St. John's (CoI), Ballinalee, County Longford, Ireland
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ST. JOHN'S (COI), BALLINALEE, CO. LONGFORD, IRELAND

No. 0
Church of Ireland | St. John's Ballinalee

No. 1
Church view

No. 2
Erected | in loving memory of | our beloved mother | MARY ANN
ABBOTT, Drumder | Who died 28th May 1930 | Aged 79 years |
Also our dear father | JOHN ABBOTT, who died | 4th April 1936
(?) aged 91 years | Also their son ROBERT | Who did 20th April
1936 | Interred in U.S.A. | Also their son | ARTHUR HENRY |
Beloved husband of | KATIE ABBOTT | Died 3rd June 1945. | Safe
in the arms of Jesus

No. 3
In | loving memory of | JOHN ARTHUR ABBOTT | Drumeel | Died
14th Oct 1954 aged 69 years | His son WILLIAM ROBERT | Died
23rd May 1940 aged 4 years | His wife LUCINDA MAUD | Died 20th
Jan 1993 aged 89 years | His daughter in law | EVELYN MAUD |
Died 12th April 2014 aged 85 years | Loves greatest gift
remembrance

No. 4
ARMSTRONG | In loving memory of | JAMES ARMSTRONG | Currygrane
| Died 1st July 1946, His wife | AUGUSTA HENRIETTA | Died 12th
April 1937 | Their son EDWARD BAGNAL | Died 2nd Oct. 1985 |
His wife ANNA | Died 18th Nov. 1987 | Their infant son | IVOR
NAVAN | Died 11th Jan. 1941 | "With the Lord."

No. 5
In affectionate | remembrance | of | JOHN ARMSTRONG | Who died
May 31st | 1846 aged 61 years | Also MARY wife of the above |
Died May 15th 1873 | Aged 79 yrs | Also | in loving memory of
| WM. HENRY the Beloved | husband of ELLEN | MANSERGH | Died
Jan. 30th 1886

No. 6
ALLEN BYRNE of Rhyne | departed this life | June 11th 1846
aged 59 years

No. 7
See No. 7

No. 8
In loving memory | of | ANNIE CALDWELL | Died Aug 27 1949 (?)
| Aged ... years | JAMES CALDWELL | Strokestown | Died Dec. 29th
1968

No. 9
In Loving Memory | JOHN CALDWELL | Lisameen | 1877 - 1956 |
Also his sister SARAH | 1893 - 1978 | Abide with me

No. 10
Erected by ROBERT CALDWELL | of ... | To the memory of his
beloved wife | MARGARET CALDWELL | Who died on the 8th of May
... | Aged 44 years | Also her daughter | MARTHA CALDWELL | Who
died ... ... | Aged ... | Her daughter | SARAH CALDWELL | 1893 -
1978

No. 11
See No. 11

No. 12
In | loving memory of | PETER CATHCART | Born May ... 1819 |
Died ... ... 1901

No. 13
ELIZA CATHCART alias WILSON | Died Febry 27th 1849 (?) aged
26.

No. 14
Here lieth all that remains of | ELIZABETH CHARTERS of ... | Who
departed this life in certain | Hope of ... Glory ... | the alone
Merit and intercession (?) | of our Lord and Savior ... ... | May
7th 1846 aged 71 (?) years

No. 15
See No. 15

No. 16
Erected by | WILLIAM CHARTERS | In loving memory of his | dear
wife MARY ANNE CHARTERS | Died 2nd Febry. 1919 | Aged 51 years
| And of his sons | DAVID, lost with the Titanic | 14th April
1912 aged 20 years | WILLIAM, died 22nd January 1921 | Aged 27
years | JAMES, died 8th October 1916 | Aged 8 years | ANNETTE
CHARTERS GARVAGH | Died 26th Jan. 1955 | Her husband JOHN |
Died 18th Jan 1982 | SARAH REBECCA CHARTERS | Died 17th Jan
1982 aged 41 yrs.

No. 17
DAVID CHARTERS | Died 25th November 2016

No. 18
Treasured Memories Of | A loving daughter and much loved
sister [photo] | DEBORAH CAROL CHIPPENDALE | Born 10th. Nov.
1989 - Died 17th. April 2002 | Forever in our hearts

No. 19
EDWARD ELLIOTT | Drumeel | Died 24th Oct. 1949 | his wife
EILEEN (nee WILSON) | Died 11th Dec. 1990 | Erected by WILSON
Family ...

