  Richard  O'FIynn,  Worcester,  Mass.,  U.S.A.] 
'In  the  little  churchyard  of  Kilanmk,  County  Galway,  are  buried  the 
remains  of  a  once  celebrated  man — I  presume,  like  all  the  rest,  his  tomb  is 

unknown  and  neglected — Major  PoppletOD  ,  he  had  charge  of  Napoleon 
Bonaparte  at  St.  Helena  for  two  years,  and  is  mentioned  by  the  great 
warrior  in  kindly  and  affectionate  terms  for  Ids  courtesy  and  kindness  to 

the  illustrious  captive',  lie  married  one  of  the  Martins,  of  l.'oss,  represented 
by  the  present  li.  Martin,  Ksq.  In  the  same  churchyard  are  many  of  the 
tombstones  of  the  Martins,  and  I  think  it  is  quite  an  interesting  spot  for 
an  antiquarian  to  visit.' 


Neclicli  Abbey— Obituary  of. 

(Continued from  p.  394,  vol.  i.) 

"the  book  of  milick,   1474. 

"  Post  suppressionem  vac.ivit  usque  ad  annum,  1630. 

"In  Xue  Dm.  Amen.  Monasterium  de  Milick  Dioccsis  Clonfertensis  in 
comitatu  de  Qallvia  fundatu  pro  ipsa  observautia  anno  1474.  Aliqui 
aiitiquius  multo  sentinnt  circa  annum  1300.  Fundatorem  liabuit  Dominum 
0' Madden  suppressum  et  oinnino  fere  destructum  tempore  Klizabethae 
lteginae  ab  ipsis  Inquilinis  et  Catholicis  ne  Seret  praesidium  haereticorum  in 
ruinain  Patriae  post  suppressionem  vacavit  usque  ad  annum  1630  quo  anno 
celebrato  capitulo  intermedio  Galvia  Pneside  Pre  Valentino  Browne  ininistro 
Prijali  erecta  est  ibi  Kesidentia  institnto  Prawide  Pre.  Antonio  Mnstano, 
iis  sueccs=it  IV.  .1.  Coghlanus  anno  1635  et  liuic  in  Capitulo  de  Inisli, 
Antouiua  Mustano  et  hnic  in  Capitulo  .Montis  fernandi  ti-.  P.  Francis 
Madden  praedicator  insignia  qui  obijt  in  Is  anno  sui  Guardiaiuttus  cui 
eubstitutus  fuit  Praeses  Ir.  Johanes  Maiden  a  quo  quarto  niensis  Jiinii 
1643  (anno  vero  2°  Insurrectionis  Hiberuorum  contra  Anglos  Ihbernios) 
quo  die  celebratur  solemnitas  Corporis  Xsti  Reconciliata  fuit.  Kxcelsus 
Fratrum  Minorum  de  Milick  tempore  Provincials  lidi.  Adm.  Patris 
Bernandi  Couway.' 

TRANSLATION. 

'the  book  of  MILICK,   1474. 
'  After  the  suppression  it  remained  uninhabited  till  the  year  1H"0. 
'In  the  name  of  the  Lord.     Amen.     The  Monastery  of  Milick   in  the 
Diocese  of  Cloufert  in  the  County  of  Galway  was  founded  for  due  obscr- 


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v:\nce  in  the  year  1474.  Some  tliink  it  much  more  antient  and  date  in 
foundation  from  the  year  1300.  Its  founder  was  a  Mr.  O'Madden.  It 
was  suppressed  ;  and  almost  entirely  destroyed  by  the  inmates  themselves 
and  by  the  Catholics  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  lest  it  might  become  .i 
garrison  of  heretics  to  the  ruin  of  the  country.  After  the  suppression  it  was 
uninhabited  until  the  year  1630,  in  which  year  an  Intermediary  Chapter 
having  been  held  in  Gahvay  under  t tie  presidency  of  Fr.  Valentine  Browne, 
the  monastery  was  again  erected,  and  Fr.  Anthony  Mustauo  appointed 
superior.  Brother  J.  Coghlan  succeeded  him  in  the  year  1635,  and  to  him 
Anthony  Mustauo  in  the  Chapter  of  Inish  and  to  him  in  the  Chapter  of 
Multyfarnham  Br.  P.  Francis  Madden,  an  illustrious  preacher,  who  died  in 
the  first  year  of  his  Guardianship,  Br  John  Madden  was  elected  in  his 
stead,  by  whom  on  the  4th  of  dune,  1643  (the  second  year  of  the  rebellion 
of  the  Irish  against  the  English,  i.e.,  the  Knglish  resident  in  Ireland),  peace 
was  established  [or  the  monastery  was  re-established  J ;  the  said  day  was 
the  least  of  Corpus  Xti.  The  Very  l!ev.  Fr.  Bernardine  Conway  was 
Provincial  of  the  Brothers  Minor  of  Miliek  at  the  time.' 

"  Quae  antiqnitatis  fragments  concernentia  rerum  Conventum  de 
Milicke  sparsa  confusa  et  indigesta  reperi  ea  ad  utilitatem  legentium  in 
meliorem  ordinem  redegi  quod  quidem  fieri  non  poterat  sine  magna 
labore. — Fr.  Jo.  Lore  [an  ,  1726." 

TRANSLATION. 

'  These  fragments  of  the  antient  history  of  the  Convent  of  Miliek  I  have 
found  scattered  about  in  the  utmost  confusion  .  for  the  advantage  of  those 
who  may  read  them,  I  have,  with  much  labour,  set  them  in  order. —  Br. 
Jo.  Lore  [an],  1726.' 


'January,  17G3. 

Hacdieau.  1766  Hernia  Jcnetta  Yelverton  Langore  Prolixo 
Consumptafuit  Domicella  Valde  devota  pia  et  matris 
exemplo  erga  egetios  charitativa,  requiescat  iu  pace." 

TRANSLATION. 

'  (January  has  31  days.) 
On  this  day  in  the  year  1766,  II.  [Hernia?]  Jenette  Y.lvertou 
died  after  a  prolonged  illness.     A  housewife  truly  pious  and 
a  model  mother,  charitable  to  the  poor  [?  and  by  her  mother's 
example  charitable,  &C.J.     May  she  rest  in  peace.' 


'January  20th,  IS  14. 
Pat   Murray  o|  Lismore  has  purchased  a  second   time  the 
burying  place  opposite  to  Nichol  [?  J  Skerrett  Ksqr's  burying 
place,  it  being  in  partnership  I    twe  n  1  is  fathei  John  Murray 
&  Joseph  Bo  M>  n.  the  latter's  family  (the  male  i>-ue  being 
extinct),  by  paying  tor  the  other  half  part.     Given  under 
my  bund  this  20th  day  et  Jamiarv,  1—1  1  _ 

'  Mathias  Cresgh,  Guard0." 


"  Die  8d  7ber  babitum  approbationia  suscepit  Fr.  Antlionius 
Jacobus  Kenedy  A.R.I'.  Chrithnio  (?)  Garalian  Meusto. 
Prov*.  in  couvcntu  de  Athlone  filiatus  taineii  pro  conventu 

de  Meelick.     [No  year  given.] 

fr.  Maths.  Anthous.  Crcagli  guard". 

TRANSLATION. 

*  On  the  8th  of  September,  Br.  Anthony  James  Kenedy, 
tVTB.P.,  received  the  habit  of  approbation  in  the  convent  of 
Athlone,  though  a  member  of  Milick,  from  Ch —  Garalian, 
Provincial,  acting  for  Matt.  Anthony  Creagh,  guardian." 


'September  12th. 

Item  12a  eju?i!em   mensis  habitum  suscepit  Fr.  Johao. 
Domiuicus  Cunniff  ex  manibus  guardian. 

Fr.  Maths.  Anth.  Creagh." 

TRANSLATION. 

'  Likewise  Br.  John  Dominick  Cunniff  received  the  habit  on 
tlie  12th  of  the  same  month,  from  the  hands  of  the  Guardian, 
Fr.  Matthew  Anthony  Creagh.' 


January  22nd,  1827. 

Die  vigesima  secunda  Januarii  et  anno  milesimo  octingento 
vigesimo  septimo  Domina  Nan  tin  [Martin  ?]  alias  Maria 
Ursuliua  Baptista  Kennedy.  Chordam  P.  N.  F.  suscepit  ex 
manibus.  A.  B.  P.    C  ?]  Jacobi  Antonii  Kenedy  [«cj  Etiam 
Anna  Dean  eadein  die  suscepit. ' 

TRANSLATION. 

;  On  the  22nd  of  January,  1S27,  Mrs.  "  Nantin,"  alias  Mary 
Ursuline  Baptist  Kennedy  received  the  Chord  P.  N.  F. 
(i.e.  of  our  Father  Francis)  trom  the  hands  of  James  Authony 
Kenedy  (A.  B.  P.).     Also  Anna  Dean  on  the  same  day.' 


'January. 

Hac  die  Margarita  Crampton  et  Morina  Madden  Chordam 
St.  Frauds  acceperuut." 

;  On  this  day  Margaret  Crampton  and  Morina  Madden  took 
the  cord  of  St.  Francis.' 


1  January  25th,  1643. 
Hac  die  receperunt  chordam  Sti.  Franis.  Maria  et  Eleanora 
Kenedy  lti-13." 

'  On  this  day  Maria  and  Eleanor  Kenedy  received  the  cord  of 
St.  Francis.' 


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"  January  30th.  I72J. 
Januarii  1721  promissis  promittendis  stiscepit  babitum  pro- 
bationis  iu  conventn  de  Mcelich  Gnardiano  pane  Doin  Joann. 
Lorcan,  Franciscus  D'Arcy  filius  Dni.  Capitani  Hyacinth 
1'aicy  et  Dominae  Catherinae  Darcy  agent  decimum  sextum 
aetatis  annum  :  emisit  professionem  in  profato  conventn 
retento,  hoc  die  30  mensis  Januarii  1722  its  attestor — fr. 
Joannes  Lorcan  actualis  guanlianus." 

TRANSLATION. 

'January  2S,  1721,  Francis  D'Arcy,  son  of  Captain  Hyacinth 
D'Arcy  and  .Mrs.  Catherine  D'Arcy,  having;  made  the  needful 
vows,  received  the  habit  of  probation,  in  the  sixteenth  year 
of  his  age,  in  the  Convent  of  Milick.     Guardian.  Fr.  L>n'.  John 
Lorcan  :   lie  made  his  profession  in  the  aforesaid  convent, 
retaining  his  name,  on  the  30th  January,  1722.     So  wit- 
nesseth  Br.  John  Lorcan,  Actual  Guardian.' 

"January  29th,  1663. 
Accepit  chordam  St.  Franis.  Dorothea  Coghlan   1663." 

*  Dorothea  Coghlan  took  the  cord  of  St.  Francis,  1663.' 

"February  2nd,  1C9S. 
2U  hac  Die  109S  Becepit  chordam  Sti.  Frani".  Isabella  Bnrfce 
Eodem  die  recepit  babitum  nostri  ord".  fr.  Joannes  lieyly 
laicus  Guard".  Hdo  Fred  Jacobo  Madden  et  die  3J  auni 
seqnentis  sub  lido.  Pre  Bernardo  Lorcan  Guarduo.  emisit 
professionem." 


1  On  this  day,  1C9S,  Isabella  Burke  received  the  Chord  of  St. 
Francis.     On  the  same  day,  Br.  John  Heyly,  a  layman, 
received  the  habit  of  our  Order.     Guardian, "itev.  Fr.  James 
Madden.     And  on  the  3rd  day  of  the  following  year  he 
made  his  profession  at  the  hands  of  the  Lev.  Fr.  Bernard 
Lorcan,  Guardian.' 


'  8  (Martii)  hac  die  8  obijt  ill  Duo.  Duns  Diomsius  Lorcan 
munitns  ecclesiasticis  sacramentis — sepultns  fuit,  die  sequento 
w27.  in  Sacello  praxlecessoruni  suorum  de  Bureau*,  huic 
conveutui  legavit.     Kequiescat  in  Saucta  pace." 

TRANSLATION. 

'8th  [March?.  This  day.  died  in  the  Lord  Mr.  Dionisins 
Lorcan,  fortified   by  the  rites  of  the  Church.     He  was 
buried  the  day  following  [A.D.]  1727,  in  the  Lorcan  chapel 
of  bis  ancestors;  to  this  convent  be  left  a  bequest. 
.May  lit-  rest  in  Holy  peace.' 


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;  9th  Martins.  Hac  die  1687  Dna.  Elf.onoka  Coghlan  uxor 
defuncti  Hugoxis  Dalaghan  de  Killsany(?)  rounvit  se 
inscribi  in  conlraternitate  Chord  S.  Ld.  uus  frau".  S4  aitatis 
circitcr  annum." 

TRANSLATION. 

L9th  .March.  This  day  [A.D.I  1Cs~>  Mre-  Eleonora  Coghlan, 
the  wife  of  Hugh  Daly  (?),  of  Killsany,  deceased,  asked  to  ho 
enrolled  in  the  confraternity  of  the  chord  of  our  Holy  Father 
Saint  Francis,  aged  about  84  years.' 


'  Die  8  hnjis  mensis  Martii  1769  etatis  sure  anno  69  et 
Professionis  sua;  anno  -19  pie  et  sancte  obijt  in  Duo.,  Pater 
Joans.  Keogh  omnibus  sacramentis  minutus  concionatoi 
egreginos  in  missione  vir  strenuus  et  laboriossus,  multos 
Haereticos  Christo  et  Ecclcsiae  suscepit,  multis  Iaboribus 

conveutiii  huic  &  fratribus  subveniret ;  fuit 

J)efr.  hiijs.  ProvS  vie  vere  Pacih'cus  &  charitationis  operibas 
profulgcns  Veruo  atq.  exeinplo  varijs  preclaris  dotibus 
Insignitus  Bene  nltimos  clausit  Dies  translatus  est  ail  nostrani 
Sacrestiau  ibique  sepnltns  animo  ejus  stolain  Immortalem 
gloria;  conferre  dignetur  Pater  et  filius  et  Sptus.  Stus.     Amen.' 
translation. 

«  On  the  8th  day  of  the  month  of  March,  1769,  in  the  69  year 
of  his  age  and  the  49  year  of  bis  Profession,  Father  John 
Keogh,  fortified  with  all  the  sacraments,  full  of  piety  and 
holiness,  passed  away  in  the   Lord.     On  missions  he  was 
an  illustrious  preacher,  an  energetic  and  zealous  man;   be, 
with  much  labour,   gained  :nany  heretics  to  Christ  and  the 
Church   .  .  .   [original   torn;    ...      He  maintained  this 
monastery  and  its  brothers,  he  was  Defr.  of  this  Province, 
a  man  truly  peaceful  and  charitable,  edifying  all  by  word  and 
example,  he  died  remarkable  for  his  varied  and  most  brilliant 
gifts.     lie  was  curried  to  our  sacristy,  and  interred  there. 
May  the  Father,  Sou,   and  Holy  Ghost  Confer  on  his  soul 
an  immortal  robe  of  -lory.      Amen. 
(7b  be  continued.) 


St.  Nicholas's  Cliurcli,  Galway. 

THE     BILLS. 

The  following  interesting  account  of  the  bells  of  this  chui 
is  taken  from  the  Daily  Express  of  5th  June,  1891  : — 
"a  munificent  gut." 
(From  our  Correspondent.) 

Galway,  Friday 

"  At  a  meeting  of  the  Select  Vestry  of  St.  Nicholas's  Church,   Henry 

Persse,  Esq.,  J.l'.,  made  a  proposal  to  renovate  the  mechanism  by  wl 


I3G 

the  chime  of  six  bells  with  which  the  toner  is  provided,  and  to  supply  two 
new  bells,  so  as  to  make  an  octave,  the  entire  cost  to  be  paid  by  him.  The 
present  bells  have  not  been  swung  for  year.-,  as  it  was  feared  thru  tin  :r 
vibration  mid  swinging  would  not  be  sustained  by  the  present  structure. 
Now,  however,  Mr.  l'ersse  bus  bad  the  opinion  of  Mr  Taylor,  the  celebral  i 
bellfoumler,  of  Loughborough,  England,  the  manufacturer  of  "  Great  rani." 
of  London,  as  to  the  stability  of  the  tower  of  St.  .Nicholas,  and  that  gentle- 
man states  that  it  is  capable  of  sustaining  double  the  weight  of  the  present 
bells,  lie  has  also  had  the  opinion  of  .Mr.  Langrishe,  M.l.'.I.A.L,  who 
corroborates  the  foregoing  statement.  The  present  chime  of  bells  are  of  the 
sweetest  tone.  No.  5  is  the  oldest,  bearing  date  1590.  Nos.  1  and  (J 
were  cast  in  lGS^  by  the  celebrated  founder,  Tobias  Covey,  as  were  also 
Nos.  2  and  3,  but  of  a  later  date,  having  been  cast  in  the  year  172(5.  No. 
4  appears  to  be  a  French  bell.  Jt  is  dated  1631,  but  when  or  under  what 
circumstances  it  found  its  way  into  the  belfry  of  St.  Nicholas  it  would  not  be 
easy  to  say.  Only  one  seems  to  have  been  tampered  with,  namely — the 
old  one,  which  rang  a  somewhat  sharper  tone  under  Queen  Elizabeth  three 
hundred  years  ago,  having  since  been  tuned  a  bit  flat,  to  make  it  suit  the 
others.  The  tenor  is  a  sharp  K,  and,  when  rung,  will  make  fine  music, 
very  different  from  the  noisy  clang  with  which  the  people  of  Gal  way  are  so 
long  familiar.  The  people  here,  of  all  creeds  and  classes,  express  their 
deepest  thanks  to  Mr.  l'ersse  for  this  addition  to  his  many  other  acts  of 
benevolence." 


COUNTY    KERRY. 


Ardfert  Cathedral. 

'The  ruins  of  this  Cathedral  are  mentioned  by  Smith  (p.  190),  as 
follows  ' : — 

"  In  the  church  are  a  considerable  number  of  gravestones  without  anv 
inscription,  one  of  which  hath  the  effigies  of  a  Bishop  King  in  his  Poutincali- 
bus, said  to  have  been  the  tomb  of  Kishop  Stack,  who  died  in  14--S. 

"  In  a  small  chapel  in  ruins  adjoining  the  Cathedral  is  a  tomb,  round  the 
edge  of  which  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

"THIS     MONUMENT    WAS     ERECTED    AND 
CHAPEL     RE-EDIFIED     IN     THE    YEAR    1688 
BY    THE     RIGHT     HONORABLE     HONORA 
LADY    DOWAGER    OF    KERRY,     FOR     HER- 
SELF,    HER     CHILDREN,    AND    THEIR 
POSTERITI     ONLY,    ACCORDING    TO     HER 
AGREEMENT    WITH    THE     DEAN     AND 
CHAPTER." 


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We  have  to  thank  Miss  M.  A.  Hickson,  the  well-known 
historical  writer,  for  the  following  interesting  communication 
on  the  tombs  in  Ardfert  Abbey  : — 

'  In  the  grass-grown  chancel  of  tlie  church  of  the  ruined  Fransciscan 
Friary  of  Ardfert,  there  are  two  or  three  large  sculptured  monumental 
slabs,  which  are  well  worthy  of  notice  and  careful  examination.  On  two 
of  them  are  carved  figures,  one  representing  a  Knight  Templar,  or  Knight 
Hospitaller,  in  the  dress  of  his  Order  with  a  long  sword  by  his  side  ;  on  the 
other  cither  a  bishop  or  mitred  abbot  in  bis  robes,  with  a  crook.  The 
borders  of  the  slab  are  sculptured  with  beautiful  interlacing  patterns, 
resembling  those  in  the  old  Irish  illuminated  manuscripts,  as  tar  as  I  could 
make  out,  and  there  are  letters  and  dates.  I  had  not  time  to  examine 
them  as  fully  as  1  wished  to  do,  when  last  I  visited  the  abbey  about  ten 
years  ago,  but  1  hope  to  be  able  to  send  you  rubbings  of  them,  or  photo- 
graphs. The  knightly  figure  most  probably  represents  Gerald  FitzMaurice, 
the  last  Grand  Prior  in  Ireland  of  the  Order  of  the  Templars  at  the  time 
of  its  suppression  (according  to  Archdall's  "  Lodge,"  vol.  ii.,  p.  ISO),  and 
the  grandson  of  the  1st  Lord  Kerry,  founder  of  the  friary.  The  figure  on 
the  second  slab  may  probably  represent  the  Grand  Prior's  brother, 
Thomas  FitzMaurice,  who,  according  to  Archdall,  was  Abbot  of  Odorney 
or  Kyrie  Elcison,  near  Ardfert,  a  rich  Cistercian  house,  which,  however, 
looks  at  the  present  day  more  like  a  small  ruined  church  than  a  ruined 
abbey.  According  to  the  same  authority,  Nicholas  FitzMaurice,  son  of 
the  b'th  Lord  Kerry,  was  Bishop  of  Ardfert  in  142U,  and  his  brother 
Gerald  was  Abbot  of  Kyrie  Eleison.  All  four  were  probably  buried 
in  Ardfert  Abbey,  in  or  near  their  ancestor's  tomb  at  the  north  side  of 
the  great  altar.  Bishop  Nicholas,  who  by  some  writers  is  said  to  have 
been  also  Abbot  of  Kyrie  Kleison  before  he  obtained  the  episcopate,  held 
the  bee  from  1  "JSS  until  1330.  He  had  serious  disputes  with  the  Knights 
Hospitallers,  who  owned  part  of  the  town  of  Ardfert  in  1324,  and  with  the 
Franciscans  in  130'J.  He  is  not  likely,  therefore,  to  have  been  buried  in 
their  abbey  church.  An  examination  of  the  dates  and  letters  on  the  slabs 
would  probably  .show  whom  the  figures  represent.  As  illustrations  of  rich 
ecclesiastical  and  knightly  semi-ecclesiastical  mediaeval  costumes,  these 
carved  slabs  are  very  valuable.' 

We  hope  in  a  future  number,  by  the  kind  permission  of 
Mr.  Talbot  Crosbie,  D.L.,  owner  of  Ardfert,  to  be  able  to 
present  our  readers  with  engravings  of  these  interesting  tombs. 


Parish  of  Dingle. 

"We  have  much  pleasure  in  recording  that,  owing  to  the 
representations  made  by  our  Editor-in-Chief,  Colonel  Vigors, 
to  .Mrs.  Geraldine  II.  F.  Mundy,  widow  of  Major-General 
Fierrepont  Mundy,  and  her  sister,  the  Hon.  Mrs.  Vernon,  these 


138 

ladies  have  undertaken  and  successfully  carried  out  the  rest.,, 
ration  of  the  beautiful  monument  to  the  memory  of  their 
ancestor,  Sir  John  FitzGerald,  fifteenth  Knight  of  Kerry, 
which  was  rent  asunder,  mutilated,  and  cast  out  of  Dim/ J 
church  many  years  ago.  It  has  now  been  re-placed  on  The 
walls  of  that  church,  and  a  bras.-,  plate  lias  been  inserted 
beneath  the  monument,  giving  some  account  of  its  restoration, 
and  also  much  genealogical  information  about  this  branch  of 
the  Geraldines.     (See  pp.  86  and  186,  vol.  i.) 


Mucriis  Abbey. 

'A  bell  not  many  years  ago  was  funnel  in  the  adjacent  lough,   and  from 
its  inscription  it  appeared  to  have  belonged  to  this  abbey." 

[Grose,  vol.  ii.,  p.  57.J 

The  state-of  some  of  the  churches  in  Kerry  in  1756,  is  thus 
given  by  Smith,  p.  71:— 
Annagh.  R,  the  chinch  is  in     ruins 
Aghavallin 
Aghadoe 
Ballinabagbsh 


Ballincaslilaue     ,. 

Ballinacowrlv       „ 

Ballymac-Kllegot., 

Ballybeigli 

Bailyseedy  Vic.    ,', 

Brosnagh  R. 

Clahaoe  1!.  ,, 

Clogherbrian  R.  „ 

Caliir  K. 
Cunens 

Cullen  R. 

(Jullen  Est.  &  E.  „ 

Dingle  „ 

Desert  1!.  „ 

Dunqucen  Rec. 

Duagh 

Duiniurlin 

Drisliaue 

Druratariff  „ 

Gaiy 

Glanbeby 

Garfinagli 

Kilgobbiu 

Kiliinv 

Kilcarrash 


repair 

repair 

ruins 

repair 

ruins 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
n  repair 

do. 

i  repair 

ruins 

do. 

do. 

repair 

ruins 

■    do. 

do. 

do. 

rci-;T 


Kilmorc,  the  church  is  in  ruins 

Killmane  „  „  d0. 

Killarney  „         „'        rcpair 

Patron,  the  King,  during  Lord 

Kenmare's  incapacity. 


I    . 

Kiilagha  ch. 

Eenuair 

Kilceoghan 

Kilgaovau 

Kiltallagh 

K.  Garrylecade\ 

Kilorgliu 

Killiighing 

Knockannre 

Kelmeen 

Killitienea 

Killjonane 

Kilcredun 

Kiltoomay 

Killngheeii 

Kin  aid 

Kilguau 

Kildiuni 

Kilstin 

Kilshonane 

Kilenoar 

Kihuoyly 

Listoivel 


do. 

do. 
do. 
d.». 
do. 
do. 

do. 

do. 

repaii 


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COUNTY     KILDARE. 


We  have  to  thank  Lord  Walter  FitzGerald,  of  Kilkea  Castle, 
County  Kildare,  for  the  following  valuable  addition  to  our 
collection  of  monumental  inscriptions  from  this  county.  They 
have  all  been  copied  and  contributed  by  him,  except  the  three 
from  Kildare  Cathedral  burial-ground. 


nil-town  Churchyard. 

'  This  burial-ground  is  pear-sliaped,  and  enclosed  by  a  wall ;  there  are 
but  few  inscribed  stones  in  it,  and  the  only  trace  left  of  the  former  chinch 
is  a  cut-stone  door-jamb  now  used  as  a  headstone.  The  house  called  in 
the  inscription  Power's  Grove  is  now  known  as  Hirtown  House.  The  place 
where  the  Powers  were  formerly  buried  is  marked  by  two  table-tombs 
bearing  the  following  inscriptions' : — 

"  Here  Lieth  the  Kody  of  Mrs.  Martha  Power  of  |  Power's 
Grove,  who  departed  this  Life  the  25th  |  bay  of  lane  1792 
in  the  Kightyeth  year  of  her  |  Age.      Here  also  Lies  the 
Jiody  of  Miss  Mart  |   Drought  who  departed  this  Life  the 
.  .  Day  of  |  September  1702  In  the  Fiftyeth  year  other  Age." 


"  Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  Robert  Power  |  Esqr.  of  Powers 
Grove  who  departed  this  Life  |  the  30th  Day  of  May  179.J, 
Aged  60  years." 

1  In  the  field  in  which  the  above  burial  ground  is  situated  there  is  alsc 
Pagan  burial  moat.' 


Confey  Churchyard. 

'  A  large  portion  of  the  walls  of  the  nave  and  chancel  of  this  church  arc 
still  standing,  though  much  injured  by  ivy.  There  is  no  trace  of  any  cut- 
stone  work  in  the  windows ;  probably  they  had  none,  as  the  few  that 
remain  entire  consist  of  narrow,  long  flits  on  the  outside.  '1  he.  chancel 
arch,  with  a  smaller  arch  above  it  again,  are  stili  in  good  repair;  as  the 
chancel  »as  nut  bunded  into  the  wall  of  the  nave,  one  can  see  that  it  was 
a  later  addition.  This  grave;  aid  lies  a  mile  to  the  north  of  the  town  of 
Leixlip. 

'  In  the  west  end  of  the  church  ruins  lies  a  large  tombstone  bearing  the 
following  inscription  ' : — 

"Anm;  Berwick  Wife  of  the  |  Revtl.  Edwaro  Rkrwick 

Vicar  |  of  the  Union  of  Leixlip  |  .lied  Jul)  24tli   1800  |  in 
the  24th  year  |  of  her  Age.  j  Her  Husband  who  loved  her  | 


1-10 


with  the  sincerest  Aflection  |  caused   this  Stone  to  be 
erected  |  in  memory  of  those  Virtues  |  which  endeared  her 
character  |  -As  a  Wife,   a  Mother,  |  A  Daughter,  and  a 
Friend  |  Also  here  lie  interred  the  .Mortal  Remains  I  of  the 
Rev.  hDWARD  Berwick  who  died  |  on  the  5th  of  June 
1820  in  the  07th  year  of  his  |  Age  and  the  25th  year  of 
b.s  Ministry  as  |  Kector  of  this  Parish.     Having  fulfilled 
bis  Publick  functions  as  a  Christian  Pastor,  and  his  I 
Private  Duties  as  a  man  in  such  a  manner  |  as  to  command 
ksteem  and  Conciliate  |  Affection  he  has  left  this  World 
bequeathing  writing  to  record  his  |  Learning,  and  the  Memorr 
of  his  I  \  irtues  to  embalm  his  Name,  to  seek  |  Acceptance    ' 
with  God  through  the  |  the  Merits  of  our  Blessed  | 


Redeemer  Jesus  Christ." 


Kildarc  Cathedral. 


HERE  LYETH  THE  BODY  [  OF  EDWARD    BAGOT 
ESQ    DECEASED    THE     1G    OF    7ur    I7H    AT 
WATERSTOWN  |    AGED    90    YEARS." 

'The  above  is  on  a  flat  stone  in  the  Cathedral  yard,  incised  letters.' 


SACRED  TO  THE  MEMORY  OF  EDWD  BAGOT  I 
OF  KILDOON  IN  THIS  COUNTY  |  DIED  DECR  1 V, 
1853.  AGED  81  YEARS.  |  JANE  HIS  WIFE  DIED 
MAY    24.    1844,  I    AGED    62    YEARS." 


"miss  FRANCES  SANKEY  |  died  18  Jany  1839  I 
aged  56  years. 

miss  ELIZABETH  SANKEY  |  died  24  Septr 
1842  |  aged  34  years." 
'  This  inscription  is  on  a  flat  stone.' 


read 


There  are  two  other  stones,  so  placed  at  present  that  they  cannot  bo 


Lackaigh. 

« The  churchyard  of  Lackagh  lies  fonr  miles  to  the  W.  of  Kildarc.  The 
present ;  church  was  built  on  the  site  of  the  ruins  of  the  old  one,  and,  for  the 
want  of  a  congregation,  it  is  seldom  used.  At  its  S.E.  corner  arc  t»o 
table-tombs,  from  which  the  following  inscriptions  have  been  taken.  The 
Rice  family  at  the  time  of  the  confiscations  owing  to  the  Pebellion  „i  10  1 1 


141 

bon-ht  a  portion  of  the  Lackagh  property  belonging  to  the  FitzGerald* 
and°called  their  place  Mount  nice,  which  is  now  in  rums,     fuere  are  two 

wid-in  enclosures  in  the  east  portion  of  the  graveyard  sard  to  belong  to 
these  FitzGeralds,  but  they  contain  no  headstones  or  tombs   :— 
"This  small  Monument  |  Vnequalled  to  the  worth  of  his 
interred  Friend,  |  or  his  Love  for  bun,  |  Augustine  Jkuk.:^    | 
who  loved  him  as  his  own,  |  Placed  here  |  lo  the  Memory  | 
Of  Stephen  Kice  Ksqr.  |  who  dyed  23rd  of  March  W5o  | 
In  the  beginning  |  Of  the  28th  year  of  his  Age.  lie  was  | 
Courteous^  Good  natured,  |  Charitable,  Generous,  |  Bene- 
ficent    I  'loo  hospitable,  |  Affectionate  to  his  Friends,  | 
Forgiving  to  his  Enemies,  |  Obliging  to  all.  |  -Most  who 
knew  him  I  Loved  him.  |  None  mislied  him.  |  Some  from 
Mean  Selfish  Motives  |  Much  Injured  him,  |  The  False 
Appearance  of  Friendship  |  Taking  advantage  of  Ins  Gene- 
rous 1  Vnsuspecting  Temper.  |  In  the  early  |  Vnexpenence.1 
Youth  I  Bring  him  into  Bargains  |  Very  Detrimental  to 
him,  1  Tho  in  Vnderstanding  |  He  was  far  Superior  to  any 
of  them,  I  But  not  in  Cunning.  |  This  troubled  him  Greatly  | 
When  too  late  to  be  Remedied.  |  Yet  he  was  Courteous  \ 
To  those  Harpies  I  Whenever  he  mett  [«c]  them,  |  And 
shewed  no  111  will  to  Any.  |  His  Tenants  |  And  the  Poor  | 
Will  long  remember  him.  |  He  has  left  some  of  his  Friends  | 
Miserable,  I  But  they  trust  in  the  Most  High,  |  And  hope 
he  is  Happy,  |  Who' had  the  Prayers  |  Of  the  Poor  &  Needy  | 
That  were  known  to  him  |  Or  came  within  his  Notice. 
And  most  strictly  Honest  |  And  Just  |  He  never  did 
wrong  to  Any." 
'  This  slab,  which  is  3  feet  8  inches  in  breadth  and  8  feet  in   length,   ii 
entirely  taken  up  with  the  above  rigmarole.* 

'  The  other  table-tomb,  alongside  the  above,  has  on  it '  :— 
»  \ugustine  Jf.vf.us  Esqr.  who  died  |  June  the  21st   1709 
in  the  71st  year  |  of  hi.  Age  Lies  here  |  With  his  Beloved 
Stkphen  Pice.  |  Some  who  knew  him  well  |  Loved  & 
Esteemd  him.  |  Many  may  censure  him,  |  W  hat  he  was  | 
The  last  Dav  must  Show." 


Laraghbryan  Churchyard. 

i  Close  under  the  south  wall  of  the  chnrch  ruins  is  a  table-tomb  with 
the  following  inscription,  which  is  faint  owing  to  its  not  being  deeply  cut 
in  '  : — 


14: 


"I...IN  Stovte  I  Late  of  the  City  of  Dublin  Esq,-.  I  Died 
September  26th  1800  Aged  8'/years  ' 

MartStotte  I  His  Wife  died  January  18th  1707  I 
Aged  63  year,.  |  To  the  Memory  |  of  these  his  most  excellent 

1WS,  h?K-1  TtQ'!  th!s  TaWet  I  "^Testimony  of  his' 
Kegiet&  Affection  |  and  as  a  record  |  of  their  Inte-ritv  & 
Benevoencc  to  the  World,  |  of  their  .Attachment  to  each  other    I 
&  of  their  I  enderness  |  towards  their  children.  *  ' 

HAKniKT  Stoyte  [  Daughter  of  the  said  Iamf.s  I  Died 
14th  October  lSOo  Aged  11  years. 
I...1N  Stoyt,.:  Esqr.  son  |  [late  of  the  Royal  Hospital! 
His  Brother,  |  died  13th  Inne  1808  Aged  39  years."' 

I<elxlip  Cbnrch. 

tower  in  fine  re.nir  !  ,  ,  ""Cl'e<l   t0  ll  is  a  *»7  old 

.p!:..v  !  I  «  («  ,„  ,.„„„„  h„„  „„,„,,  ceil  ,,.",11  "1"'  "  °." 

"HERE    LIETH    THE    BODY    OF    JOHN  |   TOUKS 

OF    DOUBTS    TOWXE    ,x   |   THE    corNTY    QF    ^^ 
GEXT.  |    WHO    DEPARTED    THIS    LIFE    TIIE    7TII    I 
DAY    OF    IULY    1711. 

"  Here  are  deposited  the  Remains  of  |  Doctor  Ahthu.,  PBICE  I 

hTiftfiTi*  r  Cas,,ell  i  wh0  died  thel7th  of 

Jul}   17oi  |  Aged  /4. 

"  To  The  Memory  of  |  Elisabkth  Lakgston  I  Wife  of 
V\  illum  Lakgston  |  Died  the  40th  Year  of  her  A»e  I 

Anno  Domim  IS  12.  °    ' 


one  lu-22  Is""  °f  *'  Cha"Cel  "»  ""  °°™ !™  »"■ 

"DEPOSITV    DEBOR/E     RELICTS    |    QV 
WILLIAMS    ARCHIDIAC    CASSE    SORORIS    I 
NARCISSI    AEPI     DVB    !    QVAE     DECESSIT 


24     MAR    1697    |    /ET 


65. 


14:3 

*  Built  Into  the  chancel  arch  on  the  north  side  is  an  interesting  monu- 
ment belonging  to  the  family  of  White,  of  l.eixlip  ;  the  inscription  is 
incised,  and  the  lettering  is  rude  and  quaint,  the  capitals  and  small  letters 
being  all  of  one  size. 

'  Above  the  inscription  is  a  eoat-of-avms  in  relief,  thus: — 

'Dexter — Argent  :   a  chevron  gules,  between  tliree  roses  of  the  last. 

'  Sinister — Azure  ;   on  a  chief  indented  or,  three  mullets  gules. 

'  The  inscription  runs  ' : — 

"THIS  :  TOMB  :  WAS  :  ERECTED  :  BY  :  THE  : 
LADY  :  URSULA!  :  WHIT  :  DAUGHTER  :  TO  : 
THE  :  LORD  :  MOORE    I  :  HERE  :  LYETH  : 
THE  :   BODIS  :  OF  :  SR  :  NICHOLAS  :  WHITE    I: 
KNIGHT  :  DECEASED  :  THE  :  24T;HOF  : 
FEBRUARIE  :  1654  I  :  HIS  :  SON  :  NICHOLAS  : 
WHITE  :  ESQ  :  DECEASED  :  THE  :  31  :  OF  : 
DECEMBL:  1664." 


'  By  Archdall's  "  Lodge's  Peerage  "  (vide  vol.  ii.,  p.  100),  I  find  that  the 
above  Lady  Ursula  was  the  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Garret  Moore,  of  Melli- 
font,  created  Viscount  Drogheda  on  the  7th  of  February,  KJ21  ;  her 
mother  was  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Colley,  of  Castle  Carbery,  in  the 
County  Kildare.  Lady  Ursula  married  Sir  Nicholas  White,  of  Leixlip, 
Knt.  (grandson  of  Sir  Nicholas  ,\\  lute,  of  St.  Catharines,  Master  of  the 
Itolls);   they  had  issue  two  sous,  Nicholas  and  Arthur.' 

'Outside  the  church,  built  into  the  north  -w all  near  the  east  end,  is  a 
diamond-shaped  mural  tablet  of  limestone  bearing  this  inscription'  : — 

"  HERE  |    LIETH   THE   |   BODY  OF   M  R.  THO-  |   MAS 
BETSON    WHO  |    DECEASED  THE    1 JTI1  DAY   | 

of  march  1707.     ins  wife  |  AGNES  BETSON 

ALIAS    KUOLLS  CAYSED  THIS  |   VAULT  TO  BE 
MADE  |   FOR  THEM  AND  |   THEIR  l'OS-  |  TERITY." 


'  An  old  m 
such  a  bad  qu 

itral  tablet  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  church  was  made  of 
ality  of  stone  that  the  inscription  is  undecipherable' 

Ktraffan. 

'  In  the  not 

shaped  stone 
having  a  cliei 
following  '  :_ 

th  wall  of  the  church  ruins,  on  the  inside,  is  built  an  oval- 
•nbim's    head   and    wings   at   the    top,    and    beneath    it   the 

This  Stone  And  |  Burial  Place  Reloi 
Cogan  and  |  His  Posterity  1739." 


'The  following  inscription  is  copied  from  a  headstone  standing 
south  wall  of  the  church  ruins  ' : 

t 

I.  II.  s. 

"  This  Stone  |  &  burial  Place  |  belongeth  to  U',LLM  I 
>ic  Corm.ck  &  to  |  his  Posterity  who  |  departed  this  life  I 
August  the  ,th  An  |  Dom  1714  Ag'd  59." 


Taghadoe. 

'Jaghadoe  (pronounced  Tattoo)  lies  two  and  a-half  miles  to  the  south 
ofMaynooth;  ,t  is  remarkable  for  a  Pound  Tower,  05  feet  in  Li  t 
wh.ch  appears  perfect  (except  for  the  stone  conical  roof),  though  hU 
none  of  the  ord.nary  windows  usually  found  in  the  top  storey  of  our  Pound 
lowers;  ,n  place  of  them  there  are  six  rough  square,  putlog-like  hole 
which  give  it  an  unfinished  look.  V       °  ' 

'At  the  butt,  of  the  Iioimd  Tower,  built  into  it  on  the  west  side,  is  a  small 
headstone  with  the  following  inscription,  which  is  r.earlv  illegible  a,  the 
dZZT  Th?  7      a?e  f"d  the  in5Cripti°"  seems  nevcr  t0  h»™  b«n 

acZ;--—  ,s     y  some  18  Inches  llish  aild  about  12  ind'« 


I  II  S 


Gloria  in  excelsus  Deo  |  pray  for  the  Soul  of  I  j,.Hx  o'Hira  I 
May  the  »•  0f  fathful  |  the  the  marcv  God  Pest  I  X  Lee       ' 


Amen 


'Such  is  the  wording,  or  rather  miswording,  on  this  insiSnificant-looki„, 
little  tombstone.  V  e  are  lett  in  the  dark  as  to  who  this  John  fj'Hara 
was,  as  none  of  the  neighbouring  headstones  bear  that  surname.' 


By  James  McGurr  Blacksmith  |  this  Stone  was  Erected 
in  1 ,  63  |  to  the  memory  |  of  his  forefather  I  Kdmi;m> 
Patr.ck  &  Edmum,  McG*  I  who  were  also  Smith,  and 
lye  here  inter''  |  the  1st  dieing  in  1  OSo.  I  the  2nd  in  17->8 
the  3rd  in  173y."  '  ' 


'Th.s  Monument  Erect"  bv  Mr  |  Patt  Kelly  near  Celbridef 
to  y  |  Memory  of  his  family  1760.  |  his  daught'  Mary 
died  16  Ian'  |   I75ri  aged  13  years  &  2  more  of  I  his  child' 

VIZ   lOHK   &   W'lLLM."  ' 


This  Stone  &  burial  |  Place  belongeth  to  I  Pkter  I. 
am;  h,s  |  Posterity  |  1735." 


145 

"1685. 
HERE  : VNDER :  LYETH  :  THE  :    I    BODEY : 
OF  :  EDMOND  :   I    M   GVYER  :  KMG." 
;  This  headstone  is  close  to  the  other  McGuire  lieadstone  already  given.' 


I  II  S 
"This  Stone  Erectd  |  By  Brine  Cauanau8  |  In  Memory  of 
his  |  Daughter  Mai'.gi:t  (sw)  |  Cauanaugh  who"  .... 

T  he  remainder  is  chipped  off,  owing  to  the  bad  quality  of  stoue." 


'  This  Stone  &  Burial  pla"  |  belougeth  to  Anup.kw  |  Sculi.v 
&  his  Posterity  |  Here  Lyeth  ye  Body  of  |  Thos  Scullt  his 
Father  |  who  died  April  y"  17th  |   1748  aged  57. 
Requiescant  in  pace  Amen." 


I  H  S 

;  This  Stone  was  E-  |  rected  by  Mary  |  Gokmon  in  memory 
of  her  Husband  |  John  Gokmon  who  |  died  lanuary  4th 
1799  |  aged  59  years. 

Hequiescat  in  race." 


t 

I  H  S 
"This  Monument  is  Erected  by  Gakrkt  |  Nugent  to  the 
Memory  of  his  Poste-  \  rity  for  Kver  whereat  Lieth  the 
Body  |  of  his  Grandfather  &  Grandmother  |  his  Father 
Nicholas  Nugent  Departed  |  ihis  Lite  September  the  20th 
1774  aged  |  69  years  and  his  Mother  Many  Nugent  | 
departed  this  Life  September  18th  1769  |  Aged  66  years 
his  sister  Margaret  D-  |  eparted  this  Life  August  the 
13th  177S  |  Aged  39  ye.irs  for  whose  Souls  the  pra  |  yers 
of  the  Faithful  is  {sic)  Expected." 

All  the  above  hcidstones  are  in  the  south-east  end  of  the  churchyard. 


14C, 

COUNTY    KILKENNY. 

GORE  MONCMKNT. 

Mr.  Robertson  writes  to  us  as  follows  :— 

-s  to  the   mem017  of  'tehf;S  oVs1rflSrGoliChT.  ^  ^  '     ' 
thus: —  uaipn  Lroie.      I  he  epitaph  nu 

[See  vol.  i".,  page  21.] 


Calls 

■XII.'. 


{Continued from  p.  423,  vol.  i.) 

"   .If''    GERALDUS    COMERFORD 

IS  ?r°rNHDoAV1   REG'US  *thuRNA(Us 

ET    SCOTIA    T*^^^™"™ 

Second  I^tfi^eql^Stlr1  T'"J"""Ui' 
Chief  Justice  of  Munste,       I  T  IJ?      hnall.v1"iva»JW»J«ed 


the  wall  i„  the  north,™  nil     't, ?„  ^,.f.ti,bIe„°r  ahar  ™nument  against 


'The  foregoing  is  an  inscr 
me  wall  in  the  northern  afuln      'i 

of  our  Lord  a,,   di,rl,  e     0"    t       A  °   t''.C  i,;,Ssi°n  a,ld  Cl^-- 

•'"".  garnished,  between  thr,e   mull  ■ '  U  ;  ,'~  Icrl'i,le;   dex,er.  »  bugle 


147 

adjacent.  The  arm?  on  this  are — Quarterly:  Jst  and  -Jth  a  pile  between 
two  others  reversed;   2nd,  3rd,  a  cross  (lore  between  three  swans. 

'  Gerald,  or  Garret.  Comerford,  whose  memory  is  here  commemorated, 
seems  to  have  been  in  high  favor  with  the  Crown. 

'The  Queen  directed  a  pension  of  £20  a-year  to  be  paid  to  Gerald 
Comerford,  who  had  gone  to  study  the  Law  for  ids  help,  he  being  a 
younger  brother  and  destitute  of  maintenance,  in  consequence  of  infirmities 
grown  upon  him  in  his  limbs.  Her  Majesty  gave  him  permission  to  return 
to  bis  own  country  for  recovery  of  his  health,  A.L).  1506.' 


"dTorhmatr  lapis  tutors'  qui  furrf 
djoinar  os'sa  #rpulrljrali  ronotla 
molr  tftjts  Callam'at  flare'  rorra 
rmnjrttftcrfc  tuna.     Do'  tarn  ijir 
brnto  flos'  nobat  fmfoue  cents'  iila- 
jorrm  rrrn*  ijmc  clai*'  orott  SUtrjIta 
ltomrn.    iOauo  tis'quam  rlausar 
postlnnna  fama  tiont  Iribc  polo  rut 
btta  solo  rst  nut  orrroit  omnts 
^Jompa  &o\i  S>oli  iitlirrc  otsrc 
Dro.    1629." 

'0  !  fortunate  stone,  which  enriched  by  the  death  ofTnoUAS 
do'st  cover  his  bones  in  the  sepulchral  mound.     Thou  do'st 
hold  the  flower  of  Callan  in  thy  gloomy  urn,  yet  this  flower 
does  not  renew  its  beauty  by  vernal  shower  ;   England,  the 
country  of  his  ancestors,  gave  to  him  an  illustrious  name. 
The  glory  of  a  house  that  was  never  closed  still  survives. 
Live  for  "Heaven  where  alone  life  is!       At  death  all  the 
glory  of  the  world  fades.     Learn  to  live  for  God  alone! 
1629.' 

'  This  onro  elegant,  thoucrh  now  sadly  damaged  monument,  is  placed 
high  on  the  wall  of  the  gable  on  the  southern  side,  between  the  window  and 
the  church  door.  Being  the  only  mural  monument  outside  the  church,  it  is 
conspicuous,  and  is  g  nerally  the  first  which  attracts  the  attention  of 
visitors  to  the  place.  The  inscription,  in  old  English  characters,  runs 
along  a  framed  oblong  panel,  leaving  a  -pare  unlettered  at  each  end,  on 
which  is  cut  a  representation  ol  a  n>-c  bush  in  flower.    Tins  panel  supports 


14S 

a  handsome  shield,  hearing  the  following  arms,  viz. — Per  pale;  dexler, 
first  ami  fourth,  a  talbot  passant ;  second  and  third,  five  mullets  on  a  eru.-s 
engrailed  ;  sinister,  three  swords — two  in  saltier,  pointing  downwards :  (me 
in  pale,  pointed  upwards.  There  are  two  crests  :  first,  on  an  esquire's 
helmet,  from  a  coronet  a  peacock's  head  issuant ;  the  second,  a  swan  over 
a  helmet.  Each  crest  has  a  separate  motto  on  a  scroll  curving  backward 
over  each.  The  first  is — "Virtus  venusta";  the  second — "Vinc.it 
Veritas."  On  a  scroll  beneath  the  shield  is  that  of  So.  Hon.  Moo,  I'm. 
A  deeply  cut  mantling  descends  from  the  helmets  at  each  side,  and  termi- 
nates in  large  tassels.  On  a  pinnacle  surmounting  the  whole,  the  sacred 
monogram  is  cut  in  relief.  Beneath  the  panel  ou  which  the  inscriptiuu  is 
cut,  there  was  formerly  another,  of  which  the  frame  alone  now  remains. 

