Donegal - Fennor Parish
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FENNOR PARISH
We are indebted to the Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Clogher
for the following inscriptions, taken by the Incumbent of
the Parish.
I. H. S. "Here lyeth
the body of Gil.?Mundy who deptd this life? Jany 9th 1795
aged 78 years?also his wife??Gilvary? who departed this life
June 18th ?1779 aged 44 years also Gilbert ?Mundy??who
departed???4th 1787 aged 26 years."
__________
"Here lyeth the body of ???Granaghan who ?departed
this life 1768 aged ?54 years also the body ?of his wife
Honor Galla ?gher who depd. this life ?Decr.24 1787
aged 59 years."
__________
I. H. S.
"Erected ?by Mary Dolan in memory ?of her beloved
husband ?Owen Dolan who departed ?this life on the 27th
November 1863 ?aged 70 years."
__________
"Sacred ? to the memory of Anne Johnston ? wife of John
Johnston ? of Bundoran who died ?on the 20th of May 1865
aged 65 years. ? May she rest in peace. Amen. ? also the
said John Johnston ? who died on the 23rd of January
1887 ?aged 88 years. May he also ?Requiescat in Pace,
amen."
__________
"Erected by Michael Kavanagh ?in memory of his sister ?
Jane Kavanagh ?who departed this life 6th April 1891 ?
R.I.P."
__________
"Beneath this tombstone lyeth ?the remains of Caroline
Potter ?the wife of Samuel Thomas Potter Esq. ? of
Springfield, Bundoran, who died on ? the 21st of March 1848
aged 48 years ? To her to live was Christ to die a gain ?
none knew her but to love ? none named her but to praise ?
Also of Samuel Thomas Potter ?her husband who died on the
20th ?of March 1853 aged 53 years ?also of their daughter
Caroline ?the beloved wife of the Revd ?G. F. Tomes
Incumbent of ?Finner who died on the 20th of April ? 1867
aged 37 years.
__________
I. H. S.
"Here lieth ? the body of ?Owen Rogers ? who departed ?
this life the 16th ? of June 1790, aged 27 years."
__________
I. H. S.
"Here lyeth the body of Michael Kerrigan who depd.
This life May 10th, 1816?????.[something illegible]."
__________
I. H. S.
"Here lies the body of ?Dan Melly who ?depd. this life
Feb. 27th ?1802 ? aged 25 years.
__________
'A broken stone lying up against another' :?
"Here in is ? deposited the ? body of John ? ? Ecles
Lieu. 49th Reg. who ?die July 14th 1846 ? ages 79
years ?also ? ?? wife Mary Ecles ? ? Bunbury
who ?????????.July 16th 1852 aged 72 years."
__________
"Erected in memory of Anne ? Gorman who departed this
life ?Sept. 17th 1803 aged 30 years ?Also her son Thomas
Gorman ?who deptd. Oct. 24 1801 aged ?6 yrs. Also
The body of James Gorman who de ?parted this life Novem ?
Ber 8th 1825 aged 76 years."
__________
I. H. S.
"Here lyes the ?body of Denis ?M'Guire who ?depd. this
life the ?9th Novr. 1793."
__________
"Here lyeth the ?body of Peter Walsh ?who depd. this
life ?in 1788 aged 57 ?years also the ?body of his wife ?
Margaret Gilfether."
__________
"Here lyeth the body of Teddy ?Gilfether who ?depd.
this life Feby. ?1771 aged 48 years."
__________
"Here lies the precious dust ?of dear good Anne Carson Died
July 20th 1874 ?When from the dust of death I rise ? to
claim my mansion in the skies ?E'en then this shall be all
my plea, ?Jesus have lived have died for me."
"This stone ?erected by ?Henry Ellis ?to the memory of ?
his mother who ?depd. this life 3rd ?Aug. 1815 aged 48
years." __________
"Erected ?by James Gilfether ?of Boston, U.S.A. ?in
affectionate remembrance of his ?father ?Felix Gilfether ?
of Labill ?who died September 1843 ?ages 42 years and of
his brother John ?who died March 1842 ?aged 18 years ?
also of his sister Hannah ?who died March 1842 ?aged 16
years ?in your charity pray for their souls."
__________
"Erected in memory of David Gilfether ?who depd. this
life ?Novr. 1832 ?aged 82 years ?also his wife Anne ?
Dolan who depd ?this life Novr. 12th ?1817 aged 63
years." __________
"In memory of ?John Dunleavy ?of ???died the 5th of August
1888 ?aged 48 years ?May his soul rest in peace ? erected by
his sisters."