No. 20
FORBES | Aughaward | In Loving Memory Of | MAUD FORBES | Died
26. May 1968. Aged 63 years. | Her husband JAMES | Died 18.
Aug. 1968. Aged 81 years. | Their son GEORGE ROBERT | Died 11
July 1996, aged 68 years. | "Resting where no shadows fall"

No. 21
In | loving memory | of | CHARLES FORBES | Who died 13th May
1901, | Aged 68 years. | MARY ANN FORBES | Who died 25th
November 1919, | Aged 72 years. | MARY ELIZABETH FORBES | Who
died 2nd April 1932, | Aged 1 year 8 months. | WILLIAM FORBES
| Who died 28th December 1939, | Aged 68 years. | REBECCA KATE
FORBES | Who died 1st March 1946, | Aged 65 years. | MARGARET
FORBES | Who died March 1958. | Aged 71 years.

No. 22
FORSTER | Mill Park Ballinalee | In Loving Memory of | THOMAS
ELLIOTT FORSTER | Died 11 September 1949 aged 86. | His wife
FRANCES MARIA nee CHARLTON | Died 8 September 1958 aged 69. |
Their infant grandson CHARLES FORSTER | of Currygrane | Died
18 January 1950

No. 23
FORSTER | of Cloncoose and Mill Park Ballinalee | This
tombstone first erected about 1856 | By WILLIAM FORSTER, was
restored and re-inscribed | in 1988 in loving memory of JOHN
RICHARD FORSTER | Third son of DICK and ROSE FORSTER of Mill
Park | JOHN passed quietly away on ninth of Nov. 1986, | aged
38 years only | FORSTER forebears of JOHN | interred in this
graveyard include | His great great grandfather, JOHN of
Cloncoose | 1766-1855 | His great great grandmother MARY nee
ELLIOTT, | 1786-1872 | His great grandfather, WILLIAM of Mill
Park, | 1812-1875 | His great grandmother, SARAH HANNAH nee
WILSON, | 1822-1905 | His grandfather, THOMAS ELLIOTT of Mill
Park, | 1863-1949 | His grandmother, FRANCES MIR nee CHARLTON,
| 1888-1957| His father, RICHARD (DICK) of Mill Park,
1917-2004 | His mother, ELIZABETH ROSELINE (nee GRAY)
1926-2014

No. 24
Inscription on tombstone in Old Clonbroney Graveyard | Here
lies the body of JOHN FORSTER late of Cloncoose | Who died 29.
April 1736 aged 45 years | Also his wife JANE who died ... aged
... years | Also JOHN FORSTER, son to WILLIAM FORSTER | Who died
11. Jan 1762, aged 5 years. | This monument was erected by
WILLIAM FORSTER

No. 25
Original inscription on this tombstone | JOHN FORSTER of
Glencoose slept in Jesus | on 16. Sept. 1855 aged 89 years |
Jesus saith ‘Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out'
| John VI, 57. | He was a lover of truth and peace | Also his
grandson JOHN RUTLEDGE FORSTER, | Who died 11 Dec 1852 aged 3
years and 10 months

No. 26
Loving memory | of | ...ABELLA GERRARD | ... ... | ... ... |
THOMAS | ... ...

No. 27
Sacred to the memory | of ANNE GILLIARD who | departed this
life on | the 10th November 1875 | Aged 69 years | Also her
son | ... GILLIARD | Who died on the 30th of ... ... | Aged 6
years | Also her husband | JOHN GILLIARD | Died ... July 1878
| Aged 77 yrs | Also EMILY EARLS | Died 2nd Aug ...

No. 28
In Loving Memory | of | GEORGE HAMILTON | Died 2nd Aug. 1873,
aged 60 years. | Also his wife | MARY JANE | Died 12th Sept.
1910, aged 79 yrs | Also their sons | WILLIAM | Died 22nd Mar.
1904, aged 46 yrs. | GEORGE | Died 17th Oct. 1881, aged 20
yrs. | ROBERT | Died 11th Feb. 1885, aged 21 yrs. | SMYTHE |
Died 27th Oct. 1908, aged 42 yrs. | FRANCIS (FRED) | Died 24th
Dec. 1896, aged 24 yrs. | Also their daughter | MARY ANNE |
Died 1867, aged 2 yrs.

