St. Patrick's Graveyard (CoI), Granard, Co. Longford, Ireland
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ST. PATRICK'S (COI) GRAVEYARD, GRANARD, COUNTY LONGFORD. IRELAND

No. 0
General view

No. 1
In Loving Memory | of | JOHN BOGAN | Coolarty | Died 13th Feb.
1985 aged 79 years | And his wife | LETITIA (nee BENNETT) |
Died 27th May 2015 aged 102 years

No. 2
This Monument is | Erected by GEORGE | BROWN In the 56th |
Year of his Age As | A Memorial of A | Burial Place to per |
petuate ye memory of | Him & his posterity | A.D. 1780

No. 3
In Loving Memory of | GEORGE DAVID BURNS. | Granard. | Who
died 21 August 1986, | Aged 85 years. | And his wife | LETITIA
(ELIZABETH) | Who died 26 August 1989.

No. 4
In Loving Memory | of | SUSAN ELIZABETH BURNS. | Fernmount,
Granard. | Who died 13th. Sept, 1965, | Aged 7 months.

No. 5
DOPPING [illegible]

No. 6
In Loving Memory | of | HELEN SARAH | wife of Colonel J.H.
DOPPING | and daughter of | The Rev. CHARLES MOORE | of
Monasterevan | Who died at Derrycassan 13th Dec. 1890 | Aged
66 years. | "Forever with the Lord." | Also of | CHARLES HENRY
MOORE DOPPING | Their only son | Who died at Derrycassan 26th
April 1865 | Aged 2 1/2 years. | And | EMILY MARY FRANCES
HELEN DOPPING | Their second daughter | Who died 6th Dec.
1866, aged 2 days. | She was buried in Longford. | ?He shall
gather the lambs with His | arm, and carry them in his bosom.?

No. 7
In | loving memory of | MARY FLORENCE, | Wife of the Rev.
FRANCIS DOPPING, | Erne Head Granard. | Who died 20th Nov.
1894. | Also the Rev. FRANCIS DOPPING | Died 13th May 1907 |
DIANA CHARLOTTE DOPPING HEPENSTAL | Who died ... ... 1941 aged
... years

No. 8
In loving memory of | HENRY DOPPING Esq. | of Erne Head | Who
died 30th Jany 1883 aged 75 years | Erected by his wife and
children | In the same tomb | reposes the remains of his widow
| FRANCES DOPPING | Who fell asleep in Jesus 31st August 1897
| Aged 73 years | ... EMILY (?) ROSE (?) DOPPING HEPENSTAL |
... 21st February ... aged 85 (?) years

No. 9
Here lieth the remains of | MARIA DRESING | Who died 26 Feby
1810 (?) | Aged 7 Years. She ... | ... ... ... 22nd ... |
Erected by her Father [rest illegible]

No. 10
Sacred to the memory of | JOHN FLEMING | Who died on | the
15th Sept 1886 | Aged 84 years. | Also his wife ANNE | of
Killeen | Died Dec 28th 1891 | Aged 86 | Also his daughter |
FRANCES FLEMING | Died 24th June 1917 | Aged 87. | JOHN
FLEMING | Killeen | Died 12 Jan 1944 | His wife PHOEBE MAUD |
Died 3 May 1935 aged 38 years | JAMES BAIRD | Died 1 Jan 2010
aged 90 years

No. 11
Lord have mercy on | the soul of ARTHUR GILL | who dep this
life ... ... | aged 68 . Erected by | wife ANN GILL

No. 12
Lord have Mercy on the Soul of | MICHAEL GILL who dep this
life | ... 1808 (?) Aged 49 Years

No. 13
In loving memory of | KATHLEEN GILPIN | Killeen. | Died 6th
May 1999. | Her husband | REGINALD LEO (RODDY) | Died 3rd
Sept. 2004.