__________
"Here lyeth the body of Thomas McGowan ?who depd. this life
the 12th July 1820 ?aged 84 years ?and also his beloved wife
Bridget McGowan who ?depd. this life the 14 Oct. 1818 ?aged
86 ?years."
__________
"Here lyeth the ?body of Michael ?Kerrigan who deptd. ?
this life ???10th 1816."
__________
"To the memory of Elizabeth Forde who depd. this life
February 26th 1812 aged 55 years."
__________
"Erected ?by Patk.Brien ?in memory of his ?wife mary
O'Brien ?alias Kerrigan who ?departed this life ?25th
May 1842 aged 45 years ?May she wrest in peace. Amen."
__________
"Erected by John ?Mooney in memory of his mother ?
Rosanna Mooney ?alias Mulhernan ?who departed this ?
Life the 2nd day of ?July 1792 aged ?74 years ?Also
George Mooney who depd. this life the ?4th of January
1801 ?aged 21 years."
__________
"Sacred ?to the memory of ?James Ward ?of Rathmore
who died ?the 28th of July 1838 ?aged 72 years ?
Requiescat in Pace ?erected ?by his son Patrick ?whose
mother lieth ?in the same grave."
__________
"Here lyeth the body of Patrick ?Mulhernan who ?departed
this life ?the 8th day of August 1796."
__________
"Erected ?by Ellen A??????.d, Bedford ?U.S.
America in memory of ?her mother ?Ellen Davis of ?
Ballyshannon ?who departed this life the ?28th April 1879
aged 75 years."
__________
"Erected by Owen ?Melly in memory ?of his son William ?
Melly who departed this life August 12th ?1809 aged
13 years."
__________
"May God have ?mercy on the soul of ?Hugh Kelly, Tawley
Co. Leitrim ?who departed this life 20th ?March 1881 aged
70 yrs. ?and the souls of ?his parents and relatives ?who
lie beneath."
__________
"In loving memory of ?Alexander McVitty ?who died at
Bundoran ?September 9th 1838 aged 72 years ?and his wife
Elizabeth ?who died September 5th 1890 ?aged 70 years also
their daughters ?Mary who died April 10th 1869 ?aged 20 yrs
and Margaret ?who died in infancy ?erected by their daughter
???I am the resurrection and the life he that ? believeth in
me though he were dead yet shall he live ?John xi."
__________
"Erected by ?Francis O'Connor of Ardfarn in ?memory of
his brother ?Patrick O'Connor who deptd. ?this life 26th
Novr. 1831 ?aged 22 yrs. ?also his Father Francis
O'Connor ?who deptd. this life 30th ?July 1846 aged 71
years ?also his wife Catherine O'Connor ?alias Gorman
who departed this ?life 28th Jan. 1822 aged 50 yrs."
__________
"Erected ?in memory of Mary Gallagher ?of Finner ?
who died the 18th July 1839 ?aged 51 years also her ?
husband Thomas Gallagher ?who died the 30th April
1851 ?aged 65 years ?By their son James ?whose ?
daughter Anne Gallagher ?died at the Monghan
Convent ?decr.11, 1883, aged 13 yrs."
__________
"This stone erected ?by Peter Melly in ?memory of his ?
daughters Bridget ?Melly who depd ?this life the 7th April
?1822 aged 24 years."
"Erected in memory ?of Michael Melly ?who depd. this
life Oct. 2nd 1826 ?aged 34 yrs.
Patrick Melly ?died Feb. 27th 1854 aet. 65 yrs. ? James
Melly ?died Feb. 27th 1846 aet. 31 yrs. ?Mary Melly ?died
Nov. 1st 1850 aet. 33 years ?This Tablet was brought from
?Boston Massachusetts U.S.A. ?by an affectionate son and
brother Teddy Melly ?The relics of departed worth ?lie
shroaded here in Gloom ?and here with aching heart I mark
?my own dear parents tomb ?Farewell to you all for a while."
__________
"Here lyeth the body ?of Terence M'Shea ?who depd.
this life ?the 10th May, 1791 ?aged 64 years."
__________
"In memory of Margaret Brown ?who departed this life
14th May ?1892 aged 59 years ?A kind wife and mother."
__________
"In memory of John Brown who died Feb. 4th 1864 aged
73 years, also Catherine his wife who died Jany.16th
1864 aged 69 years."
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SOURCE:
Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the
Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Vol 3. FHL# 1279252