Headstones: Rathfarnham Grave Yard, Rathfarnham, Nos.1 - 45
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RATHFARNHAM GRAVE YARD, RATHFARNHAM, DUBLIN.	NOS. 1 - 45

Photo No.1
RATHFARNHAM Parish Church of Ireland, Main Street, Rathfarnham Village, Dublin.

Photo No.2
RATHFARNHAM Parish Church Notice Board, the present church was built in 1795.

Photo No.3
Entrance Gate into RATHFARNHAM GRAVE YARD, which is located a short distance
from the Parish Church grounds at the end of Main Street, Rathfarnham, Dublin.

Photo No.4
South Dublin Co. Council, RATHFARNHAM GRAVE YARD - opening hours.  The Council
took over the maintenance of the grave yard from the Parish sometime in the late
1960's.

Photo No.5
RATHFARNHAM GRAVE YARD as you enter the grounds.

Photo No.6
RATHFARNHAM GRAVEYARD.  View of old Church Ruins inside grave yard.  This was in
its heyday a medieval church used for worship until about 1795 when the new
church (refer to text / photographs numbers 1 and 2) was erected.  On the South
Dublin County History website, under Rathfarnham, there is a photo of the old
Church Ruins including a church belfry.   This photograph taken late 2008, shows
only the entrance arch is still standing.

Photo No.7
For | Faith & Fatherland. | Capt. JAMES KELLY I.R.B. | died 8th March 1915 | A
Patriot | also his son | GERVASE | died 15th Aug. 1887 | aged 15 years | LETITIA
KELLY | killed by shock rebellion 8th May 1916 | aged 78 years | God save
Ireland - "Jesus Mercy"

Photo No.8
Right side of number 7:-   In Loving Memory of | MARIE THERESE MAHON | (nee
KELLY) | died 3rd Sept. 2001, aged 76. | R.I.P. | Sadly missed by PATRICK &
family.

Photo No.9
Left side of number 7:-   and JAMES J. KELLY | died 14th July 1954 | his wife |
MARY (LOLLY) | died 16th Dec. 1960 | R.I.P.

Photo No.10
Back of number 7:-   Capt. JAMES KELLY I.R.B. | died 8th March 1915 | A Patriot

Photo No.11
Memory of | WILLIAM MOYERS | of Rathfarnham who died | 8th May 1801. aged 47
years | and of | LUCINDA | his wife who died 15th May 1831 | aged 74 years |
also of | CHRISTINA MOYERS | wife of WILLIAM MOYERS, of | Highfield, Rathmines,
who died | October 20th 1855 aged 42 years | and of his children | ANNE | who
died October 25th l827 (?) | aged 3 years | WILLIAM HENRY | who died June 25th
1854 (?) | aged 18 years | ISABELLA ANNE | who died March 20th 1840 | aged 2
years | ALBERT WILLIAM | who died May 24th 1845 | aged 1 year

Photo No.12
In | Memory of | WILLIAM GILL | who died April 30 1865 | aged 35years | also of
his widow | MARGARET JANE | who died March 26th 1875 | aged 34 years | "Shall
not the Judge | of all the earth do right" | Gen. XVIII. 25

Photo No.13
Sacred | to the Memory of | JANE | the beloved wife of WILLIAM CROZIER Esq | of
Greenwood in this County. | who fell asleep in Jesus January 13th 1862 | aged 76
years. | also of their son | ROWLY HALL | who died June 28th 1836 | aged 11
years | and their daughter | ELIZABETH SWAN | who died May 16th 1845 | aged 21
years.

Photo No.14
To the (memory) of | Mrs ELIZABETH MORGAN | who died (Mar)ch 4th 1864 | aged (-)
years | (N.B.  Headstone badly broken, words and letters in brackets assumed)

Photo No.15
Here lieth interred the remains of J (HORAN) | Esqr late Alderman of the City of
Du(blin) | departed this life the 23d  May 1791 aged (-) | also the remains of
WINIFRED HORAN his wi(fe) | also departed this life the 25th August 1792 a(ged)
| 62 years | also their son | WILLIAM HORAN Esqr Barrister at Law | who died
September 13th 1808 aged | 41 years | also his wife | Mrs HARRIET DERENZY alias
HORAN of | Clobemon Hall, Co. Wexford who died | April 29th 1837 aged 63 years |
also their son | WILLIAM HORAN Esqr of Ballinakill Queens County | who died
December 21st 1861 aged 67 years | (N.B.  Part of this headstone is missing,
surname and letters in brackets assumed)

Photo No.16
Here rest the remains of | Captain THEOPUILUS NORTON | of Wainsfort in this
Parish | who died on the 9th day of January 1812 | and of ELIZA his wife | who
died October 13th 1810 | here also are interred two of their | children LEOPOLD
and JULIANN | This Tomb is erected by their | surviving children

