Cemetery: KELLS ABBEY. Parish of Connor

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Contributed by C.Hunt & Vicki Strickland

KELLS ABBEY, CONNOR PARISH.

This monument was erected in the year of our Lord 1854 by HESTER O'HARA,
daughter of OLIVER O'HARA,and his wife HONORA MacMANUS, the only lineal
survivor of the ancient family of O'Hara of the Route and Crebilly. Her
ancestors have been interred in this vault for several generations; and
previously at Loughguile, near where their ancient residence stood. Among
their ancestors have been her Grandfather HENRY O'HARA, of Cloggin youngest
son of TEIGUE O'HARA, of the Route and Crebilly, and heir presumptive to
his nephew HENRY HUTCHINSON O'HARA, of Crebilly,her Grandmother, MARGARET
JAMIESON, their son HENRY O'HARA;his first wife CHARITY CHICHESTER, and
his widow ANNE MAGENNIS,their son OLIVER O'HARA and his widow HONORIA
Mac MANUS; also MARY O'HARA, otherwise O'NEILL, widow of their grandson
HENRY O'HARA,buried in Wexford; their grandson ALEXANDER O'HARA, and his
wife EMMA JONES; their great grandson, HENRY O'HARA and his widow LETITIA
JONES, and HENRY JONES O'HARA son of said Henry and Letitia, who died at
Torquay, and whose remains were removed hither for interment.

JOHN, HENRY and RAWDON O'HARA were grandsons to HENRY O'HARAof Cloggin and
brothers to HESTER O'HARA who erects this monument. The first of these a
lieutenant in the 68th Regiment of the line, died in the west Indies, the
second an adjutant in the East India Service died in the East Indies; the
third an adjutant in the same service fell at Kolunga. MARCUS great grandson
of same HENRY fell at the storming of St Sebastian. [Here follows the25 v.
of the v ch. of St. John.][Copied by Dr. Grainger, D.D.]

Source:   Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials
of the Dead, Ireland, Vol. V1 - No. 1 - Part 1.