Records of Old Cemetery row by row

Killererin Heritage Society

The following are the records of row 1 of the old cemetery in Killererin. We are indebted to all the people over the years who took the time and trouble to record the graveyards but unfortunately a lot of those records were lost over time. The Heritage society decided that it was necessary to start from the beginning again and Eileen O’Connell, Dangan and Bernadette Forde, Togher took on that task.

Bernadette took all the photos and and Eileen recorded the number of graves from old lists and listed the unmarked graves which hadn’t been previously recorded.  Together we tried to decipher the inscriptions some of which were impossible to read.  We were helped enormously too by local people like Owen Jennings who works for the Ordnance Survey and provided us with an aerial view of the old graveyard and is carrying out ongoing work on our behalf.  Also Moylough Parish Services provided community workers in the past to take records, most notably John Coyle who contributed his work to our parish history.  We also will be getting help from local people to fill in some of the gaps and some of this information has begun to flow in already.  It would not be completed without their help and we hope it will become a collaborative community project.

Killererin Heritage  Society will be hosting an event in May for the Bealtaine festival and as part of that we will be asking people for their help in identifying as many unmarked graves as we possibly can.

Below is the first row starting just inside the little gate as you enter from the church grounds (St. Mary’s Church, Killererin)

GRAVE 1

MULRY Nee FAHY and CURRAN

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

MARY ANNE MULRY

NEE FAHY

DANGAN

HER GRANDSON PADRAIC CURRAN

DIED 19TH MARCH 2017

(Limestone Headstone with monogram of a cross on either side of a centered IHS – Kerbed)

GRAVE 2

WALSH AND DONNELLAN FAMILY IMANEMORE

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

OUR DEAR SON

JOSEPH DESMOND WALSH

WHO DIED 21ST JANUARY 1957

AGED 5 YEARS

ALSO THE DONNELLAN FAMILY

IMANEMORE

WHO ARE INTERRED HERE

(Limestone Headstone with monogram of a cross on either side of a centered IHS – Kerbed)

GRAVE 3A

DOLLY FAMILY DANGAN

THY WILL BE DONE

PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF ELLEN DOLLY, DANGAN

WHO DIED 29TH SEPTEMBER 1945

AGED 67 YEARS

AND HER HUSBAND JOHN

WHO DIED 21ST NOV 1960

AGED 83 YEARS

ALSO THEIR SON MICHAEL

DIED 8TH MAY 1955

AGED 62 YEARS

THEIR SON PATRICK DIED 21ST DEC 1985

THEIR DAUGHTER MARY ELLEN

DIED 26TH DEC 1987

THE INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDE OF THE CELTIC CROSS READS:

DOLLY

29 JUNE 2010

THEIR SON EDWARD DOLLY

DIED 27 JANUARY 1937 AGED 3 YEARS

GRAVE 3B

DOLLY FAMILY DANGAN

SACRED HEART OF JESUS

HAVE MERCY ON THE SOUL OF

PATRICK DOLLY DANGAN

DIED MAY 14 1968

AGED 86 YEARS

HIS DAUGHTER KATHLEEN

DIED NOV 7 1951 AGED 21 YRS

HIS WIFE CATHERINE

DIED 9 AUG 1971 AGED 78 YRS

ANNIE DOLLY (Daughter-in-law)

DIED JUNE 2002 76 YRS

HER HUSBAND THOMAS DOLLY

DIED 7 JULY 2002 77 YRS

(Stonemason: Rooney)

GRAVE 4

DOLAN – MCVICKER, DANGAN

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

MARY DOLAN

DANGAN

WHO DIED 10TH MAY 1961

HER HUSBAND

MICHAEL THOMAS

DIED 1ST JULY 1979

MRS. THERESA MCVICKER

(NEE DOLAN)

DIED 10TH SEPT 1937

(Stonemason: Henehan Patry)

GRAVE 5

MCHUGH – BANE, TOGHER

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

THOMAS MCHUGH

TOGHER TUAM  DIED 5 MAY 1963

HIS SON PATRICK

DIED 25 OCTOBER 1943

EDWARD BANE

DIED 3 FEBRUARY 1959

AND HIS SISTER MARY BANE

DIED 22 MARCH 1963

HIS WIFE MARY DIED JUNE 16 1973

THEIR SON JOHN DIED 6 JAN 1982

R.I.P.