'The  family  to  whom  the  three  foregoing  monuments  belonged,  traced 
descent  from  Sir  Fulco  de  Comerford,  who  brought  twenty  men-at-arms 
and  four  kuights  of  his  own  kindred  to  aid  William  of  Normandy  in  his 
invasion  of  England,  in  the  year  10C6.  In  a  MS.  quoted  by  Blake  Foster, 
he  has  been  described  as  "  Ane  gudely  Iuiyght  and  aucesture  of  ye 
Comerfords,  Barons  of  Dangeanmore." 

•  A  tradition,  transmitted  in  Irish,  tells  of  three  ladies  of  this  family 
(who  in  the  story  are  termed  "The  Shaughrauns "J  who  supplied  to  a 
certain  bishop  the  funds  which  defrayed  the  cost  of  building  the  three  ai.-les 
ot  the  church,  as  the  nave  and  side  aisles  are  here  commonly 
called.  It  states  the  ladies  gave  equal  shares  of  their  fortunes  for  this 
purpose,  stipulating  that  each  should  have  a  distinct  portion  erected  on  her 
behalf;  and  to  this  cause  is  attributed  the  form  of  the  structure  of  this 
portion  of  the  building,  which  is  peculiar  to  itself.' 

(To  be  continued.) 


lonoiighmore  Churchyard   [near  Ballyragget] . 


ERECTED  BY    |  TOM    PUUCELL   |  IN  :  MEMORY 

of  |  ins  father  MIC  |  HAL  ;  PUUCELL  | 

"WHO    \    DIED    |     IN   |   MARCH    •     1     j     1S58    |  AGE    :- 
60   :    YEARS." 


1     H    S 
HERE   LYES  Y  BODY    |  OF  HONOUR    DEMPSEY   | 
WHO  DEPARTED  THIS   |   LIFE  12th  OF  SEPTEMBER  | 
ANNO    1731." 


149 


BUTLER    WHO  BEPAKTKU  THIS    | 

LIFE     MARCH     YE    31!D  ....  AGED   |   20    YEAR. 
ALSO  PRAY  FOR   |  YE    SOUL  OF  JOAN    DWYER    | 
WHO  DEPARTED  Ys    LIFE  |    7  ll"    YE    -'3ub   1/49. 
AGU    63   YKS" 


HERE    LIETH    THE    BODY    OF    JOSEPH 
BRADSHAW    LATE    OF    FOULKSRATH, 
GENTELMAN,    BORNE    NEER     NORTH- 
WICH     IN     CHESHIRE,     DECEASED     THE 
23    OF    MARCH    1673." 


Parish  of  Kilmacaliill. 

'The  ruins  of  the  old  church  have  been  made  use  of  in  erecting  the  new.' 

[This  refers  to  the  church  built  in  1816.  (See  below.)  A 
grant  of  £500  vvas-made  in  1810  for  this  purpose.] 

'There  is  but  one  place  of  public  worship  in  the  parish,  and  that  a 
Protestant  church  (l$lu),  without  any  parochial  funds  or  any  records 
whatsoever.  The  chapel  to  which  the  inhabitants  of  this  parish,  of 
Shankill,  and  of  a  great  part  of  Grange  Sylvse  resort,  is  situate  in  the 
parish  of  Shankill,  on  the  boundary  of  this  ;  its  situation  is  marked  on 
the  map.  There  is  no  glebe,  and  consequently  no  glebe-house.*  It  is, 
however,  certain  that  there  was  once  a  ghbe-house  and  20  acres  of  land. 

'  The  church  is  the  only  public  building  in  the  parish;  it  was  built  in 
the  year  1S0G,  by  the  present  vicar  (l.'ev.  William  Latta),  under  the 
order  of  Dr.  Clfavi.k,  the  then  bishop.  It  stands  upon  the  site  of  old 
ruins,  formerly  consecrated  as  a  place  of  worship  ;  but  at  what  time  the 
decay  took  place  is  not  recorded.  The  churchyard  is  much  too  smali,  and 
consequently  inadequate  to  the  present  population  (181  G) ;  but  notwith- 
standing repeated  and  earnest  applications  have  been  made  by  the  vicar, 
for  the  grant  of  a  very  few  perches  of  ground  from  the  adjacent  proprietor, 
in  order  to  its  enlargement,  and  to  provide  a  more  convenient  site  tor  the 
new  church,  he  has  not  yet  been  able  to  succeed.' 

This  church  lr.is  been  pulled  down,  and  the  materials,  I 
believe,  sold,  since  Disestablishment,  and  the  parish  united  to 
"  Shankill."— Ed. 

*  There  i>  now  a  verv  g.ioU  glebe-house  >u  tins  parish.— Kd. 


150 


LIST  OF  IXCl'MBKSTS,   EXTRACT!  D   FRi'M  THE  FIRST  FRUITS 


RECORDS. 


"  Kilmocahill,  Beet,  improp.  firmarii  —  Shea  and  White,  firmarii. 
Church  and  cliauncell  in  repayer." 

"  Kilmocahill,  rect.  impropriat.  Sir  Richard  Shea,  —  Hex.  Shi  a.  ct 
Bell  White,  nidowe,  dc  Waterford,  finnar.  —  no  curate  or  service,  ideo 
sequcst.  Fnictus." 

"Wiixmus  Watson,  institnt.  8°  Feb.  163G,  ad  rector,  et  vicar,  de 
Kilmocahell,   in  com.  Kilkenny,  non  taxat." 

"Johes  Moore,  institut.  18C  Januar.  1638,  ad  vicar,  de  Kilmocaliell, 
in  com.  Kilkenny,  noil  tax." 

"Johes  Piammer,  institnt.  et  induct,  fuit,  8°  Januar.  166S,  ad  rector, 
de  St.  Kill,  et  vicar,  ibm.  et  de  rector,  de  Powerstown,  et  de  vicar,  ibni. 
53s.  4d.  et  in  vicar,  de  Kilmakakill,  in  com.  Kilkenny." 

"  Guliel.  Thomas,  cler.  collat.  fuit,  29"  die  Martii,  1699,  ad  vicar,  de 
Kilmokahell,  dioc.  prd.  com.  Kilkenny." 

"  Francis  Thomas,  elke.,  was  collated  on  the  2-1  th  day  of  May,  1739, 
to  the  vicarage  of  Kilraacahill,  in  said  Co.  of  Kilkenny,  and  diocese  of 
Leighlin." 

"John  Millet,  R.  of  Grange-Sylva?,  V.  of  Killmocahill,  and  R.  &  V.  of 
Powerstown,  15  Dec.  1748." 

"  Lev.  Edward  Young,  V.  Kilmocahill,  2nd  July,  1T(J6." 

"  Chas.  Stone,  D.D.,  Ry.  Grangc-Sylvse,  &  V.  Kilmacahill,  Jan.  S, 
1768." 

"Theobald  Rrownrigg,  collated  3d.  .May,  1799,  R.  Grange-Silvie, 
V.  Kilmacahill,  Kilky,  u.  t." 

"  Wa.  Latta,  collated  13th  Sept.  1811,  vice  Theobald  Rrownrigg-,  who 
held  from  3rd  May,  1799,  and  resigned  by  death  ;  Vicarage  Kilmacahill, 
Co.  Kilkenny." 

[Mason.]  > 


James  Morgan  Stcbbs,  ...  1S23. 

W.L.  Powkall,  D.C.L.        ...         1874  (?>. 


'  In  Rosbercon  church  we  find,  on  a  white  marble  mural  slab  on  the  left 


of  the  communion-table,  the  following 


.ptiou    :_ 


'  Sacred  |   lo  the  cherished  memory  of  three  beloved  brothers  | 
who  died  I  in  the  service  of  their  countrv.   in  India  •ind 
China. 

Joseph  Rogers  Magrath  |  Lieut.  &  Adjutant  ofTI.M. 
55th  llegt.  died  at  |  Hongkong  31  Julv  1843  |  aged  32. 
Richard  Nicholson  Magrath  j  Captain  in  li.M.  3rd 
Regt.  of  Bail's  died  of  Wounds  I  received  in  battle  near 
Gwalior  13  January  1844  |  aged  34. 
John  Magrath  |  Surgeon  in  the  bth  Bengal  Light  Cavalry 


151 


died  at  |  Ferozepore  6th  July  13-k">  |  aged  44.  |  Sons  of 
John  A.  Magrath  aud  Marv  his  wife  |  of  JJ.uvu  James 
iu  this  parish. 

Erected  by  their  attached  sisters. 
'  Them  also  who  sleep  in  Jesus  will  God  bring  with  him.' 
—1  Thes.  iv.  14." 


'Other  members  of  this  family  are  buried  in  this  burial-ground.' 
Cathedral  of  St.  Canicc. 

SELLS. 

The  octave  of  Bells  which  were  consecrated  on  November  1st,  1892, 
consist  of  the  six  old  ones  and  two  new  ones ;  the  former  have  been  tuned 
to  suit  the  new  bells,  whicli  latter  have  the  following  inscriptions  on 
them  : — 

No.  7 — 

"Ex  donis  Dei   servitorum.       GU LI  ELMO 
PAKENHAM  WALSH  S.T.D.  Episcopo. 
Thoma  Hare  S.T.D.   Deano. 
Georgia  War  bur  ton  Roohe  A.M.  Prcccentore. 
M.  Byrne,  fecit,  A.D.  ]S92." 
No.  S— 
"  Per  labores  tintinaculorum. 

Waller  D.  Montmorency  A.M.  Chancellario. 
Robert  Young  Heathj  S.T.D.  Thsaurario. 
Gidiehno  Gorman  A.M.  Archideacano. 
M.  Byrne,  fecit,  A.D.  1S92." 


St.  Mary's  CImrcIi. 

(Continual  from  p.  436,  vol.  i.) 
1  The  following  inscriptions  are  found  in  this  church ' : — 
D  -  O  •  M  • 
"  RICHARDUS  •  ROTHE  •  EDWARDI  •  FILIUS    I 
HUJUS  •  C1VITATIS  •  NATALITI/E  •  MUNE- 
RIBUS  •  PR/ECIPIUS    ;    HONORIBUS    Q 
MAGNA    CUM     PROBITATIS  •  PRUDEf l/E    I 
INTEGRITATIS  •  AC  ■  URBANITATIS  ■ 


H,/ 


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LAUDE    I    PERFUNCTUS    I    TERRAM  .  SE 
TEN/E  •  REDDITURUM  .  NOSCENS    I   VIVENS  ■ 
CONDERAT-   I    PRI  MUS  •  CONDITUR  .    I 
SECUNDO  •  JULII  •  1637  •    I    BENE-ILLI- 
PRECARE  •  QUISQUIS  .  ES    !    SIC  •  TIBI  . 
ALII  •  BENE  •  PRECENTUH. 

OPIFICE  ■  PATRICI  ■  OKERIN." 

•  This  monument  was  raised  from  its  original  position  and  re-decorated 
by  Licut.-Col.  Lorenzo  Rothe,  last  surviving  son,  and  Anne  Salisbury 
White,  of  Killakee,  County  Dublin,  second  daughter  of  the  late  George 
Kothe,  Esq,  of  Salisbury,*  County  Kilkenny,  A.D.  1877.' 

Note.— 'The  meaning  of  "  raising  the'  monument  from  its  original 
position  "  is  this— that  the  present  floor  of  St.  Mary's  church  is  about 
2  feet  6  inches  higher  than  the  original  floor,  so  much  of  the  pedestal  of 
the  monument  was  therefore  concealed.  By  taking  it  down  and  re-setting 
upon  the  level  of  the  present  floor,  the  whole  of  this  very  remarkable 
monument  is  seen.' 


'The  following  inscriptions  are  to  be  seen  in  St.  Mary's  churchyard ' :_ 

"Sacred  |  to  the  memory  |  of  Alderman  Henry  ITowison  I 
•who  departed  this  life  oth  of  |  December,  1S17,  aged  70  yis." 


I.  H.  S. 
"  Gloria  In  Kxcelsis  Deo. 
Here  lieth  y'  Body  of  Joan  |  Pejibrock  al'  Dunn  wife  to 
J..hn  Pembrock  Parchment  maker  |  In  Irishtown  who 
depd  Oct.  ye7   1703.     Aged  39  y". 

May  she  rest  in  pace  "  (sic). 


'  Here  lieth  the  Body  of  |  Alexr.  McKinsie,  an  honest  I 
North  Brittan,  late  Sergt.  |  in  his  Majesty's  38th  Kegt.  I 
of  Foot,  who  depd.  this  |  life  22nd  Feby.  i772,aged     32  j 


'John  Bry*!  |  1722." 


Now  (1891^  called  Barraglicore,.nenr  Goresbridge.— Ed. 
'The   letters   were  commenced   too    near  outer   edge  of 


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'On  a  four-sided  monument  the  following  inscription  will  be  found'  : — 
1  1st  side' — 

"Albert  Edward  Enfrt  |  son  of  the  late  Captain  Ehery  | 
eldest  son  of  Colonel  John   Enery  |  of  Ballvconncll  House  | 
County  of  Cavan.  |  Born  May  vi.  MDCCC'!  |  Died  May 
MDCCCXLYI." 

1  2nd  side  '— 

"  He  was  the  only  son  of  his  mother  and  she  was  a  widow. 
The  Lord  killetii." 

—  1  Samuel  ii.  6. 
1 3rd  side  '— 

"  Erected  by  |  a  sorrowing  mother  |  To  the  memory  of  |  The 
Best  and  most  attached  of  sons  |  Prematurely  cut  off  |  in  the 
morning  of  Life,  thrown  |  with  His  Horse  and  Killed  in  | 
the  27th  year  of  his  age.  |  Alas  so  young." 

1  4  th  side  ' — 

"  The  Sorrowing  Mother  |  after  twelve  years  |  of  weary 
waiting  |  now  peacefully  rests  Beside  |  The  Beloved  son  | 
But  she  refused  to  be  comforted  |  and  she  said  |  For  I  will 
go  down  into  the  Grave  |  unto  my  sun  mourning. 

March  1657.  Genesis  37." 

"  Beneath  this  stone  lies  interred  |  the  Remains  of  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Thomas  Eyre  of  the  |  "2nd  or  Queen's  Kegiment  of 
Foot  |  and  son  to  Stratford  Eyre  |  Esq.  of  Kyrvill,  late  | 
Governor  of  the  town  of  |  Gallway,  who  departed  this  | 
Life  the  loth  of  July  17^9,  in  the  |  41st  year  of  his  age. 
This  monument  is  erected  from  |  the  truest  Love  and  Uespcct 
to  his  |  memory  by  his  most  affectionate  |  wife  Theodosia 
Eyre." 


1  God  be  merciful  to  |  the  soul  of  Mathias  |  Lawlek,  periwi 
maker,  |  who  died  September  ]  yr.  1741,  aged  42  year.  | 
May  he  rest  in  pace.  |  Amen." 

'  Here  licth  y*  body  |  of  Mr.  Thomas  |  Hutton,  Cordwinder, 
who  was  born  |  in  leeds  Yorke  |  Shier  in  England  |  &  a  free 
man  ot  |  this  Cittie  who  |  departed  this  |  iile-  in  y"  07  | 
year  of  his  |  age  y*  ly  ofSeptr.  ]  TOG." 


'Erected  by  Mr.  |  James  Bryan  of  the  City  |  Kilkenm 
hatter,  in  MemoiT  |  of  his  wife  Elizabeth  |  Bkyas 
Gku.-vdy  who  depd  |  .May  28th  1795.  aged  52  years  | 
with  two  if  their  children  |  Samuel  &  Maltha." 


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"  Gloria  in  Kxcelsis. 
Here  lies  the  Body  of  |  Mr.  Phillip  Lawlkp.  of  the  |  Citty 
Kilkenny,  peruke  |  maker March  " 


'  Here  Lyes  y  Bodys  of  Joan*  |  Fitzgerald  a*  Ka\ 
&  |  Thady  .Molloy  &  3  childr.  |  of  s-.dw.  Molli 
Pray  for  |  us.     Momeuto  mod.  |  17^t>." 


Here  |  Lieth  the  Fiody  of  William  |  Johnston  son  to 
Sarah  I  Johnston  al'  Busey  |  who  departed  this  life'1 


"  Herelyeth  y'  Body  |  of  Ellinor  Follord  als  |  Bourke 
who  died  |  Sepr.  y"  17th  1744  |  aged  .  .  years." 

"The  Remains  of  |  Michael  Wall  |  of  the  City  of  Kilkenny  | 
Merck'  lie  here  intend  he  |  Died  the  5th  of  February  |  1780. 
Aged  67  years.  |  As  also  the  Kemaius  of  his  |  Wife  and 
several  children." 


Here  lieth  Intend  the  Body  |  of  Mr.  Timothy  Dunn  who 
depd  |  this  Life  Decemr.  lOtli  1762.     Aged  |  72  yrs.     As 
also  his  wife  Catiirn.  |  Dunn  al' Forristal  who  Depd  this  | 
Life  May  7th  1736.     Aged  36  yrs.  |  May  the  Best  in  Peace." 


;  Erected  by  Mr.  Richard  |  Westkrman  in  memory  of  his 
wife  |  Lucy  Westersian  al*  Reed  who  |  departed  this  Life 
March  17th  1795  |  Aged  tiG,  with  two  of  her  children.  | 
Also  the  remains  of  the  above  Mr.  |  Richard  Westerman 
of  the  City  of  Kilkenny,  he  departed  this  life  July  |  13th 
1810.     Aged  75  years." 


1  Pray  For  Ye  Soul  Of  |  Mrs.  Akstis  BncnoN  als.  |  Blanchvil 
Wife  ofMr.  John  Bueiion  wh  Departed  This  Life  |  Ye  12 
Day  OFAprile  |  1724  Iu  Ye  51  Year  |  Of  Her  Age. 
With  7  Of  Her  Children  Who  |  are  luteal  Here." 


1  The  Body  |  of  |  William  Robertson  |  who  departed  this 
life  |  The  2Sth  day  of  April   1S07  |  aged  SO  years  |  lieth 
here.  |  The  ati'eetionate  Husband,  tender  Parent,  |  and 
sincere  Friend  |  were  in  him  united  to  the  |  truly  honest 
man.  |  Steady  Piety  supported  his  steps  |  iu  this  |  and 
pointed  his  Path  to  a  |  better  world. 

Let  me  die  the  death  of  the  righteous  I  and  let  my  last  days 
be  like  his. 


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Interred  here  also  are  the  Bodies  of  Margeuy  Robertson 
his  wife  |  who  died  on  the  Cth  day  of  March  17*0  |  in  the 
55th  year  of  her  age. 

Those  of  two  of  their  children  |  MARGERY  and  Mart. 
Sacred  to  the  memory  |  also  of  |  John  Robertson,  eldest 
son  of  the  above  William  |  and  Margery  Robertson.  | 
Beloved,  Esteemed,  and  Inspected.  |  A  man  of  Universal 
Charity,  |  active  Benevolence,  and  sincere  Piety    |  He  died  | 
In  the  Hope  of  a  Blissful  Immortality  |  Through  the  Merita 
of  his  Redeemer  |  August  27th  1839,  |  aged  73  years." 


KING'S      COUNTY. 


Banaghcr  Old  Burial-ground.    Reyn-agii  is  the  name  of  parish, 

ecclesiastically. 
The  following  inscriptions  are  to  be  seen  iu  the  old  churchyard   in   this 
town : — 

"HERE   LIES  THE   BODY  OF  CAPTAIN    WILLIAM    | 

BAMFORD  who  dei>i>.  |  this  like  septr.  the  | 
6th  in  the  Bono  year  of  |  his  age  &  year 
of  1  our  lord  1p03." 

[The  above  is  on  a  flat  stone.] 


"MARY  ANNE  WILLIAMS  dei»d.  this  life 

JULY  (?)    AGEO  YEARS." 


[  A  table  tomb.] 


«  HERE  LIF.TH  THE  BODY  OF  CAPTAIN  THOMAS 

GOODLAKE(?)  RICHARDSON  |  who 

DEPARTED  THIS    LIFE   IN  BANAGHER  JULY  26TH 
1814    |  AGED  53   YEARS." 

Then  follows  four  lines  of  poetry. 

[This  is  on  a  flat  stone. J 

"HERE   LIES  THE   BOOT   OF  BIGOE    ARMSTRONG 
ESQR     LATE  OF  ASIIGROVE  WHO    DEPAKTD.  THIS 
LIFE  THE    lJTII    OF   MARCH    1  7  T -'   AGED   '."J  YEARS. 
THERE  WAS  FEW  WHOSE   CONDUCT  AS  A   SON, 
HUSBAND,  FATHER,  FRIEND  |    AND  LANDLORD 


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WAS  MORE   UNIVERSALLY   AND   DESER  |   VEDLY 
ADMIRED    |    HERE   ALSO  LIES  THE   BODY   OF   MRS. 

REBECCA  ENRIGHT  alias  |  ARMSTRONG 
MOTHER  OK  THE  ABOVE  BIGOF,  ARMSTRONG  I 

WHO    DEPARTED    THIS  LIFE  " (?) 

[The  rest  is  almost  illegible.] 

[A  flat  stone. 


Next  it,  ami  also  on  a  flat  stone,  is  : — 

"  HERE  LYETII  THE  BODY  OF  |    ANDREW 

ARMSTRONG  late  of  castle  armstong  esq. 

WHO   DEPD.  THIS   LIFE  JUNE  |   THE  oUl'II    l"JS[)  (?) 
AGED  G.i   YEARS  |    ALSO   HIS  WIFE   MARY     ARM-  | 

STRONG,  alias  B1DWELL  who  depd.  june 

THE  DTH  17^0,  AGED  56  YEARS.  |  ERECTED 

by  their  son  THOMAS  ARMSTRONG." 

"  George  Mukphy,  179G,  aged  87,  and  his  wife  Mart  ".  .  .  . 
There  are  also  others  of  this  name. 


"Mary  Fauv,  1777." 

[An  upright  stone.] 

"  Barbara  Lowe  alias  Hanlon  (?)  she  departed  this  life 
the  6  day  of  May,  IS  14,  in  the  28  year  of  her  age. 
Erected  by  her  brother  Uhristh.  Hanlon  "  (?) 


"  Elenor  Summer  died  April  1821,  aged  4  years." 

[An  upright  stone. 

"  Hannah  Woods,  of  Garbally,  depd.  this  life  June  the 
22,  1775,  in  the  44  year  ot  her  age,"  &c,  &c,  &c. 


On  an  altar  tomb  : — 

"Beneath  lie  the  remains  of  Char  lottf.  Elizabeth  Woods, 
who  died  the  25th  of  July,  lS5fj,  |  aged  fJS  years,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Woods,  late  of  Parsonstown,"  &c.,  ecc. 


On  a  table  tomb-tone  is  inscribed: — 

"To  Christopher  Harlow  (?)  who  died  March  the  4tli, 
1791,  aged  91  year,,"  &c,  &c,  &c. 


;  Mart  Ann  Poland,  alias  Hahlow  (?)  who  depd.  this  life 
June  15,  171'C,  aged  23  years." 


"  Bernakd  Flt.ney  died  March  27,  1S12,  aged  GG  years,"  &c.,  &c. 
[This  is  on  a  flat  stone,  and  other  persons  of  this  name  are  also  to  be  seen.] 


"  Pray  for  the  Potil  of  George  [n  cut]  Lantrt,  who  depd.  Sept. 
the  17th,  |  1770,  aged  80  years.  |  Erected  by  his  son, 
George  Lantry." 


"Solojion  Boyle  who  dept.  Jany.  4th,  1772,  aged  CO  yrs. 
Also  liis  wife  Bridget  Boyle  [als]  Cougiilan,  who  depd. 
May  the  27th,  1782,  aged  C-l  years." 
There  are  two  more  Boyles  ou  this  stone. 


Anne  Fox,  of  Banagher,  died  11  Feb.,  1815,  aged  72  years." 

[A  box  or  altar  tomb.] 


Next  it  is  one  to  the  memory  of: — 

"MISS  MARY  FOX,  of  banagher,  who  died 

12  APRIL,    1847,  AGED   J5  YEARS.       R.  I.  P." 


MARY  IIEALY  nee  M'CARTHY,  died  jcly 
21,  1844  (?)  aged  80  years." 

[This  is  in  raised  letters,  all  capitals. 


We  now  come  to  the  only  tombstone  of  any  real  antiquity 
that  is  to  be  been  in  this  burial-ground.  Within  the  walls  of 
the  ruined  church  and  nearly  level  with  the  ground,  walked 
upon  and  otherwise  injured  by  the  thoughtless  and  mischievous, 
lies  the  monumental  record  of  the  once  powerful  chieftain, 
Sik  John  Cochlan,  formerly  of  Leitrim  Castle,  two  miles  from 
Banagher.  He  was  Dinast  of  Lower  Delvin,  now  the  Barony 
of  Ballycastle  [BrewerJ.  He  sat  in  Perrott's  Parliament  in 
1584. 

Mr.  Lawrence,  of  Lisreaghan,  County  Galway,  informs  us 
that  "  Sir  John  McCaughlan,  in  hi.->  will,  dated  155)0,  desires 
that  his  body  may  be  busied  in  the  churchyard  of  lleynagh  or 
Itaonach  "  [Banagher]. 

His  eldest  son,  Garrett  McCoughlan,  was  buried  in  Clon- 
macnoise,  17th  April,  1629.  This  Garrett  married  Lady  Onora 
de  Burgh,   daughter  of  the   Right  Hun.  Sir  Richard   Burke, 


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4th  Earl  of  Clanricarde,  and  had  issue  John,  Mary,  Joan, 
and  Rose.  She  took  for  her  second  husband  John'  Paulet 
Marquis  of  Winchester. 

Thomas  McCochlan — hotter  known  in  Banagher  as  "  The 
Maw"— was  the  last  Lord  of  Delvin,  Barony  of  Garrycastle ; 
lie  died  in  1790,  and  was  buried  under  the  tombstone  we  are 
about  to  describe. 

The  slab  is  of  the  usual  size — viz.,  about  6  feet  bv  3  feet. 
The  upper  right-hand  corner  is  broken  off,  and  much  of  the 
inscription  is  nearly,  if  not  quite,  illegible,  from  the  traffic  over 
the  stone.  A  large  seven-branch  cross  extends  the  whole 
length  of  the  stone.  The  inscription,  in  raised  letters,  all 
capitals,  runs  across  the  head  and  in  double  lines  along  both 
sides ;  if  there  was  any  at  the  foot,  it  is  now  quite  obliterated. 

Several  of  the  words  are  separated  from  each  other  by  lines, 
as  in  the  inscription  given  at  page  380,  vol.  i.  [McCochlan's 
Castle];  others  by  full  stops. 

With  the  assistance  of  J.  R.  Garstin,  Esq.,  F.S.A., 
Braganstown.  Castlebellingham,  the  following  is  the  inscrip- 
tion, as  far  as  it  can  at  present  be  deciphered  by  us.  Mr. 
Garstin  says: — 

"  It  is  important  to  notice  tlie  marks  between  tiie  words.  They  seem 
to  be  separated  by  upright  strokes  (not  to  lie  mistaken  for  tlie  letter  I),  or 
by  dots.  The  latter  (usually  diamond-shaped)  generally  indicate  abbrevi- 
ations of  greater  length  than  the  letter  M  or  N,  which,  in  the  first  anil  last 
lines,  are  represented  by  the  usual  horizontal  strokes  over  the  letters  they 
follow.  Hence  1  prefer  the  reading  scffvcationis,  strange  though  it  be, 
to  sve  (for  .e)  n-UATioNis,  because  no  word-separating  line  appears,  and 
the  doubtful  letters  are  f  and  c,  not  i:  and  o.  This  may  have  been  a 
mis-reading  of  the  stone-cutter.  It  deprives  the  knight  ot  being  described 
as  the  banisher  of  the  imposts. 

'■  Marking  line-divisions  by  uprights,  and  putting  conjectural  portions  in 
brackets,  I  would  read  the  inscription — 

"  R  [ESVRGAM]    |    H  •  [=  HIC]    S  [EPVLTVS    | 

iace]t   ioannes   CO  •  miles   qvonda[m] 

SVE    G[ENTIS]     |     FVIT     DVX-   QVI     FIERI 
FECIT    BVSTVM     [A.D.    1576-7]     ET    AN  • 
ELIZAB-    REG    -19-    ET    I    AN-   SVFFVCATIONIS 
EXACTIONV  [M]     IMAILEAC  [«  g]." 


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"  [Flere  lies  buried  Sir]  John  Co.  [s=  Coghlan"  K'niglit.     He 
was  formerly  chief  of  his  'race".     Who  caused  this  tomb  to  be 
made  [A.D.  157G-7]  and  in  the  1 9th  year  of  (the  reign  of) 
Queen  Elizabeth,  and  in  the  year  of  the  extinction  of  the 
exactions  of  (or  "  in  ")  Imaileag[h].' 

"  In  the  Fiants  temp.  Elizabeth  (loth  Hep.  D.K.n.  p.  184)  is  one — 30th 
Aug.,  24th  of  her  reign  (15S2) — granting  (under  Queen's  Letter  of  3rd  of 
April)  to  John  McCoghlan,  of  Cioghaue,  King's  County,  Knight,  the  office 
of  Seneschal  of  McGoghlan's  country,  alias  Delvyn  McCoghlan  (with 
certain  lands,  on  terms  stated),  for  l.is  life,  with  remainder  successively  to 
his  sons  Gerald  and  John  ;  and  reciting  the  surrender  by  the  grantee  of  the 
Captaincy  of  the  country,  and  certain  lauds.  (See  also  Cal.  l'at.  Kolls, 
p.  35.) 

"This  clears  up  the  difficulty  in  the  inscription  of  his  having  himself 
erected  his  monument,  yet  being  described  in  it  as  "  quondam  Dux," 
formerly  Captain,  of  his  sept.  He  seems  to  have  resigned  his  captaincv, 
perhaps  in  exchange  for  knighthood,  before  1577,  and  then  put  up  the 
monument  in  anticipation  (as  was  not  uncommon) ;  and  he  is  said  to  have 
lived  long  after, — his  will,  dated  1590,  being  on  record  in  Dublin. 

"He  must  have  had  influence  with  the  Government,  for  we  find  it. 
recorded  that  he,  before  and  alter  1577,  and  so  late  as  1584,  was  repeatedly 
pardoned  by  the  Crown,  as  were  his  sous,  one  of  whom  was  murdered,  and 
his  murderers  excluded  from  pardon.  (See  Fiants,  Index,  23rd  Hep. 
D. K.H.I. ,  506.)  In  one  of  these  pardons  the  names  of  numerous  Coghlaus, 
perhaps  of  the  whole  clan,  are  given. 

"This  name  is  spelled  in  a  variety  of  ways,  winch  may  have  induced  Sir 
John  to  adopt  for  the  inscription  the  perplexing  abbreviation  "Co." 
McCoghlans  country  is  now  the  Barony  of  (Jarrycastle,  King's  County, 
which  still  has  many  of  the  family,  the  name  being  locally  pronounced 
Cocklan. 

"The  "exactions"  require  explanation.  I  cannot  find  any  barony  or 
townland  name  corresponding  to  that  at  the  end  of  the  inscription.  Perhaps 
it  is  a  personal  name." 


Terance  Coghlan,  Esq.,  is  shown  as  M.P.  for  the  King's 
County  in  1634;  and  Jolm  Coghlan,  Esq.,  of  Kilcolgan,  for 
the  same  county,  in  l(5o9.  In  1642,  Sir  William  Colley,  Knt , 
of  Eden  deny,  appears  as  M.P.  fur  this  county,  "  vice  Coghlan, 
expelled  the  22nd  June,  for  the  rebellion.'' 


In   writing  about  the  modern   church  of  Banagher,  Lewis 


V1V- 


"At  the  entrance  to  the  town  is  the  parish  church,   a  handsome  edifice 
in  the  ancient  English  Style  of  architecture  with  a  tower  and  spire,  built  in 


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1829  at  an  expense  of  £2,286,  of  winch  £2,030  was  granted  on 
the  late  Board  of  First  Fruits. 

"  There  is  also  a  1!.  C.  chapel,  a  large  plain  building  in  good  rep; 


COUNTY    LEI  TRIM. 

This  county,  like  the  County  Cavan,  is  conspicuous  by  the 
total  absence  of  contributions,  either  monetary  or  literary, 
towards  the  Preservation  of  its  Memorials  of  the*  Dead.  Each 
year  we  look  forward  with  hope  deferred  to  receiving  some 
help  from  the  many  parishes  within  its  compass,  but  up  =to  the 
present  without  any  result. 


COUNTY    LIMERICK. 

Kathke.-ilc  Parish. 

The    Reverend   Canon    Samuel    R.    Wills,    M.A.,  has  kindly 
contributed  the  following  :— 

'  Cenotaph  on  the  southern  wall  of  liathkeale  parish  church  ' : 

"S?    THOMAS  SOVTHWELL    BART  I 
DESENDED   FROM  BARHAM   HALL  I 
IN    SVFFOLKE    IN    ENGLAND 
RA- I -YSED   THIS    MONVMENT 
FOR    HIS    FAMILLY   ANNO   DOMIE 
16-  I  -76." 


CHL'HCH    PLATE. 

'  A  silver  chalice   having  the  Southwell  arms  over  the  following  in- 
scription '  : —  ° 

"  The  Gift  of  the  Lod,/  ELIZABETH 
SOUTHWELL   to   the   Parish    Church   of 
Rathkeile  fsicj  Anno  Domini  1703." 


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COUNTY    LON  GFORD. 

As  with  the  Counties  of  Cavan  and  Leitrim,  so  it  is  with  this 
county — no  subscription,  no  information.  This  is  the  sixth  year 
of  our  work,  and  Longford  appears  to  regard  it  with  indifference. 


COUNTY     LOUTH. 

Drogheda,  St.  Peter's  Parish. 

[From  Isaac  Butler's  MS.] 

'  In  the  church  there  is  chas'd  into  the  north  wall  a  plate  of  black 
marble  vi  ith  the  following  inscription  to  the  memory  of  Captain  Hall ' : — 

"HERE    LIETH    THE    BODY    OF    I    LIEUT. 
JOHN     HALL    V/HO    DIED    I    THE    13th    DAY 
OF    JULY    1682    I   AGED    26    YEARS." 

'  On  a  brass  plate': — 

"HERE  LIETH  THE  BODY  OF  NF  LYDIA  HOWARD, 
DAUGHTER  TO  U^  STEPHEN  HOWARD  WHO 
DYED  THE  10™   DAY  OF  APRIL  1883." 
"  HERE  LYETH  THE  BODY        "AND  ALSO  YE  BODY  OF 
OF  CAP:  JOHN  HALL  NF  MARY  HALL  HIS  WIFE 

WHO  DYED  THE  7™  OF  WHO  DIED  YE  3°  OF 

AUGUST  1698."  AUGUST  1700." 


'In  the  window  near  the  pulpit  there  is  raised  a  monument  of  white 
and  black  marble,  with  an  inscription  to  the  memory  of  Tobias  Pullkin, 
Doctor  of  Divinity.'  [It  is  now  at  the  east  end  of  the  north  gallery, 
surmounted  by  the  arms  ofPuUein  and  the  See  of  Dromore  impaled.]  : — 

"Tobias  Plllein,  D.D.,  Lies  buried  in  this  Church  under 
the  East  window  on  the  South  side.     He  was  sometime 
Senior  fellow  of  T.O.D.,  Vicar  of  this  parish  and  Duaii  of 
Ferns,  afterwards  Bishop  of  Cloyne  and  last  of  Dromore. 
lie  was  au  able  and  faithful  Minister  of  Christ  and  was 
honoured  and  beloved  in  every  station.     lie  dyed  .lannary 
the22dA.D.  1712.     Aged  64  years.     'The' memory  of 
ye  just  is  blessed.' — Prov.  10  c.  7  v. 


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1  Close  to  the  pulpit  there  is  a  large  plate  of  black  marble  fist  to  the 
vail,  with  the  following  inscription  ' : — 

"MS. 
Juxta  Deposits  sunt  Exuvia?  |  Elusij  Walker,  S.T.P.  | 
Qui  Pontante  per  septenium  publico;  scholar  profuit.  | 
Operam  suam  Iuventiiti  Puerorum  indolem  indagando  et 
exercendo  |  Scieiitissinius.  |  Ingenuus  sine  pa?na  pauperculos 
sine  pretio  erudiebat.  |  Probitaiem  Diligentiam  .Modestiam  | 
(Virtutes  que  Vitam  vere  Honestant,  et  sua;  erant)  in 
Filiolis  sedulo  promovit.  |  Multum  de  literis  uec  minus  de 
moribus  Sollicitus.  |  Si  quid  fida  Adolescentium  Eruditio  | 
Ad  bonos  Mores  Pnblicos  conducat  |  Huic  Plurimnm  debet 
Civitas  et  Ecclesia  |  Quotidiano  l.abore  fractus  Suceubuit.  I 
Obijt  die  17™"  Ap.  An°  Sal :  1701,  .Etatis  sua;  40™.  | 
Unus  ex  discipnlis  illius  |  Pro  singnlari  erga  pra-ceptorem 
suum  affectu  |  Hoc  Alouumentum  posuit  Ann°  1721. 


'The  Chamty  School  for  the  education  of  poor  children  is  in  the 
churchyard,  being  a  most  compact  house,  built  for  the  purpose,  with  the 
following  inscription  over  the  door  ' : — 

"The  Charity  Schools  |  of  the  Parish  of  St.  Peter's  |  Drogheda.  | 
Erected  in  the  Year  1  1723." 


'  Under  ths  window  of  the  north  cross  isle  there  is  a  large  raised  tomb, 
with  tlie  history  of  Christ's  Crucifixion  upon  the  cover,  in  bass-relief,  aud 
on  the  edge  the  following  inscription  ': — 

"HIC  jacet  walterus   fyan  quondam 

MAJOR   1    DE    DROGHEDA    A°   1583    QUI 
OBIJT    15    DECR  •  I    1619. 


On  the  cover  of  a  large  raised  tomb  in  the  south  cross  isle': 

"KIG  JACENT  PATRICIUS  DOWDALL  QUONDAM 
MAJOR   DE   DROGHEDA  QUI   OBIJT  2  OGTOCRIS 
A.  DNI.  1553.   ET  HELLON/E  DELEMARE  UXOR 
DEFUNCT/E  27  AUGUST  A0  DOM.  1573." 


'  Theie  are  a  multitude  of  gravestones  whoso  inscriptions  are  mostly 
unintelligible.  A  large  tomb  with  the  figures  of  a  man  and  woman  in 
skeleton  form,  in  haut  relief,  said  to  be  tAeu  up  out  of  the  sea  in  that 
condition.     The  name  of  Goulding  is  in  several  places  ou  the  said  tomb.' 


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'  On  the  east  side  of  the  south  cross  isle  without  the  wall  in  St.  Peter's, 
Drangheda,  there  is  a  remarkable  inscription  upon  a  tombstone  to  the 
memory  of  Esqr.  Smith,  who  was  barbarously  murdered  with  his  servant 
maid,  as  follows ' : — 

"Here  lycth  the  Body  |  of  Rodeict  Smith  late  of  |  Rathmacrachan 
in  the  |  County  of  Meath  Esqr.  who  was  |  Barbarously 
murderd  in  the  70th  year  of  his  age  together  witli  bis  maid 
servant  ou  the  25th  of  [  Jannry  1  702  in  the  night  time  | 
By  John  Faulkner,  Christopher  Ualton,  Richard  Callahan, 
Owen  M-Donnelland  Patrick  M'Donuell,  |  the  first  three 
of  which  murderers  |  were  executed  at  Trim  and  hanged  in 
chains  for  the  said  bloody  and  execrable  fact"  [sic]. 


'  The  inscription  on  the  raised  monument  on  the  bridge,    under  the 
pediment ': — 

"  Stephen  Price,  |  John  Bencher  |  Builders." 
[Arms  of  the  town  of  Drogheda.] 
"  Hnjusce  Urbis  Reipnblicaj  |  Comodi  |  Major  Vic"  Burg  & 
ComuiT  |  comit.  Villas  de  Drogheda  |  Huuc  Pontem  |  proprii3 
sumptibus  |  Extruxere  |  Anno  Dom  1722.  |  ThoMA.. 
Gerardi  Majore,  |  Stephen  Price,  John  Bencher,  B." 


Slellifont  Parish. 

botne  obelisk. 

[From  Isaac  Butler's  MS.] 

'June  17,  17  .  • 
'  The  Obelisk. — On  the  east  side  of  the  pedestall,  in  large  characters 
gilt  with  gold,  faciug  Drogheda': — 

"  MEINHARD  DUKE  SCHOMBEEG  |  in 

PASSING    THIS    RIVER   |  DIED    BRAVELY 
FIGHTING   |  IN    DEFENCE    OF    LIBERTY." 

'On  the  south  side,  in  large  capitals': — 

"JULY    THE    FIRST  |   MDCLXXXX." 
'  On  the  west,  in  capitals,  as  do.  ' : — 

"  THIS    MONUMENT   WAS    ERECTED   |   BY    THE 
GRATEFULL    CONTRIBUTION    |   OF    SEVERAL 
PROTESTANTS   |   OF    GREAT    BRITAIN    AND 
IRELAND." 


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1  On  the  north  side,  towards  the  road  ' : — 

"sacred  to  the  glorious  memory  I  of  I 
KING  WILLIAM  THE  THIRD  |  who  on 

THE  FIRST    OF   JULY    1G90    PASSED   |   THE 
RIVER    NEAR   THIS    PLACE    TO    ATTACK   | 

JAMES  THE  SECOND  at  the  head  of 

A   |   POPISH    ARMY    ADVANTEGIOUSLY   | 
POSTED    ON    THE    SOUTH    SIDE    OF    IT,    &  | 
DID    ON    THAT    DAY    BY    A    SUCCESS-   |   FULL 
BATTLE    SECURE    TO    US    AND    TO    OUR   | 
POSTERITY    OUR    LIBERTIES    &   RELIGION.   | 
IN    CONSEQUENCE    OF   THIS    ACTION,   | 

JAMES  THE  SECOND  left  this  king-  | 

DOM  &  FLED  TO  FRANCE. 

THIS  MEMORIAL  OF  OUR  DELIVERANCE  | 

WAS  ERECTED  IN  THE  NINTH  YEAR  OF  | 

the  reign  of  KING  GEORGE  THE  | 

SECOND.      THE  FIRST  STONE  BEING  |   LAID 

by  LIONEL  SACKVILLE,  duke  |  of 

DORSET,     LORD     LIEUTENANT     OF    THE 
KINGDOM   [  OF    IRELAND   |   MDCCXXXVI." 

1  Below  this,  on  the  base,  is  an  inscription,  almost  illegible ' : — 

"  IN    PERPETUAM    REI    TAM    FORTITER    QUAM   | 
FELICITER    [GESTAE]    MEMORIAM    |   HIC 
PUBLIC.E    GRATITUDINIS    MONU-  |  MENT1 
FUNDAMEN    MANIBUS    IPSE   [   SUIS    POSUIT 

lionelis  dux  DOR-  j  SETLE  xvnmo  die 

APRILIS   |  ANNO    MDCCXXXVI." 


Mellit...  t-  (continued). 

"Rev.  11.  10. 

•      "  lu  a  Vault  under  this  stone  lie  the  mortal  remains  of  the 

Revd.  T.  K.  FoSBEiiy,  who  was  for  15yrs.  the  pious,  zealous, 
and  judicious  incumbent  of  this  Parish.     To  all  lie  addressed 
the  words  of  eternal  life,  and  in  his  deeds  of  charity,  which 


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were  many,  all  were  recipients  of  his  bounty.     His  death  was 
caused  by  Typhus  fever,  caught  in  the  exercise  of  his  parochial 
duties  ;  he  was  thus  laid  in  an  untimely  grave,  Feb.  1828, 
beloved  and  lamented  by  all.     And  now  Lord  what  is  my 
hope:  truly  my  hope  is  even  in  thee. — Psalm  39.  8. 
This  stone  has  been  placed  here  by  order  of  his  widow,  Mrs. 

A.  M.  F'oSBEKY." 

[From  B.  R.  Balfour,  Esq.,  Townley  Hall,  County  Louth.] 


COUNTY     MAYO 


From  this  county  we  regret  Ave  have  not  received  any  in- 
scriptions or  notes  this  j'ear,  though  we  have  several  kind 
supporters  of  our  work,  who  have  been  regular  subscribers. 


COUNTY    MEATH. 

The  following  notes  are  from  Isaac  Butler's  MSS.,  dated 
about  1740,  and  we  believe  never  before  published.  It  is  more 
than  probable  that  some  of  the  inscriptions  given  by  Butler  are 
no  longer  legible. 

Athboy—  [The  yellow  ford]—"  2k;r)-bui-he-~Ucl)Tj34." 

'  In  the  south  wall  of  the  church  over  a  large  tomb,  a  stone  with  the 
inscription ': — 

"HERE    LYETH    THE    BODIE    OF    ELIZABETH 
SMITH,    THE     DAUGHTER    OF    ROBERT 
COLLIER    PARSON    OF    ST.    COLLIERS 
CHURCH     IN     CHESTER    AND    WIFE    OF 
WILLIAM     SMITH    VICAR    OF    ATHBOY    TO 
WHOM     SHE    BORE    SIX    SONNES,    WHEREOF 
THREE    WERE    HERE     INTERRED     BEFORE 
HER.    SHE    DIED     DECEMBER    13,    1631." 


•  Close  to  the  wall  of  the  south  isle  in  the  yard,  there  is  a  large  raised 
tomb,  with  four  steps  ascending  to  it,  with  the  inscription': — 


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rTins  :  tomb  :  was  :  erected  :  by  :  me  :  EDWARD 
CUSACK  :  &  :  MR.  :  WALTER  :  LUTWIDGE  : 
for  :  the  :  use  :  of  :  them  :  and  :  their  : 

FAMILIES  :  WHEN   [they]  SHALL  :  BE    :  EXTINCT  : 

the  :  same  :  to  :  be  :  continued  :  for  :  ever  : 
to  :  the  :  use  :  of  :  those  :  of  :  either  :  name  : 

WHO  :  SHALL  :  CLAIM  :   IT  :       HERE  :   LYETH    :  THE  : 

BODVS  :  of  :  JOHN  :  &  :  ROBERT  :  LUTWIDGE  : 

BOTH  :  LATE  :  OF  :  ATHBOY  '.  TOGETHER  :  WITH  : 

the  :  remains  :  of  :  WALTER  :  LUTWIDGE  : 
late  :  of  :  lakin  :  and  :  of  :  RICHARD  : 
LUTWIDGE  :  ins  :  son  :  desesed  :  the  :  11  : 
of : june  :  1702 : " 


•  In  the  chancel  there  is  a  large  gravestone  with  the  following 
on  the  edges  of  it,  and  two  coats  of  arms  in  the  middle': 


ription 


"  HIC  IACET  PETRUS  GOLDWEN 

<o 

60LLDING  ET  ANNE  PLUNKET  UX 

cz 

[ANIJ  MABUS  PROPITIETUR  DEUS. 

so   3 

CO 

W   a 

» 

m    rn 

Arms — A  dragon  in  a  field. 

c=    3» 

uu  ce 

Crest — An  exalted  haDd  with  a  dart 
under 

tCD     DC 
C=    m 

OS  CO1 

—     33 

CO  I© 

S  n 

CO  c£> 

"GOLLDEN." 

3C    ™ 
C3    g 

S    -r. 

S2 

°    r— 

■*  S 

C=    C= 

C3  a 

Arms—  A  castle  and  a  horse  upright ; 

S   co 

£<= 

underneath  it — 

5=i 

uj  z: 

C=    gc 

feg 

"PLUNKET." 

33 

-n    m 

o 

msnonv  3ia  owiHd  iNnaao 

C3 

35" 
33 

lezi 

WW  hi6  :  SO  IflO  NOlSHHDlfiH  N3 

qtioo  - 

167 

Of  Athboy,  "  Cogan  "  [1867],  vol.  i.,  p.  344,  says  :-— 

'There  are  tlie  remains  of  an  old  church  on  the  Hill  of  Ward,  which 
measures  fifty-four  feet  by  seventeen.  The  view  from  the  graveyard  is 
truly  grand,  and  will  amply  repay  the  pilgrim  or  tourist  for  a  visit. 
Three  aged  white-thorns  grow  over  the  site  of  the  altar.' 


Cruisetown. 

The  annexed  very  curious  plate  (see  p.  168)  of  Patrick 
Cruise  and  his  wife  Catherine  Dalton,  is  dated  1688,  and  is 
reduced  from  a  drawing  by  the  late  G.  V.  Du  Noyer,  in  the 
R.I.A.,  Dublin.     Cogan,  vol.  ii.,  p.  330,  says  : — 

1  This  parish  derives  its  name  from  the  family  of  Cruise,  who  erected 
the  church,  kept  it  in  repair,  and  endowed  it.     [The  church  is  supposed  to 

have  belonged  to  the  Knights  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem.] 

There  is  a  splendid  stone  cross  in  the  churchyard,  with  the  figures  of  the 
Crucifixion  and  the  Virgin  and  Child  ;  length  of  the  cross  from  the  surface 
of  the  earth  6  feet  8  inches,  diameter  of  the  circle  round  the  arms  of  the 
cross  2  feet  6  inches.  Over  the  Virgin  and  Child  is  inscribed  "  ave 
uakia."  There  is  au  inscription  commemorating  Patrick  Ckuise,  as 
follows '  :— 

"PATRICK  CRUISE  AND  CATHERINE    DALTON,  1688." 

'  Cogan  then  gives  what  purports  to  be  a  copy  of  the  inscription,  which 
we  have  already  given  iu  vol.  i.,  page  29,  but  from  which  it  differs  in 
several  words  auJ  letters.' 


ltonaghpatrick. 

