Cemetery: Parish of Lucan Churchyard

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LUCAN CHURCHYARD, LUCAN PARISH
Kindly contributed by Lord Walter FITZGERALD, V.P., R.S.A.I.]

'The ruins of the old church, burial-ground and the castle 
of the SARSFIELDS, lie in the Lucan demesne in rear of the 
stables.  The private burial-place of the VESEY family lies 
alongside the old castle; it contains a few modern 
headstones and tablets and a mural monument in the northern 
wall.

This monument is of black and white marble and consists of a 
child leaning over a medallion bearing a man's head in 
relief, with a plain pyramidical background all supported on 
a couple of brackets bearing the following incised 
inscription' :-

"This Chappel was repair'd by Jane Lady BUTLER and this 
Monument erected to the Memory of her dearly beloved Husband 
A.U. deceased the 23rd of March An: Domi: 1738 with whom she 
is interr'd.  Where thou dyest there will be I dye and Where 
thou art buried there I will be buryed also."

'Of the abovenamed individuals, BURKE, in his "Landed 
Gentry" says':-

"The right Hon. Agmondisham VESEY, 2nd son of the Most Revd. 
John VESEY, Archbishop of Taum and brother of Sir Thomas 
VESEY, Bart., grandfather of the 1st Viscount De VESCI 
married first Charlotte daughter and sole heir of William 
SARSFIELD, Esq. of Lucan, eldest brother of Patrick, Earl of 
Lucan and by here had issue two daughters.  He married  
secondly Jane daughter of Captain Edward POTTINGER (and 
relict 1st of John REYNOLDS of Killabride, and 2ndly, of Sir 
John BUTLER, Bart. of Cloghrennan) by whom he [had] issue 
four sons and four daughters."

'The neighbouring burial-ground is ill kept and since the 
new cemetery for Lucan was opened, this one has been closed; 
 there appear to be no monuments of interest in it

About a quarter of a mile from the town of Lucan, along the 
Dublin road, built into the St. Edmondsbury demesne wall is 
a large coffin shaped slab marking the spot where years ago 
a Priest was robbed and murdered by highwaymen.  At the head 
of the slab is an

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on either side of it a cherubim, below is the inscription in 
incised letters.'

We have given this inscription in vol. 1, p. 175. -- [Ed.]	

'Father McCARTAN was buried in the neighbouring churchyard 
of Esker, inside the west end of the church ruins.  Over his 
grave his parishioners erected a monument. [for a 
description of which see Esker, Co. Dublin)					
	


SOURCE: 
Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the 
Memorials of the Dead in Ireland:  vol. iii - 1897 FHL # 
1279285