No. 14
In loving memory of | JOHN GILPIN | Killeen | Died 24th Feb.
1934 | Aged 47 years | His wife LILLIAN MARGARET | Died 23rd
July 1962 | Aged 74 years | Their daughter GERALDINE | Died
26th Nov. 1931 | Aged 6 weeks | Their sons JOHN ALBERT | Died
5th June 1962 | Aged 42 years | RICHARD THOMAS died | 1st May
1981 aged 56 years

No. 15
This ... was Erected by | SIMON GRIFFITH in Memory | of his
wife MARY GRIFFITH who | depd this Life 1st July ... aged |
... years. ... ... | children ... ... ... | GRIFFITH

No. 16
In | loving memory | of | WILLIAM HIGGINS | Tubber | Born 1786
died October 1869 (?) | His wife ISABELLA HEANEY HIGGINS |
Cartronmarkey, Longford | Their son BOUCHER HIGGINS, Tubber |
Born 1839, Died April 16 1934 | His wife FRANCES HARWOOD
HIGGINS | Bellananagh, Cavan | Born 1841, Died March 27 1906 |
Their daughter ISABELLA HIGGINS | Born February 10 1886, Died
January 7 1901 | Their son BOUCHER MAJOR HIGGINS, Tubber |
Born March 18 1883, Died March 9 1925 | His wife FRANCES ABBOT
HIGGINS | Glenmore, Longford | Born August 28 1879 Died
January 27 1966 | Their children WALTER HIGGINS | Born
September 21 1913, Died June 20 1920 | And MARGARET EVELYN
HIGGINS | Born August 23 1911, Died June 23 1920 | MARGARET J.
HIGGINS | Born 1878, Died December 23 1906

No. 17
In | memory of | JANE | The beloved wife of | D. IRWIN, of
Granard. | Who fell asleep in Jesus, | 30th Oct, 1897. | Also
of their children | JAMES aged 8 days and ELLEN 5 years. | And
D. IRWIN | who passed peacefully away | 20th Oct. 1924. | Also
of | EDWARD PATTERSON | Their son. Who passed away | 4th Jan.
1942. | "In my father's house | are many mansions." | John
14.2. | And LILIAN ISABELLA | His wife who passed away | 3rd.
Aug. 1984

No. 18
Fond Memory | of | BENJAMIN LLOYD | of ... Co. Longford, |
Died 26th January 1875 aged 64 years | Also his wife JANE
SOPHIA | Died 7th October 1889, aged 78 years | Also their
children | ROBERT died 1839 aged ... days | GEORGE died 1840
aged 2 years | BENJAMIN died 1850 (?) aged 41 days | THOMAS
died 1863 (?) aged 23 years | MARY ANN died ... aged 27 years
| JOHN WILLIAM (?) died 1893, aged 56 years [rest illegible]

No. 19
Here Lyeth the body of | ARTHUR MAJOR ... ... | Who depd this
life ... | 1801

No. 20
Erected | by | MARIA ATWELL | in loving | memory of her
brother | ELLIOTT M. MAJOR | Who died 23rd February 1880 |
Aged 57 years

No. 21
Here Lieth the Body of THOMAS | MAJOR of Clooneen who Departed
| this life Feby the ... ... | his wife ANN MAJOR [rest
illegible]

No. 22
In | Loving Memory | of | A devoted husband | JOSEPH ALEXANDER
McCALLY | Abbeyview, Abbeylara. | Who died 12th. July 1962 |
Aged 77 years | "He giveth his beloved sleep." | Erected by
his loving wife.

No. 23
Here lie the Remains of | MOTHERLY NORTH of Granard | he died
the 26 of April 1763 | Aged 38

No. 24
In Loving Memory of | MARGARET O'CONNELL | Edgeworthstown |
Died 13th July 1913, | Her husband JOHN | Died 24th March 1945
| Their children JAMES WILLIAM | Died 18 Dec 1936 | MARY JANE
died 13th Aug 1986 (?) | MARGARET died 1st July 1988 (?)