'  St.  Patrick  is  said  to  have  founded  an  abbey  here  ;  it  was  finally  des- 
troyed by  the  Danes  iu  994.' — [LewisJ 

'  The  church,  from  its  ruins,  must  have  been  of  considerable  size.  It  is 
a  great  burial-place,  several  large  gravestones,  but  so  obsolete  that  there  is 
no  reading  them.  There  is  oue  in  the  chancel  of  said  church,  ou  the  right- 
hand  of  the  altar  with  the  following  inscription  ' : — 

"ORATE    PRO    ANIMABUS     I      PATRICII 
PLUNK.ET    DE-     I     CRIEISTON    QUI    OBIT 
I     I      NOVEMBR    A  D    1676.    ET     I     ELIZABETH 
BARNtWALL     I     QUAM    SIBI    PRI    M     U     I 

UXOR    O QUI    OBIIT     I     14    AUCUSTII, 

1660.    ET     I     MARCARETE    DLENU--     G     I 

QUAM     DE    7 DE    DIN    QUE     I      DE    VITA 

M1CRAVIT    1668     I     ALEXANDER    PLUNKET 
HEREDES." 


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'  On  another,  at  the  east  end  of  the  church  in  the  burying-ground,  with 
a  coat-of-arms  and  inscription  ' :  — 

'  Crest — A  Pelican.' 
'  Mottoe — "  Virtus  in  actione  consistet"' 
'irms-A  fess  wavy,  between  8  (?)  estoilles.' 
"  Coll  Mathias  Evekard  Departed  this  life  12  day  of 
March  171*.  and  by  his  will  directed  His  Brother  Chuistopheb 
Everard  of  Randlestown  Esqre  to  Lay  this  tombstone  in  ye 
Roome  of  an  old  oue  that  was  Defaced  in  ye    Church  of 
Donaghpatrick  by  time — where  many  of  their  Ancestors  are 
interred.     For  the  said  Christopher  and  bis  Posterity. 
Piequiescant  in  pace." 


Mouth   [or  Dowthl . 

•  Going  up  the  avenue  to  Douth  House,  the  residence  of  the  Ld.  Neter- 
ville,  there  are  two  Pieres — on  the  right  are  the  arms  of  his  Lordship,  on 

the  left  the  following  inscription' : — 

"THESE    PIEKS  I  WERE    ERECTED  j  BY    JOHN   | 

LORD  VJSCOCT  |  NETTERVILLE  |  anno 

DOM.     1/03." 

•  A  vicarage  in  diocese  of  Meath.' — [Seward.] 


Droghedii,  alias  Tredagh. 

ST.  MART'S. 

"  Near  the  door  of  the  cast  chapel  is  a  tomb  with  this  inscription  ' : — 

"CHRISTOPHER     LEDWITCH 
SHERIFFE    OF    DROGHEDA    1624." 

[Grose,  vol.  ii.,  29.] 
Newtown  Abbey. 

"BISHOP  SIMON  DIED  IN  1224 
AND  WAS  INTERRED  IN  THE 
CHURCH." 


The  writer  of  the  "  Topographia  llibernica,"  in  mentioning 
this  place,  says  : — 

"  It  is  a  vicarage  in  the  Dioc.  of  Meath,  situated  in  the  barony  of  Kells, 
on  the  N.'bauk  ot  the  river  Loyue,  about  -i  a  mile  below  Trim,  aud  that 


1C9 

4  On  another,  at  the  east  end  of  the  chnrch  io  the  burying-grouud,  with 
a  coat-of-amis  and  inscription  ' :  — 

'  Crest — A  Pelican.' 
•  Motloe — "  Virtus  in  actione  con*istet"' 
'Arms — A  fess  wavy,  between  3  (?)  estoilles.* 
"Coll  Mathias  Evkrabd  Departed  this  life  12  day  of 
March  171*.  and  by  his  will  directed  His  Brother  Christopher 
Everard  of  Randlestown  Esqre  to  Lay  this  tombstone  in  ye 
Roome  of  au  old  one  that  was  Defaced  in  y°    Church  of 
Donaghpatrick  by  time — where  many  of  their  Ancestors  are 
interred.     For  the  said  Christopher  and  his  Posterity. 
Picquicscaut  in  pace." 


Mouth   [orDowthl. 

'  Going  up  the  avenue  to  Douth  House,  the  residence  of  the  Ld.  Neter- 
ville,  there  are  two  Pieres— on  the  right  are  the  arms  of  his  Lordship,  on 
the  left  the  following  inscription ' : — 

"THESE    TIERS   I  WERE    ERECTED  |  BY    JOHN  | 

LORD  VJSCODT  |  NETTERVILLE  |  anno 

DOM.     1703." 

•  A  vicarage  in  diocese  of  Meath.' — [Seward.] 


Mroghedu,  alias  Tredagu. 

ST.  mart's. 
"  Near  the  door  of  the  east  chapel  is  a  tomb  with  this  inscription' : — 

"CHRISTOPHER     LEDWITCH 
SHERIFFE    OF    DROGHEDA    1624." 

[Grose,  vol.  ii.,  29.] 


Newtown  Abbey. 

"BISHOP  SIMON  DIED  IN  1224 
AND  WAS  INTERRED  IN  THE 
CHURCH." 


The  ■writer  of  the  "  Topographia  Hibcrnica,"  in  mentioning 
this  place,  says  : — 

"  It  is  a  vicarage  in  the  Dice,  of  Meath,  situated  in  the  barony  of  Kells, 
on  the  N.  bauk  of  the  river  Li-yne,  about  £  a  mile  below  Trim,  aud  that 


170 

there  was  here  a  Priory  for  Regular  Canons  of  the  Congregation  of  St. 
Victor,  founded  by  Simon  t>p  R"Chfort,  Bp.  of  Meath,  about  the  year 
1V06.  He  also  erected  the  church  into  a  cathedral,  dedicated  to  St.  Peter 
and  St  Paul. 

"In  1482,  William  Siieiiwood,  Bp.  of  Meath,  was  interred  here 
before  the  high  altar. 

"  The  remains  of  the  large  old  church  are  still  in  being  [1 795],  where  is 
also  to  be  seen  an  ancient  tomb,  said  to  have  been  placed  there  for  a 
daughter  of  Kins  John." 


'June  19th,  [17  .  .  ?] 
•IMileek    [The  House  of  Stone], 

•Three  miles  south-west  from  Drogheda  was  large  and  considerable,  at 
preseut  in  ruins.  The  great  church,  said  to  be  dedicated  to  St.  Kiuan 
(Kiernan  ?),  is  on  the  right  hand.  It  is  divided  into  two  isles  by  four 
large  arches.  The  steeple  which  is  very  large  is  but  low  and  situated 
at  the  west  end  of  the  north  isle  upon  a  large  arch  ;  the  body  of  the 
church  exclusive  of  the  chancel  is  34  yards  in  length,  by  19  in  breadth. 

1  Under  the  east  window  of  the  south  isle,  there  is  fixt  in  the  wall  a 
kind  of  brown  marble  stone,  with  a  coat-of-aruas  much  demolished,  and 
the  following  inscription  ' : — 

"IB.  IN." 

"THIS    WINDOW    .    WAS    .    MADE 
BY    S1RR    JOHNE    BELLEWE    . 
KNIGHT    AND    DAME    ISMAY 
NUGET    HIS    WIFE    .    IN    THE 
YEAR    OF    OURE    .    LORD    .    1587." 

'  In  the  south  wall  of  the  same  isle  there  is  a  large  plate  of  black  marble 
fixt,  with  an  inscription  to  the  memory  of  Esqr.  Taaffk,  whose  remains 
are  deposited  in  a  tomb  under  the  said  inscription.  On  the  head  of  said 
tomb  is  the  arms  as  on  the  .Margeut.' 

Probably  the  arms  here  referred  to  are — Gu.  a  cross  arg.,  the 
crest  being  a  cubit  arm  in  armour  embowed'  holding  a  scimitar 
ppr. 


Julianstown,  Parish  of  Castletown. 

'  Near  a  mile  on  this  side  of  Julianstown  bridge,  in  a  field,  close  to  the 
roadside,  there  was  a  cross,  the  top  of  which  is  lost.  Uii  the  upright, 
several  letters  of  an  inch  and  half  in  length,  mostly  worn  out  by  time.' 

Butler  here  gives  some  dozen  or  more  letters,  which  are 
quite  unintelligible,  except  three  or  four,  which  appear  to  be 
Irish. 


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'  In  the  beneath  tomb  is  buried  the  body  of  |  Stephen  Taaffe 
Esq.  with  that  of  the  Ilon1,|c'  |  Alice  Plunkett  one  of  the 
daughters  of  the  |   li'    Honb,e  MaTHEW  late  Lord  of  LuWTH  • 
His  1st  I  First  \\  ife,  who  died  in  the  year  1707  Aged  36 
years  |  &  of  the  It*   Hon,,le  MabklLa  Barnewelx  one  of  j 
the  daughters  of  the  It'   Honbl<!  Henry,  late  Lord  |  Vise1 
Kikcsland  &  Lady  Dowager  of  Howth.  |  His  2d  Wife, 
wlio  died  in  1711   Aged  |  37  yrs  &  of  his  father  Laurence 
Taaffk  I  Esq.  who  died  in  1709,  and  of  Bridget  |  Hukce, 
one  of  the  daughters  of  Sr  John  Buucke  |  Bart :  his  3rd 
wife  who  died  in  tiie  year  1716.  |  Aged  27. 
The  said  Stephen  by  his  late  will  appointed  |  the  sd  tomb  to 
be  erected  in  honour  of  his  |  sd  Father  &  sd  wives,  &  as  a 
burial  place  |  for  his  posterity.     He  departed  this  life  |  in 
the  15  th  August,  aged  66  years. 

Kequiescant  in  Pace." 


'On  a  large  tomb  in  the  middle  of  the  aforesaid  south  isle': — 

Any}" — Bei.lew  and  Bermincham  (?),  with  supporters, 

[which  Butler  describes  thus:] — "  Two  Beasts"  at  the  sides,  and  below 

the  shield  the  motto — "  Tout  de  'u  Haut." 

"THIS    TOMBE    HATH     BEEN     REPAIRED 
AND    THE    VAULT    MADE    BY    DAME    MARY 
BERMINGHAM    OF    DUNFERT,    WIFE    TO 
JOHN,    LORD    BELLEW,    WHO    WAS    SHOT 
IN    THE    BELLY    IN    AUGHRIM     FIGHT, 
THE    12    JULY    1691.    AS    SOONE    AS    HE 
FOUND    HIMSELFE    ABLE    TO    UNDER- 
TAKE   A    JOURNEY,     HE    WENT    WITH     HIS 
LADY    TO    LONDON,    WHERE    HE    DIED 
12    JANUARY    1692.    HE    WAS    LAID    IN    A 
VAULT    IN    WESTMINSTER    TILL    THE 
APRIL    FOLLOWING.    HIS    CORPSE    WAS 
BROUGHT    HITHER." 


'  In  the  centre  of  the  town  there  was  a  large  cross  erected  on  a  pedestal 
of  4  steps  ascending,  the  top  of  s'1  cro-s  is  broke  oil  &  nothing  remains 
but  the  upright  is  raised  in  tout  relief.  On  the  east  .-ide  the  effigies  ol  St. 
Peter,  St.  Patrick,  &  St.  Aucct  Pope.  On  the  uurth  side,  those  of  Mary 
Magdaleine,  St.  Jacob,  &  St.  Bartholin'. 

'Ou  the  south  side  those  of  St.  Andrew,  St.  Katheriae,  and  St.  Stephen. 


172 
'  Over  the  coat-of-arms  which  are  defaced  ' : — 

"W.    BATHE    .     I.    DOVDAL." 
'On  the  west  side  of  the  cross  ': — 

"THIS    I    CROSS    I    WAS    BUILDED    BY 
JENET    DOWDALL    I   WIFE    TO    WILLIAM    I 

CBA]  THE    OF    I   AHCAME    I    

JUSTICE  OF  I  HER  MAJESTIE  I  COURT 
OF  I  COMON  PLEAS  I  FOR  HIM  AND  I 
HER  ANNO  1601  I  HE  DECEASED  I  THE 
15.  OCTR  1539  I  BURIED  IN  THE  I 
CHURCH  OF  DULEEK  I  WHOSE  SOULLES 
I  PRAY  GOD  I  TAKE  TO  HIS  MERCIE.'' 
;  Part  of  the  cross  remaining  is  G  feet  high.' 


The  great  bridge  (there  being  a  small  one  of  2  arches)  has  8  arches 
over  the  Nanny  Water  (which  discharges  itself  into  the  sea  below  Julians- 
town),  and  an  inscription  tixt  to  a  piece  of  a  wall  on  the  right  hand  going 
over  sd  bridge.  A  coat-of-arms  over  the  following  inscription,  but  worn 
out':— 

"GOOD    •     IHS    •    COMFORT    US.     I     THIS 

BRIDGE    WITH      I     THE    C [?]     ,'     WERE  • 

REPAIRED     I      AND     BUILDED     Bl     I     WILLIAM 
BATHE     I     OF    ATHCARNE  •    JY'ST     I     -ICE  ■ 
AND    JENNET    DO-     I     -WDALL  •    HIS    WIFE 
IN    THE    •    YEAR    .    OF    .    I     OUR    LORD    .    GOD    . 
1687    ■   I     WHOSE    SOULES    GOD     I     TAKE    [TO] 
HIS    MERCIE." 


'  On  the  north  side  of  the  church  there  is  fixed  in  the  wall  near  a  window 

the  following  inscription  ' : — 

"THIS  WYNDOWE  |  WAS   BUILDED 
Bl     Rl-  | -CHARD     FLOUDI     OF  I 
KENLIS     MERCHEA-I-NT    THE 
12th  OF    JULI    I    1573    WHOSE 
SOULE   |   GOD    TAKE    TO     HIS 
MERCI." 


173 

« In  the  north  corner,  under  the  eves,  there  is  a  stone  fixed,  with  the 
following  inscription  upon  it '  :— 

»|.HS-    A.    DNI.    1615.     I     RANDAL    BARLO     I 
ARCHDEACON    OP    MEATH." 

•  On  the  left  hand  entering  the  church  is  a  stone  with  the  following 
inscription  ' : — 

"THE    BODIE    OF    THIS    TOMBE    BEING    IN 
UTTER    RUYN    AND    DECAI    WAS    REEDIF.ED 
m    AN:  DOW  :  1578       AN.    VV    EL.ZABETH 
XX    THROGHE    THE    DILIGENCE    AND 
CARE    OF    THE    REVNENDE    FATHER     IN 
GOO    HUGH     BRADY    BISHOP    OF_  MEATHE 
&    SIR    THO-GARv*    ARCHED1ACO    OF 
THE    SAME    AN  [*]     DEAN    OF    CHRIST 
CHURCH     IN     DUBLIN.    BOTHE    OF    HER 
maifqtiF     IS    PRIVE    COKSAILE    SR    HERIE 
SIDNEY    KNYGHT    OF    THE    NOBLL    ORDIRE 
BEING    THEN    LORD    DEPUTIE." 

.  On  a  tombstone  in  the  graveyard  the  following  inscription  ' :- 

reddidit  excomavit  |  obiit  die  April*  nona  |  Anno  Dom . 
1723  .ttatis  sux  54." 

Parish  of  Kilolone-Mnlhussey  Churchyard. 

[From  Lord  Walter  FitzGerald.] 


174 

t 

I.  H.  S. 


"HerelietbtheBodyofl  Patrick  Gorman  who  I  Departed 
tins  Life  May  |  the  21st,  1608.  |  Here  also  lieth  his  \ 
Father  and  Mother."  ' 


Bfartlnstown. 

'  At  Ballycurry  Bridge  there  is  a  stone  bearing  the  inscription  '  :— 
"DNUS    P    VIDEBIT    IN     DNO    CONFIDO    1585. 
[A  coat-of-arms.] 
THE    ARMS    OF    JOHN     BEDLOW    KNIGHT 
AND    DAME    ISMAY    NUGENT    HIS    WIFE 
BEFORE    TO    THOMAS    CASS    OF    ATHBOY 
MADE    THIS    BRIDGE    IN    AN     DOM.    1584 
DESIRING    ALL    THOSE    PASSING     BY   TO 
PRAY    FOR    THEM    ALL    THERE  [Qy.  THREE  3. 
[From  Isaac  Butler's  MS.] 
Navan. 

[From  Joseph  H.  Moore,  Esq.,  C.E.,  M.R.S.A.I,  Athlumney  Lodge 
Xavan.] 

'ANCIENT  INSCRIPTIONS  GIVEN  IN  BP.  DOFPINg's  REPORT. 

'description  of  a  tomb.' 

"  In  y«  body  of  ye  chnrch  this  inscription  on  a  tomb  "  :—  i 

•  Th«  word  "  In  "  is  left  out. 


175 

'EDMOND  MANNING  OF  THE  NAVAN  AND  MARGARET 
HIS  WIFE  CAUSED  THIS  MONUMENT  TO  BE  MADE 
IN  MEMORY  OF  PATRICK  MANNING  AND  HIS  WIFE 
ANNE  TRAVES  (FATHER  AND  MOTHER  TO  EDMOND) 
AND  MARY  WARREN  HIS  FIRST  WIFE  WHO  ARE 
BURIED  TOWARDS  THE  PULPIT,  PATRICK  MANNING 
AND  HIS  WIFE  LIVED  TOGETHER  30  YEARS  IN 
JOYFULL  AND  HAPPY  STATE  AND  CHANGED  THEIR 
LIVES  VIZ.  PATRICK  YE  1st  OF  JANUARY  1597, 
HIS  WIFE  ANNE  TRAVERS  m  YE  17  OF  MARCH 
1611.    MARY  WARREN  FIRST  WIFE  TO  YE  SD  EDMUND 
YE  13  OF  7BR  1613  GOOD  AND  CHARITABLE  READER 
PRAY  You  &  THEYR  POSTERITY  YT  GOD  RECEIVE  YH 
AND  EVERY  OF  YM  TO  Ys  JOYS  OF  BLISS— AMEN 
YE  19  FEB  1616." 


1  Round  about  ye  foot  of  ye  pulpit  " : — 

"ORATE  PRO  ANIMABUS  RIPPEN  SMYTH  ET 
CATHAF.INA  GAROVEN  UXORIS  EJUS  QUI  HOC  FIERI 
FEGERUNT  AN  DM  1490." 


In  the  chappel  on  y*  side  ": — 

"  HIC  JACET  VENERABILIS  VIR  THOS  MEW,  HUJUS  CAPELL 
FUNDATOR  ET  ALICI/E  WHITE  UXOR  EJUS  CUM 
GERMINE  QUORUM  ANIMABUS  PROPITIETUR  DEUS." 


On  ye  tomb  in  ye  upper  chappel!  "  : — 

"HIC  JACET  VENERABILIS  VIR  JOHES  WAKELY 
ARMIGER,  ET  CATHERINA  RAWSON  UXOR  EJUS 
QUORUM  ANIMABUS  PROPITIETUR  DEUS  OBIIT 
29  9BR  AN  DN  1570. 

EGO  THOMAS  WAKELY  ET  MAUD  HANKQRE  HOC 
FIERI  FEGERUNT"  \ 


176 

"  In  ye  middle  chorus  at  ye  foot  of  ye  arch  ":— 

"JOHES  HIC  JACET  WANGLE  SUB  MARMERE  QUI  IN 
SUDORE  SUO  VESCEBATUR  PANE  DEBITO  PROTO 
PLASTI  CUM  JOHANNA  NAMGLE  EORUMQUE 
GERMINE,  QUI  QUIEVERUNT  POST  OGGASUM  SUB." 

'AD  the  above  have  disappeared'  [18911. 

'  INSCRIPTIONS   IN    EXISTING   CHURCH    [1890].' 

•  Uuder  the  east  window  ' .- 

"  ESS  t0  the  ? h7-  °f  ?°d  and  !n  lov!nS  mem<"7  I  of  Thom  is 
ms  son  j  Also  of  \V  illiam  his  son." 

'  Under  windows  on  sides  of  church' : 

(1.)  'Subject— The  Adoration  of  the  Magi.' 

"And  the  word  was  made  flesh  and  dwelt  among  ns  and  we 
beheld  his  glory. 

Z%£?R  ^  K°Tf  3?d  Ghr7  of  God  and  Panted 
to  Navan  Church  by  Miss  Jane  -Morgan." 

(2.)  'Four  miracles —Christ  stilling  tcmixxt    „!■;„  t  •        j      . 
healing  woman  with  issue,  giving  sighf  to  S  £?       ™  ""^ 

J^K^S"^10  ^  *■*"»  ^  G^  Samaritan, 

«  Erected  to  the  glory  of  God  and  to  the  memorv  of  Wiixuh 
Morgan  by  his  friends  in  the  diocese  of  Heath." 

'  Pclpit  (oak) — Inscription  on  brass  plate  ' : 

"  This  pulpit  has  been  presented  to  the  Church  of  N'avan 
by  William  Morgan  of  Flower  Hill  ns  a  memento  of 
h.s  most  afiectionate  parents  James  and  Flizabeth 
Morgan. 

'  I  charge  thee  before  God  and  the  Lord  Je*ns  Christ 
who  shall  jndge  the  qnick  and  the  dead  at  his  appearing 
and  his  kingdom,  Preach  the  Word.'— 2  Tim.  -1,  1." 

'Ledern—A  brass  eagle  and  pedestal  (value  £110).' 

"Presented  by  his  mother  iu  memorv  of  Robert  Thomas 
bhiiRARD  Collins  eldest  son  of  Joseph  Clarke  Collins, 


177 

and  Eleanor  Gerrard,  bora  January  14th,  18G4,  died 
March  10,  1870. 

'  Is  it  well  with  the  child  '  ?  And  she  answered :  '  It  is  well.' — 
2  Kings  iv.  ch.,  26  v.  — ." 


Communion  Plate — Paten  and  Chalice': — 

«  Originally  given  by  THOMAS  MEREDYTII, 

Esqre  Recorder  for  the  use  of  the  Church  of 
Navan,  renewed  by  the  Parish  178C." 

Crowned  harp,  Hibernia,  0.  RB,  0  for  1731-5.' 

'  Flagon  and  collecting  plates,  plated,  date  1786.' 


■  tablets  in  chancel. 
«  0' Chilly.' 
'■  To  the  memory  of  Sophia  Eliza  for  45  rears  the  beloved 
wife  of  Fleming  Pinkstan  O'Reilly  of  Ratlmldron 

Castle  and  of  Mountjoy  Square  Dublin,  4th  daughter  of 
Caleb  Barnes  of  Mahanstown  in  this  county,  a  deputy 
goveruour  and  J. P.  of  this  county  and  J.P.  of  the  County 
Cavan  and  Captain  of  the  Lower  Kells  Corps  of  Yoemanry  (sic). 
She  died  on  the  15th  day  of  June  1844  in  the  69th  year 
of  her  age.     Her  mortal  remains  (lie  at  her  own  desire) 
interred  with  several  of  luer  beloved  grandchildren  in  the 
burying  ground  of  St.  George's  Parish  in  the  City  of  Dublin. 
Also  to  the  memory  of  the  above  named  Fleming  Pinkstan 
O'Reilly,  Esqre  who  departed  this  life  on  the  12th  July 
1844  in  the  75th  year  of  his  age  ;  35  years  of  which  he 
was  Treasurer  of  this  his  native  county,  whose  remains  are 
interred  in  the  above  St.  George's  burial-ground. 
And  also  to  the  memory  of  Fleming  Pinkstan,  grandson 
of  the  above,  who  died  at  Rathaldron  Castle  on  the  4th  of 
March  1848,  aged  10  months." 


'  Thompson.' 
"  To  the  dearly  beloved  and  cherished  memory  of  the  Revd. 
Robert  Thompson,  Fourth  son  of  the  late  Skiffington 
Thompson  Ksqre  of  Rathnally,  For  25  years  Rector  of  this 
parish.     This  Tablet  is  erected  by  his  deeply  afflicted 
widow,  as  a  feeble  tribute  to  his  exceeding  worth  and  many 
virtues  and  of  her  gratitude  to  God  for  having  blessed  her 
with  such  a  husband.     She  sorroweth  not  as  those  who  have 
no  hope.     He  fell  asleep  in  Jesus,  Jan.  10th  1857. 
'Them  also  which  sleep  ill  Je^us  will  God  bring  with  Him.'" 


178 


'  tablets  in  bodt  of  church. 
'  FitzHerbert.' 
'  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Richard  Ruxton  FitzHerbert, 
Esq"  of  Blackcastle  Vice  Lieutenant  of  the  County  Meath, 
upright,  judicious  arid  kindheai'ted  ;  he  was  trusted  and 
beloved  by  the  rich  and  by  the  poor  residing  on  his  estate. 
He  supported  and  directed  every  institution  for  the  relief 
of  the  sick,  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor,  and  for  the  promotion 
of  the  glory  of  God.     Deeply  convinced  of  his  own  sinfulness 
and  unworthiness  and  trusting  in  the  merits  of  his  Saviour 
alone,  loved  and  lamented  by  all,  he  fell  asleep  in  the  Lord 
Febry  17,  1840  in  the  Goth  year  of  his  age  and  rests  in  joyful 
hope  of  the  resurrection  to  eternal  life  through  .Jesus  Christ 
our  Lord.     His  widow  Elizabeth  Selina,  4th  daughter 
of  Sin  Robert  Staples  Bart,  erects  this  monument  to 
the  best  and  dearest  of  husbands,  with  whom  she  passed 
thirty  three  happy  years.     '  The  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord 
hath  taken  away  ;  blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord.'  " 


;  In  memory  of  Elizabeth  Selina  widow  of  Richard  ' 
Ruxton  FitzHerbert  of  Blackcastle  Esqre  who  died  July 
16,  1863,  aged  83.     '  Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in 
the  Lord.' " 


'  FitzHerbert  (Brass  Plate),   1890.' 
'To  the  dear  memory  of  |  Hubert  Veset  FitzHerbert  | 
.who  died  February  11,  1888,  aged  25." — Wisdom  iv\,  13,  14. 


c  Ludlow.' 
"  Spero  infestis  metuo  seenndis. 
1  Near  this  place  lies  Peter  Ludlow,  Esqre  who  |  long 
represented  the  County  of  Meath  and  |  whose  merits  are 
still  faithfully  recorded  |  in  the  hearts  of  men.  |  And  Mart 
Ludlow  otherwise  Preston  his  wife  |  whose  virtues  and 
endearing  manners  |  gained  her  the  esteem  of  all.  |  Also 
Peteu  first  Earl  Ludlow,  their  son  who  |  departed  this 
life  the  sixth  day  of  October  1803  |  after  a  short  but  painful 
illness,  which  he  bore  with  patience  and  Christian  resignation.  | 
An  affectionate  husband  a  fond  parent  and  |  a  faithful 
friend  j  sincerely  regretted  by  his  numerous  acquaintances  | 
and  all  the  puor  in  the  neighbourhood.  |  His  religious 
principles  steady  |  of  manners  mild  and  engaging  |  and  by 
nature  and  charity  |  allied  to  ail  men.  |  Reelected  in  1858 
by  the  duke  of  Bedford." 

{To  be  conlinved.) 


179 

Newtown   [near  Trim] . 

"  militis  iiic  LUCLE  DILLONIS  ossa  quiescunt, 

CONCILIIS    REGXI    SUMMUS    BAROQUE    SUPREMUS, 
ME.VSE    FEBRUARII    DECIMUS    CUM    SEPTIMUS 
INSTAT,    TEMPORA    LUSTRALI    PROFUSUS    FLUM1NE 
CLAUSIT,    TERRENOS    LINQUENS    CCELESTES 
SUMPSIT    HONORES." 

TRANSLATION. 

"  Here  rest  the  bones  of  Sir  Lucas  Dillon,  member  of  the  Privy- 
Council  and  Chief  Raron.     Having  received  the  last  rites  of 
the  Church,  he  ended  his  days  on  the  seventeenth  of  February, 
leaving  earthly,  he  gained  heavenly  honours." 

In  another  copy  of  this  inscription  which  has  been  sent  us,  the 
following  words  appear,  which  are  omitted  above.  They  are 
inserted  between  the  second  and  third  lines,  and  probably  the 
year  of  his  death  was  there  given : — 

"CUM    SEXAGINTA    CUM    LECAT   [?]    QUATUOR    ANNOS." 


*  Sir  Lucas  Dillon,  of  Newtown,  and  of  Moymet,  in  the  County  of 
Meath  [which  house  he  built  ,  was  not  only  eminent  in  his  profession  of 
the  Law,  but  distinguished  for  his  Experience  both  in  Martial  and  Civil 
Affairs 

'Sir  Henry  Sidney  called  him  "  Meus fidclis  Lucas.''     In  1567  be  was 

her  Majesty's  Attorney-General He  was  knighted  at  Drogheda 

in  1576 

1  He  married  Jane,  Daughter  to  James  Bathe,  of  Athcarne  &  Drumcon- 
ragh,  Esq.,  Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer.' 

The  above  is  from  "  Lodge,"  vol.  i.,  p.  155,  where  a  fuller 
account  of  this  worthy  will  be  found. 


Kobbir 

'  In  former  times  was  walled,  with  towers,  and  had  two  gates  with  a 
Draw  bridge  at  each.  There  was  in  the  churchyard  a  large  stone  cross 
set  up  in  16S6,  which  afterwards  in  1691  was  broken  down  by  King 
William's  men.  Close  to  the  wall  of  the  church  in  the  south  side,  there  is 
a  large  tomb  with  the  effigies  of  a  man  in  a  praying  posture,  his  hands  on 
eacli  side  lifted  up — but  the  inscription  which  is  on  the  ledges  is  so  worn 
that  it  cannot  be  read  ;  the  date  1549  is  to  be  seen. 

'Another  gravestone  to  the  memory  of  Hdwaud  Balff  of  this  town, 
who,  with  his  wife  in  antick  (sic)  dresses  are  raised  in  bass  relief.  Between 
them  the  figure  of  a  bell,  hour  glass,  coffin  and  death's  head.     But  no  date.' 


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181 
Robertstown. 

The  fine  plate  we  give  of  the  tombstone  to  Alexander 
Barxewal  and  his  wife  Ai.son  Nettervil,  is  reduced  from  a 
drawing  by  G.  V.  Du  Noyer,  and  a  description  of  it  will  be 
found  in  our  first  volume,  page  100  (Report  for  1889). 

Mr.  Du  Noyer  states  that  the  eminent  Irish  scholar,  the  late 
Mr.  Hennessy,  translated  the  Irish  words  beneath  the  shield  as 
"  The  Englishman  devoid  of  fear."  Mr.  John  R.  Garstin 
having  brought  it  under  the  notice  of  two  good  authorities  in 
such  matters,  informs  us  that  one  read  it  as  a  reduplicated 
name — "Gan-Gan  the  Wise," — and  said  that  "Gan"  was  a 
known  name.  The  other  considered  "  Gan,"  or  rather  "  Gawn," 
meant  "  without  fear,"  or  "  the  fearless,"  and  that  it  was  Irish 
of  the  fourteenth  century, — that  the  G  would  have  been  C 
at  an  earlier  period. 

Cogan,  vol.  ii.,  p.  277,  gives  what  appears  a  very  incomplete 
and  incorrect  account  of  this  monument. 


Robertstunn  Old  Uurial-G  round. 

The  plate  on  the  fallowing  page,  representing  Francis 
Plunket  and  his  wife  Catherine,  is  from  a  sketch  made  in 
18*35  by  the  late  G.  V.  Du  Noyer,  and  preserved  amongst  the 
drawings  in  the  R.I. A.,  Dublin.  A  copy,  wre  believe,  is  also 
to  be  found  in  the  Library  of  the  R.S.A.L,  at  Kilkenny. 

The  following  inscription  is  given  : — 

"THIS    MONVMENT    .    WAS    ERECTED    FOR     I 
FRANCIS    PLVNKET    OF    .    ARDM  •  ■ •  E    IN 

THE    0)\     YEAR    1688    WHO    DECEASED 

THE    THRE    OF    MAY     I     1682    .    AND    FOR 
CATHRIN     PLVN      I      KET    HIS    WIFE    WHO 
ERECTED      I      THIS     MONVMENT    .     [  ON  ] 
.    WHOSE    SOVL     I     GOD     HAVE    MERCY    . 
AMEN  .  " 

The  above  inscription  runs  round  the  head  of  the  stone,  over 
the  angel  and  on  both  sides  of  the  wings. 


183 

Skryne. 

Of  this  place,  Isaac  Butler  gives  the  following  : — 

'Near  the  altar  of  the  church,  which  is  almost  in  ruins,  there  is  a  large 
grave,  and  the  following  inscription  on  the  Hour  of  the  church  ' : — 

D  O  M 

"HOC    MONUMENTUM    GUALTERO    MAR 
WARDE,*     BARON     DE    SCR1N    .    MARGARET/E 
PLUNKET    PRIM/E    SU/E    CONJUCI    AC 
MATILD/E    DARCEY    MATRI     GENER 
GULIELMUS    .    NUGENTIUS     RICHARDI 
BARON1S    A    DELVIN     MINOR     NATU 
FILIUS    ET    JENETA    MARWARD    HE/ERES 
ET    UNICA    NATA    POSUERUNT    ECCLESIA 
ORNAMENTO     HIC    VERO    SEPULTIS 
MEMORIZE    PERPETU/E    .    JOHANNES 
CUSACK    EJUSDEM    GUALTERI    EX    MATRE 
GERMANUS    FRATER    SCULPSIT    MANU 
PROPRIA, 

ANNO    DOMINI    1611." 

.  


'  A  little  distance  to  the  north-east  stands  a  cross,  the  sculpture  defaced, 
and  in  the  churchyard  are  several  fallen  crosses  and  some  old  tombstones.' 
—(Grose,  1793.) 


INSCRIPTIONS    ON    AKCIENT  CHALICFS   OF   THE    IRISH    FRANCISCANS 
STILL    EXISTING    IN    THIS    COUNTRY. 

[Rev.  C.  P.  Meehan.] 

TRIM. 

«Fr.  ALEXANDER  PLUNKETT,  me  fieri 
fecit  ])ro  Conventu  F.  F.  Min.  de  Trym, 
Anno  1633." 

« Br.  Alexander  Plankett  caused  me  to  bo  made  for  the  Convent 

of  the  Friars  Minors  at  Trim,  Anno  1C33-' 

*  Htu-wood  (,?). 


184 

■Fr.  PATR1TIUS  GIBLIXS,  Ord.  Min. 
Strict.  Observ.,  me  fieri  fecit  pro  Conventu 
de  Trim,  Anno  1709." 

'  Br.  Patrick  Giblins.  of  the  Strict  Observance  of  the  Order 
of  Minors,  caused  me  to  be  made  for  the  Convent  of  Trim 
Anno  1709.' 


COUNTY    MONAGHAK 


Blaney  Castle  Chapel. 

•The  chapel  in  Castle  Blaney  was  erected  by  William,  the  sixth  Lord 
690.  where  thf  fnm;iv  u™  5eeu  siugg  interred  •  th  ' 
-(Grose,  vol.  ii.,  p.  72.) 


,....  .„   u,„ul,  jji.iucy  itus  eiuuieu   vy  u  imam,  tlie  six 

Blaney,  about   1690,  where  the  family  have  been  since  interred;  their 
cemetery  before  was  the  church  of  Monaghan.'— (Grose,  vol.  ii.,  p. 


The  Rev.  R.  S.  Maffett  sends  us  the  following  additional 
notes  of  the  M'Kennas,  from  "  O'Donovan  ":— 

'  The  name  of  the  chief  in  Trough,  whose  daughter  the  original  M'Kenna 
married,  was  Trener.  M'Kenna,  hearing  that  his  territories  in  Meath  had 
been  seized  on  by  another  branch  of  his  family,  staid  with  his  father-in-law 
The  M'Kennas  became  nume-ons— eclipsed  the  clau  of  Trener,— and  set  up 
a  chief  of  their  own  name. 

'  "  Several  of  the  present  M'Kennas  can  trace  their  pedigree  to  the  last 
chief  or  Baron  (as  they  call  him)  "  of  temp.  Jas.  II.  [O'Donovan  gives  a 
pedigree.]  The  M'Kennas  were  finally  suppressed  at  Drumbanagher,  near 
Glasslongh,  in  a  battle.  St.  Mellan,  the  patron  saint  of  Errigle  Trough— 
nis  well  pointed  out,  not  now  covered  with  ra°-s.' 

This  well  has  quite  recently  been  cleared  of  weeds  and 
brushwood,  &c,  by  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Taylor.— Ed. 

'M'Kenna's  house  near  Glasslongh,'  is  mentioned— ' The  M'Kennas 
probably  a  brauch  of  the  Southern  lly  Niall.' 

(O'Dugau's.) 
"  Snre 
And  all  have  heard  that  o'er  Hy-Kenna  reigas 

monks 

The  brave  Mac  Kenna  patrou  of  the  priests 

church 

But  few  men  know  that  though  in  Oriel  now 

His  great  ancestor  thither  went  from  Meath." 


185 

Errlgal-Trough. 

[From  the  Rev.  J.  Wallace  Taylor,  LL.B.,  Rector  of  Errigal.] 

'There  has  been  a  graveyard  here  in  all  probability  from  the  eighth 
centnry.  There  is  a  dim  tradition  that  an  older  graveyard  existed  about 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  this,  but  I  have  not  been  able  to  find  a  single 
trace  of  it.  For  many  years  the  old  graveyard  of  Errigal  was  the  burial 
place  for  a  large  tract  of  county  thickly  populated,  and  it  is  naturally  now 
well  filled ;  an  addition  to  it  was  consecrated  this  year  by  the  liisliop  of 
Clogher,  and  now  as  there  are  no  less  than  four  new  graveyards  in  the 
parish,  interments  are  becoming  rarer  here.  It  contains  about  an  acre  of 
ground,  and  is  prettily  situated  with  the  ruin  of  an  old  church  in  the  midst, 
aud  one  very  large  sycamore  tree  standing  alongside  if  it.' 

4  The  tombstones  are  taken  in  lines  from  the  N'.E.  corner  to  the  N.W. ' : — 

I. 

"  This  stone  is  erected  |  by  James  M'Kenna  |  in  memory 
of  his  |  mother  Anne  Sweeny  of  Tomy  a  Mogagh,  who  | 
departed  this  life  iJec.  the  16th,  1SU3,  aged  21  |  years. 
Also  here  lieth  the  body  of  James  M'Kenna  |  who  departed 
this  life  Augt.  22nd,  1617,  aged  55  years." 


II.  '  Small  headstone  buried.' 

III. 

I.II.S. 

"  This  stone  was  erected  |  By  Owen  M'Kenna  of  Cnllamon 
in  memory  of  |  his  wife  Mart  M'Kenna  who  departed 
this  life  |  July  4th  1654  aged  TO  years." 


IV. 


t 

I.H.S. 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  |  of  Tarenck  Heagan  of  |  Aghmachalin 
who  |  departed  this  life  Xovr.  the  7th,  1814  aged  78  years  | 

Also  his  brother  Francis  Hagan  " 

|_Buried  in  ground. 


V.  '  Small  headstone  buried.' 

VI. 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of  James  M'Kenna  of  Mullanisky  (?) 
who  died  Aug.  28th  18U0  aged  67  yrs.     Also  his  daughter 
Ann  M'Kenna  aged  0  mouths." 


VII. 

"  Here  lietb  the  bodey  of  Tolly  M'Kknna  of  Killfahavan 
who  departed  this  life  the  12th  of  April  1816  aged  66  yrs.' 


« A   fine  stone,   likely,  I  think,  belonging  to  the  chief  branch  of  th 
M'kennas,  called  "the  Baron,"  here.' 


IX.  «  Sweenys  Vault — A  large  vault,  at  one  time  roofed  in,  with  door 
still  perfect ;  the  side  stones  and  lintel  of  which  bear  various  devices 
The  roof  having  fallen  in,  the  walls  were  coped  and  the  interior  filled  witli 
earth  by  the  guardians  in  the  year  1875.  The  Swe'.ny  family  was  one  of 
considerable  importance  in  the  parish  in  bvgoue  times.  They  were 
middlemen  over  a  large  tract  of  property,  but  now  they  have  almost  dis- 
appeared, their  representative  owning  a  very  small  farm  only  of  all  their 
former  possessions.' 


X.  '  Almost  undecipherable  ' : — 

"Also  the  body  of  John  Taggard  who  died  the  .  . 
November  177  •" 


XI. 


"  HERE    LV  |  ETH    THE OF    ANA    JOLY 

w  |  ife  to  JOHN  W  |  ATSON  who  dx  |  ed 

JANUARY    THE    .    .    .'    1729    AGED    30." 

[Headstone  with  letters  in  alto-relief.] 


XII.  '  Buried  in  earth.' 
XII.  B. 


I.H.S. 

'This  stone  was  erected  by  |  Francis  Harvet  of  Souther   I 
in  memory  of  his  father  Bry  |  an  Harvey  who  depd.  this  I 
Life  Angt.  15th  1S03  aged  83  |  years." 


XIII.  '  Buried  headstone.' 

XIV. 

"This  stone  |  was  placed  here  by  |  Patrick  Trainer  in  | 
memory  I  of  his  daughter  Mary  |  Trainer  who  deptd. 
this  life  |  Augt.  23  1783  aged  7  years." 


187 
XV. 


"This  monument  was  1  Erected  by  James  Sweeny  for  him 
and  bis  daughter  on  |  17  day  of  October  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  17  . .     Here  lieth  the  body  of  James  Sweeney  ate 

7         his who  dep- |  mned  tins 

life  Nor.  .  .  17  •  •  |  aged      .  years      Also  the  body  | 

of Sweeney  his  wife  |  who  died  Nov.  .  .  1  iW  \ 

aged  80  years." 


«  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  John  |  Johnston  who  departed  th.s 
life  Feb.  the  2  .  1787  |  Also  William  Atkinson  who 
departed  |  this  life  Jan.' .  .  1786  aged  90  yeus.  |  Ibis  was 
erected  by  his  widow  Lydia  Johnston. 

XVIII  'The  Singleton  of  Fortsingleton  burial-ground  rests  on  this  old 
grind  at  N.  East  end  of  church,  and  when  the  church  was  dismantled  in 
1835  the  site  of  the  family  pew  was  included  in  it    :— 

«  Underneath  are  interred  the  remains  of  1 1  Thomas  Singleton  | 
late  of  Fortsingleton  who  departed  this  life  |  Deb.  17 
1797  in  the  74  year  of  his  age." 

XIX'"Here  lyeth  the  body  of  |  Thomas  Singleton  late  of 

Single  I  ton's  Grove  who  departed  this  life  |  on  the  20th 
of  May  in  the  17—  |  year  of  our  Lord." 

«  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  |  Thomas  Singleton  Esqr.  |   ' 
of  Fortsingleton  who  departed  |  this  life  on  the  9th  of  April 
183  .  I  aged  78  years.     Also  of  |  Ann  a  bell  a  Singleton 
his  wife  |  who  died  on  the  1st  day  of  |-  Deer.  1842  | 
aged  62  years." 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  John  M'Kekna  |  late :  of  J 3mn 
Cope  |  who  departed  this  life  on  the  2nd  day  of  June  lb28  | 
aged  70  years. 

XXn«  Sacred  I  To  memory  of  Richard  M'Gough  of  Armagh  who  \ 
Dcpt.this  life  Augt.  IS  1816  aged  66  years. 

XXII«  A  monument  |  Erected  by  Conn  Connoly  (?)  |  to  himself 
and  his  children  also  |  his  grandson  Conn 


XX. 

aged 
XXI. 


XXIV. 

"In  memory  of  Tetrthag  M'Kenna  |  of  Greagh  wife  of 
Toal  -M'Kenna  |  who  died  the  first  of  Augt.  |  1880 
aged  48  years  |  Also  in  memory  of  his  j  father  and  mother 
Way  they " 

XXV. 

R.  I.  P. 

"Here  lieththe  |  Body  of  John  Stev-  |  en  who  departed  | 
this  life  Feby.  12  |  1757  aged  76  years." 


XXVI. 

I.H.S. 
"Here  lieth  the  body  |  of  Ricuard  Conlan  |  who 
departed " 


XXVII. 

"  Here  lieth  the  |  body  of  Mary  Co  |  nlan  late  daughter  | 
of  Patk.  Conlan  |  of  Clonisboyle  who  |  departed  this  life  j 
December  17th  17(5-1  aged  14  years." 


XXVIII. 

"/  monument  |  Erected  by  Will  |  -iam  Conlan  |  Here 
lieth  the  |  body  of  Bryan  |  Conlan  who  de  |  parted  this 
life  |  May  14  j  17SO.     Aged  86  years." 


XXIX.  '  Undecipherable  ' : — 

"  1783  aged  4"2  |  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Tuos  M'Gkoodu  | 
who  departed  this  life  May  19th  1791." 


XXX  '  Buried  headstone.' 


XXXI. 

"here  lieth  the  I  body  of  MARGERY  | 
HOUSTON  wife  of  j  JOHN  COOTE  |    who 

DIED    THE    SIXTEENTH   |  OF    NOVEMBER     1"    .    .   | 

[Skull,  cross-bones,  hour-glass,  &c] 

HERE  LIETH  THE  BODY  |  OF  JOHN 

COOTE  |  WHO | 

ANNO  DOMINI  1726." 

[A  fine  tombstone,  the  lettering  in  alto-relievo.] 


189 


«  Sacred  to  the  memory  |  °^  ^ogeu  ANKr.TF.Li  Esq  J  of 
Mount  Anketell  |  who  departed  tins  life  |  20th  Jul)  1839.  | 
Aged  77  years." 


xxxin 


«  This  stone  was  placed  here  by  John  Anketell  |  of 


XXIV'  [Crest  on  shield.] 

"THIS  MONUMENT  WAS  |  ERECTED  BY 
.  FOR  HIM  AND  HIS 
DAUGHTER  |  THE  12  DAY  OF  OCTOBER 
IN  THE  I  YEAR  OF  OUR  LORD  1755.  | 
UFUF  I IETH  THE  BODY  OF  JAMES  i 
SWEENY  LATE  OF  LISHEA  WHO  MB  | 
ARTED  THIS  LIFE  NOV.  3  1790  |  AGED 
80  YEARS  |  AND  THE  BODY  i  OF 
CATHERINE  SWEENEY  HIS  WHE  I 
AYHO  DIED  NOV.  20  1782  [  AGED  80 
YEARS." 

XXX«This  stone  I  was  placed  hereby  |  Patrick  T.-.eanor in 
Memory  of  his  daughter  M,uv  |  Treakou  who  departed 
this  life  August  -JO  1753  Aged  t  years. 

XXXVI.  , 

[Crest.J 

«  Here  lieth  the  body  |  ofTERBNCE  Sop."  ....  .  ^.^  ^  ^^ 

XXXVII.  . 
T 

"This  stone  was  erected  |  b/^KiCKTuEANOB  of  Grange 
for  |  his  family  June  the  14th  year  lbOO. 


190 

XXXVIII. 

"  Herelieth  the  body  J  of  Patrick  Soll-  |  f.y  ofKillavney  | 
who  departed  this  |  life  the  26th  day  of  |  December,  177*0." 


XXXIX. 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Hugh  |  McElmeel  late  of  Derrylonete  I 
who  departed  tliis  life  December  |  the  29  1749  aged  77  years.  I 
Here  also  lieth  the  body  of  |  Pat  McElmeel  late  of  Drum  I 
who  departed  this  life  Feb.  20  |  1778  aged  76  years." 


XL.  I.  H.  S. 

"This  stone  was  erected  by  |  James  McGaghy  of  Shanmulla  I 
April  20  1 800." 


XLI.  I.  H.  S. 

"  Here  lieth  ye  body  |  of  Hugh  McGaghey  |  late  of  Demakola  | 
who  departed  this  life  Feb.  |  1 742  aged  40  years." 


XLII.  I.  H.  S. 

"  Here  lieth  the  |  Body  of  Ardl  Mc  |  Caghet  late  of" 


XLIII. 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  |  Patrick  M'Filupps  late  |  of 
Tomyfohannan  |  who  departed  this  |  life  April  20  Aged  31  y< 


XLIV.  '  Tombstone — nudecipherab 


XLV.  'Tombstone — undecipherable 
XLVI.  "  R.  B 


XLVII.  "Hicjacet 1732." 


XLVIII.  '  Headstone — "  Here  lieth  the  body  " [Bnried.] 


"  This  Monument  |  is  erected  by  |  Ewd.  Connolly  |  of  Esker 
and  |  John  Conolly  |  his  sou  for  |  the  use  of  |  the " 

[Crest — A  hand  &,  arm  with  sword,  crossed  swords,  animal,  ram's  head  (?), 
hand  with  axe  or  banner.     Motto — "  Cum  copia  splendor.] 

[Highly  ornamented  stone  ;  rubbmg  of  back  sent  herewith.] 


191 


L.       "Here  lieth  the  |  Body  of  IU'QH  |  McKenna  |  who  departed  | 
this  life  May  |  the  7  1723.  |  Aged  63  years." 

[Fine  stone,  the  sides  ornamented  with  rnde  figures.] 

'  There  are  a  large  number  of  ornamental  headstones  on  the  south  side  of 
the  graveyard,  which  1  hope  to  give  you  as  a  continuation.' 

(  To  be  continued.) 


■  aUEEN'S     COUNTY. 