ERECTED BY HIS WIFE MARY

AND FAMILY

(Angular Limestone Headstone Kerbed)

GRAVE 6

O’DONNELL FAMILY, FEIGH NORTH

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

MICHAEL O’DONNELL

FEIGH NORTH

DIED 13TH OCTOBER 1993 AGED 82 YEARS

HIS WIFE BRIDGET

DIED 3RD AUGUST 2012 AGED 92 YEARS

HIS SISTER NORA O’DONNELL

DIED 23RD JULY 1992 AGED 77 YEARS

AND HIS PARENTS

PATRICK O’DONNELL

DIED 15TH MAY 1938 AGED 64 YEARS

BRIDGET O’DONNELL

DIED 27TH NOVEMBER 1957 AGED 85 YEARS

REST IN PEACE

(Brown Marble Headstone, Angular Shape, Kerbed, Monogram of The Blessed Virgin at prayer holding Rosary Beads – Kerbed.  Stonemason: Rooney, Athenry)

GRAVE 7

RYDER FAMILY, CLOGHERBOY

IN LOVING

MEMORY OF

EDWARD RYDER

CLOGHERBOY

DIED FEB 6 – 1942

AGED 68 YEARS.

HIS WIFE NORAH

DIED APRIL 8 – 1944

AGED 59 YEARS.

THEIR DAUGHTER

MARGARET

DIED MARCH 6 – 1966.

AGED 60 YEARS.

THEIR SON PATRICK

DIED JULY 9 – 1968.

AGED 56 YEARS

HIS WIFE MARY DELIA

DIED DEC 16 2011

AGED 89 YEARS

R.I.P.

ERECTED BY THEIR FAMILY

(White Marble curved Headstone, bordered on the left by the Lamb of God within a Celtic-Type Cross and at the top-right by a sun-shaped star – Kerbed)

GRAVE 8

MULLEN AND KING

IN MEMORY OF

ELLEN MULLEN

DIED 1943

MARY KING

DIED 1976

CHRISTINA MULLEN

DIED 1992

R.I.P.

(Stone Marker – Information given by Mary Ellen Wilson, Nee Mullen Barnadergl informs us that Ellen Mullen was from Feigh and Christina Mullen was her daughter.  Mary King was her step-daughter)

GRAVE 9

COSTELLO

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF JAMES COSTELLO

GRANGE

WHO DIED 16TH JULY 1943

AGED 55 YRS

HIS WIFE MARY

DIED 16TH NOV 1987

AGED 95 YRS.

R.I.P.

ERECTED BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND SON TONY

Grave 9 – Plaque

COSTELLO

IN MEMORY OF

ANTHONY (TONY) COSTELLO

15TH SEPT. 1925 – – 17TH MAY 2008

TUAM AND ASKEATON

CO. LIMERICK

MAY HE REST IN PEACE

(White Marble Celtic Cross with a circular porcelain disk bearing the head of the Blessed Virgin. Kerbed.

GRAVE 10

COURTNEY JAMES AND FAMILY

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF JAMES COURTNEY

AND FAMILY

( White Plastic Plaque which has since disappeared- Kerbed)

GRAVE 11A

HANRATTY  FAMILY – GLASSON, ATHLONE

PRAY FOR THE SOUL

OF

PATRICK JOSEPH HANRATTY

GLASSON, ATHLONE.

DIED 3RD JULY 1949 AGED 19 YRS.

HIS FATHER THOMAS DIED

ON 17 NOV. 1953 AGED 55 YRS.

AND HIS MOTHER SARAH

DIED 4TH APRIL 1965 AGED 59 YRS.

R.I.P.