Photo No.17
This stone | and burial place belongeth to Mr VALENTINE | ATKINSON late of
Rathfarnham Revenue | Officer and his posterity: Here lieth the | remains of his
dearly beloved wife JANE | ATKINSON who departed this life on the 15th | day of
May 1784 aged 76 years. | Here also lieth the remains of MARY ANN | FITZGIBBON
wife of GERALD FITZGIBBON of | Townsend Street and daughter of the above | named
VALENTINE and JANE ATKINSON who | departed this life on the 20th day of January
1788 | aged 36 and likewise two of their chil | dren WILLIAM and JOHN FITZGIBBON

Photo No.18
In Loving Memory | of | RICHARD KERNAN |died 16th November 1882 | and of his
wife | MARY | died 28th March 1917 | also her son | JOSEPH | died 9th February
1925

Photo No.19
In | Loving Memory | of | JOHN SHANNON | who departed this life | 21 December
1899 | aged 82 years. | "I know that my Redeemer liveth".

Photo No.20
In | Sad and Loving Memory | of | JAMES DANIEL McDOWELL | who died 18th Decr.
1889 | aged 23 years | "We shall sleep but not forever | there will be a
glorious dawn. | We shall meet to part no never | on the resurrection morn" |
also his beloved father | MARSHAL McDOWELL | who died 28th Aug. 1879 | aged 52
years | and of his dear mother | MARY ANN McDOWELL | who died Septr. 14 1899 |
aged 72 years | "We shall sleep but not for ever, | in the lone and silent
grave, | blessed be the Lord that taketh, | blessed be the Lord that gave"

Photo No.21
Honour thy Father and thy Mother | Sacred | to the Memory of | GEORGE GRIERSON |
of Rathfarnham House in this Parish | Kings Printer for Ireland | only son of |
HUGH BOULTER PRIMROSE GRIERSON | and MARY WILKINSON of Dublin | He was a man
worthy to be had in remembrance | for his services to his Country | in
originating the | reformation of farming in Ireland | died 28th August 18(21)
aged 58 | and of CHARLOTTE his wife | only child of THOMAS eldest son of | JAMES
THORNTON | of Greenville, Co. Cavan | died 21st August 1812 aged 45 | also of
their children | CONSTANTIA LETITIA and | CHARLES LOFTUS BURCH | who both died
young | MARIA HESTER who died unmarried | 22nd July 1860 aged 64 | CONSTANTIA
who died unmarried | 10th August 1863 aged 6(-) | (N.B. Headstone broken, date
in brackets assumed)

Photo No.22
WRIGHT Family Tomb

Photo No.23
Left side of number 22:-  This Tomb was erected by EDWARD and FREDERICK WRIGHT |
sons of JAMES and LILY WRIGHT | In affection to their family and to mark the
resting place. | Also respectable Citizens and good Fa(-) | November | 1855 (?)

Photo No.24
In Loving Memory of | Lt. Colonel | Sir FREDERICK W. SHAW D.S.O. | of Bushy
Park, Terenure | died 15th July 1927 | and of his wife | ELEANOR HESTER DeVERE |
died 15th Feb. 1946 | and of their youngest daughter | ELLE DeVERE SHAW | died
27th April 1949.

Photo No.25
Blessed are the dead who (die in the) | Lord | Here lies the body of | Mr ROBERT
NAPPER | late of Capel Street | who departed this life on the | 14th May 1837
aged 83 years | Here are also interred the remains of | his parents ROBERT &
MARY NAPPEIR | his brother JOHN NAPPER | and his three sisters | This stone is
erected as a Monument | of duty and affection to her father and family | by his
only daughter | (NB.  Headstone partial covered by earth, words in brackets
assumed )

Photo No.26
Here li(eth) (-) | who departed th(is life) (-) | Feby. 1788 aged 60 ye(ars) (-)
| Erected by DANIEL O'BRIE(N) | In memory to her as she was a tender |
affectionate mother to him:  It is also | erected for himself v Posterity | (NB.
Headstone partial damaged, surname and letters in brackets assumed)

Photo No.27
In | Loving Memory of the | Rev. SAMUEL JOHN CAROLIN | who fell asleep May 30th
1921 | aged 69 | "Severed only till he come"

Photo No.28
Sacred to the Memory | of | EBERHARD FREDK WILLM STEMKOPLL | Depy Assistant
Commissary Genl | to the Forces | who died in Dublin | 6th July 1826 | aged 35
years.

Photo No.29
In Memory | of | Mrs MARY MILLS | wife of ABRAHAM MILLS Esqre | of his Majesty's
Ordinance Department | Dublin | who departed this life | May 23rd 1813 | aged 80
years

Photo No.30
Sacred | to | the Memory of | ELLEN CRONE | for many years the devoted | Nurse
and friend in the family | of ABRAHAM and CHARLOTTE STOKER | and in whose
services she died | on the 29th March 1869 | aged 68 years | "Blessed are the
dead which | die in the Lord, even so saith | the Spirit for thy rest from |
their labours".

