Headstones: St. Thomas Church (CoI) Cemetery, Knappagh
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ST. THOMAS CHURCH (COI) GRAVEYARD, KNAPPAGH. CO. MAYO, IRELAND

No. 0
Church view

No. 1
St. Thomas Church | (Church of Ireland) | This church is
closed for worship | for the time being | Church service
held each Sunday | in Holy Trinity Church Westport | For
details ring (098) 25127

No. 2
BLAND plot

No. 3
GEORGE R. BLAND | 24 February 1849 | Aged 9 months | MABEL
C. HILDEBRAND | 9 March 1869 | Aged 58

No. 4
GRACE M. BLAND | 12 September 1866 | Aged 15 | GERALDINE M.
BLAND | 24 .... ... | Aged 16

No. 5
Them also which sleep in Jesus | will God bring with Him |
WILLIAM CLOUGH BLAND | 26 March 1883 | Aged 76 | Also his
wife | SARAH BLAND | 3 June 1898 aged 90 | ELIZABETH
HILDEBRAND | 3 Oct 1899 aged 86

No. 6
In | loving memory | of | ELIZA BLEAN | ... 28th April ...8
| Aged .. years

No. 7
In Memory of | JAMES BLEAN | Knappagh | 1850 - 1922. | And
his wife ANN ELIZA | 1866 - 1950 | Also their children |
CHARLES 1904 - 1929. | JAMES 1900 - 1949 | MARY CHARLOTTE
1902 - 19.. | ESTHER ELIZABETH 1898 - 196. | Erected by
their son | THOMAS

No. 8
In | loving memory of  | MARGARET BLEAN | Died in 1879 | Her
husband | WILLIAM BLEAN | Died in 1899 | MARY ELIZABETH
BLEAN | Died 1907 aged 40 years | Her husband | DAVID BLEAN
| Died 1945 aged 87 years | Their son | ALAN PERCY BLEAN |
Died 10th April 1988 | Aged 82 years | His wife SARA BLEAN |
Died 8th June 1988 | Aged 69 years | Heavenly Love abiding

No. 9
In Loving Memory of | MARY FRANCES BLEAN | Knappamanagh |
Died 3rd April 1977 | Aged 73 years. | And her husband JAMES
| Died 22nd July 1982 | Aged 85 years | Abide with me |
Erected by her loving husband | JAMES and family.

No. 10
In loving memory of | WILLIAM BLEAN | Died 5 Jan. 1928 aged
82 years | And his wife REBECCA | Died 17th Feb. 1932 aged
58 years | And her brother | THOMAS HENRY MOORE | Died in
London | 8th Sept. 1941 aged 61 years | Also their grandson
WILLIAM | Died 12th June 1984 aged 52 years | At rest |
Erected by the family

No. 11
In | loving memory | of | CHARLES A. COSTELLO | Knappagh |
Died 29th Jan. 1953 | Aged 57 years | And beloved wife |
ELEANOR FRANCES | COSTELLO | Passed away 1-4-1998, | Aged 87
years. | And loving daughter | IRIS MURIEL, (Nee BROWN) |
Died 13th December 2001 | Aged 56 years

No. 12
In loving memory of | MATILDA | wife of | CHARLES COSTELLO |
Died 4th July 1936, | Aged 70 years. | And her husband |
CHARLES COSTELLO | Died 28th Jan. 1947, | Aged 88 years. |
Also their son | SYDNEY W. COSTELLO | Died 7th Jan. 1978 |
Aged 85 years. | Also THOMAS COSTELLO | Died 19-3-1907, aged
92 years. | His wife MARIA, died 4-10-1907, | Aged 87 years.
| And their daughter MARGARET, | Died 10-2-1934, | Aged 85
years. | "Till he come" | ... ... wife of SYDNEY W. COSTELLO
| Died 24 Sept 1993, aged ..

No. 13
In Loving Memory of | JAMES H. COSTELLO | Ashford Cong |
Died 21st March 1974 | And his father | FRANK COSTELLO |
Died 19th August 1974. | And his sister | ELLEN P. COSTELLO
| Died 2nd August 1995 | And his beloved wife | DOLLY
COSTELLO | Died 15th May 1999 | Erected by his loving wife |
DOLLY and family, his father | and sisters

No. 14
In Loving Memory of | JAMES COSTELLO | Knappagh | Who died
30th October 1974 | Aged 70 years. | And his wife EDITH |
Died 19th Nov. 1983 | Aged 74 years | Safe in the arms of
Jesus | Erected by the family.