ERECTED BY HIS FOND PARENTS

(Limestone Celtic Cross Headstone. Kerbed)

GRAVE 11B

GILMORE, FAMILY COURSKEAGHMORE

PRAY FOR THE SOUL

OF

PATRICK GILMORE

COURSKEAGHMORE

DIED 16TH JAN 1937 AGED 73 YRS

AND HIS WIFE JULIA

DIED 20 FEB 1964 AGED 83 YRS

THEIR SON MATTHEW

DIED 22ND JULY 1966 AGED 51 YRS

HIS GRANDCHILD AISLING JAN 1980

HIS WIFE MARGARET DIED FEB 1995

R.I.P.

(Limestone Celtic Cross Headstone. Kerbed)

GRAVE 12

DONNELLAN FAMILY, TOGHER

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

CATHERINE KATIE DONNELLAN

TOGHER, TUAM

WHO DIED 17 OCTOBER 1953

AND HER DAUGHTER BRIDIE

WHO DIED 14 FEBRUARY 1941

HER HUSBAND JOHN

DIED 20 OCTOBER 1978

THEIR SON MICHAEL

WHO DIED 26 APRIL 2001

R.I.P.

ERECTED BY HER HUSBAND AND FAMILY

(Limestone Celtic Cross Headstone – Kerbed)

GRAVE 13

UNMARKED PLOT

GRAVE 14

UNMARKED PLOT

GRAVE 15

KEMPLE FAMILY, IMANEMORE

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

THE KEMPLE FAMILY

IMANEMORE

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

(Concrete Plaque-Type Headstone with white cross on the left  – not Kerbed)

GRAVE 16

BOHAN FAMILY, WINDFIELD

JESUS MERCY MARY HELP

JOSEPH PRAY

PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF

STEPHEN BOHAN WINDFIELD

DIED 3 APRIL 1923 53 YRS.

HIS WIFE BRIDGET

DIED 20 MAY 1941 65 YRS

THEIR SON PATRICK OLD I.R.A.

DIED 11 MAY 1975 72 YRS

HIS WIFE AGNES DIED 11 JULY-79 YRS

AND HIS SONS

EDWARD DIED 1 JULY 1982 37 YRS.

MARTIN DIED 4 JULY 1982 27 YRS.

MICHAEL DIED 14 AUG 1986 42 YRS.

HIS DAUGHTER NOREEN BOHAN

DIED 8 DEC 1999-51 YRS.

(Limestone Celtic Cross Headstone with new transcription plaque in place.)

GRAVE 17

KELLY-DONNELLAN FAMILIES, TYGREENANE

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

NORAH KELLY

TYGREENANE BARNADERG

DIED 27TH DECEMBER 1975

ALSO HONOR DONNELLAN

WHO IS INTERRED HERE.

AND HER HUSBAND

MICHAEL KELLY

DIED 26 AUGUST 2005.

R.I.P.

ERECTED BY HER HUSBAND AND FAMILY

(Angular Shaped Limestone Headstone with monogram of The Holy Family kneeling on lilys. Kerbed
Stonemason: Kelly)

GRAVE 18

CONNELL FAMILY, TYGREENANE

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

MARY CONNELL

TYGREENANE

DIED 16 FEB 1973

AGED 67 YEARS

HER CHILDREN ANNIE AND SEAMUS

WHO DIED IN INFANCY.

HER HUSBAND JAMES CONNELL

DIED 4 NOV 1985

AGED 83 YEARS

R.I.P.

ERECTED BY HER HUSBAND

AND FAMILY.

CONNELL

(Angular Black Marble Headstone with monogram of the Sacred Heart. Headstone fixed on the left to a concrete pillar with an inscribed cross. Kerbed)

GRAVE 19

CONNELL AND MCWALTER FAMILIES, HILLSBROOK

In Loving Memory of

PATRICK CONNELL

HILLSBROOK

DIED 24 – MARCH 1942.

HIS WIFE MARGARET

DIED 27 – MAY 1977.

THEIR SON-IN-LAW

PATRICK MCWALTER

DIED 10 – NOV 1986.

HIS WIFE BRIDGET

DIED 4 – JUNE 2003.

R.I.P.

