Cemetery: KILDARE, DUNMURRY CHURCHYARD
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Dunmurry Churchyard
  [From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]
'This is a small burial-ground, surrounded by a low ditch, which lies near the
public road, inside Mr. Medlicott's demesne. With the exception of a couple of
quite modern white marble crosses, erected to the memory of members of the
Medlicott family, ther is only one inscribed tombstone in the burial-ground.
The inscription on this tombstone reads:—

                             IHS
                 This Stone is Erected by Iohn
                 Downey in memory of his
                 Father Hugh Downey, who departed this life ye 14th of April
                 1779. Aged 85 years.  And also
                 in memory of his Brother Patrick
                 Downey who departed this
                 life ye 10th of May 1780 Aged
                 47 years.

    Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland
    Vol. IX  (FHL# 1279285)