Cemetery: Kildangan Churchyard & St. Brigid's Cathedral

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CEMETERY: KILDANGAN CHURCHYARD
  [From Lord Walter FITZGERALD]

'This old burial ground is situated near the farm
buildings belonging to Kildangan Castle, the property
of Dominick MORE-O'FERRALL, Esq. who inherited it
through his mother, the only child of Dominick William
O'REILLY, Alderman of Dublin, the purchaser of the
place. The Castle of Kildangan, a strong square building
which belonged to the FITZGERALDS of ALLEN in the
sixteenth century was pulled down in 1884 and the
present QueeN Anne style of the mansion was erected
on its site. There are now no remains of the old
church, nor do there appear to be any headstones of a
date earlier than the eighteenth century. On a square
granite stone is inscribed' :-
           +
          IHS
     Here lyeth the Body of Thomas CULLENAN who
     departed this life January 27th,
     1727 [1787]and in the 79th year of his age
     [Note: Year unreadable in image]
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'On a small flat slab sunk in the ground' :-
    Here lieth the Body of James BOWES who
    departed this life the 17th of
    Septr 1772 Aged 50 yrs.

    Good Travellers who chance to Pas[s]
    this way Fail not for my Departed Soul
    to Pray
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    'On a fractured slab' :-
    Here lieth the Body of Ann WHITE who departed this
    Life in the 29th .....
    1797 Aged 51 years. Amen
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    'In the north-eastern portion of the burial-
    ground is a railed in
    space at one end of which is a handsomely
    cut limestone length wall in which is a recess
	  containing a terra-cotta urn on which is inscribed':-

    DEDICATED BY DOM'k WIL'm O'REILLY.
    Esqr to the MEMORY of his wife
    ELIZABETH Daughter of Henry FERRELL, Esqr.
    She DIED at BRISTOL THE 6TH OF
    MAY 1789 IN THE 25 YEAR OF HER AGE.
                [Scrolling]
    Though called away in the BLOOM of LIFE SHE
    was mature with every accomplishment
    That could render her SUPREMELY DEAR TO
    PARENT, CONSORT, CHILD & FRIEND.
         Hinc illae Lacrymae

'On the pedestal of the urn appears to be the COADE
LONDON, 1790. And on the base of the monument
is cut' :-
    This Monument was Erected by Dominick Wm
    O'REILLY, Esqr A.D. 1790
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'In the south-eastern corner of the burial-ground is a
walled-in enclosure (choked with ivy, briars and elders)
at one end of which are two table-tombs, one slab of
which is smashed and fallen from its supports. The
inscriptions read as follows':-
    To the Memory of Frederick William HOYSTED, Esqr,
    late Lieutenant Colonel of Foot
    he died at Kilboggin on the 26th of February 1818
    Aged 59 years
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    This Monument was Erected to the Memory of John
    HOYSTED. Esqr of Walterstown, County
    Kildare who departed this life the 28 of March 1848.
    As a tribute of the deepest love, respect and
    gratitude of his loving wife, Charlotte HOYSTED.
    Blessed are they that fall asleep in Jesus
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    'At the opposite end of this enclosure is a
mural limestone tablet inscribed' :-
     The Burial Ground of Steven RICE, Cherry
     Mills A.D. 1795.

CEMETERY: ST. BRIGID'S CATHEDRAL
  [From Lord Walter FITZGERALD]

'Among several slabs and monuments which were
removed from the interior of the Cathedral at the time
of its restoration, are two small thick slabs which
appear to have been inserted in the walls; their
lettering was lightly incised and the inscriptions are
now difficult to decipher; they read as follows':-

    HERE LYETH YE BODY OF HENRY LYNDALL DECEASED YE
    8 DAY OF APRILAND SARAH LYNDALL DECEASED YE 21 OF
    APRIL 1688
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    HERE LYETH THE BODY OF VSSHER BELLWOOD HE DEPARTED
    THIS 14 DAY OF IANUARY 1694
		'In the word "Ussher" the H and E are
		conjoined.'

Source:
Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the
Memorials of the Dead in Ireland Vol. 6. 1904, (FHL #
0258795)