Christ Church (CoI) Graveyard, Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland
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CHRIST CHURCH (COI) GRAVEYARD, BUNCRANA, COUNTY DONEGAL,
IRELAND
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Photo No.0
Signage: Church of Ireland | Diocese of Derry & Raphoe |
Christ Church | Parish of Fahan Lower.

Photo No.1
West Inishowen History & Heritage Society | Christ
Church | Church of Ireland | 1805 | Of Gothic Revival
Influence | Cruciform Plan | With Distinctive Tower |
Originally A Hall | Church.

Photo No.2
Picture of Graveyard.

Photo No.3
In | Loving Memory | Of | HENRY ADAMS Gunner 2MA | Of
HMS Neptune | Who Died 3rd March 1913 | Aged 33 years |
Peace Perfect Peace.

Photo No.4
In Loving Memory of | SYLVIA ARTHUR | Her Husband JIM |
And Their Son LEXIE | Erected by their son.

Photo No.5
In Memory | Of | ELLEN BALDRICK | Buncrana | Died 18th
June 1928 | Aged 47 years | And her Father | ANDREW
BALDRICK | Died 31st May 1903 | Aged 82 years | Also her
Mother. JANE BALDRICK | Died 18th April 1904 | Aged 84
years.

Photo No.6
In Loving Memory Of | THOMAS H. BALDRICK | Who died 13th
August 1916, | Aged 33 years. | Also his mother |
ELIZABETH BALDRICK | Who died 4th May 1919, aged 73
years. | Also his father | GEORGE BALDRICK | Who died
22nd July 1922, aged 85 years. | And his sister |
LETITIA ELIZABETH | Who died 12th March 1923, aged 38
years. | Also his brother | GEORGE McCLURE BALDRICK |
Died 31st Dec. 1935, aged 54 years. | SARAH, | Daughter
of above G. McC. BALDRICK | Died 18th March 1957, aged
35 years. | Also FRANCES MATILDA, Wife of GEORGE McCLURE
BALDRICK | Died 29th March 1968, aged 76 years. | And
their son THOMAS H. BALDRICK | Died 28th April 2005,
aged 76 years.

Photo No.7
In | Loving | Memory | Of |JOAN BARKLEY | (nee BARR) |
Loving Mother and Granny | Died 20th November 2004 |
Aged 63 years.

Photo No.8
In Loving Memory | Of | Our Dear Mother | DOROTHY
WINIFRED | 14th August 1905 – 31st July 1981 | Beloved
Wife of | HERBERT | (Deceased 31st March 1963) | ‘The
Lord is my Shepherd’ | BARR.

Photo No.9
In | Loving Memory | Of | JAMES BELL, Cove, Buncrana |
Who died 16th Sep. 1895, | Aged 63 years | Also his wife
LETITIA, | Who died 9th June 1910, | Aged 77 years. |
Also his beloved son EDWARD | Who died 27th Aug. 1868, |
Aged 2 years.

Photo No.10
In Loving Memory | Of | WILLIAM BELL of Ahilly | Who
Died 28th Dec. 1963 | Aged 66 years.
Also his Wife ISABELLA | Who Died 16th Dec 1911 | Aged
67 years | Also their son THOMAS | Died March 1903.

Photo No.11
Sacred | To the Memory of | DAVID BLAIR | Who Departed
This Life | 21 December 1860 | Aged 65 years.

Photo No.12
In Memory of | Lieut. BRANDON D.C.L.I. | Who Died 14th
July 1915 | From wounds received. | On active service |
This stone is erected by | His Brother Officers | Of the
4th Res Batt D.C.L.I.

Photo No.13
In Loving Memory | Of | MARGARET BUCHANAN | The Cottage,
Westbrook | Died 7th February 1988 | Her Husband ROBERT
| Died 13th August 1970.

Photo No.14
In Loving Memory | Of | DOROTHY MARGARET BUCHANAN |
(DOLLY) | Meenagorey |Died 25th May 2013.

Photo No.15
The BUCHANAN Family | Meenagorey | ROBERT 1845-1935 His
wife DORCAS 1853-1938 | And their children | DAVID 1878
DORCAS 1882 | EDWARD 1883-1886 DANIEL 1896-1897 |
WILLIAM Died 15th May 1952 aged 52 years | MOSES Died
10th Dec 1960 aged 82 years | Also his wife ELIZABETH |
Died 12th Oct 1947 aged 63 years | Both died in
Australia | SUSAN Died 14th Sept 1961 aged 72 years |
REBECCA JANE Died 2nd Dec 1965 aged 78 years | ROBERT
Died 13th Aug 1970 aged 85 years | Also his wife
MARGARET | Died 6th Feb 1966 aged 66 years | JOHN died
5th Dec 1975 aged 83 years | His Dear Wife CATHERINE ANN
(CASSIE) Died 20th August 2012 aged 104 years | The Lord
is my shepherd.