No. 29
In Loving Memory | of | EVA HARRIS | Mace Rathowen Co.
Westmeath | Died 24th June 1993 aged 77 yrs | Her husband
WILLIAM | Died 24th March 1998 aged 89 yrs | Their infant
daughter EVA | Died 6th April 1953 | Safe in the arms of Jesus
| HARRIS

No. 30
In Loving Memory | of | JOHN HARRIS | Drumlee | Died 2nd July
1909 | ... ... | SARAH JANE | Who died 30th ... 1914

No. 31
In loving memory | of | WILLIAM HARRIS | Died 11th Dec. 1951,
aged 72 years | His wife FRANCES | Died 31st May 1935, aged 52
years | Their son DAVID | Died 26th March 1907  aged 4 months
| His father DAVID | Died 26th May 1919 aged 85 years | His
brother STEPHEN | Died 2nd April 1919 aged 33 years

No. 32
In Loving Memory Of | JOSEPH HEANY | Curraghcahill | Died 8.
Jan. 1930. | His wife FRANCES | Died 2. March 1937. | Their
daughter-in-law | MARGARET HEANY | Died 27. Feb. 1937. | Her
husband | GEORGE HEANEY | Died 27. Dec. 1981. | Aged 79 years.

No. 33
In Loving Memory Of | My dear father | JAMES HEUSTON | Died
7th May 1949 | Aged 76 yrs | His wife EMILY | Died 5th April
1972 | Aged 80 yrs | Their son-in-law | JAMES FARRELL | Died
5th Sept 1982 | Aged 62 yrs | His wife VIOLET ELIZABETH | (Nee
HEUSTON) | Died 15th May 2006 | Aged 76 yrs.

No. 34
In Loving Memory | of | WINSLOW HENRY HUMPHREYS | Kilnacarrow
| Died 9th February 1970 | Aged 83 years. | His wife ELIZABETH
| Died 17th August 1981 | Aged 84 years | Also their youngest
daughter | JOAN ELEANOR | Died 13th January 1997 | Aged 70
years | In heavenly love abiding.

No. 35
Erected | by | ROBERT JONES | In loving memory of | his wife |
MARGARET JANE, | Third daughter of MATTHEW KENNY | The Glen,
Ballinalee, | Who died in Belfast 11th December 1934 |
Interred here.

No. 36
In Loving Memory | of | MARY KELLY | Died 17th August 1900
aged 81 years | Also her husband | JOHN | Died 20th Dec 1902,
aged 96 years | And their son | GEORGE, | Died ... Feby. 1913,
aged 71 (?) years | Thy will be done

No. 37
In Loving Memory | of | MATTHEW KENNY | Died 3rd Jan. 1925 |
Aged 79 years | Also his wife | ANNE KENNY | Died 19th Feb.
1925 | Aged 79 yrs. | And their sons | ARCHIBALD JOHN | Died
15th Jan. 1911. Aged 32 yrs. | ROBERT MATTHEW | Died 5th Nov.
1924 aged 39 yrs | DAVID KENNY | Died 16. Mar. 1963 aged 79
yrs. | Also his wife SARAH JANE | Died 30th May 1996, aged 84
years

No. 38
In | loving memory of | REBECCA CHRISTINA (RUBY) KENNY | The
Glen Ballinalee | Died 12 April 2001 | Aged 69 years

No. 39
In Loving Memory of | VICTORIA VIOLET KENNY. | Lismagooneen. |
Died 17th Feb, 1967 | Aged 56 years | Her brother JOSEPH HENRY
| Died 27th Oct 1990 aged 83 years | BRIDIE KENNY | Died 19th
July 1995 | Aged 63 years | Her beloved husband | GEORGE LEWIS
KENNY | Died 4th Jan. 1999 | Aged 66 years

No. 40
Erected by ANDREW KIRK, | of Prucklishtown, | In memory of his
wife | MARGARET KIRK, | Who died 24th November 1919 | Aged 70
years. | The Lord is my shepherd I'll not want | He makes me
down to lie | In pastures green he leadeth me | The quiet
waters by. | ANDREW KIRK | Died 4th Dec. 1936. Aged 92 | His
daughter | ANNE JANE GILLIARD | Died 3rd Jan. 1953. Aged 77
yrs. | Her husband | JOHN ALEXANDER GILLIARD | Died 11th Aug.
1963. Aged 78 yrs.