A«hy  Parish.— St.  John's. 

[From  Lord  Walter  FitzGerald,  F.R.S.A.I.,  &c,  &c] 

'The  churchvard  of  St.  John's  is  a  small  one;  it  lies  in  the  middle  of 
that  portion  of  the  town  of  Athy  which  is  situated  on  the  Queen's  County 
side  of  the  Barrow. 

'The  following  inscription  is  the  only  one  carved  in  relief;  the  "3"  in 
the  date  might  easily  be  mistaken  for  a  "  7,"  and  would  have  been  but  for 
the  same  figure  occurring  in  the  day  of  the  month  ' . — 

"WILLIAM  •   WATSON 

NOVEMBER    30th    1635." 

[Raised  letters.] 


'  On  another  slab  is  the  following ' : — 

«  HERE  |    LYETH    Y«    BODY    OF    II*  GEORGE    HAR  | 
MAN    WHO    DIED    Ye    21™    OF    IVNE    1720  I   AGED 

57  co  and  of  ms  son  co  |  HENRY  HARMAN 

WHO    DIED    Ye    25™   I   OF    MARCH    172S    AGED    30 

of  IANE  HARMAN  wfe  [sic]   to  mf-    | 
GEORGE  HARMAN  who  died  |  the  31th  [sic] 

OF    MARCH     172S  CO  AGED    7--" 


EPITAPHS  IN   ST.   JOHN  S  GR  A  VEYA  P.D. 

n  the  Host  Rev.  M.  Comerfoid,  Lord  Bishop  of  Kildare  and  Leighli: 
M.K.I.A.,  &c] 

"In  memory  of  James  Faclknf.ti  |  late  Sergeant  in  the  ancient  | 
British  Light  Drags,  native  of  the  City  |  Chester.  England  | 
who  departed  this  life  Febry.  8th  1799  j  aged  25  years." 


"WILLIAM    WATSON    1672." 

Qr.  Is  this  the  same  man  as  given  above  by  Lord  Waltc 
FitzGerald,  under  date  1635  ? — Ed. 


'  Beneath  this  stone  is  deposited  |  all  that  was  mortal  of 
Samuel  |  Waller  Esqr.  2nd  son  of  the  late  |  Sir  Robert 
Waller  Bart.     He  departed  this  |  life  August  19th  1798 
aged  23  years. 

Adiew  blest  shade  alas  too  early  fled 
None  knew  thee,  living  but  lament  tliee  dead 

A  soul  so  free  from  staiu 

So  tried  by  sickness  and  so  proved  by  pain 
His  Christian  pain  against  torture  l  trove 
Till  Heaven  advanced  him  to  the  joy  -•  above. 
Mrs.  Catherine  Chapman  sister  of  the  |  above  and  wife  of 
John  Chapman  |  of  Hast  .  en  .  itohel  Esqr  Departed  | 
this  life  the  6th  of  March  1794  aged  23  |  years." 


!  Erected  by  the  brethren  of  |  Lodge  No.  356  in  the  9th  Regt.  | 
of  Drags,  in  memory  of  their  late  |  dearly  beloved  brother 
Wivi.  Armstrong  |  who  died  22nd  March  1792  aged  30  | 
years." 


"Near  the  Stone  a  tender  |  infant  lies 
Who  left  this  world  |  to  live  above  the  skies. 
John  Strith  depd.  this  life  |  Septd.  30th  1798,  aged  10." 


"  Erected  to  AVilliam  Dove  of  Hinderstay  in  |  the  County  of 
Norfolk  late  a  Private  Soldier  of  |  Captain  Bunbury's  Company 
of  the  80th  Regiment  |  who  departed  this  life  on  the  loth 
November  |  1833.     Aged  35  years. 

This  memento  was  placed  at  the  joint  j  expense  of  the  officers 
and  non  commissioned  |  officers  and  Privates  of  his  company 
to  record  |  their  regret  for  the  loss  of  a  good  and  |  honest 
soldier.  I  Sucli  was  the  deceased." 


Castletown  Churchyard. 

[From  J.  C.  Hobson,  Carlow,  1S92."] 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  |  of  |  The  Hevd.  Edward  Whittt  | 

Archdeacon  of  Leigli'ling  |  and  for  40  years  |  Incumbent  of 

Kathvilly  |  Died  March' the  11th  1804  |  Aged  84  years." 

'This  inscription  is  in  ordinary  small  capitals.  The  stone  is  a  flat 
tombstone  level  with  the  surface,  and  is  situated  at  the  north-eastern  end 
of  church.' 


193 

Bell. — 'There  is  no  inscription  on  the  bell,  except  the  date  "  1825. 
The  bell  is  a  small  one.' 


Font.—'  The  font  is  placed  almost  at  the  chancel,  or  communion-rails 
and  bears  the  following  inscription  ' : — 

"  Presented  by  the  Honrhle  ARCHDEACON 
STOPFORD,  Rector,  A.D.  1849." 


'  In  the  vestibule  there  is  a  baptismal  font,  removed  here  from  Rath- 
aspeck  church,  now  a  ruin. 

'  Inside  the  church  a  tablet  is  erected  to  the  memory  of  a  member  of  the 
Cooper  family  of  Cooper  Hill.  There  are  no  other  monuments  of  any 
note  worth  recording  in  or  around  this  church.' 


COUNTY     ROSCOMMON. 


Fuerty  Parish 

Lies  nearly  due  west  of  the  town  of  Roscommon,  on  the 
banks  of  the  River  Suck.  It  is  bounded  on  the  west  by  the 
County  Galway.  Thomas  Mitchell,  Esq.,  was  the  Lay  Impro- 
priator in  1832,  when  the  largest  village  in  the  parish  was 
Emla,  containing  20  houses  and  169  inhabitants. 


Fuerty  Church. 

[From  the  Rev.  J.  Wallace  Taylor,  LL.B.,  Errigal,  County  Monaghan.] 

'This  church,  originally  only  a  chapel-of-ease,  has  now  become  the  parish 
church,  the  original  parish  church  having  been  dismantled,  1889. 

'  It  was  built  to  replace  a  chapel  in  Duuamon  demesne,  destroyed  by 
fire  some  years  ago,  and  contains  eleven  mural  tablets,  removed  from  the 
burnt  church.  These  tablets  are  chiefly  in  memory  of  members  of  the 
Cal'lfield  family  of  Duuamon.' 


HERE    LYETH    THE    REMAINS    OF    THAT    FIRM 
PATRIOT    AND  |   UPRIGHT    JUDGE    "WILLIAM 

CAULFIELD  who  died  anno  |  domixi   1  ?37 

IN    THE    73    YEAR    OF    HIS    AGE.  |         ALSO    THE 
REMAINS    OF    THAT    riOUS    &    GRAVE    MATRON  | 
LETTICE    HIS    WIFE    DAUGHTER    OF    SIR 


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ARTHUR  GORE  |  bart  who  died  anno 
domini  1745  in  the  81  year  |  of  her  age.  | 
Also  the  remains  of  that  much  beloved 

gentleman  |  TOBY   CAULFIELD    THEIR 
second  son   who  died  unmarried  I  ANNO 

DOMINI     1742    AND    IN    THE    47    YEAR    OF    HIS 
AGE.  I  ALSO    THE    REMAINS    OF    THAT    HUMANE 
AND    TENDER    HEARTED    |  GENTLEMAN    THOMAS 

CAULFIELD  their  eldest  son  |  who  died 

UNMARRIED    ANNO    DOMINI    1747    IN    THE    59 
YEAR    OF    HIS    AGE." 


"  Underneath   lye   interred   \  he    remains  | 
of  the  rt  honble  ST.  GEORGE  CAULFIELD  | 

CHIEF    JUSTICE    OF    THE    KINGS    BENCH   |  SON    TO 

the   honbl  WILLIAM  CAULFIELD   |  and 
LETT1CE  GORE  of  newtown-gore.   |  he 

WAS  BORN    1G  SEPTK   1697.   |  DIED   17™  MAY    1789   | 
IN  THE  81ST  YEAR  OF  HIS  AGE.  |   HE  WAS  A  MAN 
OF    GREAT    KNOWLEDGE    |  AND    MOST    EXACT 
INTEGRITY." 


Itoscoiumon  Abbey. 

KING    FEL1M    o'CoNNOIt's    TOMB. 

[From  the  Rev.  J.  Wallace  Taylor,  LL.D.,  F.R.S.A.I.] 
4  To  the  south  of  the  town  of  Roscommon,  close  to  the  Railway  Station 
and  County  Infirmary,  and  in  the  grounds  of  a  gentleman  whose  name  now 
escapes  me,  but  who  allows  free  access  to  the  ruins,  stands  all  that  remains 
of  the  once  numerous  religious  establishments  of  Roscommon—  viz.,  the 
ruins  of  the  church  of  a  monastery  for  Preaching  Friars,  founded  by  one 
Feidhlim  O'Connor,  chief  of  that  district,  who  is  buried  here  (A.D.  32-13) 
[Qy.  1265.— Ed.]. 

'In  1892  there  was  standing:  the  walls  of  the  nave,  chancel,  and  one 
transept,  a  north  aisle  of  the  nave,  and  the  bases  and  part  ot  shafts  of 
columns  separating  thc.-e.  Around  and  inside  the  building  are  numerous 
headstones  and  tombstones,  chiefly  modern,  and  there  are  tokens  of  very- 
recent  burials.  The  ruins  are  not,  I  an:  glad  to  say,  utterly  neglected,  but 
they  are  not  cared  for  as  reverently  as  one  would  wish.  If  such  a  venerable 
spot  were  in  Kngland,  it  is  pleasant  to  think  how  carefully  every  stone, 
every  fragment,  every  trace  would  be  looked  after.  Here  there  are  evi- 
dences of  careless  work,  indiscreet  opening  of  graves  too  near  the  walls, 
and  general  thoughtlessness. 


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'This  building,  which  exhibits  traces  of  various  styles  of  architecture, 
must,  when  in  its  glory,  have  presented  features  of  rare  beauty  and  grandeur. 
The  remains  of  the  tracery  of  the  windows  shows  well ;  it  has  been  copied 
judiciously  in  the  windows  of  the  parish  church, — indeed  some  say  the 
identical  tracery  was  removed  there;  but  what  will  not.  rumour  assert  ? 

'There  are  some  curious  anomalous  features  in  the  ruins,  viz.  :  five 
narrow  lancet  windows  high  up  in  the  walls  and  about  three-quarters  of  tlie 
entire  length  from  the  W.  end ;  before  these  start,  are  eight  recessed  arches 
level  with  the  ground — two  are  round-headed  and  six  are  lancet-shaped. 
Grose's  "  Antiquities  "  shows  a  much  larger  extent  of  ruin  standing  than 
is  to  be  seen  now. 

'The  main  point  of  interest  lies  in  a  fairly  well-preserved  monumental 
tomb,  believed  to  be  that  of  the  founder,  Feidhlim  O'Connor.  It  stands  in 
an  arched  recess  in  the  X.  wall  of  the  chancel,  about  2  yards  from  the  E. 
gable.  He  is  represented  lying  full  length,  one  arm  by  his  side,  the  other 
across  his  breast,  his  feet  resting  on  a  dog.  The  fea'ures,  and  indeed  parts 
of  the  figure,  are  much  mutilated,  said  to  have  been  done  by  a  party  of 
drunken  soldiers  early  this  century.  The  front  of  the  tomb  consists  of  four 
panels  of  stone,  each  containing  two  figures  of  gallowglasses,  very  carefully 
cut. 

'  The  sculpture  is  rough,  bnt  bold,  and  of  fair  execution.  Careful 
examination  shows  that  two  of  the  panels  differ  from  the  other  two  ;  and  I 
am  inclined  to  think  that  one  or  other  set  had  beeu  brought  over  from  the 
opposite  side  of  the  chancel,  where  there  is  a  similar  recess  to  this.  Tradi- 
tion says  Thaddeus  O'Connor  was  buried  in  this  abbey  ;  but,  as  the  recess 
contains  nothing,  it  is  impossible  to  conjecture  with  any  degree  of  safety, 
though  in  all  probability  the  recess  contained  a  tomb,  probably  to  match 
Feidhlim's. 

'  Ju^t  below  the  keystone  of  the  arch,  built  into  the  wall,  is  a  stone  on 
which  is  cut  the  tree  ornament,  so  often  seen  on  tombstones,  &c.' 


We  hope,  before  this  Volume  is  finished,  to  give  our  sub- 
scribers a  drawing  of  King  Felim's  tomb,  above  referred  to, 
which  can  be  inserted  opposite  this  page  when  binding  the 
volume. 


The  following  interesting  letter  from  the  late  Sir  William 
Wilde  appeared  in  the  Irish  Builder  of  loth  October,  1870, 
and  we  are  indebted  to  the  editor  of  that  paper  for  this  copy  of 
the  letter.  Let  us  hope  that  the  disgraceful  state  of  the  abbey, 
as  described  by  Sir  W.  Wilde,  no  longer  exists,  and  that  the 
preservation  of  the  memorials  of  the  dead  in  Roscommon  is 
now,  and  may  long  continue  to  be,  a  subject  dear  to  the  minds 
and  hearts  of  the  inhabitants  : — 


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"ROSCOMMON    ABBEY    AND    ©'CONOR'S    TOMB. 

To  the  Editor  of  the  Roscommon  Messenger. 

"Dear  Sir, — In  thanking  you  for  your  attention  during  my  recent 
visit  to  tho  assize  town  of  my  native  county,  allow  me  to  offer  a  fen- 
observations  on  the  deplorable  state  of  the  ruins  of  the  Abbey.  The 
interior  of  that  venerable  pile — filled  with  the  graves  of  churchmen  and 
chieftains,  by  whose  patriotism  and  piety  it  was  supported  and  endowed — 
is  nov.T  a  mass  of  rubbish,  and  the  broken  fragments  of  its  beautifully- 
carved  pillars,  doors,  and  windows,  are  scattered  about.  It  is  open  to  the 
neighbouring  cattle,  whose  chief  resort  is  the  site  of  the  altar  in  the 
northern  chapel,  which  has  rendered  the  spot  scarcely  approachable. 
Details  are  unnecessary  ;  the  dilapidation  is  going  on  slowly  but  surely, 
and  many  portions  would  long  since  have  crumbled  to  the  earth  but  for 
the  fostering  arm  of  the  giant  ivy,  that  has  delayed  '.ts  fall. 

"The  present  state  of  this  structure  is  a  disgrace  to  the  Christian 
religion — a  shameful  national  neglect,  and  to  leave  it  longer  so  desecrated 
will  show  that,  while  Roscommon  can  liberally  contribute  towards  patriotic 
funds,  and  even  for  the  relief  of  foreign  nations,  its  inhabitants  allow  this 
noble  ruin  to  perish,  and  the  veritable  tomb  of  its  royal  founder,  Feliui, 
son  of  Cathal  Crovederg  O'Couor.  to  be  polluted  by  tilth  and  eventually 
obliterated  by  the  debris  of  the  walls  of  the  surrounding  sanctuary. 

"  1  rejoice  to  learn  that  you  and  others  sympathise  in  these  sentiments, 
and  have  already  set  on  foot  a  subscription  tor  the  preservation  of  tho 
Abbey,  and  that  The  O'Couor  Dou  has  liberally  contributed  to  it.  So  he 
ought,  and  so  ought  every  one  of  the  name  in  Ireland,  and,  let  me  add,  in 
America,  for  undoubtedly  this  tomb,  besides  being  an  historic  monument 
of  surpassing  iuterest,  and  a  beautiful  work  of  the  art  of  its  period,  was  the 
last  resting-place  of  one  of  the  chief  kings  of  Connaught.  Surely  the 
eloquence  and  influence  of  your  justly-esteemed  parish  priest  will  not  be 
wanting  on  behalf  of  this  good  work,  especially  in  allaying  public  prejudice 
in  dealing  with  chinches  and  graveyards  ;  and  I  am  sure  your  worthy 
County  Surveyor  would  lend  a  helping  professional  hand.  I  willingly  place 
at  your  disposal  whatever  autiquariau  and  architectural  knowledge  of  such 
matters  I  may  possess. 

"  We  cannot  now  restore  to  its  original  purpose  the  noble  Abbey  of 
Roscommon,  but  we  can  arrest  its  further  decay — render  it  decent  to  the 
sight,  display  its  architectural  features,  and  bring  to  light  the  tombs  of  its 
kiugs  and  the  graves  of  its  abbots,  and  those  of  the  Roscommon  families 
that  were  interred  within  its  walls.  We  cannot  do  all  this  without  money, 
but  we  can  at  least  perform  the  following  works  at  once.  Let  a  proper 
wall  be  built  at  the  north-western  side,  from  Mr.  Kelly's  mausoleum  to  tho 
angle  of  the  building  in  that  direction  ;  let  an  iron  gate  be  put  up  at  the 
western  entrance  iwe  can  get  one  for  a  couple  of  pounds);  rut  down  one 
or  two  of  the  old  trees  that  are  now  threatening  the  destruction  of  the 
eastern  gable  ;  lop  off  the  straggling  branches  of  ivy  from  the  top  of  the 
walls,  especially  at  the  southern  side.  Let  us  at  once  clear  out  the  site  of 
the  high   altar,  aud  restore  the  O'Couor  Tomb,  and  place  round  it  the 


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effigies  of  the  Gallowgla=ses,  several  of  which  have,  I  am  aware,  been 
removed  from  their  original  site  years  ago.  I  do  not  regret  this  latter 
circumstance,  as  I  am  sure  they  have  been  better  preserved  than  it"  they 
had  been  left  to  the  tender  mercies  of  the  "  gossoons  "  who  played  pitch 
and  toss  on  the  tomb,  and  had  a  cock  shot  at  the  noses  of  those  effigies. 
The  present  holders  of  these  and  other  sculptured  stones  will,  I  am  sure, 
when  the  Abbey  is  in  course  of  repair,  be  glad  to  assist  in  its  preservation 
and  reparation.  I  possess  several  drawings  and  other  materials  which  can 
be  made  use  of  for  the  intended  purpose.  Then,  when  the  Abbey  is 
properly  cleared  out,  like  that  at  Boyle,  Cong,  Rosserrily,  &c,  it  will  not 
shock  the  feelings  of  Saxon  tourists,  and  may  form  a  pleasant  resort  for 
your  townsmen,  who  can  contemplate  with  impunity  the  surrounding  ruin, 
and  picture  to  themselves  the  scene  when  the  bishops  and  abbots  of 
Connaiight  stood  amidst  the  waving  of  censers  and  the  perfume  of  incense 
before  the  brilliant  lights  on  the  high  altar,  to  receive  the  long  procession 
of  priests  aud  monks,  that,  chauuting  the  soleu'u  requiem  for  the  dead, 
filled  up  the  long  aisle  when  the  body  of  their  king,  carried  by  his  mail- 
clad  warriors,  and  followed  by  his  clansmen  and  chieftains,  was  about  to  be 
deposited  in  that  place  of  honour,  which  his  country  aud  his  Church  had 
assigned  him,  beside  the  sanctuary  at  which  he  had  so  often  worshipped. 

'•  I  fear  to  prolong  this  letter  by  quoting  from  various  authors  as  regards 
the  state  of  the  Abbey  during  the  last  fifty  years,  but  will  conclude  by 
offering  you  for  publication  a  few  historic  notices  that  may  interest,  and 
help,  perhaps,  to  stimulate  the  patriotism  of  your  readers. 

"  An  Abbey  of  Regular  Canons  was  founded  at  Koscommon  by  St. 
Colmau,a  disciple  of  St.  Fiuian.     He  flourished  A.D.  540. 

"In  807  the  1 'aires  plundered  and  sacked  this  Abbey,  where  were 
subsequently  interred  several  of  the  abbots  of  Cloumacnois. 

"In  1123a  portion  of  the  true  cross  was  forwarded  by  the  Pope  to 
Ir  land,  and  "  enshrined  at  Koscommon  by  'furlough  O'Conor  ;  so — as  I 
have  already  shown  in  my  book  on  Lough  Corrib — that  magnificent  work 
of  art,  now  in  the  lloyal  Irish  Academy,  and  generally  known  as  the  "  Cross 
of  Cong,"  was  made  by  O'Echain,  the  celebrated  artificer,  either  at  Kos- 
common or  at  Cloncraff  (not  far  distant),  of  which  latter  place  he  was  Com- 
harb.  It  was  subsequently  carried  by  the  U'Dutfys  to  the  Augustiuian 
Abbey  of  Cong,  County  -Mayo. 

"A.D.  1155.— At"  the  'death  of  Turlough  the  Great,  Monarch  of 
Ireland,  it  is  said,  'he  largely  augmented  the  estates  of  that  house,  and 
directed  the  Host  to  be  carried  with  groat  solemnity,  attended  by  many  of 
the  clergy  and  other  religious  men  throughout  the  kingdom,  aud  then  to  be 
deposited  in  this  Abbey,  in  a  tabernacle  prepared  lor  it,  of  immense  value.' 

"  12(55. — '  Felim,  sou  ot  Cathal  Crovcderg  U'Couor,  the  defender  and 
supporter  of  his  own  province,  and  of  his  friends  on  every  side,  the  expeller 
and  plunderer  of  his  foes — a  man  full  of  hospitality,  prowess,  and  renown, — 
the  exalter  of  the  clerical  orders  and  men  of  .science — a  worthy  materies  of 
a  king  of  Ireland,  fur  his  nubility,  personal  shape,  heroism,  wisdom, 
clemency,  and  truth, — died  after  the  victory  of  extreme  unction  and  penance 
in  the  .Monastery  of  the  Dominican  Friars  at  lioscotninon,  which  lie  himself 
had  granted  to  God  aud  that  order.' — Annuls  of  the  Four  Masters. 


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"  1461. — '  Eadh  Tirlough  Oge  O'Conor,  joint  king  of  Connaught,  was 
interred  here.' 

"The  Bev.Dr.  O'Conor,  when  writing  the  memoirs  of  his  grandfather, 
Charles  of  Belenagar,  in  1797,  says  : — 'The  steeple  of  the  Abbey,  of  late 
undermined  by  a  gentleman  who  wished  to  procure  materials  for  building  a 
house,  fell  some  two  years  ago  ' ;  and  O'Donovan,  writing  in  1 837,  remarks 
upon  the  injury  done  to  the  Abbey  and  monument. 

"  1445. — '  The  Friary  [of  Roscommon]  having  gone  to  decay,  Pope 
Eugene  V.  granted  a  Hull,  dated  at  Home  the  third  of  the  Nones  of  May 
this  year,  to  encourage  the  faithful  to  contribute  to  its  reparation.' 

"  To  recite  the  entries  from  our  voluminous  annals  both  in  manuscript 
and  print  connected  with  the  Abbey  of  Roscommon,  and  to  recount  the 
names  of  the  various  learned  clerics  who  flourished  in  it,  and  the  chiefs 
who  were  interred  there,  would,  I  think,  be  unnecessary;  for  if  my 
fellow-countrymen  will  not  believe  their  eyes,  nor  accept  the  foregoing, 
'neither  would  they  believe  though  one  rose  from  the  dead.' 

"  1  do  not  know  who  owns  the  fee-simple  of  the  Abbey  of  Ros- 
common, but  I  hope  he  will  duly  appreciate  the  honour  afforded  him  of 
contributing  to  its  clearing  anj  preservation.  Don't  let  this  good  work 
remain  another  week  without  something  being  done  towards  these 
preparatory  measures  to  which  I  have  alluded.  1  will  myself  be  happy 
to  receive  subscriptions  in   Dublin." 


INSCRIPTIONS  ON  ANCIENT  CHALICES  OF  THE  ICISH    FRANCISCANS, 
STILL  EXISTING  IN   THIS  COUNTliT. 

[Rev.  C.P.  Meehan,  M.R.I.A.] 
Elphin. 

"Frater  BOET1US  EGANUS,  Episcopus 
Elj)hinensis,  me  fieri  fecit,  1634.  Pio  con- 
ventu  F.  F.  Min.  Regul.  Obscrv.  de  Elphin, 
Anno  Domini  1G34." 

1  Brother  Boetius  Egan,  Bishop  of  Elphin,  cau.°od  me  to  be 
made  in  1634.  For  the  convent  of  the  Friars  Minors  of 
Regular  Observance  in  Elphin,  A.D.  1634.' 


COUNTY    SLIGO. 

We  have  to  thank  a  gentleman  in  this  county  for  the  follow- 
ing contribution,  and  hope  he  will  kindly  send  us  more  from 
time  to  time. 


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Ballysadare  Parish. 

'  The  following  epitaphs  on  the  stones  of  this  graveyard  and  Kilvarnet 
have  been  taken  from  the  works  of  the  Venerable  and  learned  Archdeacon 
O'Rorke,  D.D.,  M.R.I.A.,  and  F.R.S.A.I.,  &c,  author  of  "The  History  of 
the  County  Sligo."' 

'  The  oldest  epitaphs  in  the  interior  of  the  ruin  of  Ballysadare  are  given 
as  follows ' : — 

'•Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Willm.  Thomson  who  dyd  Dec.  1708." 


"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  John  Braxton  who  parted  this 
life  5th  day  of  April  17-0 — SO  years  his  age." 


'  Here  lieth  the  body  of  |  James  Simpson  who  departed  | 
this  life  the  6  of  March  179-5.  |  Aged  6S  years  erected 
by  his  wife  |  Isabella  Simpson." 


1  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  |  Mrs.  Bridget  Simpson  of 
Ballisodare  |  alias  Powell  of  Moylough  who  departed 
this  life  on  |  the  28th  of  August  1832  Aged  71  years  | 
who  lost  her  life  of  a  dreadful  attack  |  of  Epidemic  Cholera 
and  her  |  Regard  for  an  Aged  and  infirm  Husband  |  who 
now  deeply  laments  her  |  loss  in  common  with  her  three 
sons.  |  This  stone  is  erected  by  her  son  Adam  |  Surgeon 
in  His  Majesty's  Royal  Navy  as  |  a  testimony  of  his 
filial  regard  and  esteem." 


'  On  a  handsome  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  Mr.  Darby 
Milmo,  by  his  son  Don  Patricio  Milmo,  of  Mexico,  we  read  the  acrostic 
lines ' : — 

"  May  heaven  rest  the  souls  of  those 
In  peaceful  bliss  who  here  repose  ; 
Let  angels  come  their  souls  to  meet ; 
May  heaven's  queen  with  welcome  greet ; 
On  them  May  .lesus,  God  of  love 
Serenely  smile  iu  realms  above. 

They  fought  the  fight,  they  gained  the  prize 
On  "which  on  earth  they  kept  their  eyes  ; 
May  we  like  them,  when  life  is  o'er, 
Be  crowned  with  bliss  for  evermore." 


•  On  the  tomb  of  an  old  mariner,  named  John   Benson,  who  died  in 
1808,  aged  80  vears,  is  the  following  composition  (his  own)  '  [?J  : — 


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"  Laborious  blast  on  Neptune's  waves  has  tossed  me  to  and  fro, 
But  spite  of  all,  by  God's  decree,  I  harbour  here  below ; 
And  now  at  anchor  here  I  lie  with  many  of  our  fleet, 
I  hope  to  sail  some  day  again  our  Saviour  Christ  to  meet." 

These  lines  appear  to  be  an  attempt  to  repeat  those  given  on 
page  237,  vol.  i.,  and  on  page  62  of  this  vol. 


Parish  of  Kilturra. 

'The.  Very  Rev.  Dr.  O'Rorke,  M.R.I.A.,  in  the  "  History  of  Sligo, 
Town  aud  County,"  vol.  ii.,  page  195,  gives  a  very  exhaustive  and 
graphic  description  of  this  parish,  which  is  partly  situated  in  the  Counties 
of  Mayo  and  Sligo.  The  old  churchyard  is  in  Sligo,  on  the  townland  of 
Kilturra,  and  within  Mr.  Cooke's  demesne.  It  is  well  fenced  and  kept, 
aud  a  nice  road  leads  up  to  the  entrance  gate.  Though  undoubtedly  a 
very  ancient  burial-place,  it  contains  no  i^mbs  of  an  earlier  date  than 
1771.  It  may  be  right  to  say  that  there  are  some  peculiar  customs  and 
some  immunities  attached  to  this  graveyard  worthy  of  mention. 

'  It  is  the  custom,  which  dates  from  time  immemorial,  not  to  open  a 
grave  in  Kilturra  on  a  Friday  ;  whilst  rats,  though  swarming  in  thousands 
in  the  river  near  by,  have  not  been  seen  within  the  graveyard  since  a  good 
bishop  ("  I  tell  the  tale  as  it  was  told  to  me  "),  who  resided  here  in  the 
last  century,  blessed  it,  and  like  St.  Patrick,  with  other  vermin,  "  banished 
them  for  ever." 

'The  tombs  of  most  interest  are  those  of  the  Cooke  and  Irwin  families. 

'The  Cookes  rest  in  a  slightly-raised  mound  enclosed  by  iron-railing  and 
planted  with  some  yews  and  other  evergreens,  and  at  the  head  of  the  graves 
there  stands  a  stately  Celtic  Cross,  with  the  crest  (an  ostrich  holding  a 
horseshoe  in  his  bill)  incised  on  the  shaft,  and  on  a  white  marble  slab  on 
pedestal,  the  following  inscription  is  carved  ' : — 

"Thomas  Cooke,  esquire,  |  who  departed  this  life 
September  1st,  1 879-     Aged  70  years.  |  William,  his  sou, 
October  24th,  1874.     Aged  IS  years.  |  Elizabeth,  his 
dau.,  June  20th,  187S.     Aged  21  years.  |  Eleanor,  his 
dan.,  January  2Sth,  1881.     Aged  19  years." 


'The  oldest  epitaph  in  the  place  is  inscribed  on  a  plain  upright  stone, 
in  roughly-cut  capital  letters,  as  follows.  (This  headstone  faces  the  west, 
but  this  was  the  entrance  to  the  vault  in  which  the  family  were  interred, 
while  all  the  others  in  the  graveyard  are  faced  to  the  east) : — 

"here  lies  the  body  of  I  MR.  ALEXANDER 
IRWIN  who  |  departed  this  life  in  the  I 
YEAR    1701.      AND    HIS    WIFE    ISMAY  |   IRWIN 
ALIAS    KELLY    AND    THEIR    POSTERITY.       THIS 
TOSin   |   WAS    ERECTED    RY    HIS    THIRD    |   SON- 
DOCTOR  THOMAS  IRWIN  the  year  1771." 


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'The  next  oldest  headstone  is  a  small  narrow  upright  flag,  about  2  feet 
over  ground  and  about  14  inches  in  width,  and  bears  an  inscription 
"which,"  to  quote  the  words  of  Dr.  O'Korke,  "would  be  the  better  of 
some  development  or  explanation,  it  being  uncertain,  with  the  actual 
words,  over  whom  the  stone  is  erected  "  ' : — 

"Erected  by  |  Rev.  Patrick  Hen  |  ry  datd  Sep.  9  |  1806." 


'  The  next  in  point  of  date  is  a  large  flat  flagstone  about  6  feet  long  by 
3  feet  wide,  and  resting  on  two  dressed  stones  at  top  and  bottom.  It  W 
nicely  chiseled  round  the  edges,  and  the  corners  are  somewhat  fancifully 
carved,  and  within  the  lines  at  top  there  is  a  raised  ring  with  I  U.S. 
engraved  therein.  In  truth,  it  is  a  rather  "  classical  "  stone,  as  might  be 
expected  from  the  sculptor ' : — 

I.H.S. 
•'Lord  have  mercy  on  the  |  Soul  of  hON<,n  Cawley  who  | 
Departed  this  life  |  Jany.  the  28th  1817  aged  |  59 
years.     Erected  |  By  J,  classic." 

'  A  similar  shaped  tombstone,  but  plainer,  has  the  following  inscrip- 
tion ' : — 

"  Lord  have  mercy  or.  the  soul  of  Ptr  ]  M'Entire  who 
departed  this  life  Octr  |  24th  1830  aged  70.  also  his 
daughter  |  Rose  M'Ektire  who  departed  in  |  May  1818. 
Erected  by  his  brother  Wu.  M'E.ntike." 


«  A  pretentious  box-like  structure  has  the  following  inscription  on  a  lid 
of  thick  limestone,  to  which  sides  and  ends  tit  in,  aud  are  thus  held  in 
position  ' : — 

"  Gloria  in  Excelsis  Deo." 
"  Erected  bv  Martin  Dtek  in  memory  |  of  his  beloved  Father 
Michael  Dyek  |  Who  departed  this  life  Feb  1825  |  aged 
5G  years.  |  also  his  beloved  Mother  Elenob  Dyer  | 
daughter  of  Path:  Gokmley  Senk  of  |  Crow-Hill  who 
died  Dec  1st  1836  |  aged  57  years. 

"  Here  in  the  dust  he  must  abide 
Sleeping  by  his  Consort's  side 
Their  children  living  come  and  see 
Where  both  their  once-loved  parents  be 
Then  following  in  the  path  they  trod 
Till  you  shall  rest  with  them  in  God." 


'  The  following  inscriptions  are  copied  from  the  four  upright  headstones 
lately  erected  in  this  churchyard  ' : — 


I.H.S. 

r0    LORD    HAVE    MERCY  |   ON    THE     SOUL    OF  | 

CATHERINE  DUFFY  |  who   died   IS7I  | 

AGED    59    YEARS.   |  ALSO    HER    HUSBAND  | 

OWEN  ROE  DUFFY  |  who  died  1^9  | 

AGED    71     YEARS.  |    ERECTED    BY    THEIR     SON    [ 

BARTHOLOMEW  DUFFY." 


'In  memory  of  |  John  Cosgbove  who  |  died  Oct.  1SG0  | 
aged  75  years.  |  Also  his  wife  |  Sarah   Gosgeove  or 
Durcan  I  who  died  July  1854  |  aged  SO  years.  |  Erected 
by  their  son  |  Patt  Cosgrove." 


f  IN    MEMORY    OF   |   ELIZA  |  THE     LOVING    AND 
BELOVED     WIFE     |   OF     PATRICK     O     DOWD 

N.  Teacher  |  doocastle.  |  died  2nd  april 
1891   aged  26   years  I  R.  I.  P.  I  Erected  by 

HER    SORROWING     HUSBAND." 

r  JESUS  I  SON    OF    THE    LIVING  |   GOD   |   HAVE 
MERCY    ON    THE    SOUL    OF  |    PATK    COLGAN    | 

■who   died   march   28th  1877  Aged  82  I  And  of 

ELIZABETH  ARMSTRONG  |  His  wife  |  who 

died  Oct  11   1S59  Aged  75. 

Also  of  JOHN  CARABINE  who  died  |  July  8 

1880  Aged   75  years.     And   his  |  Wife   MARY 

COLGAN  who  died  Dec.  |  24.  1878  Aged  60 

years." 


'There  is  a  very  remarkable  rath  or  Danish  fort  on  Eiltnrra,  situated  on 
a  fertile,  sloping  hill  ;  it  commands  a  most  extensive  aud  varied  view  of 
the  country  around.  On  one  side,  looking  towards  iMayo,  the  tall  aud 
graceful  peaks  of  Nephiu  and  historic  Croagh-Patrick  are  visible:  while 
stretching  to  the  north  the  eye  rests  on  kingly  Knocknarea  and  alpine-chid 
lienbulben  in  Sligo,  and  the  far-off  Donegal  and  Leitrim  mountains,  with 
O'Korke's  Table  touching  the  horizon.  It  appears  to  be  the  principal 
rendezvous  of  the  fairies  residing  in  these  parts,  as  it  basthree  well-defined 
entrances  ;  the  other  forts  in  the  neighbourhood  have  only  one.  Its  out- 
lines are  in  an  almost  perfect  state  of  preservation,  and,  though  not  parti- 
cularly large-sized,  its  area  is  far  larger  than  any  other  rath  in  this  imme- 
diate locality.     But  its  striking  characteristic,  or  its  unique  peculiarity,  is, 


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that  attached  to  the  outer  ring  or  fence  of  rath,  there  is  another  quadrant- 
shaped  fort ;  but  this  quadrant  contains  nearly  as  much  land  as  half  the 
circle  of  the  inner  rath.  The  peasantry  call  it  the  Moal-fort,  bat  a  poetic 
mind  might  easily  picture  it  peopled  with  "  the  lads  and  lassies  gay  "  of  the 
upper  ten  of  the  fairy  creation  in  frolicsome  gambols  or  gracefully  treading 
"  the  light  fantastic  toe"  on  its  beautiful  greensward.' 


Hilvarnct  Parish. 

'  These  epitaphs  in   Kilvaruet  churchyard  are  given  in  Dr.  O'Borke': 


WClk 


1  Hear  lys  |  Interd  the  Body  of  Barth  "Wallace  |  who 
departed  this  life  the  26th  |  April  1769-     Aged  76." 


Pray  for  the  soul  |  of  Oliver  Wallace  |  who  departed 
this  |  life  March  17  1773.  |  Aged  23  years." 


'  Pray  for  the  soul  of  |  Owen  Dosocnt'E  who  depart  |  ed 
this  life  March  L 6th  |  1778  aged  60  years.  |  His  son 
James  Donohoe  of  Ballyara  |  his  wife  Jane  Brett  of 
Tubbercurry  and  |  some  of  their  children  are  also  interred 


'  The  following  epitaph  is  placed  over  the  tombstone  of  the  father  of  the 
present  M.P.  for  Sligo  ' : — 

"  Lord  have  mercy  on  the  soul  of  John  Colleart  of  Banaghan  | 
who  departed  this  life  2>  dec.  1841  aged  50.  |  Erected  by 
his  loving  wife  |  Mart  McGkath.  |  Kequiescaut  in  pace." 


;  0  Lord  |  have  mercy  ou  the  |  soul  of  thy  servant  John  | 
AliMSTiioNG  of  Falnasugan  |  who  departed  this  life  |    on 
6th  of  Septr  1843.  |  aged  74  years.     May  he  rest  in  | 
peace.     Ameu." 


1  Lord  have  mercy  on  the  sou!  of  |  William  Masterson 
who  departed  |  this  life  12.  Jnuc.     Aged  |  96  years.  | 
Erected  by  his  sou  Thomas  Masterson  |  in  memory  of  him 
and  posterity." 


In  |  memory  of  |  William  Corcoran  |  Ballinacarrow  who 
departed  |  this  life  16th  .March  1801.  |  Aged  43  years.  | 
May  he  rest  in  peace." 


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COUNTY     TIPPERARY. 


Parish  of  Carriek. 

'The  church  of  Carriek  is  ornamented  with  a  large  modern  marble 
monument  of  the  Earl  of  Tyrone,  rather  coarsely  executed.  From  the 
epitaph  it  appears  as  if  his  lordship's  relatives  did  not  exactly 

"hear  with  a  disdainful  smile 

The  short  and  simple  annals  of  the  poor," 
for  no  country  churchyard  can  boast  of  one  more  brief  and  simple  ': — 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of  James  Power,  Earl  of  Tyrone, 
who  died  19th  August,  1704,  in  the  thirty-eighth  year  of 
his  age;   and  also  the  body  of  Ann  ii.'s  wife,  who  departed 
this  life  the  26th  day  of  September,  1729." 

'  There  is  also  a  monument  of  John,  Earl  of  Tyrone,  who  died  in 
1693.' 


'There  are  ruins  of  churches  at  Ardcttlham,   Kilmurry,  Burntchurch 
ad  Kilsheelan.' 


LIST    OF   INCUMBENTS. 

'The  want  of  parochial  documents  has  been  supplied  by  reference  to  the 
First  Fruits'  Records,  as  follows  ' : — 

"  1615.  Carriek  rector,  pertinet  ad  regem.  Vicarius  ibidem  Absolox 
Gethin,  cancellar.  Lisinoren.  miuist  et  predi — residens. 

"  1633.  Kectoria  impropr.  de  Carriek,  dictus  dominus  Laurentius 
Esmond  tenet  Vicarius  ejusdem,  Absolox  Githin,  incumben,  absens  in 
Ang':a,  valet  40  marc.  Vicar  de  Carig.  Absolon  Gethin.  The  church 
repaired.     He  keepes  resilience.     Enjoyes  the  fruits,  valued  at  fviii.  Ir." 

"Wm.  Kidley,  admissus  fuit  10U  August,  1634,  ad  vicar,  de  Carrig 
McGriffin  in  com.  Tipperaiy.  £6.  lb's. 

"Arthur  Stanhope,  cler.  admiss.  collat.  et  installat.  fuit  2°  die 
October,  1663,  ad  vicar  de  Carriek,  iufra  dictum,  dioc.  Lismoreu.  et  com. 
Tipperaiy.  5L.  2s.  ster. 

"Jacob  Hierome,  S.T.D.  admiss.  et  institut.  fuit,  16°  die  April,  1G79, 
ad  et  in  rectorias  sine  parochias  de  Clonegain  in  com.  Watcrford,  et  di'ic. 
M  aterford,  60s.  et  de  Xewtownlinnan  in  coin.  lip.  et  ad  vicarias  ?ive 
parochias  de  Kilmurry,  10L.  Kilshellan,  10L.  et  Carriek,  iu  com.  Tipperaiy, 
et  dioc.  Lismoreu,  5L.  2s.  ster. 

"  By  certif.  of  Hugh  Ld.  Bishop  of  Waterford  and  Lismore,  dated  1° 
die  November,  16S2.  vicariae  de  Carriek,  5L.  2s.  ster.  Kilsliellan  10L. 
ster.  Kilmurry  10L.  Newtownleunan,  not  in  tax.  Clonegain  00s.  Diuc. 
Lisinoren.  per  uiurtem  Jacobi  Hiehuiie  vacuae. 


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"Robertus  Breedin.  cler.  admiss.  fiiit,  24°  Januar.  1G82,  ad  et  in 
rector,  seu  paroch.  de  Clonegain,  40s.  et  Newtownclennan,  et  ad  vicaiiam 
de  Kilmurry,  10  1.  Kilahellan  101.  et  Carrick,  5  1.  2s.  dioc.  Lisraor  et  com. 
Tipperary. 

"Johes.  rliMON,  cler.  L.  Dr.  institut.  et  admiss.  firit  31°  die  Jan. 
1705,  ad  vicar,  de  Canick,  5 1.  2s.  Kilshelan,  101.  Kilmurry  101.  New- 
townelinuan,  com.  Waterford  ct  Clonegain,  in  com.  Tipperary,  GOs.  dioc. 
Lismore. 

"  By  certif.  of  Chas.  Lord  Bishop  of  Waterford  and  Lismorr,  the 
vicarage  of  Cairick  with  its  union  in  the  diocese  of  Lismore,  and  boundaries 
of  Tipperary  and  Waterford,  void  by  the  death  of  the  Rev.  John  HintoN, 
clerk,  last  vicar  thereof,  dated  2d.  Nov.  anno  Domini  1743. 

"  Ciiakles  Thules,  R.  of  Kilmurry,  and  Vic.  of  Canick  and  Kilshelane, 
26th  of  June,  1745,  251.  2s. 

"Nicholas  Herbert,  B.A  ,  Vic.  Kilshelane,  101.  V.  Kilmuny,  101. 
Ardcullum,  Carrick,  5  I.  2s.  10th  Sept.  1761,  Co  Tipperary. 

"Standish  Grady.  15th  Oct.  1803,  vice  NiCl.  Herbert,  who  held 
from  10th  Sept.  1701,  and  vacated  by  death.  V.  Carrick.  51.2s.  V. 
Killshelan,  101.  vicar.  Ardcullon,  K.  Kilmuny,  101." 

[Mason.] 


Mr.  Grady  appears  as  Vicar  iu  1830.  [Erck.] 


Templeniore  Parish. 

EXTRACTS    FROM    VESTRY- BOOK. 

[From  the  Rev.  R.  H.  Long,  Templemore.] 
{Continued from  p.  497,  vol.  i.) 
'William  N.  Fai.knek,  minister,  signed  April  2nd,  1824,  but  Dr. 
Graves  signed  again  on  April  5th,  1825.' 


"  That  the  spire  of  the  church  being  in  a  dangerous  state,  and  it  appear- 
ing necessary  that  it  should  be  taken  down,  a  competent  builder  be  employed 
to  restore  it.  May,  1825." 


"  For  repairing  porch  &  painting  church  inside  &  outside,  £50    0    0. 
'         °  April,  1826." 

"  For  enclosing  the  old  churchyard  of  Templemore  by  a  sunk  Fence  6  feet 
deep  of  Mason  Work  &  18^  Feet  in  length,  £30     0     0." 


"  Towards  the  more  effectual  enclosing  of  the  New  ch.  yd.,  £30  0  0. 
Repairing  the  Church  with  a  new  leaden  gutter  between  the  new  &  the 
addition,  £35     0     0." 


2or. 

'The  addition  was  a  north  aisle  with  roof,  April,  1828.  In  1829,  Mr. 
Falkncr  is  again  "minister";  but  when  he  signs  in  1831,  the  word 
"  Curate  "  is  written  under  minister,  in  another  hand. 

'  Dr.  Graves  signs  for  last  time  in  April,  1833.  Mr.  Falkner  signs  for 
the  last  time  in  May,  1S33. 


'  Dr.  Graves  was  a  bachelor;  it  was  he  who  built  the  rectory,  Temple 
more. 


'Robeiit  Carcur  Ahmstrosg  signed  March  31st,  1834.  JosErn 
Armstrong,  Curate,  signed  April  17th,  1838.  William  A.  Holmks, 
"  Hector  and  Vicar"  after  "  Curate,"  signed  April  1st,  1839.  Hutcuinson 
Henry  Holmes  signed  "Curate"  April  21st,  1840. 


'  Here  there  is  a  letter  iuserted  from  •*  Stephen  Cashel  "  concerning 
dispute  about  seats. 


'Thos.  Miles,  Curate,  signed  April  8th,  1S44.  John  R.  Oiuisby, 
Rector,  signed  March  24th,  1 845.' 

4th.  "  That  two  silver  candlesticks,  not  in  use,  and  the  present  silver 
chalice  being  of  inconvenient  size,  be  disposed  of,  for  the  purpose  of  pro- 
viding two  chalices  of  more  convenient  size  &  a  flagon  for  sacramental 
nse." 


6th.  "That  it  seems  very  desirable  to  provide  increased   room  in  the 
organ  loft  for  the  singers.  March  24th,  1845." 


"That  the  4th  resolution  of  the  last  vestry  has  been  carried  into  effect, 
leaving  a  surplus  of  £5  .  6  .  6  to  be  applied  as  the  clergyman  and  church- 
wardens may  think  fit.  April  13th,  1 846." 


4  "That  out  of  the  £5.  1  .  6  we  hereby  agree  to  allow  £1  .  9  .  G 
towards   paying   the  bill    for    the   church  lights,    [Eccl'J  Commissioners 
granting  only  £4   .   16   .  0,  and  they  cost 
£6  .     5.0 


£1   .     9.6 
And  we  furthermore  allow  the  said  [remaining]  £3.17.0  to  go  towards 
defraying  the  cost  of"  repairing  the  organ,  Mr.  Ormsby  having  granted  the 
balance  of  £0  for  said  repairs  from  his  own  purse." 


5th.  "That  sincere  thanks  are  hereby  given  to  the  several  kind  friends 
in  Knglind  who  from  time  to  time  generously  send  pecuniary  aid  to  the 
starving  poor  of  this  parish,  through  Mr.  Ormsby's  instrumentality,  and 
specially  to  David  A.   Douduey,   Esq.,  of  London,  having  collected  and 


distribute*  upwards  of  £300  amongst  the  destitute  poor  of  this .pari*. 
K.B.-The  entire  of  the  donations  having  amounted  to  neariy  £ 600  ot ce 

Xmas.  p  ' 

'The  allocation  of  some  pews  follows,  s»gned  "  Given  under  my  hand 
after  the  visitation  held  in  Templemore  tins  18th  ^^J^, 

« Wm   Sandford,  Clk.,  signed  April  Oth,  1849.     Hugh  Hamilton  Madden 
signed  April  1st,  1850.     Win.  Sandford  appears  to  be  Curate. 

'Edmund  Rambaunt  (sic)  appears  to  be  Curate,  April,  1854.' 

«  That  thanks  are  due  &  hereby  given  to  Sir  John  C  Garden  Bart  for 
his  very  valuable  gift  of  a  new  Hell  to  the  Church,  ^f^^/,  °' 

'This  bell  was  given  on  the  occasion  of  the  birth  of  the  present  Sir  John 
C.  Carden,  Bart. ;  the  former  bell  had  a  bad  toue.' 

fVestrv  )  "  To  take  into  consideration  the  plan,  &c,  proposed  by  the 
Ecclesiastical  Commissioners  for  the  repairs,  alterations,  and  re-pewmg  ot 
the  Parish  Church." 

"That  the  Incumbent  of  the  Parish  be  requested  to  memorial  the  Ordi- 
nary of  the  Diocese,  praying  that  his  I.ordshipwdl  he  pleased  to  grant  the 
necessary  Faculty,  &c."     Signed  by  ol  parishioners.      Maj  ,th,  18o5. 

'  Probably  at  this  time  the  roof  of  the  new  part  of  the  church  was  made 
in  the  form  of  a  continuation  of  the  roof  o.  the  mam  building,  and  the 
gallery  in  the  new  part  was  removed. 

.tEesolved_That  Joseph  Smith,  Esq,  and  Peter  Roe,  Esq.be  a^nted 
Synodsmcn. 

'  1873  to  1891. 
•Rectors— E.  O.msp.t. 

