No. 68 and 69
John and Patrick Cahill died within seventeen days of each other, on the Feb 3rd and Feb 29th respectively, in 1818. John was twenty nine and Patrick was thirty one. They have matching headstones
No. 39
In January 1841 John Foley of Ballinamone buried his son and his mother within fourteen days of each other, the 2nd and 16th respectively. His son Thomas was thirty and his mother Mary was eighty years of age
No. 72c
The youngest person commemorated is Walter Curran, of Ballymacart who died at the age of nine months
No. 5
The oldest recorded age in the nineteenth century is 95. This was Nicholas Veale of Hackettstown who died in 1844
No. 14
John Whelan of Ballyvallona lived to the age of 90. He died in 1905. This is the oldest recorded age in the twentieth century
No. 39
May Foley of Ballynamone was the longest living woman recorded in the nineteenth century. She lived to the age of 80 and was buried in 1841
No. 57
Ellen Hourigan of Ballinaharde lived to the age of 86, and is the oldest listed woman in the twentieth century. She was buried in 1965.
No. 55
James Troy died in 1761 aged 71 years. This indicates that he was born in 1690. This is the earliest recorded date
No. 73
Richard Ryan of Ballintlea who died in 1813, aged 62 is reputed to have translated the poems of Tadhg Gaelach Ó Suilleabháin
Curreen is the most common surname, most likely an anglicised spelling of the Irish Cuirrín
The surname Fowlow is also most likey an Anglicisation of the Irish Foghlú
The earliest recorded death is in 1740 (No. 48)
The most recent death is 1998 (No. 76)
Men’s Names
John is the most common name, listed 18 times
Patrick and James are both listed 12 times
Thomas is listed 9 times
Michael is listed 7 times
William is listed 5 times
David is listed 4 times
Maurice and Walter are both listed 3 times
Richard, Edmund, Bartholomew, Nicholas and Jeremiah are all listed twice
Martin, Darby, Jerry, Garrett, Cornelius, Patrick Joseph, John J., and Henry Thomas are all listed once.
Women’s Names
Margaret and Mary are each listed 11 times
Bridget is listed 6 times
Ellen, Catherine, Johanna are all listed 4 times
There are 2 Julia’s listed
Anne, Annie, Kate, Nell, Mary Anne, May, Joan, Honora , and Elizabeth appear once
Died in
There are a number of souls commemorated who are not actually interred in the graveyard
No. 33 – Patrick Merrick died in
No. 42 – James Peters died in
No. 42 – Jerry Peters died in
No. 42 – Patrick Peters died in
No. 65 – Anne Fitzgerald, died in
1 comment:
Hi MArtin, Are these gravestones in Old Ring parish catholic graveyard? Is this the one for Ballymacart? Any McCarthy's? Is the black and white photo at the top the parish church? How old is it?
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