Photo No.16
MARGARET CRAY | Wife of THOMAS COLQUHOUN | Died 18th
November 1912 | THOMAS COLQUHOUN | Of Rockfort Buncrana
| Died 22nd March 1914.
Per Irishgenealogy.ie Thomas Colquhoun, age 84, died
22 Mar 1914. His son Isaac John Trew Colquhoun was
present.

Photo No.17
Broken stone in front: In memory of | GEORGE, ISAAC,
MARGARET | EDWARD and EMILY | The five children of |
HENRY and MARGARET DICKSON | Suddenly cut down together
| in their childhood by diphtheria | and laid in one
grave | September 1864. | They were lovely and pleasant
| In Their Lives and in their Death | ... not Divided
... [rest illegible]. Bottom part of a stone behind:
Also of his sister | EMILY CARLETON | Who died 23 July
1876 | Aged 0 years and 7 months.

Photo No.18
In Loving Memory | Of | JANE | Beloved Wife of ROBERT G.
DIXON | Died 31st Dec. 1960 | Also the above ROBERT G.
DIXON | Died 17th Feb 1965 | And their son ROBERT GEORGE
DIXON | ‘Hillcrest’ Tullydish, | Died 10th April 1989,
aged 84 years | Also his wife LAVINIA | Died 18th August
2008 | ‘The Lord’s my Shepherd’.

Photo No.19
Refurbished | In Memory Of | A.J. DOYLE | By his Loving
Family | Druminor 2024.

Photo No.20
To the memory | of | RALPH & SARAH EGLINTON | Also |
Their daughter ELIZA | Widow of the late JAMES GREEN |
Died 20th August 1882 | And ISABELLA FITZGERALD | Died
7th June 1885 | AE 35. | Also MARGARET GREEN | Sister of
the above | Who departed this life January 13th 1887 |
Aged 40 years.

Photo No.21
A FRASER EVANS | Who Died 6th June 1915 | Aged 35 years.

Photo No.22
In Loving Memory | Of | REBECCA EWING | Died 2nd Nov.
1959 | EVELYN R. SPOKES | Died 1st March 1935 | CHARLES
W. SPOKES | Died in Infancy | FLORENCE and HAROLD SPOKES
| And their son RAYMOND | Buried in England | Thy will
be done.

Photo No.23
Sacred | to the memory of | HENRY GREER | who departed
this life | 9th of December 1847 | Aged 15 years. | Also
of his sister | HELEN GREER | who died 5th May 1861 (?)
| Aged 17. | And of their brother | RICHARD | who died
1st November 1865 | Aged 12 years. | Also of their
sister | FANNY | died 11th June 1867, aged 19. | Also
their Mother, ANN GREER, | died 26th Nov 1868, aged 56
years | MARGARET GREER, died 1st April 1880 aged 70 (?)
yrs | MARY ANN GREER TAYLOR died 5th Aug 1891 | Aged 56
years. And their Father | JAMES GREER died 26th July
1887 aged 85 yrs.

Photo No.24
In | Loving Memory of | A Dear Wife and Mother | MARY
HARRINGTON | Died 5th Feb. 1988 aged 68 | Also Loving
Husband | And Father | ERIC | Died 25th Jan 2016 aged 90
| The Lord is my Shepherd.

Photo No.25
Sacred to the memory of |Major HENRY BALL HOLMES | The
Royal Irish Fusiliers | Who Died on 27th November 1915 |
At Luddan Camp | Of wounds received in action | …… by
his brother Officers.

Photo No.26
Erected by | JAMES KELLY | In memory of his beloved wife
| CATHERINE died 4th January 1882. | Aged 65 years |
Also his beloved son | ROBERT died 13th January 1877, |
Aged 21 years | Also the above | JAMES KELLY | Died 26th
September 1890. | Aged 80 years | Also his son THOMAS |
Died 13th January 1926, | Aged 77 years. | ELIZABETH
KELLY, | Died 6th August 1948 | Also her niece |
MARGARET MILLS PLATT, | Died 30th January 1982 | Thy
will be done.