Pukckll  Whitk,  now  Dean  of  Ca=hel. 
J.  R.  Lokg,  Archdeacon  of  Cashel.' 

'The  church  has  just  been  done  up  inside  and  outside,  but  no  material 
new  side  of  the  church,  by  the  vestry-room  door.' 


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'PRESENT  CHURCH  PLATE. 

'  The  church  still  has  the  silver  vessels  purchased  in  Mr.  J.  Ormsby's 
time,  and  the  flagou  is  still  in  use  ;  the  chaiice  and  paten  in  use  are  of 
silver  gilt ' — 

"In  memory  of  Mv'  LLOYD,  \§th  April,  18S8." 

'There  is  also  a  silver  salver,  weighing  31  oz.,  dated  1814,  with  a  dove 
and  the  verse  Luke  ii.  c.  14  ver. ;  and  another  much  smaller  paten,  with 
the  hall-mark  ^two  crowns,  and  the  letters  T.  W.  under  each].  A  collect- 
ing-plate bears  date  1845. 

'The  bull  now  in  the  tower,  and  which  is  struck  by  the  clock,  was  cast 
by  Thomas  Hodges,  Abbey-street,  Dublin,  and  is,  no  doubt,  the  one  already 
refened  to.' 

Fctliard  Parish. 

[Notes  by  the  Rev.  R.  H.  Long,  Templcmore.] 

'  About  the  same  time  that  the  railway  from  Clonmel  to  Thurles  was 
finished  [1  8S0  ?],  the  old  Gateway  of  Fethard,  on  the  side  next  the  railway 
station,  was  demolished  ;  and  from  the  lelt  side  of  it,  facing  the  bridge,  a 
tablet  was  removed  ;  it  bore  an  inscription,  informing  the  passer-by  that 
the  bridge  was  built  by  one  John  Delahunty  (I  think)  some  150  years 
ago. 

'  On  the  same  tablet,  and  above  the  inscription  to  which  I  have  referred, 
another  inscription,  and  one,  no  doubt,  much  more  ancient,  has  unfortu- 
nately been  erased  with  a  chisel.  This  tablet  is  now  in  the  left  wall  of  the 
bridge,  just  as  it  was  taken  from  the  archway.  The  reason  the  Gateway 
was  removed  was,  because  it  was  in  a  turn  of  the  road,  and  there  was 
scarcely  room  for  two  cars  to  pass  under  it  at  the  same  time. 

'  The  town  wall  extends  from  this  archway  down  the  river  bank  in  a 
somewhat  irregular  mani..r,  though  in  an  unusually  perfect  condition  ;  it 
forms  a  considerable  portion  of  the  churchyard  wall,  and  passes  the  water- 
gate,  till  it  conies  to  within  about  100  yards  of  the  old  Augustinian 
"  Friary,"  where  Cromwell  put  up  the  night  he  came  to  summons  the  town 
"  by  candle-light,"  to  the  great  indignation  of  the  inhabitants,  who,  how- 
ever, yielded  to  him  so  willingly,  that  he  treated  them  with  remarkable 
consideration.  The  wall  along  the  east  side  of  the  town  is  very  ruined,  but 
along  the  north-west,  from  the  soldiers'  barracks  back  to  the  river,  it  is  in 
some  places  very  perfect. 

'  Let  us  enter  the  town.  We  are  at  the  east  gate.  As  we  walk  np  the 
broad  main  street,  we  pass,  on  the  left,  the  modern  chapel,  dedicated  to 
the  Trinity.  Considerably  more  than  half  way  up,  there  is,  on  the  right, 
a  building  from  the  roof  of  which  rise  several  small  pinnacles,  under  one  of 
which  is  a  small  bell ;  this,  I  believe,  was  formerly  an  alms-house,  but  is 
now  a  court-  and  market-house  ;  and  I  think  the  neighbouring  post-office 
u.-ed  of  old  to  be  part  of  the  same  building.  In  the  front  wall  of  this 
budding  are  the  following  inscriptions  or.  tablets  : — 


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'  I.  At  the  top  a  representation  of  the  Crucifixion  ;  beneath  *— 
"D.    AMIA    EVERARD    ALIAS    ROCHE, 
RELICIA    JOANNIS    EVERARD    JUNIORIS, 
HAEC    INSIGNIA    EREXIT,    QUA    EVERARD 
FUNDATORES    ET    PATRONI     HUJUS 
AEDIFICII    APPONI  (?)    VOLUERANT    ATQUE 
MORTI    PRAEOCCUPATI    NON    POTUERUNT 
AFFIGI    CURAVIT    DIE    X°    MA"    1646." 


'II.  A  shield  surmounted  by  a  crest.  The  crest  is  the  Kvekard  (or 
rather  the  Randill)  pelican.  The  shield  bears  on  the  sinister  side  the 
three  roches ;  the'  other  side  represents  the  ermine-  shield  of  Everard 
Quartered  with  the  three  estoiles.  At  either  side  are  the  letters  1.  b. 
(John  Everard),  A.  It.  (Amie  Koch.)  Beneath,  "Virus  in  actione 
consistet." 

'  III.  The  arms,  with  supporters,  of  James  Dusboyne.  The  motto— 
"Timor  Domiui  fous  vita;."  ' 


'Note  /.—Martin  Everard  accompanied  Prince  John  to  Ireland  in  1187  ; 
his  descendant  Roger  Everard  married  Olivia  Randill,  heiress  of  Randill  of 
HandiUtown,  County  Meath.  From  his  second  son  (as  1  have  heard)  was 
descended  the  Eve'rards,  baronets  of  Bally-hay  and  Cloheen,  County 
Tinperary,  and  the  said  baronets  bore  the  same  arms  as  the  Everards  of 
Fethavd.  Until  lately  there  were,  and  perhaps  even  still  there  are,  two 
brothers  of  this  name  living  not  far  from  Fethard,  from  whom  the  town 
commissioners  bought  np  some  town  property  that  had  been  handed  (own 
to  them.  Monuments  that  we  have  yet  to  deal  with  will  throw  more  light 
on  the  history  of  this  family. 

'  After  the  Conquest  (1 177),  Flemming  was  granted  the  territory  known 
by  the  name  of  Fermoy,  being  a  great  part  of  West  Cork,  including  the 
modern  Fermoy,  Kantnrk,  &c.  1  lemming  died,  leaving  his  daughter  A  my 
heiress  of  his  vast  estate.  She  married  one  de  la  Rnpella  or  de  la  Kupe, 
or,  in  the  most  modern  form,  lioche.  The  Itoches  had  been  barons  of 
'■  Poole  Castle"  (probably  Shippool  or  Pool-na-long,  near  Kinsale).  About 
the  year  1400,  the  revenue  of  Lord  Roche,  of  l'ool  Castle,  was  £1.000 
per  annum— no  small  sum  in  those  days.  Descended  from  him  was  John 
dela  lioche,  who,  towards  the  close  of  the  fifteenth  century,  was  made 
Viscount  Fermoy.  David  Roche,  the  8th  Viscount  Fermoy.  married  Joan, 
daughter  of  James,  Viscount  Butavant,  and  his  daughter  Amy  is  the  lady 
mentioned  in  the  tablet. 

<  Sir  Thomas  le  liotiller  was  son  of  Theobald,  the  ancestor  of  the  Marquis 
of  Ormonde,  &c;  he  married  Synolda  le  Petit,  heiress  of  Lord  Dunboyne 
and  he  took  the  title  of  Lord  Dunboyue,  though  it  was  not  legally  couterred 


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on  his  heirs  till  several  generations  had  passed  away.  He  died  in  1329; 
Sir  Edmuud  Butler  was  created  Lord  Dunboyne  in  1541,  from  whom 
descended  James  Dunboyne,  mentioned  above.  Of  this  family  we  have 
more  to  say.' 


•  While  examining  these  tablets,  the  church  gate  is  at  our  elbow.  We 
will  now  examine  the  inscriptions  to  be  found  in  the  church.  Some  fifteen 
years  ago  the  church  was  repaired,  at  the  cost  of  about  £250.  At  that 
time  the  place  for  holy  water  in  the  porch  was  filled  up.  Over  the  porch 
is  a  tower,  in  which  are  four  fine  bells,  said  to  have  been  taken  from  the 
ltock  of  Cashel,  together  with  the  four  in  Clonmel,  after  Cromwell  had 
dislodged  them  from  their  place.  During  the  same  repairs  the  gallery 
along  the  left  side  of  the  church  was  removed,  a  chancel  arch  built  out  of 
the  old  box  pews,  and  the  organ  moved  into  the  chaucel.  Along  the 
central  aisle  we  meet,  on  the  floor,  the  following  epitaphs'  : — 

"  P.  M. 

H1C    JACET    PETRUS    MORGANUS    F  [■] 
JOHANNIS    MORGAN  1 1     ET    CATHERINE 
MULRONY    FILI  [?]    S1STE    VIATOR     ITER 
VESTRE    SORTIS    QS    MEMENTO    UT 
MEA    MORS    HODIE    ERASQUE    FUTURA 
TUA    SIQUA    TIBI    TENERO    SUBSIT 
CLEMENTIA    CORDE    PROME    FUNDE 
PIAS     LECTOR-    AMICE    PRECES    163V 
'Here  lies  Peter  Morgan  [son  of]  Mr.  John  Morgan  and 
Catherine  Mulrony. 

Stop,  traveller,  and  remember  your  destiny. 

As  is  my  death  to-day,  so  shall  yours  be  to-morrow. 

Friendly  reader,  pour  out  prayers  for  me.      1G31.' 

'  Note. — This  monument  has  become  very  difficult  to  read,  from  the 
frequent  passing  to  and  fro  of  people,  scarcely  any  of  whom  are  aware  of 
the  solemn  warning  that  they  are  constantly  striving  to  obliterate  with 
their  feet.  AUis,  their  conduct  is  but  too  symbolical  with  the  lives  of  many 
who  feign  would  believe  themselves  immortal,  till  that  inevitable  day  comes 
upon  them  almost  unawares,  when,  by  sonic  great  change,  they  shall  be 
separated  from  all  they  now  hold  dear  !' 


II.' 

"HIC    JACET    JOHANIS     HACKET    BURGES 
ET    UXOR    ELEANORA    SALL    QUAE    OBIIT 
A.D.    1613." 
'  Here  lies  John  Ilacket,  Burgess,  aud  Eleanors  Sail  his  wife, 
who  died  A.D.  1613.' 


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'  Note. — Of  the  Rackets  we  have  more  to  say. 

'  I  know  of  no  one  of  the  name  of  Sail  now  in  this  county  ;  there  were 
formerly  many  of  them  about  Cashel.  Mr.  Sail,  of  Meldrum,  protected  for 
a  while  a  crowd  of  poor  hunted  wretches  in  the  rising  of  1641.     There  is 

a  tablet  to  one   Saul  in  "  the   Rock,"  ou  which  are  the  family  arms "  a 

portcuilis  with  supporters."  Their  place  at  Meldrum  was  granted  by 
Cromwell  to  the  Lathams,  and  is  now  held  by  the  Tenants.' 


"HERE    LIETH    THE    BODY    OF    THOMAS 
CLEARE    SON    OF    THOMAS    &    ESER 
CLEARE  OF    MILESTOWN   WHO    DEPARTED 
THIS    LIFE    13    OF    DECEMBER    &    THE 
11    YEAR    OF    HIS    AGE    1691." 


"HERE    LIES    EDWARD    CLEARE    SSO 
WHO    DEPARTED    THIS    LIFE    12™    OF 
DECEMBER    IN    9    YEAR    OF    HIS    AGE 
1691." 


"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Thomas  Cleare  of  Kilburry  who 
deceased  this  life  January  9th  1705." 

'  Note. — Kilburry  is  about  a  mile  from  the  village  of  Mullinahone  ;  it  is 
a  two-storied  house.  A  Mr.  Maher  was  lately  evicted  from  it.  1  do  not 
know  if  it  has  now  a  tenant." 

(To  be  continued.) 


COUNTY    TYRONE. 


ISenlnirb  Churchyard. 

[From  Mr.  C.  I.  Hobson.] 

'  Near  the  head  of  this  stone  is  a  shield  with  3  estoiles  in  chief,  and  in 
base  a  heart  with  a  crescent  over  it  [tor  difference  ?],  and  the  initials  I.  D. 
on  either  side. 

'  It  is  a  flat  tombstone — width  2  feet  G  inches  ;  length.  5  feet  6  inches. 
A  few  of  the  letters  in  the  inscription  arc  defaced,  and  cannot  be 
made  out ;  they  are  printed  in   open  type.     This  is  the  only  inscription 


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in  raised  letters  in  this  brtrying-ground.  The  stone  is  now  level  with  the 
ground,  and  is  being  walked  over.  It  was  moved  from  its  original  position 
(about  3  feet  to  the  right  of  where  it  now  is),  while  a  walk  was  being 
made  around  the  church  some  years  ago.  An  inscription  seems  to  have 
been  cut  near  the  bottom  of  the  stone  ;  it  cannot  now  be  read  ': — 


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"HERE    LYETH    THE  |    BODY    OF    DAUID    DICKSO  | 
LEAT    OF    MULL1CAR    WHO    |  DEPARTED    THIS 
LIFE  |   OCTOBR    Y°  3    DAY    17 1?    |  AcED    Gl    YEARS." 

[Ordinary  flat  tombstone.] 


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the  burying 
placp:  of  iohn 
ryan  of  benbu 

RB  MAY"1'  1  1761 


'The  above  represents  a  tablet  set  into  the  sonth  wall  of  the  church. 
The  barying-ground  must  have  been  taken  away  while  making  a  walk 
round  the  church.  This  walk  is  about  4  feet  or  5  feet  wide,  and  is  about 
4  feet  under  the  present  level  of  the  churchyard.' 

« This  inscription  is  copied  from  a  tablet  inserted  in  the  wall  of  the 
church,  behind  the  pulpit ;  a  similar  copy  is  cut  on  a  flagstone  covering 
Hamilton's  grave,  just  at  the  pulpit  steps.  The  tablet  from  which  1  have 
copied  this  inscription  is  enclosed  by  square  pillars.' 

"HERE  LYETH  THE  BODY  OF  CAPTAIN  I  IAMES 
HAMILTON  LATE  OF  NEW  I  CASTLE  IN  THE  I 
COUNTY  OF  DOWN  I  SON  AND  HEIR  OF  WILLIAM 
HAMILTON  I  OF  NEWCASTLE  IN  THE  SAID 
COUNTY  I  ESQ3  BROTHER  TO  THE  RT  H0NBLE 
THE  I  LORD  VISCOUNT  CLANEBOY  THE  I  SAID 
IAMES  WAS  SLAIN  IN  HIS  I  MAIESTY'S  SERUICE 
AGAINST  I  THE  IRISH  REBELS  NEAR  BEN- 1  -BURB 
THE  FIFTH  DAY  OF  IUNE  I  1646. 

VIVIT  POST  FUNERA  VIRTUIS."  («0 

'  The  remains  of  Lord  Dlaney  were  interred  in  the  aisle  of  this  church, 
but  no  monument  was  ever  erected  to  his  memory. 

1  There  are  a  few  tablets  inside  the  church,  but  none  of  any  special 
interest.' 


"  Erected  |  by  a  few  Friends  |  to  the  cause  of  temperance  | 
In  memory  of  the  late  |  John  Atkinson  Ksqr  .  .  I  of 
Henburb:  |  who  was  the  founder  |  of  temperance  societys  . 
in  this  neighbourhood  .  | 

Uuweried,  stedfasr,  bold  in  Jesus  cause . 

He  bore  his  standard  and  mantained  liis  laws  : 

He  hasted  to  assuage  the  mourners  woe  . 

Nor  saw  unmoved  the  tear  of  sorrow  flow  . 


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He  died  a  martyr  to  the  canse  of  humanity  .  |  Tie  departed 
this  mortal  life  .  |  on  the  22ud  day  of  March,  A.D.  1834  .  | 
aged  35  years  .  |  reposing  on  a  crucified  saviour  .  |  and 
possessing  |  a  hope  full  of  immortality  :  having  acted  |  for 
upwards  of  three  years  .  |  as  moral  agent  |  to  the  |  Lord 
Viscount  Powerscourt.  |  Rev.  14.  13.  [words  fully  given].  | 
Reader  |  Strive  to  enter  into  that  rest." 
'  This  inscription  is  given  in  ordinary  small  capitals.     The  monument  is 
erected  in  front  of  the  church,  and  is  a  four-square  pattern.     The  inscrip- 
tion is  on  four  tablets,  one  on  each  side.     Atkinson  visited,  during  the 
plague  of  cholera  which    ravaged    the   neighbourhood  at  this  time,  the 
afflicted  families,  and  was  the  last  person  to  take  the  disease,   from  which 
he  died.     1  have  copied  the  inscription  in  full,  except  the  text  from  Reve- 
lations.    Atkinson's  name  is  still  held  in  great  repute  by  old  folks  who 
remember  him.' 


Ilonacavy  Parish. 

[From  the  Rev.  R.  S.  Maffett.] 
'  Inscription    on    a   monumental   slab   erected  in  memory  of   Gilbert 
Ecclks,    Esq.,    of  Shanock,    County  Fermanagh,   in  the   old  church  in 
Fiutoua ' : — 

"NEC  ANIMVS 

DEFICIT 

HOC    CENOTAPHIVM    CAROLVS   I    ECCLES 

DE    FINTONAGH     IN    CO- 1    MITATV    TYRONE 

ARMIGER    I    FIERI     FECIT    IN     MEMORIAM    I 

PATRIS    SVI    GILBERTI     ECCLES    I    DE 

SHANOCK    IN     COMITATV    I    FERMANAGH 

ARMIGERI    QVI    I    HONESTE    VIXIT    ET 

PIE    OBIIT    I    VI     KAL:    AVGVST :    ANNO 

DOMI:   I    MDCXCIV    /ETATIS    SWE    XCII  : 

MEMENTO    MORI." 

For  this  family,  see  Burke's  "  Landed  Gentry." 

Errisal-Korogno,  or  Kieran  Parish. 

The  Rev.  J.  "Wallace  Taylor,  Rector  of  Errigal  Trough,  has 
kindly  furnished  us  with  the  following  account  of  the  old  and 
very  curious  font  represented  in  the  adjoining  illustration,  for 
the  original  of  which  we  are  also  indebted  to  Mr.  Taylor.  He 
says  :— 

'The  ft. ut  was  found  near  the  old  abbey  of  Errigal  Dachiarog,  County 
Tyrone,  which  I  consider  to   be  the  same  as  lialnasaggart,  to  which  there 


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are  some,  six  or  seven  references  in  the  Four  Masters.  It  was  being  used 
for  grinding  forage  for  cattle. 

'  It  is  intended  to  have  it  pl.iced  in  the  parish  church  of  Errigal  Kiel  an, 
which  is  less  than  a  mile  from  the  old  abbey.  It  is  now  standing  in  Favor 
Koyal  demesne  [Mr.  Anketill  Montray],  where  there  are  numerous  carved 
heads,  corbels,  finials,  &C.,  knocking  about.  I  understand  a  similar  font 
has  quite  lately  been  unearthed  at  Clogher. 

'  Archdall,  iu  the  "  Monasticon,"  gives  Errigal  Dachiarog  as  separate 
from  Balnasaggart,  but  I  am  convinced  they  are  identical.' 


Of  this  parish,  Lewis  gives  the  following  (1837) :  — 

'This  parish,   which   is   also   called   Knigal-Khian,   from  the  supposed 
dedication  of  its  ancient  church  to  St.  Kieran,  comprises,  according  to  the 

Ord.  Survey,  21,139^    statute  acres '1'he  scenery  is   strikingly 

diversified.     The  living  is  a  rectory  in  the  Diocese  of  Armagh.     The  glebe- 


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house  is  at  Richmond,  near  Ballygawley,  on  a  glebe  of  266  acres,  and 
there  is  another  glebe  of  297  acres. 

4  The  church,  a  handsome  edifice  in  the  later  English  style,  with  an  em- 
battled tower,  was  erected  in  1831.  Near  the  site  of  the  ancient  structure 
at  Ballinasaggard  at  an  expence  of  £1,300. 

'There  are  some  remains  of  the  old  church,  in  which  are  several  of  the 
carved  stones  of  an  ancient  friary  founded  by  Con  O'Xial  In  the  church- 
yard is  a  large  stone  cross,  and  near  it  a  holy  well. 

'The  Friary  was  of  the  3rd  order  of  the  Franciscans,  and  near  it  was  an 
ancient  round  tower. 

'  There  are  many  conical  raths  in  the  parish.' 

Lewis  also  mentions  a  carved  stone,  and  a  "  square  ba\vn 
with  round  towers  at  the  angles." 


COUNTY     WATERFOED. 

[From  Mr.  Richard  O'Flynn,  Worcester,  Mass.,  U.S.A.] 
*  In  the  old  ruined  abbey  of  Molana,  Ballynatray,  is  an  ancient  tomb, 
surmounted  by  a  sculptured  urn,  and  bearing  the  following  inscription':— 

''HERE    LIES    THE    REMAINS    OF    I    RAYMOND 
LE    GROS    I    WHO    DIED    ANNO    DOMINI    1186." 

'For  there  at  last,  in  that  secluded  spot,  among  the  dust  of  peaceful 
monks,  lies  all  that  is  mortal  of  that  doughty  warrior,  the  bravest  and  most 
stalwart  of  the  Norman  invasion.  The  chief  who  led  his  mail-clad  knHits 
through  the  breach  at  Waterford,  and  who  was  foremost  in  escalading  the 
walls  of  Dublin,  and  who,  sooth  to  say—if  we  are  to  credit  Stanihurst'a 

Chronicle  —in  conjunction  with  Herae-De  Monte- Mnrisco,  plundered 
Lismore  and  its  sermon  lands.  Yet,  strange  inconsistency/that  same 
ileruey  we  are  told,  afterwards  "  assumed  the  habit  of  a  monk,"  and 
founded  the  Monastery  of  Dnnbrody,  in  Wexford,  in  atonement  for  the 
many  crimes  he  had  committed  in  Ireland,  with  his  "  comrade  dear  and 
bother  sinner"  He  was  a  true  type  of  those  who  came  to  christianize 
and  civilize  (?)  Ireland. 

•  JJany  curious  old  tombs  are  in  that  same  old  abbey  and  burial-ground. 
«  aterford  is  rich  in  antiquarian  remains.' 


CITT    OF   WATEIIFORD — FRANCISCAN    FRIAUT. 

[Fiora  the  Rev.  K.  II.  Inland's  "History  of  Waterford,"  1824.1 
'The  ancient  building  in  which  the  Holy  Ghost  Hospital  and  the  French 
L   urcn  aiu  now  (ifrii-l)  situated,  was  formerly  a  monastery  of  Franciscans 


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or  Grey  Friars,  founded  in  the  year  1240  by  Sir  Hngli   Purcell.     There 
are  some  monuments  which  deserve  examination. 

'  The  most  ancient  which  could  be  deciphered  is  a  small  and  very  narrow 
tombstone,  nearly  at  the  foot  of  the  great  altar;  the  centre  is  highly 
decorated  with  coats-of-arms  and  emblematical  figures  in  high  relief. 
Around  the  stone  is  this  inscription  : — 

"  3£tc  jarrt  $mu5'ti5simr .  tfanu .  I 
iRulirr .  SrjiusS :  SUimtati .  tOuontjam 
ujrar.  GftftDati)  aHatef)  -Bit  I  (PrtobriS. 
ano.uoi  1570  :rt  ano  aftatfe  slue : 76.  | 

CVIS   A1E    ET.  tJ." 


'Nearly  under  the  tower  is  a  highly  laboured  monument,  o-.  which  the 
traces  of  two  figures  are  discernible,  with  this  inscription  ' . — 

"SKc  jarnit  Stoftatmcg  Cciu,  filing 

I  quondam  ct'bfe  cflritatfc 

rastcrftuftlffi],  qui  ofctit  1597.  I 

ijuS  lijioi' 1599." 


'  In  the  chancel  is  the  tomb  of  John  Skidt,  who  was  Mayor  of  Water- 
ford  in  1635;  the  inscription  is  scarcely  legible,  the  side  wall  projecting 
over  the  letters  of  the  names,  which  are  cut  on  the  extreme  edge  ' : — 

"$tr  jam  ^oljamtrs  &ftgiigc  ribtt 
quondam  ft !  iHaior  fjajug  ctbitatfe 
C&atrrfortu'ac  qui  omit  1G  I  t>lm-  ir.il. 
ct  Stofjanna  auiji'tc  ejus*  tiror  quae  I 
omit " 


'The  following  is  in  very  high  pointed  letters': — 

"Wit  jacntt Clonic  iHrplcr  rt  | 

fclafccUa  Cilnlsl)  nlirjionc  pe. ar 

pfctate  |  non  paupcrctf.    iQuis'quiS 

c$ jjrcfor  I  ora  tc otmt 

Cfjomag " 

'  Mote  interesting  than  any  of  the  former  is  the  tomb  of  one  of  the 
bravo  followers  of  the  unfortunate  James  II.,  Sik  Neai.  O'NehXE,  who 
was  wounded  at  the  liattle  of  the  Bovne,  and  afterwards  accompanied  his 
sovereign  to  Watcrford,  where  he  died.  The  following  inscription,  in 
Roman  characters,  is  on  this  stone  : — 

"here  lyes  the  body  of  SIR  NEAL  O'NEILLE  | 

BAKRONET    OF    KILLILAG    IN    THE    COUNTY    OF 
ANTRIM    |   WHO    DYED    THE    ST"    OF    JULY,     IN    THE 
YEAR    1690,    AT  |  THE    AGE    OF    32    YEARS    AND 
8IX    MONTHS.       HE    MAR-  |  -HIED    THE    SECOND 
DAUGHTER    OF    LORD    VISCOUNT  |  MOLYNEUX 
OF    SEFTON    IN    LANCASHIRE,    IN    ENGLAND." 

An  heraldic  shield  with  the  O'Neill  and  Molyneux  (?)  arms 
is  over  the  inscription. 


'  In  the  lower  divisiou  of  all  the  ancient  monuments  are  the  letters 
M.U.I. A.  placed  in  the  angles  of  a  cross;  the  workmanship  is  extremely 
smooth  and  good. 

'Sir  ik'Git  Pukcell,  the  founder  of  this  monastery,  was  buried  here 
in  1241,  the  year  after  the  erection  of  the  building.  His  tomb  is  described 
as  having  on  it  the  figure  of  a  man  in  armour,  in  high  relief,  with  a  shield 
on  his  left  arm,  on  which  were  three  lions  passant  guardant  in  pale  ;  no 
inscription.  This  tomb  stood  on  the  right  of  the  high  altar,  hut  on  the 
most  minute  examination  at  that  place  aud  throughout  every  part  of  the 
church,  I  was  unable  to  discover  it.' 


'THE    CATHEDRAL. 

'The  Cathedral  of  Watertbrd,  dedicated  to  the  Blessed  Trinity,  was 
built  by  the  O-tnien  in  the  year  1096,  when  they  first  embraced  the 
Christian  religion. 

'On  the  north  side  of  the  nave  was  a  chapel  twenty-two  feet  square, 
erected  iu  the  year  14«2  by  J  amis  Kick,  a  citizen  of  Waterford,  and  was 
dedicated  to  St.  James  the'  elder,  and  the  virgin  St.  Catherine.  In  the 
manuscript  papers  of  the  cathedral,  this  chapel  is  called  St.  James's,  but 


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it  was  more  generally  named  Pice's  Chapel.  Upon  one  of  the  Gothic 
columns  was  an  ancient  monument,  made  ot  stucco  or  plaster  of  Paris,  ami 
very  well  executed.  In  the  centre  a  person  on  his  knees  in  a  praying 
posture,  and  on  each  side  a  pillar  of  the  Persic  or  Caryatic  order,  on  which 
were  figures  representing  Truth  aud  Piety.  Underneath  was  the  following 
inscription':  — 

"DOMINE  SECUNDUM  ACTUM  MEUM  NOTI  ME 
JUOICARE,  NIHIL  DI6NUM  IN  CONSPECTU  TUO 
EGI." 

"NOBILIS  HID  SITUS  EST  GUILHELMUS  CLUSIUS, 
ILLE  MERCATOR  FIDUS,  CUI  PATRIA  ALMA  BRUGAE 
CECROPIUS,  CIMQNQ;  DUDONQ;  CORINTHIUS  ALTER 
PECTORE  MUNIFICO  TUM  PIZTATE  PARI.     NEC 
MINOR  IS  CROESO,  Ml  DA,  DRASSOVE  GEATUS 
DIVITIIS,  PLACIDUS   INDOLE  PLEBICOLA.     OBIIT 
WATERFORDAE  HIBERNIAE.  MD.XLV." 

1  Beneath  this,  the  following  verses  placed  in  two  columns' : — 

"  La  noble  P.enomee  Le  noble  de  Le  scluse 

Da  murtel  sans  remort  Jadis  contre  le  tans 

D'Art  vive  et  animee  D'honneur,  et  grace  iufuse 

Triumphe  de  la  mort.  .  Arm  a  scs  heurs  et  an's. 

Je  dis  Lhuniaiu  en  sonnne  Courtois  et  magnifique 

Periclitant  c'a  bas  Fut  autant  que  Giraon 

Qui  le  sien  Corp's  consomme  Clement  et  pacifique 

Anx  immortel's  es  bas  Cent  fois  plus  que  Cydon 

Bruges  ville  Flandrine  De  son  hereuse  race 

more  A  laisse  un  raineau 

peine  Qui  Amplecte  et  embrasse 

faites  decore.  Virtu  d'un  Sainct  Cerveau. 

Au  Temple  de  Memoire  Anvers,  jout  pour  l'heure 

Appendu  est  sou  nom  De  ses  pullons  henreus 

Bruges  das  rememoire  lllustrateurs  j'assenre 

A  tout  heur  son  renom.  De  lcurs  noma  vertueus. 

Bruges  crie  et  lamente  Le  Ciel  inaccessible 

Apres  son  Citadin  Nous  rechaute  hantement 

Waterford  s'eu  augmentc  Del  lencluse  paisible 

Daviour  faict  tel  Putin.  Son  duten  Santcment." 

'This  monument  was  much  defaced  by  some  of  Cromwell's  soldiers.' 


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'  In  a  niche  in  the  south  wall  of  the  choir  is  a  tomh  of  one  of  the  Bishops 
of  Waterfbrd,  having  the  ofllgy  of  a  bishop  iu  his  rochet,  with  a  pastoral 
stall"  in  his  left  hand,  curiously  cut  in  alto-relievo.  The  following  words 
were  legible ': — 

"Htc  jarrt  fteimtitinis  tit  Cljristo 
Oomt'nuS  £\u1jaitut$  £nrl%rl,_ 
SBKatntorWm^fel  CpfsYomts'  nut 
abiit  bit  titc  iHatj  anno  £)om. 
M.CCCCXLVI  ntjus  gfotmae  pvo$itittm 


'  Ou  a  flat  stone,  near  the  east  end  of  the  cathedral,  adorned  with  coats- 
of-arms,  the  cross,  and  some  other  figures  in  basso-relievo,  are  these  words 
ronnd  the  margin  ' : — 

"mc  facet  jTrann'saisi  HumfiarB  filial 
&itolrt  quontiam  cflrisi  CtMatte 
©Katrifortiinr,  qui  m  Slovitoo  33  anno 
artatts'  obiit  ST.iD.  1590,  ft  25  UU 
iHntffc  Sanuanj.    et  Staterma 
233als'Ije  ujtor  rjti£S,  (Duonim  Stotma* 
bus"  promttftur  Qcusu    Slmcn." 

'  In  the  middle,  on  each  side  of  the  cross' : — 

"itumfcarti  .  KialsOr." 


'  On  a  flat  stone  in  the  chancel,  adorned  with  the  cross ' : — 

"  l\\t  jarmt  ptricius  llUwtt,  films  Siofranms, 
quoifoam  n'biss  CibitatiS  caiatcrfortnar,  qui 
obiit,  rt  2nastaria  ©rant,  ejus  uror,  quae 
obiit  r  iJic  iHenSfe  (Prtoiui's,  3.D.  1592." 


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'On  a  coppe    plate  fixed  on  the  outside  of  the  south  wall,  was  this 
ascription  ': — 

"  Ileic  inter  utramque  Columnam  Dcpositum 
DANIELIS  BURSTON,  S.T.D. 
Miseri 
Peccatoris,  et  quondam  hujus  Ecclesise  Cathedralis 

Decani  indignissimi,  latet  in  spe  Resurrectionis. 
Tu  qui  Primitive  es,  Phosphore,  redde  diem. 
Tumulatus  Fuit  octavo  die  niensis  Decembris  anno 
Salutis  humanse,  Millesimo  Sexcentesimo 
Septuagesimo  octavo.      Epitaphium  hoc 

ipse  sibi  dictavit  vivos ; 
Atque  hac  Tabula  aenea  insculpcndum  ;  qnam 
Tabulam  hie  loci  ponendaui  jussit.     Cujus 
mandato  obsequentes 
Tres  ejus  Executores  eaudem  sic  poui  curaverunt." 


'  These  and  many  other  ancient  monuments  perished  beneath  the  hands 
of  the  Gothic  destroyers  of  the  ancient  cathedral,  and,  it  is  said,  were  cast 
into  a  vault  beneath  the  communion  table  of  the  present  church. 

'  At  a  meeting  of  a  comittee  appointed  by  the  council  of  the  corporation, 
beld  on  the  fourteenth  of  July,  1773,  and  assisted  by  the  Bishop  of 
Waterford  and  the  Dean  and  Chapter,  it  was  resolved  that  the  old  cathedral 
church  should  be  taken  down  and  a  new  one  built  in  its  place.' 


'Adjoining    the    consistorial    conrt,    is    the    monument    of   Doctor 
Nathaniel  Foy,  Bishop  of  Waterford  and  Lismore.' 


*  Near  this,  on  a  very  neat  monument,  a  child  is  represented  weeping 
over  a  female  figure ;  both  are  executed  in  statuary  marble.  Underneath 
is  the  following ' : — 

"To  the  Memory  of  Mrs.  Susannah  Mason,  |  Daughter 
of  Sir  John  Mason,  K'nt.  |  After  a  Life  ofEXEMPLAKT 
Pif.ty,  she  died  I  August,  MDCCLIL,  Aged  LXV. 
"  At  this  fair  shrine  let  not  a  tear  be  shed 
Till  Piety  and  Charity  are  dead, 
Nor  let  the  great  ami  good  her  loss  deplore 
While  they  pursue  the  path  she  trod  before  ; 


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But  should  her  bright  example  coast"  to  shine, 
Grieve  then  yc  righteous,  and  ye  poor  repine. 
No  ostentatious  hand  this  marble  placed. 
No  flatt'ring  pen  the  jn>t  encomium  traced; 
Such  virtues  to  transmit,  is  only  giving 
Praise  to  the  dead,  to  edify  the  living." 


'  A  raoiiOraent,  which  was  erected  in  the  old  cathedral  iu  17-4* 
respectable  family  of  Morris,  is  placed  in  the  porch.' 


1  Adjoining  it  is  the  monument  of  the  May  family,  also  taken  from  the 
old  cathedral,  where  it  was  erected  iu  1GSG.' 


'  On  the  right  hand,  is  a  very  splendid  monument,  erected  by  the  family 
of  the  Fitzgeralds.  In  the  front  is  a  statue  of  Time,  an  inverted  broken 
hour-glass  in  one  hand,  and  in  the  other  a  scythe;  Piety,  veiled,  is  bend- 
ing over  a  medallion  of  the  persons  to  wdiose  memory  the  monument  was 
erected.  Over  those  statues  are  the  Fitzgerald  arms,  with  palm  branches 
and  oak  leaves  depending.  The  figures,  which  are  in  Italian  statuary 
marble,  are  represented  standing  upon  a  tomb,  over  which  is  a  pall, 
having  on  it  the  following  inscription  ' : — 

"In  the  year   1770,    I    this  monument  was 

ERECTED    TO    THE    MEMORY   |   OF    NICHOLAS 

FITZGERALD,   late   of   king's   meadow,    | 

ESQ.    DECEASED,    AND    OF    JOHN    FITZGERALD, 
LATE    OF   I   THE    CITY    OF    LONDON,    ESQ.    DECEASED, 
PURSUANT    TO  I  THE    LAST    WILL    AND    TESTA- 
MENT of  RICHARD  FITZ-  |  GERALD,  late 

OF    THE    CITY    OF    WESTMINSTER,    ESQ.  |   DECEASED, 
THE    ELDEST    SON    OF    THE    SAID    NICHOLAS,  | 
AND    NEPHEW    OF    THE    SAID    JOHN    FITZ- 
GERALD. 

THE  RIGHT  HON.  HARVEY  LORD\ 

VISCOUNT  MOUNT  MORRES,  < 

SHAPLAND   CAREW,   ESQ.,  1™ttc<tot70 

EDWARD   WOODCOCK,  ESQ.,  and    [TRUSTEES. 
THE    REV.  EDWARD  WOODCOCK,] 
Clerk." 

•The  wen'.,  "CROM  A  nOO  "  were  originally  placed  at  the  head  of 
this  monument,  but  have  since  been  removed.' 


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'A  tablet,  inscribed  with  the  names  of  many  members  of  the  family  of 
Denis,  one  of  whom  died  in  1681,  has  been  lately  re-erected  within  the 
present  church.  This  monument  was  taken  down  when  the  old  cathedral 
was  demolished,  and  has  since  been  carefully  preserved  by  the  represen- 
tatives of  the  family.' 


'  Opposite  the  door  of  the  vestry  is  a  very  plain  flag,  bearing  the 
following  inscription,  written  by  the  Kev.  Arthur  Stanhope,  Dean  of 
AYaterford '  :— 

"VIATOR 

SISTE   GRADUM    PAULISPER. 

TUA    ENIM     MAXIME    1NTERERIT    NOSSE    CUJUS    SUB    HOC 

MAKMORE 

OBSEQUUNTUR    RELIQUI.E, 

NEMPE     EJUS    SUNT,    Q.VM,    Dl'M     %'IXIT,    FUIT 

ELIZABETH  A   CHRISTMAS, 

fcemina   lectiss1ma, 

uxor  castiss1ma, 

mater   pi1ssima, 

consors  jucundissima 

quintuplici  eo  nomine  satis  ubique  nota 

Scilicet   iianc   habUit  uxorem  thomas  Christmas 

de    civitate    yvatekfoiidi-e 
mercator,  dudum   pr.etor,  et  etiamnum   senator 

URBANUS. 

fcel1ciorem  hunc,  quod  talem   nactus  sit 

uxorem,  an  miseriorem,  quod  amiserit, 

haud  facile   d1xer1s; 

nisi   quod  eo  nomine  fffilix  mer1to,  sit  dicendus, 

quod  talem   nactus,  numerosam   ex   eadem 

susceperit  prolem, 

quippe   ex  utbiu'que  fcel1ci  copula,  liberorum 

tern.e  triades,  bin^e  filiorum,  nimirum, 

Richardus,   Jacobus,   Johannes,    Carolus, 

gulielmus,  josephus. 

ALTERA    TRIAS    FILIARUM,    NEMPE    MARIA,    ElIZABETHA, 

Margareta  emanarunt, 

novem  hos   charissimos   liberos,  sibi  superstites, 

MATER    RELIQU1T    MORI  ens,   quos,    eadem 


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QUA     PEPERERAT,    EOS    S0LICITUDIXE    CURATOS 

MARITO    SUO    MORITURA    QUASI 

COMMENDAVIT    OBXIXE,     SCILICET, 

UT    IS    JAM    QUASI    UTRIUSQUE    SEXUS    PARENS    FACTUS, 

CoXDUPLICATO 

Amore    QUA    MATERXO,    QUA    PATERXO,    SIXGULOS 

USQUE 

COMPLECTERETUR,    FOVERET,    SUSTEXTARET,     EDUCARET, 

PUERPERA    FATIS    CESSURA,    SIC     (EXISTIMEs)     EAM 

MARITUM    SUUM    ALLOCUTAM 

EX  (CHARISSIME)     ULTIMUM    XOSTRI    FIDEL1SSIMI, 

ATQUE    CASTISSIMI    AMORIS    PIGNUS 

QUOD    TIBI    JAM     EDIDI. 

ET    SIC     EDIDIT,    ET    SIC     OBI1T 

ANNO    .ETATIS    SUJ5,    ULTRA    TRIGESIMUM,    SEPTIMO, 

MEXS1S     FEBRUARIJ    DIE    VIGESIMO     SECUXDO,    ET 
SALUTIS   -HfMAXJi    IXSTAURAT.E    AXXO    MILLESIMO 

sexcextesimo  seftuages1mo  septimo. 

juec  cum  tu  (lector)  rescieris,  siccis(si  potes) 

ocul1s,  hixc  abeas  licet." 


'These  are  the  only  ancient  monuments  within  the  walls  of  the  cathedral, 
but  there  are  two  in  the  churchyard,  at  the  eastern  extremity,  which  to  the 
antiquary  are  more  valuable  than  all  the  others;  they  are  exposed  to  the 
weather  (1624),  and  are  decaying  rapidly. 

'  One  is  the  monument  of  James  P.ice,  who  was  Mayor  of  YVaterford  in 
14G9.  This  tomb  was  originally  placed  in  the  chapel" which  he  founded, 
and  from  thence  was  removed  into  the  body  of  the  cathedral ;  it  was  after- 
wards erected  in  the  bnrying-ground  outside  the  church.  On  this  monu- 
ment, the  effigy  of  Iiice,  in  high  relief,  is  represented  lying  on  his  back, 
having  a  shroud  tied  in  a  knot  at  the  head  and  feet;  vermin  resembling 
frogs  and  toads  are  cut  in  the  stone,  as  it  were  creeping  out  of  his  body. 
Figures  of  saints  are  represented  round  the  sides  ot  the  tomb,  with  the 
names  over  each.'* 

[We  have  already  given  the  inscription  on  Rice's  tomb  in 
our  first  vol.,  p.  102.] 

'The  other  tomb,  placed  in  the  corresponding  angle  made  by  the  pro- 
jection of  the  eastern  extremity  of  the  cathedral,  was  formerly  supposed    to 

*  Itice'a  monument  is  now  (l«:)i)  within  the  wiills  of  the  cathedral.—  [En.] 


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have  belonged  to  Strongbow.  On  this  monument  the  figure  of  a  man  in 
armour  is  represented  lying  on  his  back ;  there  is  no  date  or  inscription 
or  anything  else  to  discover  the  name  or  quality  of  the  person.  It  has  been 
said,  tiiat  these  two  monuments  belonged  to  the  same  individual,  who 
directed  that  at  his  decease  his  body  should  be  represented  as  it  then 
appeared,  and  that  it  should  be  again  described  on  another  tombstone, 
according  to  the  appearance  which  it  exhibited  after  the  lapse  of  a  year. 
This  strange  fancy,  it  has  been  supposed,  will  account  for  the  representation 
of  vermin  and  decay,  which  has  so  long  perplexed  antiquarians.' 


'  Among  the  recently-erected  memorials  may  be  noticed  the  monument 
of  Doctor  Joseph  Siocs,  bishop  of  this  diocess,  who  died  in  the  year 
1813.  In  the  body  of  the  church,  over  a  pew  in  one  of  the  galleries,  is  a 
neat  tablet  in  white  marble,  on  which  is  represented  a  figure  bendiug  over 
a  funeral  urn.     Underneath  is  the  following  inscription': — 

"1813. 

HlC    SITUS    EST 

JOSEPIIUS  STOCK 

EPISCOPUS    WATERFORDIENSIS. 
INTER    PRIMORES    ECCLESIJE    EVECTTJS    DIGNITATEM 
MERITAM    EMERUIT.    FACULTATES    EPISCOPALES    SUMMO 
ANIMI    FERVORE    SANCTISSIME    ASSERVAVIT.    REL1GI- 
ONIS    CULTOR    VERAX,    PIUS  :  PAUPERUM    lNOPI^E    SUBVE 
-NIRE    ENIXE    FROPF.RABAT.    ERUDITIOXE    IMBUTUS    AD 
MEDULLAM,    THEOLOGIAM    PERCALLUIT    LINGUIS    QUAM 
PLURIMIS    PRECIPUE    QUiE    AD    STUDIUM    SACR.E    SCRIP- 
TURE   PERTINENT.    INSTRUCTUS.    TOTAM    FERE    PERA- 
-GRAVIT    EUROPAM,    UBIQUE    FLORES    VIRTUTUM    DECER- 
PENS,    HINC    AMCENITATEM  ET    EXCULTAM    CONVICTUS 
ELEGANTIAM    DERIVAVIT    TANTA    FESTIVITATE    LEPORIS 
PREDITUS,    SOCIETATEM    SIBI    DEVINXIT  :  MORUM    SIMUL 
SIMPLICISSIMUS    NUNQUAM    DEI    AUT    AMICI    OBLITUS 
EST. 

vita  eterna  fruatur. 

This  small  memorial  is  erected  by  iiis 

affectionate  wife 

mary  stock." 


■  Another  tablet  of  recent  erection,  within  the  body  of  the  chnrch,  is 
thus  inscribed  ' : — 


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THIS    MONUMENTAL    TABLET    IS    DEDICATED    BY 
CONJU-  |  GAL    AFFECTION    TO    PERPETUATE    THE 

memory  of  |  JANE  MORRIS  WALL,  |  wife 
of  GEORGE  MORRIS  WALL,  esq.  |  who 

DEPARTED    THIS    LIFE    ON  |  THE    5TH    OF    OCTOBER  | 
1822  |  AS    A    CHRISTIAN,  |   PIETY,    FAITH    AND 
RESIGNATION   |  ADDED    LUSTRE    TO    HER   |  VIRTUE  ;  | 
AS    A    WIFE,    MOTHER    AND    FRIEND,   |  LOVE, 
AFFECTION    AND    SINCERITY  |   DICTATED    HER 
CONDUCT." 


COUNTY    WESTIEATE 

Athloue. 

[From  Isaac  Butler's  MS.] 

'  In  the  church  there  are  three  monuments.  The  first  on  the  right  hand 
near  the  churchwardens  seat.  It  is  a  large  arch  of  black  marble,  &  on  the 
base  the  inscription.' 

[Hero  follows  the  inscription  on  Sir  Matliew  de  Renzi's 
monument,  for  which  see  p.  228.] 


4  On  the  same  side,  but  further  in  the  church.' 

[Butler  here  gives  the  inscription  on  Mrs.  A.  Handcock's 
monument,  for  wh'ch  see  page  229.] 


1  On  the  left  hand  of  the  altar,   near  the  pulpit,  there  is  a  monument 
fixed  in  the  wall,  with  a  large  coat  of  arms.     Motto,  "  Firmitas  in  Ccelo." 

[Here  follows  Captain  St.  George's  inscription,  for  which 
see  p.  229.] 


'  It  appears  from  the  Queen's  arms  of  the  north  gate  &,  the  east  gate  that 
this  town  was  walled  in  her  (sic)  time  &  by  the  direction  of  Sir  Henry 
Sydney,  then  Lord  Deputy  cf  Ireland.  There  is  on  the  bridge  a  memorial 
of  this  great  man,  by  his  Bust  raised  ou  a  stODO,  Qaeeu  Elizabeth  over  him, 
with  inscriptions. 


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« Over  the  Queen's  amis,  "God  save  Queen  Elizabeth."     Under  her 
her  arms,  in  old  English ' : — 

"£cbt  to  Cesar  t&at  to'  fe  Cesans  airtr  to 
€ob  tf;at  tofcirfc  fe  60015.    iilnt.  22." 

'Over  Sir  Henry  Sidney's   arms,    "Quo  me   fata  vocant";  and  the 
following  on  two  large  stones  at  the  bottom  of  the  Pediment '  :— 

"THIS  BRIDGE  OF  ATHLONE  FROM  THE  MAINE 
EARTH  UNDER  THE  WATER  WAS  ERECTED  &  MA- 
-DE  THE  9th  YEAR  OF  THE  RAIGN  OF  OUR  MO 
-ST  DERE  SOVERAIGNE  LADIE  ELIZABETH,  BY  THE 
GRACE  OF  GOD  QUEEN  OF  ENGLAND  FRANCE  & 
IRELAND,  DEFENDER  OF  THE  FAITKEI  &  BY  THE  DEVICE 
AND  ORDER  OF  SIR  HENRY  SIDNEY  KT  OF  THE  MOST 
MOBIL  ORDER,  THE  2°  DAIE  OF  JULIE,  THEN  BEING  OF 
THE  AGE  OF  38  YERE.  L  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  COUNSEL 
IN  WALES  AND  MARCHIS.  OF  THE  SAME  &  LORD 
DEPUTIE  GENERAL  OF  THIS  HIR  MAJESTIS  REALM 
OF  IR  AND  FINISHED  IN  LESS  THAN  ONE  YEAR 
Bl  THE  GOOD  INDUSTRI  AND  DILIGENS 
OF  SR  PETER  LEWYS." 