Photo No.31
This stone was erected by Mr | GEORGE PHILLIPS of the City of | Dublin, Tallow
Chandler for him | and his posterity | Here lieth the body of his daughter |
MARY who departed this life Decem | ber the 1st Anno Domo 1727 in the | fourth
year of her age | Here lieth ye body of ye above | named GEORGE PHILLIPS who |
departed this life ye 2d  of Sep | 1732 aged 48 & his wife JANE | PHILLIPS died
Feb 22 aged 73 AD 1762 | ELIZTH CALLBECK daughter to ye above & wife | to SAML.
CALLBECK of ye County of Dublin died | October ye 3 1768 aged 48

Photo No.32
(-) | (-) Mr JOSEPH COX | (-) (Rathf)arnham and his | (-) | (-)neath the body of
the | (above) named JOSEPH COX | (who) departed this life | the 28th day of May
1771 | aged 74 years | (N.B. Headstone partial damaged, words in brackets
assumed)

Photo No.33
This stone was erected by | ANN McNALLY to the memory | of THOS WILLIAMS of
Barracks | Street, in the City of Dublin, | who departed the 9th of Janry. |
1778 aged 45: also ARABELLA | his wife, sister to the above | who departed the
4th day of July | 1778 aged 37

Photo No.34
Here is deposited the remains of Mr JOHN | WILLIAMS for several years a Resident
| Merchant in Dublin but a native of Leeds in | Yorkshire who departed this life
on the 5th of | March 1825 aged 39 years. | He possessed all the qualities of a
tender | and affectionate husband and parent. A | disinterested friend and a
charitable | Christian and lived beloved and died | universally lamented. | Here
also deposited the remains of | his two infant children JOHN who departed | this
life the 26th of August 1822, aged 4 years | and 4 months and ELIZABETH who |
(depa)rted this life the 20th of March 1824 | aged 3 months | (N.B. Headstone
damaged, letters in brackets assumed)

Photo No.35
Erected by | PETER MOONEY | In Loving Memory of | his wife | MARGARET MOONEY |
who died 9th Feby 1890 | aged 75 years. | also the above | PETER MOONEY | who
died 31st December 1890 | aged 69 years | R.I.P.

Photo No.36
This stone is erected by | RACHEAL BARRY to the memory of her | beloved mother
Mrs RACHEAL BOYLE | who departed this life | on the (-) day of September 1812 |
aged 75 years.

Photo No.37
HOMAN family burial plot

Photo No.38
Top part of damaged left side headstone of number 37:-  Sacred | to | the Memory
of | the Revd. RICHARD HOMAN | for 68 years a faithful | Minsiter of the Church
of | Ireland | who departed this life | on the 23rd of December 1871. | aged 91
years.

Photo No.39
Another Part of left side headstone of number 37:-  (-) (SOP)HIA | (-)  (wi)fe |
(departed thi)s life | (-) April 1871 | (-) years | (-) affection has | (-)
loving parents |  (-) (s)owing children | "(Blessed are) the dead, which | (die
in the L)ord  Rev. XIV. 13 | of (-)NE HOMAN | (N.B.  Words in brackets assumed)

Photo No.40
Bottom of left headstone of number 37:-  eldest daughter of | Rev. RICHARD HOMAN
| died 25th Feby 1898. | "And when I awake up after thy likeness | I shall be
satisfied with it. Psalm XVII. 15

Photo No.41
Middle headstone on number 37:-  In | Loving Memory | of | ELLIE HUTTON HOMAN |
youngest daughter of | The Revd. RICHARD HOMAN | who died 23rd October 1876 |
"And there shall be no night there" | Rev. XXII. 5. | also | ELIZABETH S. HOMAN
| second daughter of | The Revd. RICHARD HOMAN | died 31st October 1894. |
"Neither shall there be any more pain" | Rev. XXI. 4. | FRANCES TRAVERS HOMAN |
fourth daughter of | The Revd. RICHARD HOMAN | died 22nd Jan. 1898. | "But joy
cometh in the morning". | Psalm XXX. 5.

Photo No.42
Right headstone on number 37:-  In | Loving Memory | of | TRAVERS H. HOMAN | who
died 3rd Decr. 1894, | aged 59 years | "Rock of ages cleft for me | let me hide
myself in thee".

Photo No.43
ANN LEECE died 5 May 1818 | aged 18 years | SOPHIA LEECE died 20 Febry 1819 |
aged 20 years | Sisters & natives of the Isle of Man

Photo No.44
In | Loving Memory | of | MARY BUTLER | who died 7th November 1968. | and
deceased members of | the BUTLER family | R.I.P.

Photo No.45
Here lyeth | the body of KATHLEEN | the wife of JOHN | ALLEN of Scholars | town
who died the | 21 of December | 1708.




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