Enagh Old Graveyard, County Derry, N. Ireland
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ENAGH OLD GRAVEYARD, COUNTY DERRY, N. IRELAND

*The gable ends are all that remain of the church.

To find the graveyard, take the A2 Limavady Road from
Derry, turn left off the dual carriageway (Judges Road),
following the signs for City of Derry Rugby Club and
Oaks Fishery. Just before the fishery you'll find the
graveyard on your right.

Photo No.0
View of the Church ruins

Photo No.1
Sacred | To The Memory of | JOHN BOND Esq. | of Pennyburn |
Who Died 12th January 1849 | Aged 46 Years.

Photo No.2
Sacred to the Memory of | WILLIAM BOYCE | Who Departed This
Life 9th January 1875. | Also His Wife | JANE BOYCE | Who
Departed This Life 4th January 1870. | Also His Son | Who
Departed This Life 2nd March 1874. | Also His Daughter |
MARY ANN BOYCE | Who Departed This Life 20th December 1880.
| JOSEPH BOYCE | Who Departed This Life ?? December 1901 |
Aged 75 Years. | ELIZABETH BOYCE | Who Departed This Life
25th February 1897 | Aged 60 Years.

Photo No.3
(The two headstones above are immediately on you | right as
you enter the graveyard. The one furthest from | you has the
following inscription)
Here lie the remains of | ALEXANDER GILFILLAN Surgeon R.N. |
who departed this life at Gorty Cross | 27th March 1838 aged
45 years. | He had been surgeon in H.M. Ship | Trent in Sir
JOHN FRANKLIN'S First Arctic Expedition. | Also the remains
of his father | JOSEPH GILFILLAN of Gorty Cross | who died
on the same day | 27th March 1838 aged 81 years. | Also his
son JOSEPH | who died in January 1836 | aged 3 years and 4
months. | Also of ELIZA, wife of ALEXANDER GILFILLAN | who
died at Bowdon Cheshire | February 21st 1897 aged 88 years.

Photo No.4

Precious in the sight of the LORD | Is the death of his
Saints | Psalm 116th 15th verse. | Here leith the remains
of | ANNE HEGARTY | Who departed this life Nov 7th 1843. |
She by Grave was enabled, | To embrace the doctrine of GOD
her Saviour | In all things. | And Died, as she lived,
trusting alone in the | Merits of her REDEEMER for
SALVATION. | This stone erected to her memory | By her
grateful and attached Friend, | MARY BOND. | Absent from
the body, present with the LORD | 2nd Cor 5:8.

Photo No.5
In Loving Memory of our Dear Father | JAMES KNOX | Who Died
26th Sept 1936. | Also Our Dear Mother | MARGARET KNOX | Who
Died 8th March 1938. | And their Daughter | MARY | Who Died
19th November 1907. | Also their three children, | JOHN,
JOSEPH and EILEEN, | Who Died in Infancy.

Photo No.6
JAMES LYNCH of Maydown who died on the 20th | January 1852 ,
aged 61, and his wife, Jane | Lynch who died on the 21st
April 1869, aged 76 years, | also his sons WILLIAM GETTY
LYNCH who died on the 27th | December 1857, aged 29 years
ROBERT JOHN LYNCH who died | on the 20th March 1865, aged 42
years.

Photo No.No.7
12/27872 Private | W. J. McGREGOR | Royal Inniskilling
Fus. | 10th May 1918



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