1  On  the  2d  stone  ' : — 

■  CLERKE,  CHANT  OF  CATHEDRAL  GHURCH  OF  CHRIST 
CHURCH  IN  DUBLIN  AND  STEWARD  TO  THE  SAID 
DEPUTIE  IN  W  YEARE  WAS  BEGONE  &  FINISHED  THE 
FAIRE  NEW  WORKE  IN  THE  CASTHEL  OF  DUBLIN  BESIDIS 
MANY  OTHER  NOTABLE  WORKIS  DONE  IN  S5DRI  CI- 
THER PLACIS  IN  THIS  REALME  ALSO  THE  ARCHREBEL 
SHANE  ONEYL  OVERTHROVEEN— HIS  HEAD  SET  ON 
THE  GATE  OF  THE  SAID  CASTEL— COYKE  &  LIVERY  AB 
OLISHED.&  THE  WHOLE  REALME  BROUGHT  INTO  SUCH 
OBEDIENCE  TO  HER  MAJESTIE  AS  THE  LIKE  TRANQUILITY 
PEACE  AND  WELT  IN  THE  MEMORY  OF  MANIE 
HATH  NOT  BENE  SENE." 


228 

We  have  to  thank  the  Rev.  George  T.  Stokes,  D.D.,  for  the 

following  inscriptions  ;  they  were  copied,  we  believe,  from  the 
originals,  by  the  late  Rev.  John  S.  Joly,  Rector  of  Athlone.  "We 
have  several  of  them  in  the  copy  of  Isaac  Butler's  MS.  in  our 
possession  ;  but  as  he  does  not  appear  to  have  followed  any 
regular  plan  in  copying  them,  we  have  adopted  Mr.  Joly's  MS., 
where  they  are  arranged  chronologically. — Ed. 

4  INSCRIPTIONS  ON  MONUMENTS  IN  ST.  MART'S  CHURCH,  ATHLONE, 
IN  CHRONOLOGICAL  ORDER.' 

"THIS    MONUMENT    WAS    ERECTED    FOR 
THE    RIGHT    WORSHIPFULL    MATHEW 
DE    REN2I  :  KNIGHT    WHO    DEPARTED 
THIS!  (LIFE    THE  :  29  :  AUGUST  :  1634  : 
BEINGE    OF    THE    AGE    OF  :  57  :  YEARS  : 
BORNE    AT    CULLEN     IN     GERMANY    AND 
DISCENDED     FROM    THAT    FAMOUS     RE- 
NOWNED   WARIROR    GEORGE    CASTRIOTT, 
ALS    SCANDERBERGE    (WHO     IN    THE 
CHRISTIAN    WARR,    FOUGHT    52  :  BATTAILES 
WITH    GREAT    CONQUEST    AND    HONNOR 
AGAINST    THE    GREAT    TURKE)    HE    WAS 
A    GREAT    TRAVELER    AND    GENERALL 
LINGUIST:    AND    KEPT    CORRESPONDENCY 
WITH    MOST   NATIONS    IN    MANY   WEIGHTY 
AFFAIRES  :    AND    IN    THREE    YEARS    GAVE 
GREAT    PERFECTION    TO    THIS    NATION 
BY   COMPOSING  A  GRAMMER    DICTIONARY 
AND   CHRONICLE    IN    THE    IRISH    TONGUE: 
IN    ACCOMPTS    MOST    EXPERT    AND 
EXCEEDING    ALL    OTHERS    TO    HIS 
GREAT    APPLAUSE.    THIS    WORKE    WAS 
ACCOMPLISHED    BY    HIS    SONN     MATHEW 
DE    REN2I     ESQ"   AUGUST  :  THE    29:1635:" 

Isaac  Butler  gives  this  inscription,  but  does  not  appear  to 
have  followed  the  spelling.  He  spells  Do  Renzi  li  de  Rentsi," 
and  inserts  the  letters  "  Sr  "  before  his  name. 

Butler  gives  the  motto  "  Firmitas  in  Ccelo,"  here. 


228 

We  have  to  thank  the  Rev.  George  T.  Stokes,  D.D.,  for  the 

following  inscriptions  ;  they  were  copied,  we  believe,  from  the 
originals,  by  the  late  Rev.  John  S.  Joly,  Hector  of  Athlone.  "We 
have  several  of  them  in  the  copy  of  Isaac  Butler's  MS.  in  our 
possession  ;  hut  as  he  does  not  appear  to  have  followed  any 
regular  plan  in  copying  them,  we  have  adopted  Mr.  July's  MS., 
where  they  are  arranged  chronologically. — Ed. 

'  INSCRIPTIONS  ON  MONUMENTS  IN  ST.  MAKT's  CHURCH,  ATULONE, 
IN  CHRONOLOGICAL  ORDER.' 

"THIS    MONUMENT    WAS    ERECTED    FOR 
THE    RIGHT    WORSHIPFULL    MATHEW 
DE    REN2I  :  KNIGHT    WHO    DEPARTED 
THIS1  iLIFE    THE  :  29  :  AUGUST  :  1634  : 
BEINGE    OF    THE    AGE    OF  :  57  :  YEARS  : 
BORNE    AT    CULLEN     IN     GERMANY    AND 
DISCENDED     FROM    THAT    FAMOUS     RE- 
NOWNED   WARIROR    GEORGE    CASTRIOTT, 
ALS    SCANDERBERGE    (WHO    IN    THE 
CHRISTIAN    WARR,    FOUGHT    52  :  BATTAILES 
WITH    GREAT    CONQUEST    AND    HONNOR 
AGAINST    THE    GREAT    TURKE)     HE    WAS 
A    GREAT    TRAVELER    AND    GENERALL 
LINGUIST:    AND    KEPT    CORRESPONDENCY 
WITH    MOST   NATIONS    IN    MANY   WEIGHTY 
AFFAIRES  :    AND    IN    THREE    YEARS    GAVE 
GREAT    PERFECTION    TO    THIS    NATION 
BY  COMPOSING  A  GRAMMER    DICTIONARY 
AND   CHRONICLE    IN    THE    IRISH    TONGUE: 
IN    ACCOMPTS     MOST    EXPERT    AND 
EXCEEDING    ALL    OTHERS    TO    HIS 
GREAT    APPLAUSE.    THIS    WORKE    WAS 
ACCOMPLISHED    BY    HIS    SONN     MATHEW 
DE    REN2I     ESQ"   AUGUST  :  THE    29:1635:" 

Isaac  Butler  gives  this  inscription,  but  does  not  appear  to 
have  followed  the  spelling.  He  spells  De  Renzi  "  do  llentsi," 
and  inserts  the  letters  "  Sr  "  before  his  name. 

Butler  gives  the  motto  "  Firmitas  in  CojIo,"  here. 


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'NEER    THIS    PLACE    LYETH    THE    BODYS 
OF    CAPTAIN     RICH?   ST.    GEORGE    AND 
HIS    PIOUS   WIFE   ANN    ELDEST   DAUGHTER 
OF    MICHAEL    PENNOCK    OF    TURROE    IN 
THE    COUNTY    OF    ROSCOMMON     ESQ". 
HE    WAS    FOR    SEVERAL   YEARS    GOVERNOR 
OF    ATHLONE,    THIRD    SON    OF    S". 
RICHARD    ST.   GEORGE    KNT.    CLARENCEUX 
KING    OF    ARMS    BY    ISABEL    HIS    WIFE 
DAUGHTER    OF    NICHOLAS    ST.    JOHN    OF 
LIDIARD    TREG02    IN    WILTSHIRE     ESQ". 
BROTHER    TO    [SIR]    HENRY    ST.  GEORGE 
KNT.    GARTER    PRINCIPALL    KING    OF 
ARMS    AND    TO    ST.    [SIR]    GEORGE 
ST.    GEORGE    OF    CARRICK    DRUMROOSK 
IN    THE    COUNTY    OF    LEITRIM     KNT. 
BORN    AT    HALTEYS    ST.    GEORGE    IN 
CAMBRIDGESHIRE    THE    27™    MARCH 
1590    AND    DEPARTED    THIS    LIFE    IN 
ATHLONE    THE    24™    OF    APRIL    1667. 
THE    SAID    ANN     HIS    WIFE    WAS    BORN 
AT    TURROCK    THE    18™    OF    NOVEMBER 
1606    AND    DYED    IN    ATHLONE    THE    4™ 
OF    OCTOBER  1643    TO    WHOSE    MEMORYS 
THEIR    SONS    ARTHUR    AND    HENRY 
ERECTED    THIS    MONUMENT    ANNO 
DOMINI    1686." 


THIS    MONUMENT    WAS    ERECTED    IN 
MEMORY    OF    MRS.    ABIGAIL    HANDCOCK 
DAUGHTER    OF    THE    REVERnd.    THOMAS 
STANLEY    &,    LATE    WIFE    OF    WILLIAM 
HANDCOCK    OF    TROYFORD     ESQ".    BY 
WHOM     HE     HAD     ISSUE    9    SONS    &,    7 
DAUGHTERS,    WHO    DEPARTED    THIS    LIFE 
THE    2IST    CF    NOVR.    ANo.    DO".    1680     IN 
THE    63«o    YEAR    OF    HER    AGE    &,    LYES 
INTERRED    UNDERNEATH    THIS    PLACE. 
VIGILATE    ET    ORATE." 

[Cutler's  MS.] 


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!  To  the  memory  of  Gustavus  Handcock  late  of  Waterstown 
in  the  County  of  Westmeath  Esq.  who  died  4th  Sepr.  1751 
Aged  fifty  eight.     Lamented  by  all  who  knew  his  virtues. 
He  was  humane,  friendly  and  religious,  an  active  and 
impartial  magistrate.     His  conduct  in  Parliament  was 
directed  by  the  love  of  his  country,  which  was  constant 
and  sincere.     A  kiud  Husband  and  a  tender  Father  of  a 
lovely  Daughter  Katheiune,  who  died  5th  April  1746 
aged  sixteen,  and  of  a  son  Robert,  who  shewed  in  his 
conduct  the  fruit  of  an  early  and  pious  education.     In  him 
revived  his  Father's  virtues.     The  favour  of  youth  was 
tempered  by  the  sense  of  age.     He  was  exemplary  to  the 
young,  Honoured  and  beloved  by  the  aged  and  experienced. 
But  he  was  scarcely  seen  and  admired  until  he  was  summoned 
to  the  Happiness  he  aspired.     He  died  in  the  24th  year  of 
his  age,  anno  1754.     This  monument  was  erected  to  their 
remains  by  Elizabeth  Handcock,  widow  and  mother  to  these 
once  dear  and  now  Lamented  Persons.     An :  Dom  :  1759." 


"  In  the  family  vault  arc  deposited  the  remains  of  Willm. 
Handcock  Esquire,  Late  Representative  in  Parliament  for 
this  town,  for  28  years  he  exerted  the  most  conscientious 
diligence  in  the  discharge  of  his  office  as  Collector  of  Trim 
and  Commissioner  of  the  Board  of  Works.     He  fulfilled  the 
several  duties  of  Husband,  Father,  and  Friend  in  a  manner 
rarely  equall'd,  never  excel'd,  and  was  most  deservedly  admired 
by  all  who  knew  him,  whether  personally  or  by  character. 
With  strength  of  mind  and  fortitude  becoming  a  christian  he 
sustained  the  repeated  attacks  of  a  lingering  disorder  till  the 
seventh  of  April  A.D.  1794,  iEtatis  56,  when  with  a  joyful 
hope  of  a  blessed  Resurrection,  and  a  firm  reliance  on  the 
merits  of  his  all-gracious  Redeemer,  he  resigned  his  meek 
spirit  into  the  hands  of  his  God.     This  monument  a  small 
tribute  to  as  many  virtues  as  ever  centred  in  one  man,  was 
erected  at  the  joint  expense  of  Mrs.  Sus.  Handcock,  his  deeply 
afflicted  widow  [who  passed  above  26  years  of  uninterrupted 
happiness  with  this  truly  best  of  Hrshauds,  and  still  exists 
but  in  the  idea  of  rejoining  him  in  a  better  world]  and  his 
only  sou  Robert  Ha.ndcock  Esq." 


"The  remains  of  William  Potts  late  of  Correen  in  the 
County  of  Roscommon  Esqr.  are  deposited  iu  the  family 
Burial  place  adjoining  the  bnuth  wall  of  this  church.  He 
died  on  the  11th  of  Novr.  119'J  in  the  7ist  year  of  his  age 


231 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Thomas  Llotd  of  Athlone  Esq. 
who  departed  this  life  deservedly  regretted  the  25th  June 
1802  aged  T9  years.     His  conduct  through  life  proved  him 
an  affectionate  Husband  a  good  Father  and  an  honest  man. 


"  In  memory  of  Hannah  Zooch  wife  of  Colonel  Zoccfi  of 

Wakefield  Yorks.     The  indissoluble  love  and  esteem  of  her 

husband  Decrees  this  monument. 

Her  life  was  au  ornament  and  blessing  to  her  family. 
Midst  the  Gifts  that  worldly  comforts  bring 
She  moved  uucouscious  of  superior  sway 
In  pure  and  unaffected  virtue 
Dignity  of  mind  and  Gentleness  of  heart 
The  beauteous  image  of  angellic  worth 
Virtue  smiled  imprinted  on  her  look 
Calm  Simplicity  marked  out  her  way. 

She  departed  this  life  January  18th  1806  in  the  28th  year 

of  her  age." 


"  Within  the  prcsincts  of  this  sacred  ground  are  interred  the 
mortal  remains  of  Henry  Hunt  Son  of  Sarah  and  John 
Philips  Hunt  Esq.  Lieut.  Col.  in  the  Army  and  Inspecting 
Field  Officer  of  this  district  who  died  March  7th  IS  15 
aged  6  months." 


"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Laurence  McDowall  son  of 
Willm.  McDowall  Late  of  Castlesempil  in  Scotland  and 
Lieutenaut  Colonel  of  the  Renfrewshire  Militia.    This  monu- 
ment was  erected  by  the  officers  of  the  Regiment  as  a  mark 
of  their  love  for  the  virtues  and  respect  for  the  character  of 
their  fellow  Soldier.     He  was  born  20th  August  MDCCLXIV. 
Died  at  Athlone  5th  August  1815." 

1 A  headstone  to  same  in  first  part  of  graveyard.' 


"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  James  Batrat  Btres  Aged  18 
Years  and  7  Months  Ami  William  John  Kxri:  aged  19 
Years  Ensigns  in  the  2nd  Battn.  1st  or  Royal  Kegt.  who 
were  unfortunately  Drowned  in  the  Killinuxe  Lake  on  the 
29th  of  November  1834.  This  tablet  was  erected  by  their 
brother  officers  as  a  testimonial  of  affectionate  esteem  and 
sincere  regret." 


1  Tomb  in  churchyard  to  same.' 


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;  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  Rev.  John  Gustavcs  Handcock 
late  Hector  of  the  Parish  of  Annaduff  Co.  Leitrim.     A  faithful 
and  devoted  servant  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  who  having 
both  by  his  life  and  doctrine  adorned  the  Gospel  of  God  his 
Saviour,  was  removed  by  death  from  his  affectionate  family 
and  flock,  in  the  prime  of  his  days,  and  in  the  midst  of  his 
usefulness,  March  2nd  1838  /Etat  39. 
This  tablet  was  erected  by  his  brothers  in  token  of  their  love 
and  affection  for  him." 


1  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  William  Viscount  Castlemaine, 
who  departed  this  life  7th  Jaury.  1S39  aged  75  years.     Iiis 
death  though  sudden,  was  not  unprepared.     Entirely  and 
habitually  renouncing  all  merit  in  himself,  with  the  utmost 
humility,  and  contrition  of  heart,  he  vested  all  his  hope  of 
salvation,  on  the  atonement  and  mediation  of  our  Blessed 
Redeemer  Jesus  Christ. 
Erected  by  his  afflicted  widow." 

{To  It  continued.) 


Causestown,- 

'  A  mile  and  a-half  from  Athboy. 

'  At  a  small  bridge  over  a  brook,  there  is  the  shaft  of  a  cross  remaining, 
with  these  lines  ' : — 

"  PRAY    FOR     I    THE    SOULES     I 
OF    AMES     I     NUGENT   STEW-     I 
ART    &c  :     I     ANN  :    DOM.     I    1688." 

[I.  B.'s  MS.] 


INSCRIPTIONS    ON    ANCIENT    CHALICES    OF   THE    IRISH    FRANCISCANS 
STILL    EXISTING   IN   THIS    COUNTRY. 

[Rev.  C.  P.  Meehan.] 
Multifernan. 

"R.  P.  FRANCISCUS  DELAMER,  S.T.L., 

Provinciac,   Dcp.  ct   V.  A.  P.  FRANCIS. 
CRUCIS.   Guardianas  Dublincnsis  F.  F.  Conv. 
Multjfer,  1713." 

'R.  P.  Father  Francis  Delamer,  S.T.L.,  Dcfinitor  of  the  Pro- 
vince, and  V.  R.  Father  Fuuttii  Ciuce,  Guardian  of  Dublin 
to  the  Friars  of  Multifeniau  Convent,  1713.' 


233 

■Fr.  CHR1ST0PII0RUS  BARNEWALL, 
Provincial'^  Orel.  Minorum  Strict.  Ohscrv. 
procuravit  pro  Conventu  Mont  is fernandi,  Anno 
1759." 

•Br.  Chris^oher  Barnewall,  Provincial  of  the  Order  of  Minors. 
of  the  Strict  Observance,  procured  this  for  the  church  of 
Multifernan,  auno  i7o9.' 


COUNTY     WEXFOP.D. 


In  Donoughmorc  Old  Churchyard. 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Michael  Redmond.     Died  Sept.  lGth 
1766  aged  65  years.     The  Lord  have  mercy  on  bis  soul." 

"  Here  Iieth  the  Body  of  Lawrence  Binnan  who  dep.  this 
life  July  6th  1791  aged  8  years.     Also  two  of  bis  sisters." 


"Here  lyeth  ye  body  of  Martin  Redmond  of  Kilmichie"- 
Dpd.  Octr.  4th  1779  aged  29  years.     Also  Elizabeth 

Redmond  alias  WaDIGG,  bis  mother.     Depd 26th 

1780,  aged  60  y....     Also  James  Redmond  bis  father 
dp.  July  23.  17S1.  agd.  70." 


In  Gorcy  Old  Churchyard. 

"  Here  lyeth  y  Body  of  Jon.  Harvey  who  Deped.  this  life 
June  2nd  17-19.  Egd.  21  years." 


.[broken] "Body  of  Mrs.  Anne  Chichester 

....  2Sth  day  of  November  1776." 


"  Here  lieth  Interred  the  remains  of  Thomas  Hill  departed 
life  23rd  August  17&7  aged  57  years.     Also  the  body  of 
Susan  Hill  bis  wife  who  departed  this  life  Sept.  28  1812, 
aged  69  years. 

Henky  Hill  died  April  26,  1836,  aged  21  years. 
His  father  Jamls  Hill  died  Sept.  19,  1652,  aged  76  years.' 


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"  Here  licth  the  body  of  Fean  Harres  depd.  the  ...  Febr. 
J784 [broken] 1  year ' 

Weep  not  for  me  my  Parents  dear 

I  am  not  Dead  Hut  Sleeping  Here 

Short  was  my  life,  Long  is  my  rest. 

To  take  me  from  my  " ." 

[The  rest  is  in  the  ground.] 

lilllenash  Parish. 

"here  lyetii  the  body  of  SVSANA  REDMOND 

DAVGHER  (Sic)    OF    JAMES  |   BACON    OF  GLYNN 
DE   |  CEASED    Y-    23    OF    SEP.    i;j5    AGED    2-  (?) 
YEARS. 

HERE  LIETH  THE OF  JAMES  (?)    BACON  I 

OF  GLINN  WHO  DE   |  PARTED    THIS  LIFE  THE   14    I 

DAY    OF    NOVEMBER     1751   (?)    AGED     SEVENTY 

YEARS. 

ALSO    THE    BODY    OF    MARY,    SECOND    WIFE    TO 

JAMES  BACON  |  who   departed  this   life 

THE  |  2S    DAY    OF    DECEMBER     1762  |  AGED    64 

YEARS." 

Killinlcb  Parish. 

Near  the  end  of  the  old  «  Vestry  Book  -  of  Killinick  parish 
will  be  found  sundry  entries  of  Baptisms,  Marriages,  and 
Burials,  from  1764  to  1801  :_ 

marriages. 
Christopher  Jeffap.es  married  to  Mart  Berrt,  Jnlv  30th    1764 

?7«7DEa     -f  oAK,E3„ man'ied  t0  ANKE  R<^FOfiD,  Feb.  16,  1 767.        ' 
1767,  April  2nd,  YV  .ll.au  Jeffakes  married  to  Eleanor  Tanner, 
mr.  Ambrose  Boxwell  married  to  Catherine  Tanner,  Jan.  6   176^ 
&AMCEL  Higginson  married  to  Ann  Tanner  8ber  12,  1769.       ' 

MARRIAGES  BY  THE  REVD.  RICHD.  BEVAN,  CURATE  OF  KILL1MCK 

Christopher   Jiffap.es   married  to  Elizabeth  Danbt,  August  30th 

John  Jokes  married  to  Hannah  Doyle,  March  4th,  1783. 
kobekt  Jeffares  married  to  Mart  Buxwell,  24th  of  May,  1786 
Christ.  Richards  married  to  Ann  B*  k,:v,  27tl.  of  1  ic  ,..  1786 
-aml.  13EAUBIERE  married  to  Mary  Uopley,  June  7th   17S7 
JOHN  fur  .named  to  Cathertne  Hayes,  24th  Jamy,  1783.' 


^  ieuam  Hisii  (?)  married  to  Ann  Wade,  13th  Se;  t,  1 


235 

John  Allen,  of  Latimerstown,  married  to  Brassega  Johnson  Uctr 

9th,  178S. 
Richd.  King  and  Mary  Murtht,  of  the  Island,  married  Xovr.  27th   1788. 
John  Boyd  and  Jane  Danuv,  May  the  2nd,  1789. 
John  Boxwell,  of  Lorsehill  (?),  and  Susahna  Berry,  ofBallykelly 
Febiy.  2otb,  1790.  '       J 

John  Jeffakls,  of  Old  Hall,  and  Ann  Jeffares,  of  Mooretown   May 
16th,  1790.  '       ' 

James    Kerry,  of  Ballykelly,   and   Ann    Barrington,    of   Ballycocly 
married  June  9th,  1791.  J    *J> 

John  Wuf.elock  to  Mary  Fielding,  Septr.  18th,  1791. 
Thos.  Hoke,  of  Wexford,  Butcher,  to  Catherine  Mesethak,  of  Kisha 

married  Febry.  3rd,  1792. 
David   Townsend,  of  the  parish  of  Templeshambough,  to   Catherine 

Jones,  of  Ballyeorboys,  married  June  2nd,  1793. 
Henry  Green,  of  Ballycorboys,  married  to  Martha  Stroud,  of  Wex- 
ford, Noyr.  23rd,  1793. 
James   Gildea,   Esqr.,   of  the   County   Mayo,   married   to   Miss   Ann 
Harvey,  of  Killiane  Castle,  by  the  Bevd.  Boger  Owen,  Novr.  24th 
1796. 
James  Winters  married  to  Mary  Harrison,  Deer.  1st,  1796. 
George  Mekrlman  to  .Mary  Harrison,  Feb.  2nd,  1797. 

Then  follow  a  number  of  Baptisms  and  a  few  Burials  for 
which  see  on. 

Richard  Winter  married  to  Ann  Atkin,  Jany.  16th,  1798. 
Fredk.  Jones,  of  Corumarket,  Wexford,  married  to  Miss  Anne  Boxwell 

of  Lingstown,  August  29th,  1799. 
Richard  Jones,  of  Corumarket,  Wexford,  Mercht.,  married  to    Miss 

Frances  IIowlin  Jones,  of  Ballyknockan,  Febry.  13th,  1800. 
George  Hawkins,  married  to  Catherine  Green,  April  7th,  1800. 
Benjn.  James  married  to  Ann  Harrison,  April  20th,  1800. 
Andrew  Harrison  married  to  Fidelia  Jones,  June  29th,  1800. 
John  Whitmore  married  to  Elizaelth  Smiley  (?),  Jany.  1st,  1S01. 
all. 
baptisms. 
registry  of  rath  m'nee  [sic]  parish. 
Margaret  and  Catherine,  Daughters  or*  James  and  Elizabeth  Sealt, 

baptized  March  2nd,  1794. 
John,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Roach,  baptized  May  4th,  1796. 
Robert,  sou  of  John  Sealt  and  Ester  ^ic)  n;s  wjfe   baptized  August 

30th,   1786. 
Ann,  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Sealy,  baptized  July  31st,  1796. 
All  on  this  page.     Then  follow  the   marriages  from  1704,  as 
already  given  ;  they  are  in  a  quite  different  handwriting,  and 
may  belong  to  another  parish. 


23(1 

John-,  son  of  Samuel  Jeffares  and  Ann  his  wife,  baptized  Jan.  7,  1768. 
Catherine,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Xeale  Batlt,  Esq.,  and  Lettice  his 

wife,  baptized  June  Sth,  1770. 
Samuel,  sou  of  John  and  Ann  Wheeloce  his  wife,  baptized  Oct.  24th, 

1788. 
William,  son  of  John  and  Mart  Murpht,  of  St.  Mary's  Island,  baptized 

January  Sth,  1789. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and  Ester  Sealy,  baptized  May  19th,  1789. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  and  Davis  his  wife,  baptized 

Jane  the  4th,  1789. 
Eichd.,  son  of  Pfter  and  Sarah  Silvester,  baptized  June  29th,  1789. 
Frances,  daughter  of  Thos.  and  Martha  Merriman  his  wife,  baptized 

Juue  30th,  1789. 
John,  son  of  John  and  Catherine  Thomas,  baptized  Oct.  4th,  1789. 
Frances,  daughter  of  John  Harvey,  of  Killiane,  Esq.,  and  Dorothy  his 

wife,  baptized  Deer.  27th,  1789. 
Elizabeth  Ann,  daughter  of  Thos.  and  Hannah  Vicary,  baptized  Sept. 

26th,  1790. 
Willm,  sou  of  Christ,  and  Elizabeth  Jeffares,  of  Randlestown,  bap- 
tized Feby.  Gth,  1790. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and  Ann  Wheeloce  his  wife,  baptized 

March  13th,  1791. 
John,  son  of  John  Sealt  and  Ester  his  wife,  May  9th,  1791  (sic). 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sybills  Wheeler,  of  Common,  baptized 

June  13th,  1791. 

This  page  is  signed  "  Rielid.  Bevan,  Minr." 

Joseph,  son  of  Clement  and  Mary  Lambert,  June  13th,  1791. 
James,  son  of  Edward  Pebcival,  Esq.,  of  Grange,  and  Mary  his  wife, 

baptized  June  lStli,  1791. 
John,  son  of  John  Harvey,  of  Killiane,  Esqr.,  and  Dorothy  his  wife, 

baptized  July  21st,  1791. 
Eliza,  daughter  of  William  and  Jane  Wheelock  his  wife,  baptized 

August  4th,  1791. 
Patience,  daughter  of  Tnos.  Merryman  and  Martha,  his  wife  baptized 

Febry.  3rd,  1792. 
Joseph  Bep.ry,  son  of  James  Berry,  of  Ballykelly,  and  Ann  his  wife, 

baptized  April  19th,  1792. 
William,  son  of  John  Tiiumas  aud  Catherine  his  wife,  baptized  May 

29th,  1792. 
Edward,  son  of  Edward  Terceval,  Esqr.,  of  Grange,  and  Mary  his 

wife,  baptized  June  17th,  1792. 
John  Francis,  son  of  John  Hauvey,  E.=qr.,  of  Mt.  Tleasant,  and  Mary 

his  wife,  baptized  June  17th,  1792. 
John  Nun,  son  of  Thos.  and  Elizabeth  Ein,  baptized  Deer.  9th,  1792. 
Martha,  daughter  of  Mr..  Thos.  Vicap.y  and  Hannah  his  wife,  baptized 

Deer.  27th,  1792. 


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Mart,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Stbilis  Wheeler,  of  Common,  baptized 

March  3rd,  1793. 
John,  son  of  James  and  Ann  Berry,  of  Ballykelly,  baptized  April   22nd, 

1793. 
Hannah,   daughter   of  Christ.  Jeffares,   and    Elizabeth    his    wife, 

baptized  Sept.  2nd,  1703,  three. 
Charles  John,  son  of  Edward  Percival,  Esqr.,  and  Mart  his  wife, 

baptized  Oct.  13th,  1793. 
JoriN,  son  of  Joseph  and  Margaret  Hofley  his  wife,  baptized  Nov. 

28th,  1793. 
William  Harrison,  son  of  John  Harvey,  of  Mt.  Pleasant,   Esqr.,  and 

Mary  his  wife,  baptized  Deer.  23rd,  1793. 
Michael,  son  of  Thos.  Vicary  and  Hannah  his  wife,  baptized  Jany.  1 2th, 

1794. 
Jane,  daughter  to  James  and  Ann  Berry,  of  Ballykelly,  baptized  June 

8th,  1794. 
Bichard,  sou  of  John  and  Ester  Sealy,  baptized  Angust24th,  1794. 
Bichard,   son  of  The  Hevd.   Richard   Bf.van,   of  Streamville  ( ?),  and 

Charlotte  his  wife,  baptized  Sept.  13th,  1794. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Martha   Green,  of  Ballycorleys, 

baptized  Oct.  12th,  1794. 
Vigors,  son  of  John  Harvey,  Esqr.  [of  Killiane  Castle],  and  Dorothy 

his  wife,  baptized  Deer.  17th,  1794. 
Nathaniel,  son  of  John  and  Catherine  Thomas,  baptized  Jany.  9th, 

1795. 
Sybilis,  daughter  of  JosEra  and  Stbilis  Wheeler,  baptized  Feby.  22nd, 

1795. 
Martha,  daughter  of  Thos.  and  Martha  Merriman,  baptized  February 

23rd,  1795. 
Amy,  daughter  of  Thos.  and  Hannah  Vicary,  baptized  March  1st,  1795. 
Edward,  sou  of  Christ,  and  Elizabeth  Jeffares,  baptized  August  19th, 

1795. 
Charles,  son  of  John  and  Ann  Wheelock,  baptized  Nov.  1st,  1795. 
George  Washington,  son  of  John  Harvey,  Esq.,  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  and 

Mary  his  wife,  baptized  Dec.  22,  1795. 
Frances,  daughter  of  Juseph  and  -Margaret  Hoplet,  baptized  May 

22nd,  1796. 
John,  son  of  Henry  and  Martha  Green,  of  Ballycorboys,  baptized  Juno 

12th,  1796. 
Bichard,  son  of  John  and  Ester  Sealy,  baptized  August  2Sth,  1796. 
George,  son  of  Edward  Pei.civall,  Esq.,  of  Grange,  and  Mary  his 

wife,  baptized  Xovr.  27th,  179G. 
Mary,  daughter  of  Josh,  and  Sybf.l  Wheeler,  baptized  April  17th, 

1797. 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Biciid.  Bennet  and (sic)  his  wife,  baptized 

April  18th,  1797. 
Susanna,  daughter  of  Jamep.  Berry  and  Ann  his  wife,  baptized  May  15th, 

1797. 


238 

George  Annesley,  son  of  Rev.  Roger  Owen  and  Ann  his  wife,  baptized 

by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Chambers,  July  5th,  1797. 
Frances,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Ricud.  Bevan  and  Charlotte  his  wife, 

baptized  August  '25th,  1797. 
Ann,  daughter  of  John  and  Ann  Wheelock  his  wife,  baptized  Deer. 

19th,  1797. 
Edith  a  Hatchell,  daughter  of  Mr.  William  Tanner  and  Editha  his 

wife,  baptized  Jany.  28th,  1798. 
Jane,  daughter  of  John  and  Ester  Sealy,  baptized  June  23rd,  1799. 
James,  son  of  James  and  Mary  Winter,  baptized  June  23rd,  1799. 
Esther,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Martha  Green  his   wife,   baptized 

Sepr.  22nd,  1799- 
Jane,  daughter  of  Mr.  Wm.  Tanner,  of  Ballygollick,   and  Editha  his 

wife,  baptized  Oct.  2nd,  1799. 
John,  son  of  James  and  Ann  Kerry  his  wife,  baptized  Novr.  1  nth,  1799. 
Thomas  Finn,  son  of  Richd.  and  Ann   Gainfort  his  wife,  baptized 

Novr.  24th,  1799. 
Frances,  daughter  of  Josh,  and  Sybilis  Wheeler,  baptized  April  14th, 

1800. 
Elizabeth,   daughter   of  Geo.  aud   Catherine    Hawkins,     baptized 

February  13th,  1S01. 

This  is  the  List  entry. 


The  following  entries  are  mixed   up  with  the  above  lists  of 
Marriages  and  Baptisms  : — 

Richard  Dixon,  buried  Feb.  21,  1767. 

Mr.  Charles  Lett,  buried  at  Maglass  [sic1  Deer.  18.  1767. 

Margaret  Timson,  buried  August  26,  17GS,  at  Maglass. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Rochfort,  otherwise  Singleton,  buried  at   Maglass,   May 

25th,  1770. 
Mrs.  Ann  Wheelock,  buried  at  Killinmck,  Jany.  6th,  1796. 
Miss  Ann  Wheelock,  buried  at  Killinmck,  Jany.  17th,  1796. 
Mrs.  Timson  (?),  wife  of  Iskeal  Timsos,  buried  at  Maglass,  July  5th, 

1799. 
Edward  Meeryman,  buried  at  St.  Iberius,  Augxst  17th,  1799. 

Three  pages  on  occur  the  following  "  Funerals"  : — 

John  Harvey,  Esqr.,  of  Mt.  Tlcasant,  buried  at  Maglass,  August  18th, 

1794. 
Charles  Wheelock,  of  Killinnick,  buried  Octr.  23rd,  1794. 
Daniel  Boukkt,  buried  Octr.  27th,  1794. 
Ann  Price,  buried  Oct.  28th,  1791. 


This  completes  all  the  Marriages,  Baptisms,  and  Burials  in 
this  book. 

r.  L>.  V  igors. 

In  our  next  Journal  we  hope  to  give  some  extracts  from  the 

Vestry-book  of  this  parish. 

Si.  Mary's  Church,  Xew  Ross. 

"This  Monument  |  the  tribute  of  love  and  gratitude  |  is  erected  I 
to  the  memory  of  |  Mrs.  Arabella  Tottenham  |  the  dearly 
beloved  wife  of  |  Ponsonbt Tottenham,  Esq.,  M.P.  |  late  of 
Rosegarland  in  the  Co.  of  Wexford  |  who  after  a  painful 
illness  of  two  years  j  which  she  bore  with  angelic  fortitude  | 
and  the  most  Christian  patience  and  resignation  |  Died  at 
Clifton  in  the  County  of  Gloucester  |  on  the  second  day  of 
AugusU806  |  Aged  fifty  years.  |  Most  amiable  in  her' 
disposition.  |  She  alone  seemed  unconscious  of  those  merits  | 
which  ensured  to  her  the  affections  of  her  friends  |  and  the 
esteem  of  all  |  who  had  the  happiness  of  knowing  her.  | 
The  disease  to  which  she  fell  a  victim  |  added  lustre  to  the 
virturcs  of  her  mind  |  and  the  submassive  piety  which  prepared  [ 
her  way  to  Heaven  |  is  a  sublime  example  of  the  duty  of 
resignation  I  to  her  aalicted  husband." 


1  In  south  transept ' : — 

"John  Carroll  Surgeon  |  died  November  7th  1856  |  aged 
65  years.  |  Also  Saeah  his  wife  who  died  November  l°3th 
1878  |  aged  91  years." 

[This  is  on  a  raised  tombstone.] 

"John  Moltxevx " 

[A  flat  stone.] 

;  Altar-tomb  in  south  transept ' : — 

"Here  are  interred  the  mortal  remains  of  |  Loftus  Cliffe  Esq.  I 
who  was  severely  wounded  in  the  bati'e  of  |  Minbeh  1759, 
then  Captain  of  His  Majesty's  |  37  Kegt.  of  Foot.     He  was 
promoted  in  17C2  |  to  be  Major  Commandant  in  the  74th 
Invalids  |  and  died  8th  Sept.  1765  |  at  Coolcliffe  near 
Taghmon.  |  And  also  the  remaius  of  his  widow  Anne  Cliffe 
bis  faithful  and  affectionate  friend  |  and  companion  who  died 
at  Wexford  |  on  the  23rd  of  March  1811  |  In  the  83rd 
year  of  her  age. 

4  We  believe  that  Jesus  died  and  rose  again,  even  so  them 
also  wli.  sleep  in  Jesus  I  Will  God  bring  with  him.'— 
1  Thes.  4.  14." 


240 


"  In  the  churchyard  ' 


"This  tomb  belongs  to  [  The  Flevd.  -Tons'  Clifff.  |  Herein 
are  interred  the  remains  |  of  his  wife  Belinda  Cliffe  | 
who  died  the  18th  of  August  1772  |  aged  27  years.  | 
And  of  Iiis  daughter  Belinda  |  who  died  the  7th  of 
December  177-  |  aged  4  months." 


COUNTY    WICKLOW. 

Aghold  Varish. 

CHURCH    PLATE. 

Flagon — No  inscription  or  hall-mark. 
Chalice — Inscription  : — 

"Union  of  Aghold:  JAMES  MCGHEE, 
Rector." 

No  hall-mark. 
Another  chalice  is  inscribed  : — 

"Aghold  Parish  1827" 

Also  two  large  Patens  (plated),  same  inscription  ;  two  collecting  plates, 
same  inscription  as  second  chalice. 


The  Vestry -book  and  Parish  Register  begin  in  1 700,  and  are 
in  the  same  volume,  which  much  requires  to  be  re-bound.* 
This  volume  ends  in  1S73. 

There  is  one  monument  in  the  church.  The  Font  is  small 
and  ugly — of  black  marble. 


Arktow  Parish. 

■  The  burial-grounds  of  the  parish  afford  no  specimens  of  sepulchral 
monuments  more  striking  than  that  of  a  simple  tombstone,  except  in  the 
instance  of  the  Howard  family.  The  late  Lord  Wicklow,  father  of  the 
present  end  (1S1G)  erected  a  mausoleum  in  the  form  of  a  pyramid,  visible 
from  the  distant  parts  of  the  country;  the  interior  is  arranged  with  recesses 
for  the  dead.  Within  the  new  church  of  Arklow,  a  handsome  monument, 
remarkable  for  its  chaste  and  elegant  desimi,  was  lately  dedicated  by  John 


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241 

Knox  Grogan,  Esq.,  of  Johnstown-castle,  County  of  Wexford,  to  the 
memory  of  his  brother,  Thomas  Knox.  Ksq.,  who  fell  in  the  year  171)3,  at 
the  battle  of  Arklow,  whilst  gallantly  leading  on  his  corps  of  yeomanry.' 

[Mason.] 


LIST  OF  INCUMBENTS,  EXTRACTED  FROM  THE  FIT.ST  FRUITS    RF.CORDS. 

"Vicarage  of  Arklow," "TlBBOTT  Doyle,  an   ancient 

Eter.  leg." 

"Thomas  Cromptox,  institut.  fuit  28°  die  Januar.  1662,  ad  vicar. 
ecclesi;c  parochial   de  Arklow,  in  dioc.  Dublin. 

"  Archibald  McXeale,  cler.  in  artib.  collat.  fuit,  20"  die  Martii  1682, 
ad  et  in  rectoria.  de  Arklow,  et  ad  vicar,  ibm.  Dioc.  Dublin,  et  com. 
Wicklow,  not  in  tax. 

"  Gui.iel.  Caldwell,  collat.  fuit  17  July,  1  707,  ad  rect.  et  vie.  de 
Arklow.    > 

"  Holt  Frufll,  28  Nov.,  1751,  rect.  Arklow,  vie.  Arklow. 

"  Fowler  Comins,  A.M.,  ulh  Feb.,  17o0,  rect.  Arklow,  vie.  same, 
Vic.  Knorelly,  parishes  of  Templemichell,  Kilbride,  Killahurler,  and  Kill- 
main.     Cures  of  Bolaugh,  Kilinairagh,  and  Ncwbawne,  Co.  Wicklow.- 

"John  Cast,  A.M.,  27  May,  1761,  li.  V.  Arklow,  V.  Knorelly  als. 
Noragh,  cur.  Templemichall,  Killbride,  Killahurler,  and  Kilmain,  £13  Gs. 
Sd.  lr. 

"  Kdwaiid  Baylt,  A.M.,  -instituted  7  Dec,  1775,  F..  Arklow,  V. 
Arklow,  V.  Knorelly.  n.  t- 

"Henry  L.  Baylt,  collated  10  Sept.,  1799,  R.  &  V.  Arklow,  V. 
Knorelly,  parishes  Tcuiplemichael,  Kilbride,  Killahurler,  Kilmaiue,  cures 
Bolaugh,  Kilraacragh,  part  Newbawne."* 

[Mason.] 


Avoca,  Connorree  or  Conary. 

'  The  flagon  used  at  Ovoca  church  was  made  from  silver  found  in  tiiis 
county,  and  bears  the  following  inscription  ' : — 

"  The  prodvre  of  Cronebane  Mines,  and  gift  of 
y  Gentlemen  of  if  Company  of  y'  said  Mines, 
to  y'  Parish  Church  of  Castlendam.  A.D. 
1753." 


242 
Delgany  Old  Graveyard. 

[From  the  Rev.  R.  S.  ifaffett.] 

"  To  ,  Heaven  ,  thou'rt  ,  gone  ,  |  my  ,  Loving  , 
son  ,  In  ,  Joy  ,  now  |  there  ,  to  ,  take  thy  , 
Rest  ,  the  ,  [  Loro  ,  of  ,  host  ,  peceiv'd  ,  thy  ,  | 
GHost  ,  with  ,  him  ,  I  hope  ,  J  thou'rt ,  ever  , 
Blest  ,  M*  Johii  ,  |  Elliot  ,  DeceD  ,  May  ,  5'" 

1755  ,  |  AgeD  ,  21  ,  years |  M?  Ann  .  ' 

[Oakes  ?]  .  Sister  .  to  .  the  .  |  Aboue  .  DyeD 

the  .  17th  .  1762  |  AgeD  .  33  .  yra 

Wi |  The  .  Uirluous  .  Fn . .  [?J  | 

Brother  .  to.  the  .  Aboue  .  D |  A  Batchelor  . 

Arrill  .  the  .  3D  .  1703  .  |  AgeD  .  32  .  years. 
MiSs  .  lane  .  Elliot  |  [sistjer  .  to  .  the  .  Aboue  . 
Dyed  .  Iul>   |  the  [3]'.'  17(34  .  AgeD  .  34  .years  ." 

[A  recumbent  stone.] 

'  The  use  of  tlie  word  "  Gliost "  is  curious.  First  part  carved  as  above 
not  as  poetry. 

'  Broken  in  three  pieces  ;  part  cone.  The  part  under  earth  till  about 
two  years  a-o  looks  as  if  cut  yesterday.' 


«  In  memory  of  |  Deborah  |  eldest  daughter  of  John  Hedlry 
Esqr.  |  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne  in  England,  |  and  o5  years 
the  wife  of  Gehkgk  Vic  mis  Esqr.  |  fifth  son  of  Richard 
Vicars,  Esqr.  |  of  Levallcyin  the  Queens  County,  |  and 
formerly  Assistant  Barrister  for  the  same  County.  |  She  died 
in  the  house  of  I'ktbk  Latoucue  Esqr.  |  at  Bellevue  in  this 
ravish  June  9th  lsi\s.  |  Geokge  Vicars  mentioned  above  I 
died  at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne  J  any.  I3th  IS39.  |  liicitARD 
John  Vicars  |  Captain  of  the  lioval  Engineers  and  eldest  of 
their  Sons,  j  of  whom  five  were  devoted  to  the  service  of  I 
their  Country  in  the  Army  and  Navy,  j  di,.d  at  Mullingar 
Jany.  23rd  1«39  Aged  45. 
'.Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord.' — Kev.  xiv.  13." 

[Slab  on  supports.] 


243 

'  Headstone  near  the  "  Vicars  "  slab  ' : 

"  In  |  memory  of  |  Joseph  Dotxe,  |  died  18th  Sept.  1874 
aged  66  years;   |  and  |  Charles  Doyle,  I  Died  19th 
Sept.  1874,  aged  59  years. 

THIS    STONE     IS    PLACED    BY    ONE     THEY    CALLED    MASTER, 
GKEATLY    TI/EIIl    INFERIOR." 

«  The  above  stone  was  placed  by  the  late  Mr.  I.atouche  (died  1892)  over 
two  brothers,  carpenters,  who  worked  for  him  and  lived  on  the  demesne. 
J  he  elder,  Joseph,  was  out  of  the  way  well  read  in  the  Bible,  knew 
Joseplms,"  &c.  They  were  cousins  of  the  caretaker  of  the  graveyard 
(also  a  Doyle).  The  name  is  very  common  here-some  Church  people,  as 
these  and  caretaker  ;  others  R.  C." 


in   remembrance  of  the 


following  members   of  his   family 


Elizabeth 

Thomas, 

Anne, 

Frances, 

Thomas, 

William, 

Jo  x  AT  HAN, 

Lucy, 
John  Henit 


G.  Mother, 

Father, 
Mother, 
Sister, 
Brother, 


Died 

Feb.  3.  18G0, 
Jan.  1(3.  1SU3. 


Feb.  2.  ]S51, 


as;ed 
99. 
88. 
89. 
8. 
32. 
28. 


Beloved  Wife,  Ap.  20.  18G3 


Son, 


18o7,  Sds. 


John  HardwickeJ  Uncle,  |  , 

'  The  above  "  J.  Tancred  "  gave  a  legacy  'o  the  Life-Boat  Institution, 
through  which  the  first  life-boat  was  placed  at  Greystones  (\&12).  and 
named  the  "  Sarah  Tancred."  He  was  originally  of  the  labouring  or 
artisan  class,  I  believe.' 


"  Here  |  Lieth  .  the  .  nony  |  of  .  c1iarls  . 
Bal[l]  I  son  .  to  .  Ion  .  Bal[l]  |  Seri!  in  . 
Lorn  .  |  Forses  .  ReiG*  " 

^Suiall  headstone,  like  eigb;ecnth-centur\ 


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CHR1STUS  .  EST  .  |  RESURRECTIO  &  .  |  llita  J 
HERE  .  L1ETH  .THE  .  BODy  .  |  OF  .  GEORGE  . 
BALL  .  SON  .  TO  .  |  WILLIAM  .  BALL  .  CLARK 
OF.  |  DELGENNTf  .  DECEAS0,  APRIL.  |  THE. 
30.  1751  .AGED  .  19  .  yEAR." 


[Headstone  Dear.] 

'  I  was  tolil  by  caretaker  tliat  there  were  relatives  of  Judge  Ball 
[Ex-Lord  Chancellor]  buried  here,  but  scarcely  think  tliat  either  of  tlie.-e 
are  connected  with  him.  The  latter  has  -'Clark";  this  might  be  parish 
clerk,  but  did  not  hear  of  any  so  called  ;  but  did  hear  of  a  former  clergyman 
of  the  parish  called  Hall.' 

'The  next  stone  bears  the  name  of  GRUKDT,  tenant  farmers;  and, 
cnriouslv,  Grundies  have  recently  buried  at  this  Ball  headstone  within 
frame  glass-cases  with  "in  nieinoriam  "  cards.' 


Here  .  Lieth  .  ye  .  |  BODy  .  of  .  ioseph  .  | 
GiuiiDy  .  DeceAS1?  |  FeBrJ  ye  .  21  .  1740  | 
AgeD  .  46  .  yeArs  .  " 


[Headstone  adjoining  last.] 


[Mailed  arm  holding  a  dagger.] 

"This  Stone  was  Erected,  by  Mr.  Iohn  |  Armstrong  .  Sacred 
to  the  Memory  of  |  his  Father  .  and  Grandfather .  |  Mr.  Iohn 
Aksistkong  the  Elder.  Died  the  |  10th  day  of  Augt.  1713  . 
Aged  50  Years.  |  Mr.  John  Armstrong  .  Only  Son  of  the 
above.  |  Died  the  12th  day  of  June  1784  .  |  Aged  70  Years." 

'"1713"  the  oldest  date  I  saw;  but  the  stone  not  as  old  as  many 
others,  of  course  erected  after  1761.' 


'There  is  the  shaft  of  across  lying  in  this  churchyard,  10^- feet  long, 
five  feet  certainly  of  which  was  above  ground,  having  an  indented  space  at 
front  (pne  side  at  least)  ;  in  the  indented  front  space  some  letters  which  I 
could  not  make  out.     The  shaft  Li  about  IS  inches  by  10  wide  and  deep. 

'  The  caretaker  told  me  a  li.  C.  priest — a  Mr.  Hogan — had  been  here 
about  two  years  ago,  and  made  out  some  of  the  letters;  lie  said  he  was 
n  Professor  in  T.G.D.  1  suppose  he  was  really  a  Mr.  Hogan,  S.J.,  who,  1 
tec,  is  Todd  Memorial  lecturer  in  the  l.'.l.A.  at  present. 

'  '1  here  are  walls  of  the  old  church  a  couple  of  feet  high. 


245 

'  This  graveyard  was  in  much  the  same  state  as  Kilcool.  The  last  day 
I  was  over  there  was  a  man  mowing  ;  there  were  a  great  many  docks,  ami 
the  nettles  at  part  were  up  to  my  shoulder.  It  is  a  pity  it  is  not  mowed 
oftener.  The  caretaker  says  he 'gets  £3  a-year  to  attend  every  funeral,  to 
cut  six  times  a-year;  but  he  says  it  would  take  10s  each  time  to  employ 
a  man  for  mowing  it.  lie  is  a  very  respectable  sort  of  man.  and  seems  to 
take  an  interest  in  the  inscriptions,  and  gave  me  a  great  deal  of  informa- 
tion, which  is  very  useful  to  one  who  does  not  know  much  of  the  people  in 
the  neighbourhood,  or  who  were  in  it.  Jt  is  under  the  llathdown  Poor- 
Law  Guardians.' 


