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Parish of Nurney.
Killerrig Churchyard.
[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]
'This is a small burial-ground, situated by the
road-side, 3½ miles to the north-west of Tullow. All that remains
of the old church is a portion of the east gable end, containing a
single-light window of cut granite, with an ogee head.
'A large walled-in enclosure has been built by the
Humfrey family, of Dublin, on the foundations of the church ;
inside, in the west wall, there are projecting two slabs of
cut-stone work, a sill and a lintel, which supported a large tablet, now
dislodged and lying in a fractured state on the ground ; it bears the
following inscription' :―
This Burial Place
was enclosed by
JOHN HUMFREY OF DUBLIN ESQer.
for the use of his family
in the year of Our Lord 1808.
The Remains of an amiable
beloved wife, and five of their children
are here interred, to whom he hopes
to be united in happiness.
'In the Protestant Church at Tullow there is a
monument to the memory of a John Humfrey, of Killerrig (ob. 1827), and his
wife, Anne Mary (ob. 1811), daughter of Elias Caulfield-Best, of Bestfield
(see the JOURNAL, vol. ii,
p. 439).'
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headstone' :―
Here
Lyeth ye Body | of Timothy Donovan | Aged 63 Also his
| wife catherin Bryan |
aged 56 | who departed this | Life in the year of
| 1765 [Remainder below
the ground.]
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'Near
the west wall of the churchyard there is a socketed granite stone,
apparently the base of an old cross.'
JPMD, Vol, Issue
1916, CARLOW, page 17.
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‘On the south side lies a large fractured
slab, bearing this inscription, which is hard to decipher’ :--
HERE INTERNED THE BODY OF
St JOHN BREWSTER JANUARY 1st 1729
AGED 80 YEARS
& MARY HIS DAUGHTER OCTOBER 21ST 1770
AGED -- 0 YEARS
‘It is just possible that the "St" in the second line is a
Sr." There are tombstones to the families of Brewster of the County
Wicklow (1818), and Brewster of Tullow (1754), in the Protestant
churchyard at Tallow (see the JOURNAL, vol ii, pp. 441 and 446).’
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‘On a small fragment of a limestone slab,
now placed on a Heap of stones, there is inscribed’ :―
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .Killer[rig] . . . . . . . . . . .
. . [Benja]min Bunbu[ry] . . .
‘The remainder of this headstone has quite
disappeared. The Benjamin Bunbury here named was a descendant of the
Benjamin Bunbury of Killerrig, who died on the 3rd April 1707,
and whose tomb-slab exists in St. Mary’s churchyard, Carlow. This latter
Benjamin was the son of Thomas, youngest son of Sir Henry Benjamin
Bunbury, Knight of Stanney in Cheshire.’
‘Benjamin Bunbury, of Killerrig, who died in
1707 had five Sons, viz. :―
1. Joseph, of Jobstown, Co. Carlow
2. Benjamin, of Killerrig, Co. Carlow
3. Thomas, Cloghna, Co. Carlow
4. William, lo Lisnevagh and Moyle, Co. Carlow
5. Michael, of Kilfeacle, Co. Tipperary
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‘The above inscriptions also appear,
incorrectly copied, in vol. iv, pp. 189 and 190, of the JOURNAL.’
JPMD, Vol, Issue 1916, CARLOW, page
18.
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Parish of Nurney.
Kilhogan Churchyard
'Owing to the representations made by the Rev.
Canon ffrench, M.E.I.A.,
& member of our Committee, to Michael Molloy, Esq.,
J.P.,
M.P., Chairman of the Carlow Rural District Council, that body have
advertised for tenders for the enclosure of the Kilhogan burial-ground.
JPMD, Vol, Issue 1910 - 1912, CARLOW,
Page 9.
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‘This graveyard
has no fence of any kind; it contains many tombs broken by the trespassing
of cattle, and also a small granite Celtic cross of the same type as that
at Nurney (see below), lying prostrate and broken, but which, as all the
parts are perfect, could be easily restored.
JPMD, Vol, Issue 1910 - 1912, CARLOW,
Page 10.
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Parish of Nurney.
Killerrig Churchyard.
[Kindly contributed
by Miss A. Vize, 1899.]
The remains
of this ancient edifice consists now of the eastern wall and window and
part of south wall. It dated about A.D. 700.
The burial-ground contains a very few monuments ; others have disappeared,
such as those to the BUNBURY Family. At the north side is a
walled-in enclosure, capped with cut stone, abut 6 feet high ; the ground
measures 12 or 15 x 12 or 15 feet, and at the west side of which, in the
wall, are the evidences of some monumental structure that had been at one
time inserted, for the cut stone, top, and base are built into the
wall. At its foot lies a large broken, inscribed stone, with
the following inscription thereon (the entrance to this enclosure is
through a gate-way ; the gate has long since been wrenched off ! The
gate to the outer burial-place around the churchyard has also been taken
away) :―
"This
Burial place was enclosed by JOHN HUMFREY of Dublin Esqre
for the use of his Family in the year of
our Lord 1806 (?) The Remains
of an amiable and Beloved wife and five of their
children are here
intered to who he hopes to be united in
happiness (......... )"
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"Killer....)
(.....min BUNBURY... )
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I found the above on a piece of smashed stone,
and surmise it is to the memory of one of the Bunbury family, very
possibly the Rector of Rutland, whose name appears on the Latin Tablet of
that church over west door (which see).
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"Here interred the Body of S' (or St) JOHN
BREWSTER January 1
1709 (?) aged 80 years & MARY
His Daughter Octobr 21, 1770 Aged
(..........) 80 years."
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"Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Erected by WILLIAM NOWLAN
in Memory of
his father JAMES
NOWLAN who depd this life Janry
24th 1782 aged
56 yrs Also five of his
children. Requiescant in pace Amen."
JPMD, Vol IV., Issue 1898 - 1900,
Page 189.
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"I.H.S.
This stone is erected by LEAUGLIN DOYLE
here lieth 2 of his children. Also himself who Departed this
life July the 14th 1772 aged
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"Erected by WINEFRID
DOYLE in memory of her Husband DENIS
DOYLE who departed this life 11th
June 1822 aged 62 years also of his children who died young.
May they rest in peace. Amen."
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"Here lieth the
Body of JAMES RAFTER who
Departed this life May the 29 1770 aged 60 years also of his
brothers."
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"Here lieth the
Body of THOMAS MAHON who
Departed this life April the 28th 1782 aged 80
years. Also his wife BRIDGET BYRN
who Departed this life January the 26th 1776 aged 62
years. May the Lord have mercy on their souls."
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"This stone is
erected by BARTW HUGHES
for himself and his Family Here lieth the Body of his mother MARGRETT
HUGHES alis Connor who deptd this
life April the 10th 1784 aged 60 years Also his
Father JOHN HUGHES who
dept this life June 8th 1785 aged 70 years. The
Lord have mercy on their souls."
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"Here Lyeth ye
Body of TIMOTHY DONOVAN
aged 63 Also his wife CATHERIN BRYAN
who Departed this life (.....................)
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"Gloria in
Excelsis Deo. Erected by JAMES DOWLING
of Ballyhackett in memory of his Father PATRICK
DOWLING who depd this life February
the 6th 1829 aged 55 years."
'The walls surrounding this burial-ground are
in a bad state of preservation, in some places falling out ; there
is no gate, the gateway being merely filled in with loose boulders.'
JPMD Vol, Issue, CARLOW, page
190.
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