Cemetery: LONGFORD - Abbeylara Churchyard, Co. Longford, Ireland
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MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Location: ABBEYLARA CHURCHYARD, Co LONGFORD

Num:    1 Source: APMDI

IHS
Pray for the Soul of
EDMOND REILLY who
Departed this life June the
first 1750 aged 66 yrs.
Also his Wife MARGARET
...alias WARD who
(remainder buried)

 Num:    2 Source: APMDI

IHS
Pray for the Soul of Father MICHAEL PUNNEY
who died 7ber the 13th 1749 Aged ...

 Num:    3 Source: APMDI

IHS
Pray for the soul of JOHN MEAGHAN
Who died Janry. the 10th 1764 Aged 77 years
Erected by his son JAMES MEAGHAN

 Num:    4 Source: APMDI

...........1740............
...his wife ELI.... KIERNAN alias O'NEILL
.........March 3d. 1747 age....yrs Ercd.
by their Ch.............

 Num:    5 Source: APMDI

IHS
Pray for ye soul of PA-
TRICK KEIR-
NAN who De
Parted this
life January
21st 1749 Aged
60 Also for
ONNER KEIRNAN
alias ......
(rest buried)
 Num:    6 Source: APMDI

Pray for the soul
of PHILIP KIERNAN
who departed this life
February the 7th 1774
aged 56 years
Erected by .......
(rest buried)

Num:    7 Source: APMDI

IHS
Pray for the soul of
FAUGHNEY FERRALL
who departed this life
Dec. 27th 1788 Aged 60
Yrs. Erd. by his Brother
PATRICK FERRALL In
memry. of him & family
P.J.N. SKELLY

 Num:    8 Source: APMDI

Pray for the Soul of CATHERINE COYLE
alias CAFFRY who departed this life
may the 1 1792 aged 40 years
Erected by THOMAS COYLE.

 Num:    9 Source: JIMMY LENNON (1997)

"I know that my Redeemer liveth and that he
shall stand at the latter day upon the earth
and though after my skin worms destroy this body
yet in my flesh I shall see God"
Sacred to the memory of Revd.
Alexr. Montgomery
for many years Vicar of this Parish. Who
died March 29th 1807 aged
63 years. Also his wife Anna Maria who died
September 12th 1813
Also their son George Montgomery
who departed this life May 8th 1808
aged 24. And their youngest daughter Eliza
Montgomery who fell asleep in Jesus
Dec. 4th 1836
This monument was erected as a token of
affection to their departed relatives by their
only survivors Catherine and Anne Montgomery
 Num:   10 Source: JIMMY LENNON (1997)

This stone is erected to the memory
of Mrs. Allice Green, late of Kilbride
in this county. Who died on the 12th of
February 1813. Also Miss Jane Forster who
died on the 4th of July 1820, by their
affectionate sister Miss Mary Forster

 Num:   11 Source: JIMMY LENNON (1997)

In memory of Arthur Read
of Kilbride who had and end of his
earthly cares in the year of Our
Lord 1810 and also that of his
wife Anne Read who bade a last
farewell to this mortal world and it's
transient possessions on the 20th August A.D. 1831
Erected by Stephen and Thomas Major, nephews of
those
deceased. This stone is as a monument of sincere
respect
and affection towards their relations the reposed
inhabitants of this grave

 Num:   12 Source: JIMMY LENNON (1997)

Sacred to the memory
of
John Henry Shea
son of the Revd. John Shea
Vicar of this Parish
who died Sept. 30th 1840
aged 1 year and 10 months
His sorrowing parents look for comfort to that
compassionate saviour who has said,
"Suffer little children to come unto me
and forbid them not
for of such is the Kingdom of God"

 Num:   13 Source: JIMMY LENNON (1997)

Here lieth the body of Alexander
Burrowes, late of Fernsborough in
this county, Esquire. He departed
this life esteemed and regretted
on Tuesday the first day of
November 1783 aged 80 years
Here also lieth the body of
Martha Mary Burrowes otherwise
Beatty relict of the above Alexander
Burrowes. She departed this life on
Friday the 16th of January 1789 in
the 80th year of her age

 Num:   14 Source: JIMMY LENNON (1997)

Pray for the souls of Jams.
and Ann Carlisle who departed
this life, he on the 13th of March 1811
aged 47 years. She on the 13th [piece missing]
aged 37 years
This monument was erected by their son
John Carlisle, Granard

 Num:   15 Source: HOMAN POTTERTON (2006)

In Loving Memory
of
Eugene Francis Newman
Newgrove House Abbeylara
Died 8th March 1982 aged 78 yrs.
His wife Mary Charlotte
Died 22nd Jan. 2000 aged 87 yrs.
Daughter of Jane Hinds Lynn
R.I.P.

 Num:   16 Source: JIMMY LENNON (1997)

In
Loving Memory
of
RICHARD JOHN HINDS
only son of Henry Potterton Hinds
New Grove Co. Longford
who entered into rest
on 17th March 1904
aged 25 years
His parents
Henry Potterton Hinds
died 17th Sept. 1904
Charlotte Hinds
wife of Henry
died 1st June 1927
Erected by his loving and sorrowing uncle
John Thomas Hinds
New Grove Co. Longford
died 13th Dec. 1936
Jane Hinds
died 25th March 1940
Eugene Francis Newman
died 8th March 1982


*APMDI = Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of
the Dead in Ireland