Delgany  Parish  Church. 

*  Inscription  on  font ' : — 

"  CHAAYORTH    BRABAZON    COMES    MIDENSIS 
DED1T    A.D.    MDCCXXVI.    *" 

•The  letters  are  1  inch  in  height;  the  star,  |ths  of  an  inch. 

'The  inscription  is  incised  round  edge  of  howl,  the  diameter  of  which  is 
about  17.}  inches,  inside  measurement,  the  flat  edge  or  rim  (which  has  the 
inscription),  «ith  an  outer  moulding,  being  4  or  0  inches  more.  The 
height  from  the  ground  is  about  37^  inches.  The  bowl  and  shaft  are 
black  marble,  with  some  slight  spots  of  white  throughout ;  and  the  base,  I 
think,  freestone. 

'  The  present  church  is  about  100  years  old.  I  did  not  ascertain 
whether  above  was  removed  from  old  chnrch.' 


East  window  (three-light)  ' : — 
"Erectrd  by  P.  ReID  |  of  Glencarrig,  Delgany,  |  in  1  8S5  in 
loving  |  memory  of  his  mother  |  Helen  IIkid,  who  died  | 
in  January  1871." 


«  Brass  outside  communion-rails,  south  side,  refers  to  rose  window,  west 
end  ' : — 

"  The  Rose  Window  in  this  Church  |  is  erected  to  the  Giory 
of  God  I  and  in  memory  of  the  late  |  Patrick  1'kiii  Esq. 
J. P.  of  Glencarrig  |  who  departed  this  life  on  the  Mth  Uctr. 
•       18SG  1  by  his  liieuds  in  Delgany  Parish." 


'Brass,   south    side,   within   commuiiion-raik ;   size   about   OJ    inches 

bY  Tjr'i— 


"to  the  glory  of  god  and  in  loving 
memory  |  of  the  vex.  lewis  henry 
STEEANE  M.A.  |  archdeacon  of  glen- 

DALOUGH    AND    FOR   |   TWENTY-EIGHT    YEARS 
RECTOR    OF    DELGANY.    |   A    FLAGON    TWO 
CHALICES,    AND    TWO    PATENS,    |   ARE    PRE- 
SENTED   BY    HIS    WIDOW    AND    SON,   |   FOR 
USE    IN    THE    HOLY    COMMUNION    IN    THE   | 
PARISH    CHURCH.   I   DECEMBER    1S91." 


'  Un  east  wall  of  church  (not  in  chancel),  and  on  south  side,  there  is  a 
brass  to  "  Elizabeth  Connor,  Innismore,  1689."  Near  this  is  a  window 
with  inscription,  not  connected,  I  think,  with  brass. 

'  There  are  three  monumental  tablets  in  church  besides  those  I  parti- 
cularise— one  of  the  three  is  a  relative  of  Dr.  Browne,  who  is  the  doctor 
ol  the  poor-law  district,  and  lives  near  the  church.' 


'  Mosaic  memorial,  south  wall  nave ' : — 

"  To  the  |  dearly  loved  memory  of  |  Sir  George  Fredrick 
Jou.n  Hudson' |  Baronet  |  who  died  April  2nd  1888  | 
&  to  his  second  sou  George  Fruhucic  |  Lieut  24th  Kegi- 
ment  |  who  was  killed  in  battle  |  at  Isandhlwana  South 
Africa  |  January  2'lud  1879." 

'  The  letters  are  red  on  tablet  of  gold  ;  above  the  tablet,  blue,  with  bird 
(dove  ?)  looking  down,  with  outstretched  wings;  ornamental  border  of 
same  width  encloses  at  sides.  Mosaic  arched  at  top;  base  measures  o  feet 
and  1  iuch  about.' 

"  I  ani  the  liesunvction  and  the  life." 


:  In  the  graveyard  a  vault  with  ' : — 

'HODSQN" 

South  wall '  :— 
"  This  tablet  |  is  erected  by  |  Friends  and  former  Parishioners  I 
in  grateful  and   affectionate  |  remembrance  of  |  the  Ucvd. 
William  Cleaver.  .M.A.  |  liector  of  this  Parish  |  from  the 
Year  1819  |  to  the  year  1641.  |  lie  was  born  mi  the  21st 
day  of  March  178'J,  |  and  died  on  the  2«th  <hy  of  December 


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I860,  |  at  St.  Leonard's  on  Sea,  |  His  remains  rest  at 
Hollington  in  Sussex. 

'Our  fellowship  is  with  the  Father  and  I  with  his  Son  Jesus 
Christ.'  |  ]  St.  John  ].  3." 

•  Monument— white  marble  scroll  on  black  ground,  with  huffish  pillar 
frame.     Another,  nearly  alike,  to  Mrs.  Cleavku,  adjoins. 

'A  son  of  this  «  Evangelical"  Hector  of  Delgany  is  now,  I  believe,  a 
very  well-known  clergyman  in  England.' 


'  South  transept ' : — 

"  In  the  vault  beneath  rest  the  remains  of  |  Pf.ter  Latouche  E«qr 
of  ]:ellevue  |  During  a  residence  in    this  parish  of  nearly  fifty 
years  |  he  was  the  constant  benefactor  of  all  within  his"  reach  I 
a  kind  and  indulgent  master  and  landlord  an  attached  and  I 
affectionate  husband  and  a  steady  and  generous  friend  I  lie  died 
on  the  26th  of  November  1828  at  the  advanced  a-e  of  yo  years  I 
trusting  for  his  salvation  to  the  merits  of  his  Lord  and  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ  |  By  few  in  his  time  could  the  words  of  Job  have 
been  so  justly  adopted  | 

'  When  the  Kar  heard  me,  then  it  blessed  me;  |  and  when 
the  Eye  saw  me,  it  gave  witness  to  me:  |  because  I  delivered 
the  poor  that  cried,  the  fatherless,  and  him  that  had  none  to 
help  h.m  |  The  blessing  of  him  that  was  ready  to  perish  came 

upon  me  -T  and  I  caused  the  widows  heart  to  sin"-  for  joy  ' 

Job.  xxix.  11.  12.  13." 

'This  is  a  very  fine  monument  (white  marble),  with  five  figures  (I  think 
life-size),  cornucopia  and  urn  ;  it  is  in  a  space  railed  off  at  hack  of  south 
transept.  The  entrance  to  vault  is  from  outside  of  church.  There  is  an 
inscription  higher  up,  of  which  I  could  see  nothing.  Inscription  given  is  at 
base  of  monument. 

'  >\  ithin  railed  space,  at  left  side  when  looking  at  monument,  a  tablet 
with  several  Latouche  inscriptions— last,  Miss  Isabella  Latouche  [Clyde- 
road,  Dublin]  1391.  The  first,  1  think,  to  V.  L.,  the  fourth  son  of  lit. 
Hon.  David  Latouche  ;  these  1  may  get  some  time  again.  Tablet  to  ri-ht 
side  is  to  Elizabeth  Latouche,  eldest  daughter  of  Richard  Vicars, ° of 
Levalley,  wife  of  Peter  Latouche.  Died  1842,  aged  85. 
_  '  In  the  transept  outside,  at  each  side  of  recess,  are  memorial  windows. 
To  the  left,  I  ci.uld  not.  read  inscription  (Latouche  ?).  To  the  ri-ht,  a 
brass  states  the  window  is  to  Lion.  Charlotte  Latouche,  1870,  by  (I  think) 
her  children.' 


Gravejard  adjoining  Oiureli. 

"  Underneath  |  lie  the  mortal  remains  of  the  |  Itfght  Honbl 
Howard  1'eknefatiikr  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  the  Queen': 
Beuch  |  in  Ireland  |  formerly  for  many  years  a  resident  | 


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this  parish  |  He  was  an  eminent  advocate  |  a  learned  lawyer  | 
an  uptight  judge  |  exemplary  in  every  relation  |  of  private 
life  |  anil  above  all  |  he  was  a  humble  Christian  |  in  the  midst 
of  the  cares  and  occupations  |  of  this  present  world  |  he  lived 
for  Eternity  |  in  faith  and  prayer  |  and  in  patient  continuance 
in  well  doing  |  having  his  affections  set  on  things  aliove  |  not 
on  things  on  the.  Earth  [  born  22nd  October  1774  |  died  Oth 
September  1847  |  1  Thess  ch  4  v  13." 

'  Pome  letters  are  getting  faint  already. 

'The  monument  is  a  four-sided  granite  pillar,  with  grey  stone  tablet  let 
into  front  for  inscription.' 


8  An  adjoining  Pennefather  tomb  is  a  large  slab  on  supports.  The 
Penny-fathers,  I  am  told,  for  several  generations  used  to  live  towards  Bray 
Head,  and  had  property  there.  I  think  a  boy  of  this  family  was  drowned, 
and  they  ceased  to  reside.' 


'  The  gravpyard  ha3  a  handsome  appearance,  but  urns  (I  regret)  take  the 
place  of  crosses.' 


'  Other  memorials  in  this  graveyard  to  :  Rev.  Samuel  Ecclf.s,  D.D.,  late 
Incumbent  of  St.  George's  Chapel,  Dublin  [belonged  to  County  Wicklow]  ; 
Veu.  Archdeacon  Streane,  Hector;  and  close  beside,  with  exactly  similar 
headstone,  to  Edward  William  Burton,  Hector  of  liathmichael  (Bray), 
1890;  also  one  to  Major  D'Oyly  W.  Battley,  died  1887,  and  other 
members  of  family  (one  at  least) ;  cruciform  recumbent  tombstone  to 
Henry  Brooke  Dobbin',  LI.  B.,  died  1873  (only  cross  that  1  saw). 
Notice  of  16-53  in  church  porch  that  no  crosses  permitted. 

'  Graveyard  and  church  grounds  pretty  ami  extremely  neat-  The  graves 
level  with  ground,  except  in  part  first  used.  A  large  slab  on  supports 
(Morris)  broken  across  and  disarranged.  Low  wall  of  one  enclosed  place 
disarranged.' 


HUNTED  AT  OFFICE  OF  "  THE  1CISII  BftLDKR,      MaBBOT-STKEET,   DUBLIN. 


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Edited  by  Colonel  P.  D.  Vigors,  F.R.S.A.I. 
and  the  Rev*  J.  F.  M.  Ffbench,  F.R.S.A.I.,  M.R.I.A. 


ALL    RIGHTS    RESERVED. 


FBIKTED  AT  OFFICE  OF  "  THE  IRISH   BUILDER," 
MABBOT-STREKT,  DUBLIN. 


3STOTICE. 


Extra  copies  of  this  Journal  can  be  had  by  application  to  Colonel  P.  D. 
Vigors,  Holloden,  Bagenalstown,  Co.  Carlow. 

The  Editors  beg  to  draw  the  attention  of  those  who  kindly  furnish  Notes 
for  publication,  to  the  importance  of  the  following  points : — 

1.  To  write  on  one  side  only  of  the  paper. 

2.  To  use  sermon-size  paper. 

3.  To  leave  a  margin  on  the  left  edge,  from  1  to  2  inches  in  width. 

4.  All  names  of  persons  aud  dates  should  be  written  with  extra  care. 

5.  All  Inscriptions  should   be   copied  verbatim  et  literatim,   and   as 

nearly  as  possible  in  the  same  form  ot  letters  as  the  original,  each 
line  being  separated  by  a  stroke,  thus  |  . 

The  Editors  wish  it  to  be  distinctly  understood  that  they  are  not 
responsible  for  errors  in  copies  of  Inscriptions  sent  them ;  to  avoid  such, 
they  trust  the  writers  will  take  extra  care  before  forwarding  their  MS. 

We  also  beg  that  our  friends  will  read  the  wise  words  of  "  Weever,"  in 
the  annexed  paragraph,  and,  further,  that  they  will  act  on  them — more 
we  cannot  say  : — 

"Now  generous  reader,  let  me  intreRt  your  furtherance  thus  farre,  that  in  thy 
neighbouring  churches,  if  thou  shalte  fiude  any  ancient  funeral  inscriptions,  or 
antique  obliterated  monuments,  thou  wotildst  ci.pie  out  the  one,  and  take  so  much 
relation  of  the  other  as  tradition  can  deliver;  as  also  to  take  tlie  inscriptions  and 
epitaphs  upon  tnnibes  anil  grave  stones,  which  are  of  those  [or  later]  times:  and 
withall  to  lake  order  that  such  thy  collections,  notes,  aud  observations  may  come 
safely  to  mj  hands  :  aud  I  shall  rest  ever  obliged  to  acknowledge  thy  paiues  aud 
curtesie." — Weeteb. 


"  Let  it  It  remembered  that  this  work  is  intended  to  be,  not  a  mere  temporary 
vehicle  of  amusement,  but  a  permanent  storehouse  of  authentic  information,  to  which 

reference  may  hereafter  be  confidently  made." — Anon. 


"  Jam  parce  sepulto 
Parce  pias  scelcrare  manus." — Virgil. 

-Now  deal  reverently  with  my  dust.     Forbear  to  pollute  thy  holy 


.     .     .     "  Tu  mihi  terraru 
Iujice  naroque  potes 


Translation. — Do  thou,  since  it  is  in  thy  power  so  to  do,  sprinkle  the  earth  < 
my  remains,  that  at  least  after  death  I  may  rest  in  an  undisturbed  grave. 


'Time  corrodes  our  epitaphs,  and  buries  our  very  tombstones.' 


"Away  from  the  tumult  and  passion  ; 
Away  from  the  care  and  the  strife  ; 
Away  from  the  folly  and  fashion 
Pervading  the  city's  gay  life." 


WHERE     ARE     WICKED     FOLK     BURIE1 

*  Tell  me,  grev-haired  seTton,'  said  I, 

'  Where  in  the  field  are  the  wicked  folk  laid  ? 

I  have  wondered  the  qui'  t  old  graveyard  through, 

And  studied  the  epitaphs,  old  and  new, 

But  on  monument,  obelisk,  pillar,  or  stone 

I  read  no  evil  that  men  have  do..e.' 

The  old  sritou  stood  by  a  crave  newly  made, 

With  his  chin  on  his  hand,  his  hand  nu  a  spade  : 

'  Who  is  the  ju  !re  when  the  soul  takes  ;:s  flight  ? 

Who  isjudge  'twist  the  wrong  and  the  right? 

Which  of  us  mornds  shall  dare  to  saj 

That  our  neighbour  was  wicked  who  d;cd  to-day?" 

'  In  <ur  journey  through  life,  the  farther  we  speed, 

The  better  we  learn  that  humility's  need 

Is  charity's  spirit  that  pn  nips  us  to  6nd 

Rather  virtue  than  vice  in  the  lives  of  our  kind. 

1  Therefore  good  d°eds  we  record  on  these  stones  ; 

The  evil  men  do,  let  it  res;  with  their  bones  ; 

I  ha\e  laboured  as  sexton  this  many  a  year, 

But  I  never  have  luricd  a  bal  man  here.' 


CONTEXTS  OF  JOURNAL  FOR  1893. 


Notice 

iii 

Contents 

T 

Editorial  Preface 

IX 

List  of  Subscribers 

xii 

REPORTS  FROM  COUNTIES- 

ANTRIM. 

Ballinderrt 

...     249 

McGee  Arms,  1777  (Plate) 

...     249 

Tatnal     do.     1670  (Plate) 

...     250 

ARMAGH. 

Cathedral  Burial-ground 

...     251 

Bishop  Reeves'  Monument  ... 

...     251 

Presbyterian  Church 

...     252 

Charlemont  Parish — Leggarhfll 

...     252 

CARLOW. 

Borris — Roman  Catholic  Chapel 

...     254 

Bcsherstown— Inscriptions 

...     255 

Clotdagh                do. 

...     256 

Dunlecknet — Extracts  from  Vestry-Book 

...     259 

Old  Leigbli.n — Parish  Register,  Extracts  from   ... 

...     265 

St.  Mullins. 

...     269 

Urglin  Parish    ... 

...     273 

CAVAN 

...     274 

CLARE. 

CoRCOMROE  ABBET 

...     274 

do.                 King  C.  O'Brien's  Tomb  (Plate) 

...     277 

(Join  Aebey — Inscriptions-... 

...     273 

Ff.acle 

...     280 

Cloo.set  Church  ... 

...     2S0 

Inchickonim  Abbey 

...     280 

Kilnasoola  Church 

...     280 

Reforts  fkom  Counties — continued. 

MM 

CORK. 

Cathedral  Burial-ground  ...  ...  ...  281 

Hallow  Parish  ...             ...          '  ...  ...  •••  282 

Newmarket          ...             ...  •••  •••  •••  283 

DERRY.    (Ml)            283 

DONEGAL. 

Balltshannon — Red  Hugh's  Vault     ...  ...  ...  283 

DOWN. 

Magheradrool    ...             ...  ...  ...  •••  285 

Armstrong  Arms  (Plate)    ...  ...  ...  ...  286 

DUBLIN. 

Crumlin  Parish  ...            ...  ...  •••  •••  287 

Donnybrook — Inscriptions   ...  ...  ...  •••  290 

HoLiiPATr.iCK  [Skerries]       ...  ...  •••  •••  294 

St.  Anne's            ...             ...  ...  •••  •••  296 

St.  Mary's            ...             ...  ...  ...  —  296 

Tullow  or  Tully  als.  Bullock  ...  ...  ...  296 

Inscribed  Stone  (Plate)      ...  ...  ...  •••  297 

FERMANAGH. 

Aghalurciier          ...  ...  •••  299 

Inscribed  Stone  (Plate)       ...  ...  ...  •••  299 

Enniskillen — Inscriptions    ...  ...  •••  •••  301 

GA1WAY. 

Franciscan  Aebet,  Galway  Town     ...  ...  ...  303 

The  de  Eurgo  Tomb  (Plate)  ...  ...  ...  304 

The  French  Family  Tomb  (Plates)     ...  ...  306,308 

Meelick  Aekey     ...             ...  ...  ...  ...  309 

Tuam  Cathedral                 ...  ...  •••  •••  312 

KERRY. 

KlLJIALEXDAR         ...                  ...  ..  •••  •••  315 

Font  (Plate)  ...  ...  ...  316 

KILDARE, 

Allen  Parish,  &c.               ...  ...  •••  ...  316 

Balltnadrimny  Parish,  &c  •••  •••  •••  317 

Castledermot  Parish,  &c.  ...  ...  •••  •••  318 

Clane  Parish       ...             ...  ...  ...  ...  319 

Narraghmore  Parish          ...  ...  ...  ...  321 

New  Abbey— The  Eustace  Monument  (Plate)      ...  ...  321 

Mooke  Parish,  &c.              ...  ...  ...  ...  326 


Reports  from  Counties — continued. 

Mat 
KILKENNY 

Cai.lan — Inscriptions           ...             ...  ...  ...  327 

Danesfort  Parish               ...             ...  ...  ...  328 

Ballyvotten  Church             ...              ...  ...  ...  328 

Graig-na-Managh              ...             ...  ...  ...  329 

Plate  (Crusader)                 ...              ...  ...  ...  330 

St.  Mart's           ...            ...            ...  ...  ...  331 

St.  Christopher's  Monument  (Plate)  ...  ...  333 

KING'S  COUNTY       332 

LEITRIM 334 

LIMERICK                 334 

LONGFORD                 ,.  334 

LOUTH         334 

MAYO. 

Cono  Abbey         ...             ...             ...  ...  ...  334 

MEATH       ...            ...            ...  ...  337 

Macetown           ...             ...             ...  ...  ...  338 

Navan — Inscriptions             ...              ...  ...  ...  33S 

Roddanstown — Inscriptions                  ...  ...  ...  342 

Slane — Fennor  Castle — Inscription  (Plate)  ...  ...  346 

Staceallen — Inscription  (Plate)          ...  ...  ...  347 

QUEEN'S  COUNTY. 

Ballyadden,  Emo                ...             ...  ...  ...  348 

Ballyadams         ...             ...             ...  ...  ...  350 

Bowen  Monument  (large  Plate)         ...  ...  ...  350 

„            „          (small  Plate)         ...  ...  ...  351 

K0SC0MM0N. 

Roscommon  Abbey               ...             ...  ...  ...  353 

King  Felini  O'Conor's  Tomb  (Plate)  ...  ...  354 

SLIGO. 

Emltfadd  or  Emlaghfad  Parish       ...  ...  ...  358 

Cross  ond  Holy  Well  at  KUturra        ...  ...  ...  359 

TIPPERARY. 

Corbally  Parish                ...             ...  ...  ...  3C0 

Killovenoge  Parish            ...             ...  ...  ...  3G0 

Temflemoke  Parish            ...             ...  ...  ...  361 

Tlbrid  Parish — Hearing's  Tomb         ...  ...  ...  3G1 


Reports  from  Counties — continued. 

TYRONE. 

Eenbcrb  Parish  and  Churchtard      ...  ...  ...  362 

Kilskeery  Parish                ...             ...  ...  ...  366 

WATEEFORD. 

Ballynannef.n — Ancient  Font  (Plate)  ...  ..  367 

The  French  Church,  Waterford    ...  ...  ...  367 

R.  C.  Chapel  in  P>aron  Strand-street  ...  ...  369 

WESTMEATH. 

Castletown  Geoghegan     ...            ...  ...  ...  371 

Fore — Ancient  Font  (Plate)                 ...  ...  ...  373 

Athlone — Inscriptions         ...              ...  ...  ...  374 

WEXFORD. 

Bannow               ...             ...             ...  ...  ...  388 

Tomb  (Plate) ...  389 

Killinick  Parish                ...            ...  ...  ...  390 

Old  Ross               ...             ...             ...  ...  ...  397 

WICK10W. 

Ardoyne  (now  Aghadf.)  Parish         ...  ...  ...  399 

Blessington— St.  Mary's  Church         ...  ...  ...  400 

Parish  of  Delgant — Bedford  Burial-ground,  Greystones    ...  400 

Delgany  Parish — Kilcool  Graveyard  ...  ...  ...  402 

Parish — net  known              ...             ...  ...  ...  404 


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LIST  OF  SUBSCRIBERS  FOR  1893. 


[The  names  of  "Life  Subscribers"  are  printed  in  "  heavy-faced"  type.'] 


Academy,  the  Royal  Irish 

Alcock,  Alexander  M.,  m.d. 

Armstrong,  Jas.  M.,  

Atkinson,  Rev.  E.  D.,  ll.b. 

Athy,  A 

Antiquities,  Nat.  Mus.  of 

Aylward,  Mrs.  Tolei 

Bagwell,  Mrs.  Richard        

Balfour,  B.  R.  T.,  d.l.,  m.h.i.a.      ... 

Barry,  J.  G.,  J.r 

Barton,  Rev.  Luke,  p.p.      < 

Beresford,  D.  R.  Tack        

Bigger,  F.  J 

Bowers,  Thomas 
Brady,  J.  Cornwall,  J. P. 
Brophy,  Sergt.  M.  (late  k.i.c.) 

Browne,  Rev.  R.  L.  

Buick,  Rev.  G.  R.,  Vice-Pres.  r.s.a.i. 

Burke,  Ashworth  P. 

Burnett,  Eev.  R 

Campion,  R.  G 

Carrigac,  Rev.  William,  c.c. 

Carroll,  Rev.  Jas.,  r.p 

Cashel  and  Waterford,  the  Bishop  of 
Cleaver,  Rev.  E.  1).,  m.a.  (Oxon.)  ... 

Cliffe,  Rev.  Allen  R 

Clifie,  Captain  Edward  A 

Clonbrock,  Lord      

Cochrane,  Robt.,  c.t.,  f.S.A.,  f.r.s.a.i. 


Dublin 

Innishannon,  Cork 

Craigvarra,  Co.  Antrim 

Waringstown,  Co.  Down 

Worcester,  Mass.,  U.S.A. 

Edinburgh 

Shankhill  Castle,  Co.  Kilkenny 

Marlfield,  Clonmel 

Townley  Hall,  Drogheda 

90  George-street,  Limerick 

Castletown,  Co.  Westmeatb 

Fenagh  House,  Co.  Carlow 

Ardrie,  Belfast,  Co.  Antrim 

Graigavine,Piltown,Co.Kilkenny 

Myshall  House,  Co.  Carlow 

Carlow 

Franciscan  Convent,  Cork 

The  .Manse,Tullybackey, Antrim. 

London 

The  Rectory,Graig,Co.  Kilkenny 

Midleton,  Cork 

Teinpleorum,  Piltown,  Kilkenny 

Howrh,  Dublin 

The  Palace,  Waterford 

Dolgelly,  Wales 

3  Roby-place,Kiugstown,Dublin 

Kingstown,  Dublin 

Clonbrock,  Co.  Galway 

Ratbgar,  Dublin 


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Coleman,  James      ...         

Comber,  Mrs.  Edward        

Comerford,  the  Most  Rev.    Dr.  M., 

D.D.,  Coadjutor  Bishop  of  Kildare 

and  Leighlin 

Connellan,  Major,  p.l 

Cooke,  J.  Ormsby 

Cosgrave,  E.  M'D.,  M.n 

Cnffe,  Major  Otway  Wheeler, 
Cnnningham,  the  Rev.  Robt.,  b.a. 
Currey,  F.  E.,  j.p.,  f.r.s.a.t. 

Daniel,  Miss  C 

Davidson,  Rev.  Henry  W 

Day,  Robert,  *-s.a.,  f.r.s  a.i.  ... 

Deanc,  Thomas  M.  ... 

Dc  Barras,  Lieut.-Coloncl 

Dix,  E.  R.  McC 

Dodge,  Mrs.  Geo.  Pomeroy 

Donglas,  M.  C 

Dredge,  Rev.  J.  Ingle         

Duguid  John  

Duke,  R.  A 

Egan,  P.  M.  

Ewart,  Lavens  M.,  «•*«    ••■ 
Ewart,  Sir   William,    Barfc, 

M.A.,  r.ns.A.i 

Eyre,  Miss  

Falkiner,  Rev.  W.  J.  F 

Fitzgihbon,  Mrs.  A.  

FitzGerald,  Lord  Walter,  si.r.I.a.  ... 
Fitzsimon,  Mrs.  M 

Ffrench,  the  Rev.  J.  F.  M.,  f.r.s.a.i., 

M.R.I.A 

Ffrench,  Mrs 

Fnller,  J.  F.,  f.s.a.  

Garstin,  John  R..  d.l.,  ll.e.,  f.s.a.,&c.         Bragaustown,  Castlebellingham 


Sonthampton,  England 
Hoylake,  Cheshire 


Rraganza,  Carlow 

Coolemore,  Co.  Kilkenny 

Kiltnrra,  Ballymote,  Co.  Sligo 

5  Gardiner's-row,  Dublin 

Woodlands,  Waterford 

Coleraine 

The  Mall  House,  Lismore 

Lough  Rea  Lodge,  Athlono 

Templemichael,  Co.  Cork 

Sidney-place,  Cork 

Sidmonton-square,  Bray 

Mogeely,  Curraglass 

37  Kildare-strect,  Dublin 

Long  Island,  New  York 

Carlow 

Buckland  Brewer,  Devonshire 

Waterloo      Crescent,      Dover, 

England 
Newpaik,  Ballymote,  Co.  Sligo 

High-street,  Kilkenny 
9  Bedford-street,  Belfast 

9  Bedford-street,  Belfast 
Maydown,  Benhurb,  Co.  Tyrone 

Kilvean  Rectory,Co.  Westmeath 
Mooreside,  Bushey,  Herts 
Kilkea  Castle,  Co.  Kildare 
The  Rectory,  Magheralin,  Co. 
Down 

Ballyredmond  House,  Clonegal, 

Co.  Carlow 
Do.  do.  do. 

Dublin 


Garvey,  John 

Riverslade,  Ballina,  Co.  Mayo 

Graves,  Dr.,  d.d.,  f.k.s.,   &c.,    &c, 

Bishop  of  Limerick,  &c.  ... 

The  Palace,  Limerick 

Greene,  G.,  m.d.,  m.r.i.a 

Ferns,  Co.  Wexford 

Gorman,  the  Veu.  Archdeacon  W.  ... 

Co.  Kilkenny 

Greenwood,  Mrs 

Douinga,  Goresbridge 

Hade,  Arthur,  c.e 

Carlow 

Harman,  Miss  Marion 

Barrowmouut,  Co.  Kilkenny 

Healy,  the  Rev.  William,  p.p. 

Johnstown 

Hcwat,  S.  M.  F 

Ballisodare,  Co.  Sligo 

Hewson,  Rev.  Edw.  F. 

Gowran  Rectory,  Co.  Kilkenny 

Hibbert,  R.  F 

"Woodbank,  ScarifF,  Co.  Clare 

Hibbert,  Mrs 

Do.             do. 

Hill,  Arthur,  b.e.,  ii.r.i.a 

George's-street,  Cork 

Billiard,  B.  H 

Tralee,  Co.  Kerry 

Hobson,  C.  J 

Carlow 

Hopkins,  Rev.  Johu  W.,  b.a. 

Aghern  Vicarage,  Conna,  Cork 

Hughes,  B.              

Independent  Office,  Wexford 

Hunt,  Mrs.  Helsham 

Kilfeara,  Kilkenny 

Jennings,  Mrs.  F.  M. 

Brookfield  House,  Cork 

Joyce,  P.  W.,  LL.D.,  M.R.I.A. 

Leinster-road,  Dublin 

Ingram,  Thomas  Dunbar,  ll.d. 

13  Wellington-road,  Dublin 

Irwin,  Rev.  Alexander 

Armagh 

Keane,  Rev.  James  B.,  siji. 

Navan,  Meath 

Kelly,  W.  S.,  c.e 

St.  Helen's,  Westport,  Mayo 

Kelly,  Mrs.  W.  S 

Do.            do. 

Kelly,  Miss  Dorothy           

Do.            do. 

Kelly,  Miss 

Clareville,           do. 

Kelly,  Richard         

Bellevue,            do. 

Kelly,  T.  A 

Westmoreland-street,  Dublin 

Kennedy,  the  Very  Rev.  T.  le  B.    ... 

Carrickmacross 

King,    Deputy    Surgeon-General    H., 

M.A.,  M.B.,  F.R.S.A.I. 

Dublin 

Kingston,  the  Counters  of  ... 

Mitchelstown  Castle,  Co.  Cork 

Kinnear,  Rev.  John,  D.D.  ... 

The    Manse,    Letterkenny,  Co 
Donegal 

Langrishe,   Richard,   f.r.i.a.i.,  Vice- 

Pres.  R.s.a.i 

Kilkenny 

Le  Hnnte,  Rev.  Francis 

New  Buss,  Co.  Wexford 

Library,  the  National  

Long,  the  Rev.  R.  H 

Lynch,  P.  J.,  C.E.,  f.r.s.a.i. 

Lyons,  the  Rev.  Canon        

Maffett,  the  Rev.  R.  S 

Magee,  Rev.  W.  P 

Maboity,  D.  

Mayo,  the  Earl  of 

M'Clintock,    the   Rev.    F.    G.,    w.a.. 

F.R.S.A.I. 

Molloy,    "Wm.    R.,  f.s.s.,     m.r.i.a. 

F.R.S.A.I 

Moore,  Rev.  Courtenay,  m.a. 

Moore,  Henry        

Mulkern,  Rev.  Thomas,  p.p. 
Miindy,  Mrs.  P 

Newell,  W.  H.,  cb.,  ll.d 

Newton,  Philip  J.,  d.l 

Newton,  Miss  


O'Flynn,  Richd ' 

O'Reilly,  Professor  J.  P 

Ossory,  the  Ven.  the  Archdeacon  of, 

Perrin,  Mrs.  

Pigott,  "William  Jackson     

Pluuket,  Lord,  Archbishop  of  Dublin 

Poer,  Count  de  la,  d.l 

Ponsonby,  the  Hon.  Gerald 

Power,  the  Rev.  George,  b  a. 

Pratt,  Mrs.  Fitzmaurice       

Pratt,  Mrs.  P.  C.  

Quinn,  the  Rev.  Edward,  p.p. 

Raptnond,  the  Rev.  Joseph,  c.c.     ... 

Rice,  Mrs.  C.  J 

Robertson,  Herbert              ... 
Ryan,  the  Rev.  John,  o-P 


Kildarc-street,  Dublin 

The  Rectory,  Templemore 

Limerick 

Piltown,  Co.  Kilkenuy 

17  Herbert-road,  Dublin 
Co.  Armagh 

Grange  Con,  Co.  Wicklow 
Palmerstown,  Co.  Kildare 

Drumcar,  Dunlecr,  Co.  Louth 

Brookfield-terrace,  Dublin 
Mitchelstown,  Co.  Cork 
Gowran,  Co.  Kilkenny 
Clontuskert,  Co.  Galway 
Gloucestershire 

Lansdowne-road,  Dublin 
Duuleckney  Manor,  Co.  Carlow 
The  Chace,  Newtownbarry,  Co. 
Wexford 

Worcester,  Mass.,  U.S.A. 

Dublin 

Thomastown,  Co.  Kilkenny 

Knockdromin,  Lusk,  Co.  Dnbliu 
Dumlrum,  Co.  Down 
The  Palace,  St.  Stophen's-green 
Kilsheelan,  Co.  Waterford 
Green-street,  Grosvenor-square, 

London 
Kilfaue  Rectory,  Co.  Kilkenny 
Dublin 
St.  Anne's  Dill,  Co.  Curk 

St.  Audocn's,  Dublin 

Castleblayney,  Co.  Monaghan 
Grange  Kric,  Douglas,  Co.  Cork 
Huntington  Castle,  Co.  Carlow 
St.  Saviour's,  Limerick 


Sindall,  Alfred         

Seymour,  Mrs. 

Sheehan,  the  Most  Rev.  Dr.,  d.d.    ... 

Smith  -  Barry,   Arthur  H., 

M.P.,  F.R.S.A.I 

Smith,  Owen  S. 

Smith,  Rev.  Canon  R.,  d.d. 

Stack,  the  Cight  Rev.  M.,  d.d.,  Bishop 

ofClogher  

Steele,  Rev.  J.  II 

Steele,  Thomas  M.   ... 

Stubbs,  Miss  Lucy 

Stubbs,  Heury  

Taylor,  Rev.  J.  Wallace,  ll.d.,  f.r.s.a.i. 

Tottenham,  Henry  Loftns,  b.a. 
Townsend,  the  Very  Rev.  Win.,  d.d. 

Vicars,  Arthur,  f.s.a-,  Ulster  King  of 

Arms 
Vigors,  Colonel  Philip  D.,  f.e.s.a.i. 
Vigors,  Mrs.  Philip  

Wall,  Lieut.-Colonel  J 

Walsh,  Rt.  Rev.  W.  Pakenham,  d.d., 
f.  and  vicf,-pres.  r.s.a.i. 

Weldon,  J.  II 

Westropp,  Thomas  J.,  m.a. 
Willcocks,  the  Rev.  Canon  W.,  ii.a. 

Woodhead,  Miss     

Woollcombe,  Dr.  R.  S.,  ll.d. 

Woodhouse,  George 

Wynne,  Miss  F.  E.  


London 

Glencormack,  Mayo 
Bishop's  House,  Waterford 

Fota,  Cork 
Nobbcr,  Co.  Meath 
Clyde-road,  Dublin 

Clones,  Co.  Monaghan  m 
The  Cottage,  Crom  Castle 
63  Moyne-road,  Dublin 
Rathmacknee,  Co.  Wexford 
Danby,  Co.  Donegal 

Emyvale,  Co.  Monaghan 

Guernsey 

The  Deanery,  Tuam 


Dublin  Castle 
Holloden,  Co.  Carlow 
do.  do. 

Knock-a-rcagh,  Co.  Wicklow 

The  Palace,  Kilkenny 
Ash  Hill  Towers,  Kilmallock 
77  Lower  Leeson-street,  Dubli 
Bageualstown,  Co.  Carlow 
Heathfield  Hoase,  Sussex 
Waterloo-road,  Dublin 
Bray,  Co.  Wicklow 
Corres,  Co.  Carlow 


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REPORTS    FROM    COUNTIES. 


COUNTY    ANTRIM. 


Stallinderry. 

[Notes  by  Francis  Joseph  Bigger,  lion.  Sec.  Belfast  Naturalists'  FLjld 
Club,  Ardrie,  Belfast.] 

•  The  parish  of  B;dlinderry,  or  Baile-na-daire,  the  town  of  the  oaks,  is 
situated  in  the  south  of  the  County  Antrim.  It  has  three  churches,  "the 
old,"  "  the  middle,"  and  "  the  new."  The  old  church  is  built  ou  the 
margin  of  Portmore  Lough,  on  an  evidently  artificial  eminence,  and  sur- 
rounded by  great  marshy  meadows  that  are  flooded  iu  wet  seasons,  making 
the  graveyard  an  island.  The  site  is  circular ;  it  is  enclosed  with  double 
hedges,  within  which  there  is  a  plantation  of  large  trees,  which  gives  a 
very  fine  appearance  to  this  ancient  burial-place.  The  two  gables  of  this 
half-ruined  church  are  almost  perfect,  but  are  so  embowered  with  ivy  that 
they  resemble  huge  conifers  more  thau  anything  built  by  the  hands  of  man. 
'  The  celebrated  Bishop  Jeremy  Taylor  preached  here,  and  occupied  a 
farmstead  adjoining  the  castle  of  Lord  Conway,  which  was  built  on  an 
eminence  overlooking  the  church.  Some  of  the  Bishop's  finest  works  were 
written  here,  his  favourite  study  being  a  rustic  arbour  on  a  small  islaud  iu 
the  lake,  called  Sallagh  Island. 

'  On  the  occasion  of  my  visit  on  the  17th  May,  1893,  I  only  observed 
one  stone  with  armorial  bearings  ;  there  may  be  others,  and  J  may  have 
missed  them,  as  the  grass  was  long. 

'  Annexed  is  a  drawing  of  the  arms  which 
are-  cut  on  the  back  of  a  small  thick  yellow 
sandstone  in  a  suuken  oval.  Around  the 
upper  edge  of  the  stone  there  is  cut  deeply 
in  large  letters,  the  words  "Memento 
Mori."  The  inscription  ou  the  face  of  the 
stone  was  as  follows  ' : — 

t 

I.  H.  S. 

"  Herelyeth  ye  |  Body  of  Daniel  | 
M'Gee  who  died  |  Decebr  ve  1777  (sic)  | 
aged  2S  years." 
N'CEC     17  7  7 

'The  arms  are  a  chcv.ou  engrailed  between  three  cross-crosslets  fitcheo. 


250 


•  Near  to  this  stone  is  a  very  small  sandstone,  with  the  following  curious 
doggerel  cut  upon  it ' : — 

"  1722  a  hus  |  bond  kind  a  |  father  dear,  |  a  faithful  fri  |  end 
lyeth  H  |  ere,  my  days  I  is  spent  my  |  Glass  is  run,  |   children 
dear    |  Prepare  to  co™  |  Cop.mick  O'Do  |  wd  ag11  82  ys  " 

'  These  rhyming  inscriptions  are  rather  rare  in  this  county,  which  makes 
the  above  of  considerable  interest.  I  regret  to  say  that  time's  effacing 
fingers  have  made  this  legend  rather  hard  to  read. 

'Bishop  Taylor  found  this  church  rather  inconvenient,  and  caused  what 
is  called  the  "middle  church  "  to  be  built,  iu  1666,  in  a  more  central  part 
of  the  parish.  This  church  is  roofed  and  in  fair  order;  the  worthy  vicar, 
Canon  Sayers,  uses  it  as  a  Mortuary  Chapel.  The  internal  woodwork  is 
of  oak,  and  well  worthy  of  preservation.  * 

'  In  1859,  the  royal  arms  were  removed  from  this  church,  repainted  and 
erected  in  the  parish  church,  and  it  is  a  great  pity  that  the  old  bell  was  not 
preserved  in  the  same  way.  It  was  taken  down  in  1 869,  and  sold  in 
Dublin  for  £6  10s.  Gd.,  its  weight  being  1^  cwt.  It  was  subsequently  re- 
cast into  the  bell  now  in  Gilford  Church.  The  inscription  on  this  bell 
was : — 

"THIS     BELL    IS    CAST    FOR     PORTMORE    I 
BY    THE    ORDER    OF    I    SIR    GEORGE 
RAIDON    I    AN    1681. 


'This  bell  had  been  repaired  in  11 
recorded  in  the  Vestry-book. 


'  There  is  only  one 
stone  in  this  churchyard 
with  armorial  sculpture, 
but  it  is  a  fine  example, 
beiug  a  large  sandstone 
slab,  lying  flat,  with  the 
arms  cut  on  the  upper 
half  of  the  face.  The 
arms  are  :  a  rose  in  chief 
and  a  dagger  [sword  ?] 
erect  iu  base ;  on  a  bend 
three  trefoils  surmounted 
by  a  helmet  with  mant- 
ling ;  crest,  a  trefoil 
slipped. 


,  at  a  cost  of  £2  16s.  7d. 

#    „ 


TATNAJL 


251  ARMAGH. 

1  The  inscription  beneath  the  arms  is  as  follows  : — 

"HERE    LYETH    Y*     BODY    [OF]     MARGRET    I 
TATNAL    WHO    DEPARTED    THIS    LIFE    IN 
THE    I    45™    YEAR    OF    HER    AGE    THE    5™ 
OF    JANUARY    1679    AS    ALSO    I    THE    BODY 
OF    MR    JOHN    TATNAL    WHO    I    DEPARTED 
Y*   LIFE    IN    Y£    65-™    YEAR    OF    HIS    AGE 
ON    THE    16-™    OF    NOV*  1691    I    HERE 
LYETH    THE    BODY    OF    MRS    JANE    I 
CLOSE    WIFE    OF    MR    WILLIAM    CLOSE    I. 
WHO    DEPARTED    THIS    LIFE    THE    I    24^ 
OF    APRIL    1731    AGED    66    YEARS." 

'  This  churchyard  contains  a  large  nnmber  of  fine  modern  monuments, 
and  is  kept  in  very  neat  order,  with  surrounding  plantations. 

'  The  li  new  church  "  was  built  in  1824,  and  is  the  one  at  present  used. 
There  is  no  graveyard  around  it.  The  ancient  graveyard  of  Templecormac 
is  in  this  parish,  aud  is  still  used.  It  is  in  good  order  and  pleasantly 
situated.  No  remains  of  the  church  that  formerly  existed  there  are  now 
to  be  found,  but  it  is  believed  to  be  the  most  ancient  site  in  the  parish, 
the  church  becoming  disused  when  Lord  Conway  erected  or  restored  the 
church  at  Portmore,  which  was  near  to  the  magnificient  castle  he  had  built. 
It  is  recorded  by  Heber  that  Bishop  Jeremy  Taylor  "  often  preached  to  a 
small  congregation  of  loyalists  in  the  half-ruined  Church  of  Killultagh," 
which  doubtless  refers  to  Templecormac,  or  as  it  was  anciently  called 
Temple  Tearmacan,  or  the  Church  of  the  O'Cormacan,  a  family  still 
numerous  in  the  neighbourhood,  who  may  have  been  the  Kreuachs  or 
hereditary  custodians  of  the  church.' 


COUNTY     ARMAGH. 

[From  Mr.  C.  J.  Uobson,  Carlow.l 
lagli. 

CATUEDRAL    B0RIAI.-GBOCKD. 

"  In  loving  memory  |  of  J  William  Reeves,  D.D.,  |  Bishop  of 
Down  aud  Connor  |  and  Promote,  |  For  many  years  Hector  | 
of  Tynan  &c.  Dean  of  Armagh.  |  Born  at  Charleville  Hi  March 
1815,  |  Died  a.  Dublin  12  January  1892." 


ARMAGH.  252 

PKESBYTERIAN   CHURCH. 

'The  following  three  inscriptions  are  to  be  found  in  an  angle  formed  by 
the  transept  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Abbey-street,  Armagh.  They  are 
the  only  interments  at  this  place,  so  far  as  I  can  discover.  Mr.  Kccles' 
tomb  is  of  the  raised  akir  pattern,  the  inscriptions  being  engraved  on  two 
separate  panels.  Mr.  Fleming's  inscription  is  inserted  in  the  church  wall, 
the  tombstone  being  laid  Hat  on  the  grave  ;  this  latter  plot  is  neatly 
enclosed  with  iron  railings  ' : — 

"  Sacred  |  To  the  memory  of  |  The  Rev.  Samuel  Eccles, 
A.M.  |  Presbyterian  Minister  of  |  Armagh  |  Who  was  bora 
17th  January  1794  ordained  17th  Sept.  1617  |  And  died 
21st  Febry.  1S23. 

Blessed  with  a  vigorous,  and  enlightened  mind 
An  open  generous  and  affectionate  heart 
Mild  gentle  and  unassuming  manners 
He  discharged  the  sacred  duties  of  his  office 
With  zeal  ability  and  success 
And  having  finished  his  short  but  useful  course 
Now  rests  in  the  Lord. 
This  Monument  |  Has  been  erected  by  the  Congregation  of  | 
Armagh,  over  the  remains  of  their  |  Lamented  Pastor,  as  a 
Memorial  |  of  his  active  virtues,  and  their  |  grateful  affection." 


"  In  memory  of  |  The  Rev.  Alexander  Fleming  |  Who, 
after  a  Ministry  |  alas  :  how  brief,  |  of  five  years  and  seven 
months  |  In  this  place,'  |  died  on  tlie  XVII.  day  of  | 
November  MDCCCLI.  |  Aged  XXXIX.  |  His  remains  are 
interred  |  here  |  Amid  the  mourning  of  |  The  Congregation  | 
To  which  he  was  endeared  |  The  Church  |  Which  he 
adorned,  |    And  the  sympathizing  friends,  |  Who  united 
with  his  flock  |  In  this  Memorial  of  his  name." 

'This  inscription  is  engraved  on   a  tablet  inserted  in  the  wall  of  tin 
church.' 


On  a  fiat  tombstone  the  following  inscription  occurs ' : — 

"  Alexander  Fleming. 
The  bereaved  wife,  was  |  returned  to  her  beloved  husband  | 
In  the  short  space  of  VII  months,  and  XV  days. 

There  {sic)  remains  rest  together  underneath." 


Cliarlemont  Pai  isk — Lcggarhill. 

'In  this  bnrying-ground  there  are  a  good  mai:v  older  headstones  than 
thr-se  1  have  copied,  the  inscriptions  on  which  could  only  be  deciphered  by 
some  one  who  would  have  unlimited  time  at  their  disposal. 


253  ARMAGH. 

'The  poetry  on  Taylor's  tombstone  is  rather  unique,  and  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood it  is  the  subject  of  humorous  remarks. 

'This  churchyard  is  receiving  a  good  deal  of  attention  at  present,  and  is 
in  good  order.     Rev.  Mr.  Watson  is  rector  of  Charlemont.' 

"  Erected  by  Margaret  Taylor  in  memory  of  [  Her  beloved 
husband  Gkorge  Taylor.  |  Late  serjeant  of  the  Royal 

Artillery  who  |  departed  this  life  on  the  2-5  of  July  1853.  | 

Aged  52  years. 

To  hi m  so  mourned  in  life  so  loved  in  death 
The  afflicted  partner  and  'he  widowed  wife 
With  tears  inscribes  this  monumental  stone 
That  holds  his  ashes  aud  expects  her  own." 

[Flat  tombstone.] 

'  This  bmying-ground  was  originally  an  old  Rath  surrounded  by  a  circular 
trench,  and  is  situated  on  a  hill  overlooking  the  village  of  Charlemont, 
Couuty  Armagh.  From  this  Rath,  Charlemout  was  bombarded  on  one  or 
two  occasions.' 


'In  memory  of  |  P.  Warburton  who  departed  this  life.  | 
18th  July  1869  aged  73  years.  |  Also  |  Mary  Millar.  | 
'  Blessed  are  the  dead  |  which  die  in  the  Lord.' " 

[Ordiuary  flat  tombstone.] 

'Sacred  |  to  the  memory  of  the  late  |  Clements  M'Coan.  | 
who  departed  this  life  3d  January  1881.  |  Aged  46  years." 

[An  upright  stone.] 

1  17th  August  1817  |  The  soul  is  gone  home  |  The  bodv  rests 
here  |  ot  Janl  |  wife  of  |  David  Alderdicl  |  Aged  72." 


"Jacksons  I  Burying  place  |  of  Charlemont  |  1832." 

'  The  above  inscription  is  to  be  found  on  the  coping  stoue  of  the  wall 
surrounding  this  plot.' 


'Theic  are  some  remains  of  the  fortifications  at  Legerhiil  from  which 
Duke  Schomberg  bombarded  the  town  of  Charlemont;,  and  a  Danish  rath. 
A  cmi.jiH  gold  ring,  and  a  gold  cross  studded  with  gems,  and  said  to  have 
belonged  to  Sir  'league  O'Kegail,  have  been  discovered  here;  also,  a  few 
years  since  [1837],  a  body,  almost  iu  a  complete  state  of  preservation, 
with  the  clothes  and  spurs  perfect.' 

[Lewis,  i.,  p.  322.] 


CARLOW.  254 

COUNTY    CARLOW. 
Borris. 

THE    ROMAN    CATHOLIC    CHAPEL. 