No. 41
In Loving Memory Of | WILLIAM LACKEY | Died 6th June 1928 |
Aged 85 years. | His wife MARGARET | Died 4th July 1916 | Aged
73 years. | Their son WILLIAM | Died 10th March 1917 | Aged 38
years. | Their son GEORGE | Died 24th March 1956 | Aged 71
years | Beloved husband of SAIDIE | Who died 28. Sept 1968 |
SAMUEL died 30. Dec 1965 | Their daughter STELLA LACKEY | Who
died 14. Sept. 2008 | Aged 84 years

No. 42
In Loving Memory | of | MARY JANE McVITTY. | Died 29th Aug.
1913 | Aged 71 years. | Her son JAMES | Died 12th Sept 1931 -
Aged 49. | Her husband JOHN | Died 3rd March 1934 aged 91. |
ISABELLA FLORENCE | McVITTY Nee BURNETT | Died 24th Aug. 1958
aged 55. | Her brother-in-law | JOHN WILLIAM McVITTY | Died
11th Feb. 1962 aged 88. | Her husband ALEXANDER | Died 29th
Sept. 1964 aged 82 | Their son JOHN ALEXANDER | Died 11th Nov.
1979 aged 52. | Erected by | her loving husband | JOHN McVITTY

No. 43
In Loving Memory Of | ADA OLIVIA (OLIVE) | McVITTY (Nee
MURPHY) | Aughnashannach | Died 20th November 2000 | Aged 68
years | Her husband | THOMAS ALFRED (TOM) | Died 1st May 2004
| Aged 77 years

No. 44
In Loving Memory Of | MARY JANE (MOLLY) MERRICK | Died 11th
October 1954, | Aged 57 Years. | Also Her Husband | HENRY
MERRICK | Died 21st November 1972, | Aged 81 Years.

No. 45
Sacred to the memory | of | ALICE EVELYN | Beloved wife of |
THOMAS HAYES | And daughter of the late | GEORGE MOORHEAD of
Rhyne | Born 16th April 1854 | Died at Merrion Co Dublin |
31st December 1890.

No. 46
See No. 46

No. 47
In | Loving Memory | of | JENNIE MOORHEAD | Daughter of the
late | GEORGE MOORHEAD | Rhyne. | Who died at the residence |
of her brother-in-law | THOMAS JOHN HAYES | Lynmere,
Blackrock, Co. Dublin. | 31st March 1931, aged 65 years. |
Beloved by all who knew her. | JAMES MOORHEAD | Drumeel,
Ballinalee | Died 11th January 1998 | Aged 94 years | The day
Thou gavest Lord | has ended

No. 48
In Loving Memory | of | ELIZABETH A. MOORHEAD | Daughter of
ROBT & | MARY J. MOORHEAD | Died July 8th 1892 | Aged 10
months | Also | MARGARET G. MOORHEAD | Died Oct. 23rd 1895 |
Aged 1 year. | Born in New York | Interred in Ballinalee

No. 49
Sacred to the memory | of | WILLIAM MOORHEAD of Rhyne | who
departed this life | 21 Augt. 1861 | aged 83 years. Also his
wife JANE | Died 7th Augt. 1865 (?) aged 80 years. | and his
Daughter | ALICIA MOORHEAD alias LETIMOR (?) | Died 10th July
1860 aged 31 years.

No. 50
See No. 50

No. 51
... Adam all die even so in | Christ shall all be made alive. |
1 Cor. XV. 99 | This Tomb [see No. 50] was erected by their |
Affectionate Son WILLIAM MOORHEAD

No. 52
In loving memory | of | MARIANNE MORROW | Corrickathane
Ballinalee | Who passed away | 9th Jan 1970 | Aged 85 years |
Also her son | JAMES WILLIAM | Who passed away | 8th Oct 1933
| Aged 15 years | JAMES ROBERT MORROW | Died 16th January 1978
| Aged 93 years | Loving husband and father | Safe in the arms
of Jesus

No. 53
In loving memory of | WILLIAM NORRIS | Drumnacooha | Died 18th
April 1962 age 14 yrs | His father HENRY | Died 8th Nov 1974
age 69 yrs | His mother ANNA | Died 2nd Feb. 1989 age 75 yrs

No. 54
Sacred | to the memory of | WILLIAM PYE | died | April 15th
1900 (?) | Aged ... | Heavenly Father I | leave all that |
belongs to me | to Thee | Bless them and make | them blessings
| WILLIAM ROBERT PYE | Died 12th April 1905 | Aged 27

No. 55
In fond remembrance of | GEORGE ROBINSON | Who died Jany. 12
1899 (?) | Aged 55 (?) yrs | Also | His beloved son JAMES |
Who died ... ... | Aged 18 (?) years | Also | His grandson GEORGE
| Aged 6 months | Of such is the kingdom | of heaven