Photo No.27
In Loving Remembrance | Of | GEORGE KELLY | Died 14th
June 1942 | And His Beloved Wife REBECCA R. | Died 1st
April 1930 | And their daughters | CATHERINE Died 28th
June 1947 | VIOLET Died 18th Jan. 1940 | FLORENCE Died
22nd May 1956 | EDITH Died 10th May 1972 | AGNES EVELYN
BANKS Died 2nd March 1978.

Photo No.28
In | Loving Memory of | JOHN (JACK) KELLY | Died 20th
November 1978 | And his brother ROBERT (BERTIE) | Died
19th September 1983 | At Rest.

Photo No.29
Sacred | To the Memory of | JOHN KENNEDY | Died 4th
March 1987 | Aged 60 years | WILLIAM TEMPLETON | Died
24th Jan 1905 | Aged 65 years.

Photo No.30
In | Loving Memory of | Our Dear Parents | THOMAS
LINDSAY | Died 5th February 1959 | And His Wife MARY |
Died 16th September 1977 | Also Their Son JIM | Died
12th July 2005.

Photo No.31
In Loving Memory | Of | MARGARET PHYLIS LOGAN | Died
31st December 1923 | Aged 37 years | Her Father | JOHN
MACPHERSON LOGAN | Died 31st January 1954 | His Wife |
MARGARET JANE LOGAN | Died 18th February 1955 | LOGAN.

Photo No.32
In | Loving Memory of | ROBERT HUGH LOGAN | Died 7th
Feb. 1959 | And His Wife MARGARET | Died 19th Jan. 1961
| And their son BERTIE | Died 21st March 1985 | And
their daughter DOROTHY | Died 8th April 2011.

Photo No.33
LOGAN | In Loving Memory of | WILLIAM LOGAN | St. Helens
| Died 25th Aug. 1955 | His Wife FLORENCE ISOBEL | Died
6th April 1955 | Also their daughter | FLORENCE THEODORE
| Died 9th Mar 1996.

Photo No.34
WH. MATTOCK | C.H Eng. Art. Fcr. Rn 269340 | H.M.S.
Hecla | 3rd September 1918.

Photo No.35
Sacred | To the Memory of | JANE McCLINTOCK | Who Died
9th March 1846 | Aged 51 years. Also her sister | ANNE
McCLINTOCK | Who Departed this life | 12 May 1871 aged
69 years | WILLIAM D. McCLINTOCK | Who Died 10th June
1973 | Aged 64 years | HELEN McCLINTOCK. Died 21 Jan ….
| Aged 27 years.

Photo No.36
In affectionate Remembrance of | REBECCA J. McKENZIE |
Died 4th Sept 1931, aged 25 years.
Also her son JOHN EDWARD, aged 4 months | And her Mother
| JANE ANNE McKINLEY | Died 23rd April 1936 | Aged 62
years | Also her niece | DOREEN MARGARET McKINLEY | Died
17th May 1941, aged 10 months | Also her Father EDWARD
GEORGE McKINLEY | Died 17th April 1950 | Aged 76 years |
And her son | EDWARD JOHN McKENZIE | Died 22nd Jan.
1969, aged 37 years | Thy Will be Done | Erected by  R.
J. McKINLEY.

Photo No.37
McKINLEY | In Loving Memory of | DAVID McKINLEY | Died
27th April 1981 | Also his wife ELIZABETH | Died 24th
October 2003 | Peace Perfect Peace.

Photo No.38
In Loving Memory | Of | My Dear Husband | HARRY McKINLEY
| Died 21st July 1955 | Worthy of Remembrance.

Photo No.39
In | Loving Memory of | ROBERT McKINLEY | Died 31st July
1956 aged 79. | Also his wife ANN JANE | Died 9th Oct.
1968 aged 84. | And their son EDWARD | Died 3rd Dec.
1990 aged 78. | Loved and remembered.

Photo No.40
In | Loving Memory of | WILLIAM McKINLEY | Died 30th
August 1936 | Also his son JOHN | Died 4th June 1955 |
LIZA ANN wife of WILLIAM | Died 22nd December 1989 | And
their son ROBERT | Died 7th May 1997 | At Rest.

Photo No.41
In Loving Memory | Of | ROBERT JOHN McNUTT | Died 5th
December 1982 | Also his wife | REBECCA OLIVE | Died
26th February 2017 | The Lord is my Shepherd.