On  the  left  as  you  enter,  is  the  font;  it  is  of  Sicilian  marble 
(white),  octagonal  in  shape,  on  a  round  shaft  and  octagonal 
base,  inscribed: — 

"BOKRIS    CHURCH    I    1871       REV*    P.    CAREY    P.P." 

On  one  side,  and  the  stonecutter's  name  on  the  base — 
"  Chapman  and  Son,  Dublin." 


Next  it,  on  the  wall,  is  a  white  marble  monument  to — 
"the  RevdJOHN  CAHILL  C.C.  who  died 

THE    4TH    OF    DECR.    1855.       HE    MINISTERED 

FOR    SEVENTEEN    YEARS WITH    PIETY, 

ZEAL,    AND    EFFICIENCY,  &.C. 

MAY    HE    REST    IN    PEACE. 
ERECTED    BY    THE    PEOPLE    OF    BORRIS,    BALLY- 
MURPHY,    AND    RAHANNA,"    &C,  &.C. 


On  the  same  wall,  on  a  white  marble  slab  on  a  black  back,  is 
cut  : — 

"HERE    LIES    THE    BODY    OF    THE    REVD    JOHN 
WALSH  I   FOR    32    YEARS    P.P.    OF    BORRIS  | 
WHO    DEPARTED    THIS    LIFE   |  THE    6TH    OF 
SEPTEMBER     ]  S3G. 
ALSO    THE    BODY    OF    HIS    NEPHEW  |  THE    I1F.VD 

JOHN  WALSH  I  for   12  years  cc.  of  borris 

WHO    DEPARTED    THIS    LIFE  |  THE    30TH  OF    JULY 

1835.     r.i. p. 


On  the  south  wall  is  a  white  marble  monument  : — 
"Pray  for  the  soul  of  |  The  Revd.  Michael  O'Connell  | 
who  died  the  24th  of  July  1863  |  in  the  63  year  of  his  age  | 
and  in  the  oG  year  of  his  ministry." 

[He  gave   money  for  the   establishment   of  schools  in 
parish.] 


255  CARLOW. 

Next    this    monument   is   another,    also   of   white    marble, 
inscribed  : — 

I.H.S. 
"  Beneath  |  are  deposited  the  mortal  remains  of  the  |  Very 
Eevd.  Christopher  Doyle  P.P.  of  Borris  |  and  V.G.  of 
Kildare  and  Leighlin. 

The  virtues  of  this  faithful  pastor  |  honoured  his  holy  ministry  | 
his  zeal  to  relieve  the  poor  and  promote  |  education  was 
eminent. 
He  died  on  the  30  Now.  1859,  aged  65  (?)  years.     R.I.P." 

1 

A  black  marble  holy  water  vessel,  with  panelled  front,  is 
fixed  in  the  wall  near  the  north  door. 

P.  D.  V. 


Bosberstown. 

[From  Mr.  C.  J.  Hobson.] 

'  Bnsherstown  burial-ground  is  situated  in  the  middle  of  a  field,  the 
property  of  Mr.  Cummins,  about  two  and  a-half  miles  from  Carlow.  It 
has  been  walled  iu  by  the  Board  of  Guardians.  I  am  not  sure  what  parish 
it  is  in,  but  I  would  suppose  it  to  be  Rutland  [Urgliu  ?].  There  are  a  few 
more  inscriptions,  but  what  I  have  copied  are  the  most  important. 

'  The  rendering  of  Fuley's  inscription  makes  Foley  and  his  eight  children 
to  die  in  the  same  year.' 


"  Here  lyeth  the  Bodv  of  Jas   |  Connolly  Deceased  August 
the  |  19th  1771  aged  63  y™ 

also  2  of  his  children  &  2  of  |  his  Grandchildren  by  Francis    | 
Gorman." 


I.  II.  S. 
«'  Here  lieth  ye  Body  of  Mic  |  uael  Foley  &  his  8  childr  |  en 
Who  Departed  ye  year  |  51  Aged  60  years." 


I.  II.  S. 
1  This  stone  was  erected  by  Thomas  |  Byrne  in  memory  of  his 
Father  Henuy  |  Byr.se  who  departed  this  life  Jan  the  14th  | 
1790  aged  76  years.     May  the  Lord  |  have  mercy  on  his 
soul.     Amen." 


"  Here  lieth  the  Body  of  Thomas  |  Xowlan  who  departed 
this  life  March  ye   20th  1772  aged  6S  years.'' 

M\  the  above  are  headstones.' 


CARLOW,  256 

Cloydab  Parish. 

[From  Mr.  C.  J.  Hobson,  Carlow.] 
'The  burying-gromid  of  the  Alexander  family  is  neatly  surrounded 
by  a  stone  plinth  and  iron  railings,  affixed  to  which  is  a  stone  tablet  with 
the  following  simple  inscription  ' : — 

"  The  burial  place  of  the  Alexander  family." 

.    'The  following  inscriptions  are  to  be  found  within  the  iron  railings  ' : — 

"John  Alexander  |  of  Milford  j  died  Oct.  10th  1885  | 
aged  S3."  ^ 

"  In  remembrance  of  Lokenzo  Alexander  |  born  22d  Octr. 
1810  died  21st  Septr.  1867. 

'  I  know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth.' " 

'  The  above  inscription  is  copied  from  a  granite  block  made  in  the  form 
of  a  cross,  and  is  laid  on  the  top  of  this  grave  ;  the  inscription  runs  rouud 
the  edge.' 


"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Elizabeth  |  Alexander  who  departed 
this  life  |  on  the  6th  May  1821  |  aged  18  years.  |  Also 
Emily  Alexander  an  infant." 

[A  flat  tombstone.] 


'John  Alexander  |  of  -Milford  j  died  Augst.   16  1845  I 
aged  79." 


[A  flat  tombstone.] 


"  Beneath  this  tomb  |  lie  the  mortal  remains  |  of  Christian 
Izod  relict  |  of  the  late  John  Alexaj-der  |  of  .Milford,  | 
died  13  December  |  1864  |  in  the  87  year  of  her  age." 


"  Here  lieth  the  Body  |  of  |  Elenor  Sarah  |  the  beloved  wife 
of  |  The  Rev.  James  Richards  |  for  many  years  minister  I 
of  this  parish  |  She  depd.  this  life  |  April  23th  1869.  | 
She  fell  asleep  in  Jesus  |  and  those  that  sleep  in  Jesus  | 
will  God  bring  with   him. 

Also  the  above  |  Rev.  James  Richards  |  who  died  18th 
Novr.  1871.  |  Aged  61  years." 

'  The  above  inscription  is  inscribed  on  a  tablet  in  a  rough  wall  surrc 
ing  this  little  plot'  [the  Alexander  burial-place". 


'The  inscriptions  of  the  Rochfort  family  are  on  three  tablets  inserted 
in  the  west  end  of  the  old  ruin  (inside). 


257  CARLOW. 

'  Since  I  last  visited  this  burying-gronnd,  a  tree  has  fallen,  and  now  lies 
inside  the  building  on  a  few  tombstones. 

'  If  the  ivy  is  not  at  once  taken  off  the  eastern  gable,  it  must  inevitably 
fall* 

'  This  church  mnst  have  been  built  out  of  the  ruins  of  an  older  one,  as 
nicely-sculptured  stones  are  built  up  in  part  of  the  walls,  and  others  lie 
scattered  through  the  churchyard.' 


1  Lucr  Bochfort  |  born  23th  Dec  1803  |  died  22ud  July  1804. 
Just  known  and  lost." 

\ 

1  Sacred  |  To  the  Memory  |  of  |  Frances  Elizabeth  |  the 
beloved  wife  of  Horace  Kochfort  |  who  departed  this  life  | 
full  of  hope  |  March  2.5th  1841. 
'  lielieve  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  |  aud  thou  shalt  be  saved.' 

Acts  16.  81." 


"  Erected  to  the  memory  of  |  Horace  Rochfort  Esqr.  D.L.  | 
who  died  May  10th  1891.  |  Aged  81  years. 
•  The  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  his  Sou  |  cleanstth  from  all  sin.' 

1st  John  1.  7." 


"  Here  lieth  the  Body  of  MBS  Walk  |  er  late  of  the  Town  of 
Longford  |  Wife  of  the  late  MK  Samuel  |  Walker  Miller 
at  Clogrennan  |  in  the  Queens  County." 

[Tombstone  supported  on  masonry.] 

"  WM  Anderson  J°nr  Depd  this  |  Life  July  ye  14.  1704." 

[An  upright  headstone  J 

"  Here  lieth  the  Body  of  Anne  |  Mecan  Depd  Decemr  1794  | 
Aged  23  years." 

[An  upright  headstone.] 

"  Here  lie  |  the  remains  of  [  James  Byrne  |  of  the  town  of 
Carlow  |  who  died  2Sth  January  1S41  |  aged  61." 


"  Erected  by  |  John  Shirley  |  Coolcullen,  in  memory  of  his 
beloved  wife  |  Jane  |  who  departed  this  life  the  12th  of 
Octobe-  18G8,  aged  52  years. 

Also  his  eldest  son  |  Paul  Shirley  |  Inland  Revenue  officer 
who  depd.  |  this  life  the  tjth  of  February   l£73.  |  .Aged 
31   years. 

*  N.B.— We  have  brought  this  matter  under  tlie  notice  of  some  of  the  families  who 
bury  here,  aud  hope  it  may  be  attended  to Ed. 


o\v.  258 

Also  his  youngest  &  eight  son  [  Henry  who  died  young. 
'  The  sweet  remembrance  of  the  just 
Shall  flourish  when  they  sleep  in  dust.' " 

[A  headstone.] 


"  Erected  to  the  memory  of  John  |  Green  of  Millbrook  in 
the  County  |  of  KilJare  Esqr  who  departed  this  |  life  on 
the  26th  day  of  July  A.D.  1319  |  Aged  70  years." 
Ako  to  the  memory  |  of  Mart  Anne  his  widow  who  de-  | 
parted  this  life  on  the  24th  day  of  |  August  A.D.  1822 
aged  66  years." 

i 

"  Erected  by  |  Thomas  Bolton  of  Kilboa  |  In  memory  of 
his  father  |  John  Bolton  |  who  departed  this  life  25th  Juue 
18-10  |  aged  51  years." 

[Headstone/ 
:  All  the  foregoing  are  within  the  walls  of  the  old  church." 


'  In  the  burial-ground,  outside  the  ruin ' : — 

"  Here  lie  the  mortal  |  Remains  of  David  Lowe  |  Engineer  | 
who  died  at  Miiford  on  the  |  24th  August  1867  |  aged  64,  | 
after  a  life  of  usefulness  and  integrity. 

'  Blessed  are  the  dead  who  die  in  the  Lord.' " 

[An  upright  stone.] 

'  On  a  tablet  inserted  in  the  south  wall  of  this  old  ruin,  the  following 
inscription  is  to  be  found ' : — 

"Erected  by  |  Mubtha  Moore  |  of  Ballyhade  |  In  memory 
of  his  father  who  died  4th  March  1854  |  aged  86  years,  of 
his  mother  who  died  6th  January  184  4,  |  aged  66  years, 
and  of  his  brother  Michael,  |  who  died  20th  June  1S65  | 
aged  65  years,  |  all  late  of  Clogrennau. 

'Requcant  in  pace'"  (sic). 


'  On   a  small  upright  headstone  on  south  side  of  ruin,  the  following 
simple  inscription  occurs  ' : — 

*  "  John  Bates  |  one  of  Christs  |  little  ones." 


I.H.S. 
"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Patrick  Hacket  |  of  Graigne  who 
departed  this  life  June  |  the  2Sth  1798,  aged  41  years  also 
his.  fatiier  |  Bichard  Hacket  who  departed  this  |  Life 
May  the  7th  17,:0  aged  32  years  |  with  one  of  his  grandchildren." 

'  Rvan  gives  tins  "Johnny  Bates,"  not  as  above. 


259  carlow. 

In  addition  to  the  inscriptions  already  given  by  Mr.  Hobson, 
Ryan  "  gives  the  following  : — 

I.II.S. 
"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Mr.  Kichard  Warren,  who  | 
departed  this  life  on  the  1st  day  of  February,  1733,   |  aged 
GO  years.     Krected  by  his  wife  Theodosia  |  Warren,  alias 
Bryan." 

"Here  lieth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Amy  Greene,  wife  of  |  Wit. 
Nessan  Greene,  Hsqre.,  of  Cation-,  who  departed  |  this  life, 
January  22nd,  17G1.  % 

"  This  tomb  is  erected  by  Joun  Greene,  Esqre.,  of  Moatfield,  | 
County  Kildare,  to  the  memory  of  his  dearly  beloved  |  wile 
Amy  Greene,  who  departed  this  life  19th  day  of  |  August 
1818,  in  the  32ud  year  of  her  age  |  sincerely  and  most 
deservedly  lamented  by  her  |  surviving  friends.     Also 
underneath  lieth  |  the  body  of  Robert  Gi:eene,  their  infant  son." 


Duiilecknev  Parish. 

EXTRACTS   FROM    VESTRY-BOOK. 

(Continued  from  page  36,  vol.  ii.) 
'  1810.— £33  to  be  raised  for  Militia  substitutes.' 


•1812.  31  March. — The  erection  of  a  gate  of  iron  at  the  entrance  of 
the  churchyard  considered. 

'  Ordered  that  a  Stove  of  Mettal  be  put  np  in  the  Ayle  (sic)  in  Lieu  of 
the  pijseut  five  place,  which  is  tc  be  stop'1  up.' 


William  Hickey*  signs  here  as  "  Curate  "  for  first  tii 


'1815.  4  of  July — Ordered  that  the  Bible  be  bound,  &c,  and  that  the 
stable  in  the  churchyard  be  put  in  proper  order.' 


'1817.  28th  January — Ordered  that  anew  Grate  be  purchased  and 
set  up,  and  also  a  Tin  Fender. 

Michael  Brophy,  Vestry  Clerk.' 


«  1818.— At  a  vestry  held  in  the  Parish  Church  of  St.  Mary,  Dunleckney, 
on  1C  day  of  July,  1818,  of  which  more  than  10  days'  notice  was  given — 

'Besolved,  that  it  is  expedient  for  the  Interests  of  the  Established 
Beligiuu  and  for  the  Couvenience  u(  those  Parishioners  who  usually  attend 

*  Well  known  in  after  Tears  under  the  titm-dc -piume  of  Martin  Dojle  (Rector  of 
Mulrankin,  County  Wexford);  d.  iu  IsjU  (:'). 


CARI,OW.  2G0 

the  Chnrch  of  the  Parish  that  the  Church  be  rebuilt,  the  site  being  changed 
to  the  town  of  Bagenalstown.  _ 

'  £700  asked  for  as  a  loan  from  the  Hoard  of  First  traits,  to  be  repaid 
by  the  Parish  in  17  years. 

'  A  committee  was  then  appointed  to  receive  said  loan.  Ihese  proceed- 
ings are  signed  by  Mr.  Molony,  the  Vicar;  the  2  ch.  wardens,  and  by  27 
Parishioners.' 


*  1321. "Walter  Newton,  Esqre.,   of  Bagenalstown,  signs  as  Church 

Warden. 

1 * 

'  1822. — Philip  Newton,  Esqre.,  signs  as  Ch.  \\  arden.'  15I 

« 1 823.  1 8th  February. — The  Proceedings  are  signed  by  John  Alexander,* 
Curate. 

'Oct.  13. — A  meeting  was  held  on  the  subject  of  the  Composition  of 
Tithes— Philip  Newton,  of  Duuleckney,  Esqre.,  in  the  chair.' 


♦  Other  meetings  were  held  for  this  purpose  subsequently,  also  in  1824. 
'  It  was  agreed  that  £300  be  paid  as  the  annual  composition  of  all  the 
Impropriate  Tithes  payable  out  of  the  Parish  of  Augha,  in  the  following 
proportions  :— To  the  Rev.  Weldon  J.  .Molony  £150  annually  during  the 
continuance  of  his  lease,  and  after  it  expires,  to  his  heirs,  &c. ;  and  a  like 
sum  of  £150  per  A.  to  Mr.  William  O'Neill  for  his  lease,  and  after  it 
expires,  to  the  Rev.  Arthur  J.  Weldon,  his  heirs,  &c.  Dated  20th  July, 
1824. 

(Signed)  Arthur  J.  Weldon,  Weldon  J.  Molony,  Wm.  O'N'cill, 

Beauchamp  rS.  Newton,  James  Thomas,  Arthur  Murphy, 
&  8  others.' 


<  1 826. Vestry  held  in  the  Parish  Church,  Dunleckney,  1 4  th  of  February. 

'  Arthr.  Colley  signs  as  one  of  the  Parishioners. 
'21st  Feby.,      „     — Joseph  Chapman,  Minister,  signs  for  first  time. 
'  A  resolution  to  raise  the  sum  of  niue  hundred  pounds  to  build  a  new 
chnrch.  .          . 

'  "Considering  the  bad  state  of  Repair  of  the  present  church,  its  bring 
inconveniently  situated,  and  also  too  small  for  the  Accommodation  of  the 
Parishioueis,  &c." 

(Signed)  Joseph  Chapman,  Minister. 

Walter  Newton  &  Sand.  Crosthwait,  Church  Wardens. 
Philip  Newton,  B.  B.  Newton,  Philip  Newton,  juur., 
Thos.  Singleton,  Wm.  Agar,  &c. 
'  1826.  18  June.— John  Alexander  again  signs  as  "  Curate."' 

*  (Signed)  Arthur  J.  Weldon,  Weldon  J.  Molony,  Wm.  O'Neill,  Beauchamp  I!. 
Ncmou,  James  Thomas,  Arthur  Murphy,  nuJ  eight  others. 


'1827.  April  17 — To  repay  the  Revd.  J.  Alexander  for  purchasing  a 
new  Bible  and  two  Prayer  Books,  £4     2     0.' 

'1829.  June  15 — The  Proceedings  are  signed  by  "James  T.  C. 
Saunders,  Minister."' 

'1832.  June  4. — The  Proceedings  are  signed  by  "  Hans  Atkinson, 
Chairman.'  * 


'  1833.— Easter  Vestry,  9  April.     Fhilip  Bagenal,  Churchwarden.' 

'  1834. — The  Proceedings  of  the  Vestry  held  on  Easter  Tuesday,  1st 
April,  1834,  are  signed  (for  the  first  time)  by  she  Rev.  "  Charles  James 
Grogan."  '  f 


•  1837.  At  a  Vestry  held  in  the  Parish  Church  on  the  27  March,  1837, 
it  was  resolved  that  an  application  be  made  to  the  Ecclesl.  Comms.  for 
increased  accommodation,  either  by  a  gallery  along  the  N.  or  S.  walls,  or 
by  subdividing  the  present  Pews,  &c.' 


'1839.  April  1st. — The  fire  place  was  ordered  to  be  removed  "to  a 
more  conveuieut  place,  &  a  pew  made  in  its  place." ' 


'At  a  Vestry  on  the  24  June,  1839,  it  was  decided  to  ascertain  what 
sum  the  Parishioners  would  subscribe  for  a  new  church,  the  Pews  to  be 
given  to  the  Subscribers  according  to  their  subscriptions.  At  an  adjourned 
meeting  on  1  July,  the  collectors  of  the  different  portions  of  lue  Parish 
reported  that  £485  had  been  promised. 

'A  committee  was  appointed.' 


'At  a  meeting  held  at  the  School  House,  Bagenalstown,  on  the  31st 
August,  1833, 

'  Letters  were  read  promising  subscriptions,  as  follows,  for  the  building 
of  a  new  Parish  Church  : — 

'The  Barrow  Navigation  Company             ...  £50  0  0 

Lord  Downes           ...             ...             ...  10  0  0 

Colonel  Bruen          ...             ...             ...  50  0  0 

Licut.-Colonel  Latouche            ...              ...  25  0  0 

The  Duuleckney  family  (Xewtons)            ...  250  0  0 

Samuel  Crosthwait,  Ksqre.        ...              ...  50  0  0 

The  Uonble.  and  Very  Revd.  Dean  Bernard  20  0  0 

Reverend  Hans  Atkinson          ...               ...  10  0  0 

Revd.  C.J.  Grogan...              ...              ...  30  0  0 

*  The  Rev.  Hans  Atkinson,  M.A.,  orJ.  183«!  for  1834  ;  m.,  ,'nd  June,  1842,  Anne- 
Walker,  "2 1) tl  ilmi.  of  .lames  Kearney,  of  BlanclivilJe,  County  Kilkenny,  and  bad  issue 
a  dau.  Alice,- wi.  Rev.  Jos.  A.  Stewart.  Jlr.  Atkinson  was  bom.  Chaplain  to  the  Karl 
Of  Charlennint. 

t  Mr.  Grogan  was  for  fifty-three  years  Rector  of  this  parish  ;  he  d,  unm,  in  1SS7. 


o\v.  262 

Thomas  Singleton,  Esqre. 

Mr.  Mailly  (?) 

Mr.  Charles  Smyth  and  Mr.  Borthistle     ... 

Mr.  John  Agar 

Mr.  Edward" Wynne 

Mr.  Heard 

Mrs.  Widow  Smyth  ... 

Mr.  Salter  and  Widow  James  J.  Carney  ... 

Mr.  Coleman 

Mr.  Benjamin  James 

Mr.  Mnlhallen 

Mr.  William  O'N'eil  ... 

Mr.  John  O'Neil  and  Mr.  Saml.  Parker    ... 

Mr.  George  Parker  and  Mr.  William  Agar 

Mr.  Tenuant 

Mr.  Thomas  Agar    ... 

Mr.  John  aud  Mr.  Abel  Kidd  ... 

Mr.  William  Corrigan 

Mr.  Samuel  Wynne  and  Mr.  P.   Wynne  ... 

Mr.  Robert  Smyth  and  (sic) 

William  E.  Steuart,  Esqre. 

Mr.  Denis  Rogers  and  Mr.  Saml.  Rogers 

Mr.  Seabrook 

Mr.  Sherwell 


£650     0     0 


'  £500  to  be  offered  to  the  Eccl.  Commissioners. 

4  £100  to  be  offered  to  purchase  the  old  church  as  it  stands. 

'  These  sums  appear  to  have  been  accepted.  At  a  meeting  held  on  1 6th 
Feb.,  1640,  is  was — Resolved  that  application  be  made  for  a  church  to 
accommodate  850  souls,  and  an  application  to  Mr.  Bagenal  for  an  exten- 
sion of  the  plot  of  ground  for  building  the  proposed  church. 

'  £629  1  Is.  6d.  received  by  the  Hon.  Treasurer. 
'additional  subscriptions. 

'Col.  Weldon 
Miss  Newton 
John  Newton,  Esq.    ... 
lievd.  Joseph  Chapman 
David  Burchil! 
B.  B.  Newton,  Esqre. 
Edward  Deaue  Barrett 


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1  1840.  21st  April At  a  Committee  meeting  the  Plans  furnished  by 

the  Keel1  Commis"  for  sittings  for  bl-i   persons  were  approved  of,   two 
transepts. aud  galleries  over  them,  and  also  with  a  gallery  at  the  west  end.* 


263  CARLOW. 

'  1841. — Application  was  made  to  have  a  centre  aile  (sic). 

'  That  having  experienced  the  effects  of  4  fire  places  in  the  Church  of 
Lorum,  which  fails  to  warm  the  Church,  that  sonic  other  mode  be  devised 
by  the  architect  to  effect  that  purpose,  &c,  &c. 

'Application  to  be  made  for  the  enclosure  of  the  ground  with  a  wall  and 
two  gates. 

Note. — The  Lord  of  the  Soil  proposes  to  erect  a  suilicient  wall  at  3s.  9d. 
per  perch. 

'Subscriptions  to  be  collected  for  a  stained  glass  (East)  window'  fa 
wry  hideous  thing  it  is — EdJ,  'not  to  exceed  £40,  from  a  plan  of  Mr. 
Daniel  Robertson,  architect. 

'  A  Font  ordered.'  [The  font  is  of  granite,  richty  carved  and  very 
handsome.] 


'  1842. — The  plan  of  the  window  was  amended,  by  order  of  the  Bishop. 
&xky  1G. 

'Application  made  to  the  Bishop  to  pull  down  and  dispose  of  the 
materials  of  the  old  Church  of  Dunleckney.  £47  was  subscribed  by  10 
Parishioners  for  the  Stained  Glass  window  (names  given). 

'  A  fine  wire  guard  ordered  for  this  window.  The  Pews  ordered  to  be 
numbered,  to  cost  4s. 

'  Chandeliers  recommended  by  the  Committee.' 


'1843.  March  17. — At  a  meeting  of  the  Parishioners  of  Dunleckney 
Parish,  it  was — "  Resolved  that  this  Vestry  meeting  do  adjourn  to  the  new 
Church  at  Bagenalstown,  at  1  o'clock." ' 

The  distribution  of  the  pews  then  took  place,  and  are  all 
entered,  but  have  mostly  been  changed  since. 

'  August  9 — Doors  ordered  to  be  provided  [for  the  pews  (?)". 
'Application  for  a  License  to  open  the  Church  on  Friday   18th  August, 
or  as  soon  as  convenient.' 


'1844.  Jauy.  15. — Appeals  against  P.ichd.  Griffith's  valuation,  as 
excessive. 

'Novr.  30. — The  materials  of  the  old  Church  were  offered  for  sale  by 
auctiou,  and  brought  £10  lCs.  for  the  floors,  joists,  pillars,  stain-glass, 
gallery,  doors,  ic. 

'  Vestry,  8  April. — Refers  to  the  27  inst.,  having  been  fixed  on  by  the 
Bishop  of  the  Diocese  for  the  Consecration. 

'  The  Form  of  Petition  to  t tie  Bishop  is  given  under  date  27  June,  1 844, 
signed  by  the  Hector,  the  Hevd.  Clias.  Jas.  Grogan  ;  B.  B.  Newton,  and 
Thos.  Coleman,  Chr.  Warden,  and  several  Parishioners. 

The  Consecration  touk  place  on  the  day  above  named — 22  clergymen 
and  the  Dean  of  Leighlin  (Bernard),  were  present.' 


1847. — Font,  paid  on  account,  £15.' 


CARLUW.  2G4 

1  1850.  June  1  I. — An  addition  made  to  the  Dunleckney  Burial-ground 
on  the  S.  side,  by  John  Newton,  Esqrc.,  to  be  enclosed  with  a  4.V  toot 
wall. 

'The  interior  of  the  old  Church  of  Dunlcckney  being  made  over  to  the 
Newton  family  for  a  burial-ground,  as  an  equivalent.' 


'  1853.  7th  May. — A  proposal  to  enclose  the  Church  with  a  wall,  and 
to  erect  gates. 

'To  erect  some  belfry  or  mode  of  suspending  the  Church  Bell. 

'  May  21. — £30  granted  as  a  contribution  from  the  Parish  for  the  above. 

The  Font  appears  to  have  cost  in  all  £23.     The  Board  grant  being  £2. 

'Extra  money  for  Chandeliers,  £15  0s.  0d. 

By  a  letter  dated  about  this  time, 

Jt   appears   that   the   site   of  the  present  church  was  given  free   (by 
Walter  Bagcnal,  Esqr.  ?). 

'That  there  is  no  Belfry,  that  the  Bell  is  at  present  suspended  on  tho 
top  of  a  pole. 

'  Three  Ventilators  in  the  ceiling  applied  for,  Sept.,  1854.' 


'  1855.  Jany.  6. — Enlargement  of  the  two  Porches,  N.  and  S.  ends. 
'£51  snbscribed  for  enclosing  the  Ch.  yard,  from  14  Parishioners. 
'  Sums  promised  for  erecting  a  Tower  to  the  Church,  ece. : — 

Sir  Anthony  Weldon,  Bait. 

A  Parishioner 

P.evd.  J.  Chapman   ... 

Philip  Bagenal,  Esq. 

Philip  J.  Newton,  Esq. 

Weld.  Haitstonge,  Esq. 

John  Mulhallen,  Esq. 

Mr.  Joseph  Barclay ... 

Dr.  Trayer 

Thos.  Singleton,  Esq. 


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It  may  be  interesting  to  add  lierc  that  the  Parish  Register  of 
tills  parish  only  begins  in  the  year  1791,  the  previous  volumes, 
like  those  of  so  very  many  other  parishes  in  Ireland,  being  lost 
or  destroyed. 

There  are  five  volumes  up  to  1876  for  Baptisms  and  Burials, 
and  to  1845  for  Marriages. 

These  books  arc  at  present  in  an  iron  safe  at  the  Rectory,  in 
charge  of  the  Revd.  Canon  W.  Willcocks,  the  Rector.— Ed. 


265  CAKLOW. 

Parish  of  Old  Lelghlin. 

parish  register,  1781  to  1813. 

memorandum. 
[Contributed  by  Colonel  Vigors.  ] 

In  October,  1874,  the  only  Parish  Register  in  existence  (so 
far  as  I  could  ascertain)  of  the  Parish  of  "  Old  Leighlin," 
consisted  of  o9  loose  pages,  foolscap  size  ;  they  were  in  a  very 
dilapidated  state  in  an  old  cover,  and  were  said  to  have  been 
found  on  a  manure  heap  outside  the  house  of  Thomas  Jones, 
the  parish  clerk,  at  the  Cathedral,  shortly  after  his  death  (about 
1840). 

About  the  year  1SG3, 1  bought  a  book  and  gave  it  to  the 
incumbent,  the  Rev.  Jas.  Carlton,  and  the  entries  on  the  loose 
pages  were  copied  into  it,  and  it  is  now  (1895)  in  the  Public 
Record  Office,  Dublin. 

The  first  entry  in  the  book  is  a  Baptism,  dated  6th  March, 
1781. 

The  first  Marriage  is  dated  1st  April,  1790,  and  the  first 
Burial,  27th  June,  1781. 

The  entries  extend  to  the  year  1804,  from  which  date  there 
is  a  gap  until  183i'>,  when  they  are  continued  until  1848.  The 
entries  in  the  following  pages,  which  are  taken  from  a  M.S.  in 
my  Grandfather's  writing,  are  much  more  complete  than  the 
copy  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  and  include  Births,  Marriages 
and  Deaths  from  1804  to  1S13,  and  are  probably  the  only  record 
extant  of  these.* 

The  Rev.  Edward  Vigors  was  Curate  of  all  the  parishes 
named,  excepting  "  Shankill,"  of  which  he  was  Rector.  He 
died  June  27th,  1797,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  only  son,  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Mercer  Vigors,  who  was  "  Perpetual  "  Curate  of 
these  parishes  until  he  was  appointed  Rector  of  Rathasbeck, 
Queen's  County,  in  1815. 


*  To  show  the  importance  of  these,  we  have  only  to  mention  that  within  the  last 
month  application  lias  been  male  to  me  about  a  tirlii  in  this  parish,  on  the  proof 
of  which  a  considerable,  amount  of  money,  left  by  a  relative  in  America,  depends.— 
P.D.V.      . 


CARLOW.  266 

'  Baptisms,  Marriages,  and  Burials  in  the  Parishes  of  Old  Leighlin, 

Tullowcreen,  Wells,  Killinane,  and  Shankhill,  copied  trom  a  return 
in  the  handwriting  of  the  Reverend  Edward  Vigors,.then  Cw  '  of 
the  said  Parishes.  Concluded  at  bottom  of  page  1.  Date  Dec.  -1th, 
1796. 

[Register  continued.] 

1761. 

4  Mai ch  6th. — Baptized,  William,  sou  of  Thomas  Townsend,  and 
Martha  his  wife,  of  the  Parish  of  Tullowcreen. 

4  March  8th. — Baptized,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Payne  and 
Hannah  (?). 

'April  9th. — Baptized,  Mary,  daughter  of  James  Scanlan  and 
Catherine  his  wife,  of  Tullowcreen. 

'June  22nd. — Buiied,  Thomas  Pue. 

t  1782. 

4  April  9th. — Baptized,  Robert,  son  of  Richard  Condel  and  Eliza- 
beth his  wife,  of  Tullowcreen. 

'June  8th. — Baptized,  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Agar  and 
Margaret  his  wife,  of  Tullowcreen. 

'June  22nd. — Baptized,  Anne,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Aylward 
Vigors,  Esq.,  and  Catherine  his  wife,  of  Old  Leighlin. 

'Sept.  loth. — Baptized,  Anne,  daughter  of  Henry  Agar  and  Mart 
his  wife,  of  Tullowcreen. 

'Sept.  29th. — Baptized,  John,  son  of  Thomas  Patne  and  

his  wife,  of  the  Parish  of  Wells. 

'  Oct.  22nd. — Buried,  Elizabeth  Condel. 

17S3. 

4  May  2nd. — Baptized,  George,  son  of  Edward  Stevens  and  Jane 
his  wife,  of  Shankhill. 

4  July  22nd. — Baptized,  John,  son  of  John  Hcmfrey,  Esq.,  and 
(Hester  ?)  his  wife,  of  Killeninc. 

'  Augt.  10th. — Baptized,  William,  son  of  William  Tyndal  and 
Margaret  his  wife,  of  the  Parish  of  Old  Leighlin. 

'Augt.  11th. — Baptized,  Samuel  [TownsendJ,  son  of  John  Towns- 
end  and  Jane,  his  wife,  of  Tullowcreen. 

'Sept.  2Cth. — Baptized,  David,  son  of  David  Ryan,  Esq.,  and 
Susanna  his  wife,  of  the  parish  of  Wells. 

17S1. 

4  Angst.  ICth.— Baptized,  Mary,  daughter  of  Henky  Agar,  and  Mary 
his  wife,  of  Tullowcreen.' 

This  ends  the  first  page,  and  has  the  following  entry  at 
foot  :— 

4  "  Truly  copied  by  me,"  Tnos.  M.  Vigors.' 


267  CARLOW. 

'Septr.  30. — Baptized,  John  son  of  John  Agar  and  Margaret,  his 
wife,  of  the  parish  of  Tullowcreen. 

'Sept.  30th. — Buried  David  Johnson. 

'Sept.  30th. — Baptized,  John,  son  of  James  Scanlan  and  Catherine, 
his  wife. 

'Deer.  10th. — Baptized,  Richard,  sou  of  Richard  Condel  and 
Elizabeth,  his  wife. 

1785. 

'Jatvy.  22nd Baptized,    Henry,    son    of    William    Tyndal    and 

Margaret  his  wife,  of  the  parish  of  Old  Leighlin. 

'July  10th. — Baptized,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Payne  and 
his  wife,  of  the  parish  of  Wells. 

'Sept.  29 — Baptized,  Mary,  daughter  of  Edward  Stevens  and  Jane, 
his  wife,  of  Shankill. 

'  Deer.  10th. — Baptized,  Jacob,  sou  of  John  Townsend  and  Jane,  his 
wife,  of  Tullowcreen. 

'DeV.  12. — Baptized,  Nicholas  Atlwakd,  son  of  Nich.  A.  Vigois, 
Esqre.,  and  Catherine  his  wife,  of  Old  Leighlin. 

178G. 

'  Jany.  20th. — Baptized,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  Condel  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife. 

'  Jany.  22nd. — Baptized,  Anne,  daughter  of  Joseth  Johnson  and 
Anne,  his  wife. 

'Jany.  22nd. — Buried,  William  Agar. 

'  Feby.  24th — Buried,  Elizabeth  Townsend. 

'July  24th. — Baptized,  Anne,  daughter  of  John  Humfrey,  Esqre., 
and  (Hester?)  his  wife,  of  Killeuane. 

1787. 

'March  17th. — Baptized,  Nicholas  John  Patrick,  son  of  Peter 
Aylward,  Esqre.,  of  Shankill,  and  his  wife  (sic). 

'.March  17th. — Baptired,  Thomas,  son  of  James  Scanlan  and 
Cathei-.ine,  his  wife. 

'  May  -26th. — Baptized,  Margaret,  daughter  of  William  Tyndal  and 
Margaret,  his  wife. 

'July  2Gth. — Baptized,  Catherine,  daughter  of  Robert  Mclhallen, 
Esqre.,  and  Catherine,  his  wife,  of  Killenane. 

'July  30th. — Baptized,  John,  sou  of  John  Agar  and  Margaret,  his 
wife. 

'August  7th.. — Baptized,  David,  son  of  Robert  Townsend  and 
Elizabi.th,  his  wife. 

'  August  17th. — Baptized,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Thomas  Payne  and 
his  wife. 

'August  31st. — Baptized,  Anne,  daughter  of  Edward  Stevens  and 
Jane,  his  wife. 

'Sept.  29th. — Baptized,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Henry  Agar  and 
Mary,  his  wife. 


CARLOW.  268 

1788. 
'March  10th. — Baptized,  Elizabeth,    daughter  of  Peter  Aylward, 
Esqr.,  of  Shankill,  and  [Anne],  his  wife. 

[Signed]  Thos.  M.  Vigors. 

Out  of  order  in  copy. — [P.  D.  V.] 
1788. 

'Jany.  2nd. — Buried,  John  M'IIce.     [Omitted  below  on  2nd  page.] 

'  March  14th. — Bmied,  John  Scanlan. 

'  March  2Gth  — Baptized,   Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas  Townsend  and 
Martoa,  his  wife. 

'  October  29th. — Baptized,  Thomas,  son  of  John  and  Mart  Condel. 

'  Novr.  20th Baptized,    Jons,    son    of    Christopher    Agar    and 

Margaret,  his  wife. 

'Novr.  21st. — Baptized,   Jamfs,    son  of  David    Ktan,     Esqr.,    and 
Susanna  his  wife.— [Parish  of  Wells.] 

'Novr.  23rd. — Baptized,    Eleanor,   daughter   of  Eobt.   Mulhallen, 
Esqr.,  and  Catherine,  his  wife. — [Of  Killenane.j 

'  Deer.  22nd. — Baptized,   Frances  Richards,  daughter  of  Nichs.  A. 
Vigors,  Esqre.,  and  Catherine,  his  wife — [Of  Old  Leighlin.] 
1789. 

'Jnly  1st. — Baptized,  Frances,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Oliver. 

'July  29th. — Baptized,    Sarah,    daughter    of    Thos.    and    Martha 
Townsend. 

'Angt.  10th. — Baptized,    James,    son    of    James     and    Catherine 
Scanlan. 

'Deer.  8th. — Buried,  Luke  Scanlan. 

'Deer.  10th. —  Baptized,  Anne,  daughter  of  William  Marshal  aud 
Deborah,  his  wife. 

'Deer.  12th. — Baptized,  Frakces,  daughter  of  "William  Ttndal  aud 
Margaret,  his  wife. 

1790. 

'Jany.  2nd. — Baptized,  Michael  Thomas,  son  of  Peter  Atlward, 
Esqre,  of  Shankill,  and    Anne],  his  wife.—  Parish  of  Shankill.] 

'April  1st. — Married  by  license,   William  Ttndal,  junr.,  to  Ameli. 
Byrne,  both  of  Leighlin  Bridge. 

'  May  22nd. — Baptized,    Elizabeth,    daughter    of   John    Agar  and 
Margaret,  his  wife. 

'May  1st. — Buried,  Samuel  Taylor. 

Date  omitted  in  this  copy,  but  appears  in  the  clerk's  (?)  copy, 
a  loose  paper  in  same  book. — [P.  D.  V.] 

•Novr.  27th— Married  by  license,  James  M'Ghee,  Saddler,  to  Anne 
Payne,  both  of  Leighlin  Bridge. 

1791. 

« Jany.  12th. — Baptized,    Anne,   daughter  of  William   Tyndal  and 
Emilia,  his  wile,  of  Leighlin  Bridge. 


269  CARLOW. 

•  Jany.  loth. — Baptized,  Mart,  danghter  of  John  and  Sarah  Oliver. 

'April  10th. — Baptized,  William,  son  of  Hichard  Watchuokn  and 
Mary,  his  wife,  of  Tullowcreen. 

'Sept.  11th. — Buried  at  Uallykuocken,  Surgeon  Neale,  of  the  Citv  of 
Dublin. 

'  Sept.  29th.— Baptized,  John,  son  of  John  aud   Mart  Condel,  of 
Tullowcreen. 

•Novr.  1st. — Baptized,  Thomas,  son  of  Christ,  and  Margaret  Agar. 

'  Nov.  18th. — Baptized,  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Thomas  Reynolds,  of 
Leighlin  Bridge,  aud  Mart,  his  wife. 

[Signed]  Thos.  M.  Vigors. 

'Nov.  18th. — Buried,  Miss  Rudein,  daughter  of  Henry  Kudkin  (?),  of 
Wells.— [At  Old  Leighlin.] 

'Deer.  10th. — Married,  George  Agar  to  Anne  Hatton,   both  of  the 
parish  of  Tullowcreen. 

'Deer.  10th. — Buried  Mrs.  Rddkin,  wife  of  Henry  Rddkin,  Esqr. — 
[of  Wells.] 

1792. 

'July  15th. — Baptized,    Hannah,    danghter    of   Henry    Agar    and 
Hannah,  his  wife,  of  Tullowcreen. 

1793. 

'  Septr.  10th. — Married,  Mark   Wilson,   of  Castle    Comer  (sic)   to 
Esther  M'Guire. 

'Octr.  30th. — Baptized,     Sarah,    daughter    of    Henry    Agar    and 
Hannah,  his  wife. 

'Novr.  24th. — Married,  Dowling  Wall  to  Sarah  Payne,  both  of 
the  parish  of  Wells. 

(To  be  continued.) 


St.  Mullins. 

[From  Colonel  Vigors'  Notes.] 
'  There  is  here  a  copper  ovul-shaped  "  Poor-box,"  inscribed  ' : — 

"Parish  of  Graig  1810." 

'  The  Font  is  of  granite,  and  modern.     There  is  no  BclL' 


'There  are  five  mural  monuments  within   the   church;  all  are  o: 
south  wall.     The  Cist  on  the  right,  on  entering,  is ' : — 

"Sacred  |  to  the  memory  of  |  Harrietts  |  Daughter  of  | 
2nd  Earl  of  Cxancartt  |  wife  of  |  Thomas  Kavanaoh 
Esq.  M.P.  I  of  Bonis  House  |  Died  July   14th   1S85  | 
aged  85  Years." 


BKOW.  270 

Next  the  above,  is  a  small  slab  inscribed  ' : — 

"sacked  to  the  memory  I  OF  THE  |  UEVD 
JOSEPH  FORDE  LEATIILEY  |  who  died  | 

OX    THE    3 1  ST    OF    DeCR    1S69.  I   AGED  68  YEARS  | 
AND    IS    INTERRED  |   IN    THE    VAULT    IN    THIS 
CHURCH. 

'  God  is  the  strength  of  my  heart  and  my  portion  for  ever.' 

— Ps.  72.  26.' 


[On  top  the  Kavanagh  Arms.] 
"  Peace  and  plenty." 
"  Erected  to  the  memory  of  |  Walter  Kavanagh,  Esq.,  of 
Horn's,  |  who  departed  this  life  on  the  11th  |  day  of 
June,  1818,  aged  58  years. 


'A  white  marble  monument  with  the  Kavanagh  crest  and  arms  (no 
motto),  comes  next ' : — 

"  SACRED    TO    THE    MEMORY    OF  |  THE    LADY 

ELIZABETH    KAVANAGH    |  of  borris 

HOUSE  |  WHO    DEPARTED    THIS    LIFE    |  ON    THE 

14th  day  of  decembeb  J  1824." 


Next  this  is  a  white  marble  monument  with  a  grey  back,  inscribed  ': — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  |  of  Mary  Wandesford  5th  Daughter 
of  Thomas  Kavanagh  Ksqi:.  |  who  was  born  February 
5th  1808  |  and  died  February  10th  1622  |  with  the 
innocence  and  simplicity  of  youth  |  were  blended  in  her 
character  |  the  Christian  graces  of  a  maturer  age.  |  Her 
disposition  |  by  nature  cheerful,  and  most  affectionate  | 
received  its  bias  and  direction  |  from  the  precepts  of  that 
Gospel  |  which  taught  her  to  remember  her  Creator  |  in  the 
day  of  her  youth  |  and  prepared  her  to  receive  in  joyful 
hope  |  an  early  summons  to  her  Lord.  |  The  mild  and  gentle 
lustre  of  her  dawning  virtues  |  gave  a  flattering  prcsa  e  of 
that  bright  day  |  To  which  her  parents  looked  forward  |  as 
their  solace  and  reward  |  To  record  its  tintimeh  cl      \  \ 
afflicted,  but  not  repining  j  they  have  erected  this  memorial 
of  their  affection  |  and  of  their  humble  hope  |  that  he  who 
purifies  the  heart  by  sorrow  |  will  so    inctifj  their  grief  | 
that  in  hi.>  good  time  j  they  may  again  receive  their 
lamented  clidd. 


271  CARLOW. 

'  The  above  arc  the  only  monnments  at  present  within  this  church.  In 
the  chancel  of  the  old  church  alongside  the  former,  is  a  large  flat  stone 
with  an  inscribed  cross  running  down  its  whole  length.  Ou  either  side,  on 
top,  are  a  sun  and  moon,  and  at  foot  a  death's  head  and  cross-bones,  and 
the  motto  :  "  memento  MORI."  ' 

'  In  a  groove,  in  raised  letters  2  inches  in  height,  is  cut ' : — 

"&\\b  Tjor  lapttir  latrt  corpus  | 
Qnm'clItG'  lUne'rla  qui  oMt  |  8  trie 
mensfe  Bo.  Simo  £3o  1646, 1  <£t 
tft'am  qui  fume  m  mnnoriam  <£iv<$  [?] 
^nnjritcrnam  £•&$•  iUIiqirit. 

'  Down  the  centre  of  the  stone  is  cnt ' : — 

"  £ll£o  arc  Ijrrr  tjrpositrtf  tfjc  remains  I 
of  Qoc1  3amcti  luns'rlla  toljo  top*  | 
tfjijj  lift  t'n  £obr  J781,  atjcti  81  gears." 


:  also  IjiS  lntfc  iBarjj  Hiits'cIIa  |  alia* 
23oi>Ic  toljo  oruartto  tijis  life  m 
Styrtl  1791  acjco  71  i>rar$- 
£Uqu  in  pare    Stmni." 


t 

0    (Ml    § 
«  [h]erb  lyeth  I  YE  BODY  OF  ANN  |  ROCH 

WHO    DEPARTED  |  Tllis    LIFE    YE  1/     OF    FEBRUARY 
iN    YE  20    YEAR    OF    HER    AGE    l?"*-" 

[This  is  an  upright  stone.] 

On  an  altar  tomb ' : — 
"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  -Mrs.  Margery  |  Kei.lt  alias 
Doyle  of  Bonis  who  thro'  |  life  was  much  esteemed  for  her 
many  |  virtues.     She  yielded  her  spirit  into  the  |  baud  of 
her  maker  on  the  1st  of  March  1811  aged  50  years. 


rlow.  272 

Under  this  tomb  are  also  |  deposited  the  remains  of  her 
brother  |  Garret  Doyle  who  died  in  the  17  March  |  1S27 
aged  60  years  |  and  of  her  sister  Margaret  Wall  who 
died  in  January,  1812  aged  56  years  |  and  also  other  nephew 
Lough lin  |  Doyle  who  died  in  September  1811  j  aged 
27  years.     And  of  her  |  sister  Bridget  Doyle  July  13 
1848  |  aged  66  years. 

Kequiescat  in  pace.     Amen. 

In  the  churchyard,  an  upright  stone  ' : — 

t 

I.H.S. 

"  Here  lies  ye   bodv  of  Pierce  Murphy  who  |  died  May  ve 
7th  1730  |  aged  31  years. 

[This  stone  has  fallen  down.] 


"  Here  lieth  ye  body  of  Bryan  Fogogerty  |  who  depd 
Novr    ye  5lh    17t>8  aged  95  |  years  also  his  wife  AnstaCe 
Fougerty  |  alias  Murphy  Depa   May  the  3  1781  |  aged 
67  years. 

Requi'    in  pace. 
Also  their  son  James  Fougerty  j  late  of  I)rummoD  dep. 
this  life  May  |  the  24th  1819  aged  74  years. 

May  the  Lord  have  mercy  on  their  souls. 


I  H  S 

A  flat  stone,  almost  underground,  within  a  walled  enclosure': — 
"  Here  lieth  the  Body  of  |  Cecily  Shortall  Alis  Kavh   | 
who  died  May  ye  27  1767  |  aged  81  y™      She  was 
daugh'    of  |  MH     Maurice  Kav"   and  Sistr     to  |  General 
Kavh   who  died  in  |  Germany,  her  father  who  was  of  ye  | 
Family  of  I'oulm  |  onty  and  Bonis  |  lost  a  large  |  Kstate 
in  y5  Country  |  namly  Ballebrak,  Liselien,  Barneheskin,  etc  | 
by  the  last  lievo  |  lutiou  in  y3    king-  |  -dom." 


'  Alongside  it  is  a  fine  altar  tomb,  with  cross  at  top  ' :  — 

'  Crest  and  arms  :  3  stags'  heads  erased,  and  motto ' : 
"  Virtus  dine  Vincit  " 
"  Erected  by  Timothy  1>oylf  of  the  (  ity  |  of  \Vatcrford  | 
In  grateful  remembrance  |  ot  his  Aunt  j  Elenok  Doyle  | 
late  of  Aclare  |  in  the  County  Kilkeuny  j  who  departed 
this  life  |  December  7th  180'j  [  sgi  i  61  years. 
\\  ithiu  are  also  d(  posited  the  n  mains  |  of  Timothy  Doyle 
Esq.uk  J.P.  |  who  departed  this  lire  December  |  25tb  1628 
aged  |  5 1  years. 

Kequiescat  in  Pace.     Amen.