Cemeteries: Donaghmore Churchyard Memorials

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CEMETERIES: DONAGHMORE CHURCHYARD MEMORIALS
	[From the Rev. William Ball-Wright, M.A.]

'On a stone in the graveyard ':-

HERE LIETH THE BODY OF JOSEPH BRADSHAW, LATE
OF FOULKSRATH, GENTLEMAN. BORNE NEERE
NORTHWICH IN CHESHIRE, DECEASED THE 23rd OF
MARCH 1673.

'Foulksrath was sold by the above-named JOSEPH
BRADSHAW'S son, also named JOSEPH, to EPHRAIM
DAWSON, ancestor of Lord Portarlington. The old
proprietors of Foulksrath, prior to the forfeitures of
1641, were members of the PURCELL family, for an
article on whom see " The Journal of the Royal Society
of Antiquaries, Ireland,"p. 432 of the volume for
1885.'
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Pray for ye soul of Mr WM. PURCELL of Ballyragget
who died ye 15th June 1753 in ye 75th year of his Age.
Pray for ye soul of Mrs MARGARET QUINN alias
PURCELL, his sister, who died ye 24 th of March 1754
in ye 90th year of her age. Also ye Body of his son Mr
TOBY PURCELL of Ballyragget who died January ye 5th
1759 aged 52 yrs .

SOURCE:
Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the
Memorials of the Dead in Ireland. Vol vii, FHL#
1279254