Photo No.42
In Loving Memory | Of | My Dear Mother | MARY ANN
McSWEENEY | Died 18th August 1952 | Also my Dear Husband
JAMES WATSON | Died 18th May 1972 | And his wife JEANNIE
LOUISA | Died 24th March 1991 | JAMES ELKIN KERR WATSON
| Son of above | Died 19th Oct. 1997 aged 79 years.

Photo No.43
In Loving Memory of | FREDERICK NOEL MERVYN | Priest |
Died 17th Feb. …. | Also his wife RUTH | Died 9th June
1992.

Photo No.44
In Loving | Memory of | MOYRA MOAT MILLER | Born 1st Jan
1910 | Died 26th June 1931.

Photo No.45
In | Loving Memory of | ANDREW LESLIE MORROW | Died 22nd
September 1973 | Also his wife KATHLEEN BEATRICE | Died
24th October 1981 | Also their son | JAMES FREDERICK,
B.E.M. | Warrant Officer 1 | 22nd Special Air Service
Regiment | Died 12th February 2011 | Peace Perfect
Peace.

Photo No.46
PARKE | In Loving Memory of | My Dear Husband | WILLIAM
JAMES (JIM) | Died 18th December 2002 | Also his Dear
wife | EVELYN MAUD | Died 4th January 2020 | ‘Gone to be
with Christ’.

Photo No.47
Underneath are interred | the remains of | ANN PATTON |
who departed this life | November 4th 1830 | aged 43
years.

Photo No.48
Church of Ireland Parish School 1876

Photo No.49
In Loving Memory | Of | ELIZABETH JANE QUIGLEY | Died
19th October 1934 | Her Husband. ROBERT JOHN QUIGLEY |
Died 12th October 1969 | ‘For ever with the Lord’.

Photo No.50
In Loving Memory | Of | MARGARET FERGUSON QUIGLEY | Died
5th July 1968 | Her Sister MARY BURNS QUIGLEY | Died
26th August 1984 | The Lord’s my Shepherd.

Photo No.51
In | Loving Memory of | MARY ROSSER | Died 18th
September 1939 | Also her son JOHN | Died 14th Nov. 1980
| His wife | CATHERINE LOUISA | Died 7th July 1989.

Photo No.52
In | Loving Memory of | ELIZABETH SAVAGE | Died 10th
March 1908, aged 76 | Also | CATHERINE ANNE SAVAGE |
Died 19th May 1914, aged 84 | For ever with the Lord |
1st Thess. 1V 17.

Photo No.53
In Loving Memory | Of | ANDREW SPENCER | Castle Gardens
Bundoran | Who Died 10th March 1891 | Aged 83 years |
Also his wife CATHERINE Who Died 19th April 1928 | Aged
81 years | And their daughter ISOBELLA | Who Died 18th
Sept. 1950 | Aged 75 years.

Photo No.54
In Loving Memory of | FLORA EUPHEMIA STEWART | Who Died
at Buncrana | 2nd November 1958 | Also her sister |
HESTER LEONORA SOPHIA | Who Died 3rd February 1965 |
Daughter of the Late | JAMES AUGUSTUS and | WILHELMINA
AUGUSTA | Who Died 30thJanuary 1970.

Photo No.55
In Loving Memory of | MARY AUGUSTA STEWART | Died 24th
July 1972 | And her sister | EDITH FRANCES | Died 20th
Nov. 1977 | STEWART.

Photo No.56
In | Loving memory of | J. H. TODD THORNTON, | Deputy
Lieutenant | For County of Donegal | Lt. Col. Prince of
Wales Own | Donegal Militia | Former Capt. 40th Regiment
| Fourth son of the late WM. THORNTON TODD, | of the
Castle Buncrana. | Died at Westbrook 14th April 1889, |
Aged 79 years.

Photo No.57
Erected by | The Husband and Children of | MARGARET
ELIZABETH LOUISE | TRIMEN | nee LOGAN | Died Dec. 2nd
1953 aged 46 years | …. | And her husband | ALFRED EDWIN
6th March 1985 | ….

Photo No.58
In | Loving memory of | JAMES WILKINSON | Died 7th
February 1948 | Also his wife SARAH JANE | Died 15th
February 1966 | Their son NORMAN | Died 4th August 1982
| Their Daughter WINIFRED JANE | Died 13th August 1982 |
Their son JOHN JAMES | Died 28th February 1983 | Their
son | WILLIAM FREDERICK WILKINSON | Died 13th September
1995 | Peace Perfect Peace.


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