No. 15
In loving memory of | VERONICA M. COSTELLO | Cong, | Who
died 29th April 1967, | Aged 65 years. | And her husband |
GEORGE H. COSTELLO | Who died 4th August 1973, | Aged 75
years. | Their son | GORDON COSTELLO | Died 29th April 2005
| Aged 72 years | Forever with the Lord

No. 16
ERIC CROSS | 1903 - 1980

No. 17
GERT PETER HASENCLEVER | Born 31st Oct. 1937 - Died 25th
Feb. 1995.

No. 18
In Loving Memory of | JOHN JUDGE | Knappagh | Called home
2nd March 1974. | And his wife ISABELLA | Died 30th June
1995 | Blessed are the dead | Which die in the Lord | Rev.

No. 19
In loving memory of | MARIA JONES LANDERS, | Died 27th Sep
1896 | Aged 54 years | JOSEPH LANDERS | Died 14th Feb 1906 |
Aged 77 years.

No. 20
In Loving Memory Of | The Very Revd. Canon | JOHN PERCIVAL
LEWIS M.A. (J.P.) | Born Bandon 29.05.1919 | Died Westport
09.12.2010 | Rector of Knappagh 1951-1974 | Rector of
Clifden 1978-1991 | Provost of Tuam 1978-1991 | The Lord is
my shepherd

No. 21
GEORGE the beloved son of | The Rev. JOHN LIDDY | Died
October 3rd 1868 | Aged 12 years | Erected by his father |
mother and sister JANE

No. 22
In loving memory of | FRANCIS MAYBERRY | Knappagh | Died
30th Oct. 1958 | Aged 47 years | And his father GEORGE |
Died 21st Jan. 1971 | Aged 83 years. | Also May, wife of
FRANCIS | Died 12th Nov. 2005 | Aged 80 years | GEORGE
MAYBERRY | Died 5th July 1996 aged 39 years

No. 23
In loving memory of | FRANCIS MAYBERRY, | Died Jan. 16,
1966, | Aged 83 years. | And his wife LILLIAN | Died 9th
November 1981 | Aged 86 years | VIOLET MAYBERRY | Died 27th
Oct. 1977, | Aged 75 years | In heavenly love abiding

No. 24
In | loving memory of | THOMAS MAYBERRY, | Died 19th June
1961. | Aged 63 years.

No. 25
In loving memory | of | CHARLES MOORE | Died ... ... .... |
Aged 77 years | [rest indecipherable]

No. 26
In Loving Memory of | DAVID MOORE | Knappagh | Died 29th
Sept. 1941, aged 77 years | And his wife SUSAN | Died 26th
Aug. 1957, aged 74 years | Their daughter FRANCES | And her
husband ROY ASPIN | Involved fatal accident | in Rochdale,
England | Jan. 1947, both aged 29 years. | Also son JAMES
MOORE | Died 20th June 1985, in his 72nd year | And son
THOMAS MOORE | Died 21st Nov. 1994, aged 82 years. | Also
son FREDERICK MOORE | Died 22nd Nov. 1984 aged 69 years

No. 27
Not dead but sleeping | Erected | to the memory of the |
Rev. HENRY SHEA | Late Incumbent of Knappagh | He fell
asleep in Jesus | [rest illegible]

No. 28
... | THOMAS ALFRED .... | .... | of HENRY SIMMONS | ... ...
| MARGARET ... SIMMONS | .... | CHRISTINA wife of ALFRED |
Died 12th June 1976 | THOMAS ALFRED SIMMONS | Son of ALFRED
and CHRISTINA | Died 18th November 2002 | Aged 87 years |
Abide with me

No. 29
SIMMONS, see #28

No. 30
In | memory of | MARIA | The dearly beloved wife of | JOHN
STEWART | of Westport | Who died 18th January 1880 | Aged 68
years | "Ye know not what shall be given | the morrow"
Jas.IV.14. | Also her husband | JOHN STEWART | Who died
August 1887. | Aged 76. | "If ye love me | keep my
commandments."

No. 31
STEWART, see #30