No. 25
In | loving memory | of | BENJAMIN CHARLES ROSSET | The Robin
Hill | Loch Gowna | Born Ukraine 1911 | Died 22nd Dec 1974 |
His wife IDA FRANCES | (nee STEPHENSON | April 1912 - July
2000 | "An angel on earth"

No. 26
In loving memory | of | JOHN THOMAS SMALL | Leitrim Coolarty
Co. Longford | Died 6th Dec. 1946 aged 55 years | His brother
WILLIAM FREDERICK | Died 11th June 1951 aged 69 years | His
wife SARAH (nee CHARTERS) | Died 11th Jan. 1974 aged 70 years
| Baby SMALL (Stillborn) | Died 5th March 1977

No. 27
In | memory | of | FANNIE STEPHENSON | of Ballinlough. | Who
died | 18th Dec. 1924, Aged 79.

No. 28
In | Loving Memory | of | ROBERT STEPHENSON | Cloughernal,
Granard, | Who died 3rd October 1897, aged 87. | And his wife
| LETITIA STEPHENSON | Who died 27th June 1897, aged 78 | Also
his son | JAMES | Died 2nd April 1941 aged 84 | His wife |
ALICE EDITH | Died 15th Sept 1956 aged 76 | Their grandson
JOHN | Died 2nd Oct. 1981 aged 19 | Their son ROBERT ARTHUR |
Died 8th May 1991 aged 75

No. 29
JOHN STEPHENSON | The beloved husband of | ALICE STEPHENSON |
... Granard | Who fell asleep in Jesus | 26th August 1888 |
Aged ... years | And of ALICE ELEANOR his wife | Called 28th
... ... aged 89

No. 30
In Memory | of | JOHNNIE | The dearly beloved child | of |
JOHN & ALICE E. STEPHENSON | of Moore Hill | Who departed this
life | 6th Nov. 1879 aged 5 years | Suffer little children to
come | unto Me and forbid them not for | of such is the
kingdom of God | Mark X.14 | Safe in the arms of Jesus | Safe
on his gentle breast | There by His love o'ershaded | Sweetly
his soul shall rest | Also | JEMMIE | Who died March 18th 1886
| Aged 5 years

No. 31
In | memory | of | ELIZABETH STEPHENSON | of Cloughernal, |
Who died | 28th October 1930, aged 78.

No. 32
... memory | of | ROBERT STEPHENSON | Cloughernal, Granard |
Who died 3rd Oct. 1897, aged 87 | And his wife | LETITIA
STEPHENSON | Who died 27th June 1897, aged 78

No. 33
In Memory of | The STRONG Family Ballybrien | MARGARET | Died
15th June 1901, Aged 75 years | Her Husband JOHN | Died 26th
April 1906, Aged 92 years | Their Son HENRY | Died 20th
November 1934, Aged 82 years | His Wife ELEANOR | Died 20th
July 1937, Aged 74 years | Their Son JOHN | Died 13th January
1950, Aged 49 years | Peace Perfect Peace | Erected by
BLEAKLEY family

No. 34
Here ... also | Major ROBERT | STRATFORD TUITE | J.P. R.I.Fus.
| Their son | Died 18th April 1922, aged 68 | NORMAN ERIC M.S.
| TUITE | His son | Died 11th July 1917, aged 25 | EVELYN
M.A.S. TUITE | Born 1st Aug 1894 | Died 28th Sept 1954 (?)

No. 35
... ... ... | THOMAS WALDRON and MARY [rest illegible]

No. 36
Lieth the body of JOHN | WARREN who Departed this life | in
the year 1801 Erectd by his ... | ... WARREN | here also ...
the body ... | ... WARREN

No. 37
WRIGHT | In Loving Memory Of | ROBERT WRIGHT | Leitrim
Coolarty | Died 28th January 2006 | Aged 86 years





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