No. 56
In loving memory of | GEORGE ROBINSON | Died 24th November
1944 | Aged 73 years | His wife MARGARET ROBINSON | Died 12th
June 1950 | Aged 68 years

No. 57
JAMES ROBINSON | Who died 13th August ... | Aged 28 yrs | Also
his wife SUSAN | Who died 22nd July ... | Aged 73 years | And
their only son GEORGE ... | Died 22nd Sept 1897 aged 6 years

No. 58
Sacred | to | the memory of | WILLIAM THOMPSON | of ... | Who
died 26 February ... | Aged 83 years | Also of MARY ANNE | his
wife | Who died 6th March ... | Aged 80 years

No. 59
In | memory of | WILLIAM ROSE | Who departed this life | on
the ... of April 1861 | ... years ... months and ... days

No. 60
See No. 60

No. 61
In Loving Memory of | HAROLD RUSKE | Kilnacarrow | Died 25
July 2003 | Forever with the Lord | RUSKE

No. 62
In | Loving Memory of | my dear husband | ROBERT HENRY RUSKE |
Kilnacarrow | Who died 11th Nov. 1983 | Aged 72 years | his
son | ROBERT WILLIAM (ROBIN) | Who died 7th Nov. 2003 |
CHARLOTTE CAROLINE RUSKE | wife and mother | Who died 22nd
June 2008 | Aged 87 years | God's greatest gift is life
eternal

No. 63
In Memory of | JOHN RALPH SEED | Esker Ballinalee | Died 30
June 2005 | Aged 74 years | Forever with the Lord

No. 64
In Loving Memory of | JOHN WILLIAM SODEN | Glenoughill | Died
31st October 1972 | Aged 70 years | His wife MARY JANE | Died
28th April 1998 | Aged 88 years

No. 65
In loving memory | of | BENJAMIN STEPHENSON | Died ... March
1895 (?) | Aged 49 (?) years | His wife ANNE | Died ... ... | Aged
75 (?) years | Their son GEORGE | Killed in the Great War |
[rest illegible]

No. 66
In | Loving Memory | of | JAMES TRAPPE | of Glenoghill | Died
25th April 1930 | Aged 93 (?) years

No. 67
In | loving memory of | ROBERT VANCE | Who died ... June 1906 |
Aged 21 years

No. 68
Erected | by | WILLIAM VANCE | ...ory of his Parents | WILLIAM
who died | ... March 1915 | Aged 77 years | His wife SARAH | ...
March 1906 (?) aged ... | Daughter SARAH ELIZABETH | ... ...

No. 69
In loving memory of | MARY WARRINGTON obit | Nov 1882 | ROBERT
WARRINGTON ob. 29 | Dec. 1887 | GEORGE their son | Nov. 1895

No. 70
In Loving Memory | of my dear husband | ALEXANDER WILSON |
Drumderg, Ballinalee. | Died 8th May. 1917 | Aged 42 yrs. |
Also his father | JAMES WILSON, | Died 23rd April. 1917. |
Aged 75 yrs. | And his mother | ANNE JANE WILSON. | Died 20th
Dec. 1903. | His wife ELLEN died | 1st July 1955 aged 78 yrs |
HIs son JAMES ALBERT died | 17th Nov. 1974 aged 64 yrs | EVA
MARGARET wife of JAMES ALBERT | Died 9th August 2003 aged 94
years | His grandson WILLIAM A. ALEXANDER | Died 27th April
1938, aged 1 year. | Peace Perfect Peace

No. 71
See No. 73. This is erected by her loving Father | GEORGE
WILSON

No. 72
JULIA CATHCART alias WILSON | died Feby. 20th 1849 (?) aged
26.

No. 73
WILSON | of | Currygrane

No. 74
FLORENCE GRACE | Born 1865 | Died 1868 | ... ... | ... ... | JAMES
WILSON J.P. | Born 11 July 1832 | Died 12 Aug 1907 | ... ... | ... ...

No. 75
Sacred to the memory | of SARAH WOODS wife of EDWARD PARKER |
... ... Relict of MARTIN ARMSTRONG | who depd. this life 19th June
1818 in the | 79th Year of her age | Also JOSEPH PARKER who
depd. this life | 21st Octr. 1836 aged 22 yrs. | ... ...  ... ...

No. 76
See No. 76

No. 77
In loving memory of the | Rev. ESSEX EDGEWORTH | of Kilshrewly
| Born Sept. 25 1814, died Aug. 14. 1904 | And of his wife |
ELIZABETH EDGEWORTH | Who entered into rest June 15th 1906






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