Cemetery: Prumplestown, Timolin, Whitechurch Churchyards
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CEMETERY: PRUMPLESTOWN CHURCHYARD, CASTLEDERMOT PARISH
[From C. J. HOBSON]
'An unenclosed burying-ground situated at
Prumplestown on the road from Carlow to Castledermot
is deserving of notice. At present the burying-ground is
about three or four perches in extent.
There are no headstones. There are four or five thorn
trees growing around this little resting place. While
exploring this spot I came across half of a stone font, but
could not say if it has any claim to antiquity.
I should have stated that this burying-place is situated in
a field belonging to Mr. R. WRIGHT and is raised about
three feet above the surrounding field. An old woman
was buried there a short time ago.
It is said by the old people in the locality that many years
ago a former resident of Prumplestown House removed
some of the headstones from this ancient burial-ground
and used them for paving a coal-cellar with. This church
was dedicated to St. Michael.'
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CEMETERTY: TIMOLIN CHURCHYARD
[From Lord Walter FITZGERALD]
'On the opposite page is shown the "KIGHOW" or
KEOGH slab which lies sunk in the ground in the eastern
portion of this burial-ground. The inscription is peculiar
as it consists solely of three names and the date (at the
foot of the cross) 1633
The names are':-
DONAGH KIGHOW
ALSONNE ARCHBOLD
FARREL KIGHOW
'The second name may be that of Donagh's wife and the
third possibly that of their son. Nothing about this
family has come to light.
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'Built into the wall of a house occupied by a man named
SHANNON in the village of Timolin is a small limestone
tablet which bears the following inscription in raised
Letters':-
BEATVS QVI I
TELLIGIT SVP
EGENVM ET
PAVPERE 1630
'I.e., Blessed is he who considereth the needy and the
poor. [Vide Psalm x??]'
'The initials W and A on either side of the shield stand
for William ARCHBOLD whose arms are carved on the
shield, viz., Ermine, a saltire and chief gules (the chief
however does not appear on this stone). This mural
tablet for seventeen years was covered over by a coat of
dashing. Hearing of its existence in 1893, I caused it to
be exposed to view.'
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CEMETERY: WHITECHURCH CHURCHYARD
[From Lord Walter FITZGERALD]
'The existing ruins of this church consist of a tower at
the west end, portions of the walls of the nave and the
chancel which was an addition as it is not bonded into
the wall of the nave. The East window was a double
light with more oval than round heads. A small portion
of the sill, one side and the double head alone exist of
the cut-work of this window. A spiral staircase leads to
the first story of the tower; but the entrance from the
nave to the vaulted chamber below it is now built up.
There are no old tombs visible inside the church ruins
which are much choked up with fallen masonry; and
strange to say the large burial-ground round does not
appear to contain any old headstones either.
The earliest I could find bears the following inscription':-
HERE LYETH THE BODY OF BRIGIT CARRELL
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DEC'R THE 9TH 1716 AGED
17 YEARS & ELIZABETH CARRELL WHO DECEASED DEC'R
THE 9TH 1716 AGED 12 YEARS. THIS BELONGETH TO
DINNISS CARRELL
C C
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The only other headstone inscription worthy of remark
is copied from a stone standing near the southern side
of the tower. It reads' :-
IHS
This Stone was Erect'd by P. KERBEY in Memory
of his Posterity
'In the Exchequer Inquisitions Whitechurch has the alias
of 'Tullaghtipper, meaning either "Tipper's Hill' or the
"Hill of the Well." The Six-inch Ordnance Survey Map
shows a well called "Lady Well' near the churchyard on
the west side.'
Source:
Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the
Memorials of the Dead in Ireland Vol. 6. 1904, (FHL #
0258795)