ERECTED BY HIS WIFE AND FAMILY

(Black angular marble headstone with monogram of a celtic cross on the left hand side with a Peace banner.
Kerbed.  Stonemason: Rooney, Athenry)

GRAVE 20

HENNELLY FAMILY, DANGAN

SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON THE SOULS OF

MICHAEL HENNELLY

DANGAN

WHO DIED 31ST AUG 1944

AGED 78 YRS

ALSO HIS WIFE ANNE

WHO DIED 31ST MAR 1957

AGED 80 YRS

THEIR SON MARTIN

WHO DIED 9TH JAN 1991

AGED 75 YRS

HIS WIFE KATHLEEN

WHO DIED 3RD JUNE 2003

AGED 81 YRS

R.I.P.

ERECTED BY THEIR FAMILY

HENNELLY

(Limestone heart-shaped headstone topped with a limestone cross inscribed with the H.S.  Kerbed.  Stonemason: Burke)

GRAVE 21

McDERMOTT – CANNEY FAMILIES, STOVELODGE

In
Loving
Memory
of
MARY MCDERMOTT

STOVELODGE BARNADERG

DIED 7 MAY 1894

HER HUSBAND PETER

DIED 7 MARCH 1939

HIS DAUGHTER KATHLEEN

DIED 17 MARCH 1941

HIS SECOND WIFE KATHLEEN

DIED 24 JUNE 1948

HIS SON MICHAEL MCDERMOTT

DIED 9 FEBRUARY 1980.

HIS WIFE MARY

DIED 1 OCT 2000-95 YRS.

THEIR COUSIN JOHN CANNEY

DIED 17 OCT. 1967

R.I.P.

ERECTED BY NOEL MILLS & PAULINE FORDE

McDERMOTT

(White Granite Shouldered Headstone with monogram of the Blessed Virgin and Child surrounded by flowers on the left and a cross on the right – Kerbed – Stonemason: Kelly)

GRAVE 22

DOUBLE PLOT – NO MARKER

GRAVE 23

NOONE FAMILY

I.H.S

PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF

MARY J. NOONE

WHO DIED 19TH MAY 1942

AGED 53 YEARS

AND HER HUSBAND JAMES NOONE

DIED 29 JAN. 1968

THEIR SON JOHN DIED

4 MARCH 1998-69 YRS

R.I.P.

SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE

MERCY ON HER SOUL

ERECTED BY HER HUSBAND & FAMILY

NOONE

(Celtic Cross Limestone Headstone with a scrolled motif above transcription. Rings and shaft of cross engraved with design. Middle of cross holds inscribed I.H.S.  – Kerbed)

GRAVE 24

SINGLE PLOT – NO MARKER 

(Beside Mary’s J. Noone’s family grave)

GRAVE 25

CONCANNON AND CUNNIFFE FAMILIES, HORSELEAP

SACRED HEART OF JESUS

HAVE MERCY ON THE SOUL OF

JOHN CONCANNON

HORSELEAP

WHO DIED MARCH 22ND 1935

AGED 69 YEARS

HIS WIFE BRIDGET

DIED JULY 31ST 1943 & SON-IN-LAW

THOMAS CUNNIFFE DIED 1ST NOV 1963

HIS WIFE CELIA

DIED 6 DECEMBER 1986

AGED 88 YRS

THEIR SON PATRICK MICHAEL

DIED 19 MARCH 1988

AGED 58 YRS

R.I.P.

(Limestone Shouldered Headstone topped with Celtic Cross.  Kerbed – Stonemason: McHugh)

GRAVE 26

DOLAN FAMILY, BRIERFIELD

PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF

JAMES DOLAN BRIARFIELD

DIED 10 JULY 1934-94 YRS.

HIS WIFE JULIA

DIED 6 FEB 1938-92 YRS.

THEIR DAUGHTER SARAH

DIED 9 JUNE 1950-25 YRS.

THEIR SON PAT

DIED 3 MARCH 1957-88 YRS .

HIS WIFE NORAH

DIED 15 APRIL 1977-80 YRS.

(Limestone Shouldered Headstone with a motif of a Celtic Cross surrounded on both sides with leaf & flower design.  Kerbed)

GRAVE 27

DOUBLE PLOT – NO MARKER

GRAVE 28

DOUBLE PLOT – NO MARKER

( LAST GRAVE IN ROW 1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Excellent work Bernadette!

    By John Kenny (29/01/2023)

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