Cemetery: County ARMAGH, Charlemont Parish, Leggarhill
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   Charlemont Parish - Leggarhill

"In this burying-ground there are a good many older headstones than those I have
copied, the inscriptions on which could only be deciphered by some one who would
have unlimited time at this disposal."

ARMAGH   (P 253)
"The poetry on Taylor's tombstone is rather unique, and in the neighbourhood 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 GEORGE TAYLOR |Late
serjeant of the Royal Artillery who|departed this live on the 25th of July
1838.| Aged 52 years
	To him so mourned in life so loved in death
	The afflicted partner and the widowed wife
	With tears inscribes this monumental stone
	That holds his ashes and expects her own."
[Flat tombstone]

"This burying-ground was originally an old Rath surrounded  by a circular
trench, and is situated on a hill overlooking the village of Charlemont, County
Armagh.  From this Rath, Charlemont 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."
[Ordinary flat tombstone.]

"Sacred|to the memory of the late|CLEMENTS McCOAN|who departed this life 3d
January 1881.|Aged 46 years."
[An upright stone]

"17th August 1817|The soul is gone home|The body rests here|of Jane|wife
of|DAVID ALDERDICE|Aged 72."

"JACKSONS|Burying place| of Charlemont|1832".
(The above inscription is to be found on the coping stone of the wall
surrounding this plot.)

"There are some remains of the fortifications at Legerhill from which Duke
Schomberg bombarded the town (of Charlemont), and a Danish rath.  A surious gold
ring, and a gold cross studded with gems, and said to have belonged to Sir
Teague O'Regan, have been discovered here: also, a few years since (1837), a
body, almost in a complete state of preservation, with the clothes and spurs
perfect."  (Lewis, i., p 322)

SOURCE: Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the
Dead in Ireland, 1893.  FHL# 1279252