Straide Cemetery, Foxford
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STRAIDE GRAVEYARD (NEAR STRAIDE ABBEY), FOXFORD, COUNTY, MAYO, IRELAND

No. 0
Overview of church and cemetery

No. 1
Overview of cemetery

No. 2
In loving memory of | ANN ATHY | Died 8th Feb 1936 | Aged 72
years | and her husband | PAT ATHY | Died 4th July 1942 | Aged
80 years | JAMES ATHY | Died 22nd July 1970 | His wife NORA |
Died 6th May 1977 | (basestone:Athy)

No. 3
In Loving Memory of | JOHN ATHY  |Curranaad | Died April 10th
1973 | His wife Bridget| Died May 28th 1947. | Aunt BRIDGET
ATHY | Died July 29th 1956 | (basestone: Athy)

No. 4
In Loving Memory of | MICHAEL BATTLE | Laughtavar y| Died Oct.
10th 1973 | His wife KATHLEEN |Died April 2nd 1943.| R.I.P .|
Erected by | MARY DOHERTY (nee BATTLE) | & sons Gurteens

No. 5
In Memoriam | ULICK BOURKE | Crallach | 1811-1898 | His wife
ELLEN (nee GORDON) | Their son THOMAS | Died  L?? 1913 | His
wife JULIA | Died 20th June 1936.

No. 6
In Loving Memory of  | JOHN CAFFERTY | Belleek Ballina | Died
Aug.19th 1972 | His Brother JAMES | & Also Their Parents |
R.I.P.

No. 7
Erected by| THOMAS and MARIA CANNING,| Ballyvary | In loving
memory|(large amount of  inscription  illegible) | MARIA
CANNING | (illegible line) | THOMAS | Died 4th Feb. 1930 |
AIDEEN | Died 10th June 1977

No. 8
Also of | EDWARD | STANISLAUS | and | ANTHONY JOHN | Their
twin sons | Born 8th Dec.1883 | Died 16th April 188?(one side of
a multisided gravestone, see 7 for front of gravestone)

No. 9
In Loving Memory | PATRICK CARNEY | Gurteen | Died Jan 1907 and
his wife | CATHERINE died July1910 | Also PADDY CARNEY | Died
Dec. 9th 1995 | R.I.P. | Erected by their family |
(basestone:CARNEY)

No. 10
In Loving Memory of | The CLARKE family | Culmore, Foxford |
CELIA | Died 30th Oct. 1974 | JAMES | Died 9th June 1985 |
Anne|Died 5th March 1988 | MARY AGNES | Died 23rd July 1989 |
MICHAEL| Died 17th May 2005 | R.I.P. | (basestone: CLARKE)

No. 11
In loving memory of | DENIS CORBAN, | Longfield, Straide | His
wife ANNE CORBAN | (nee MELIA) | And their son | JAMES CORBAN.

No. 12
Blest be those who hunger and thirst after | Justice for they
shall have their fil l| In Loving Memory | of | MICHAEL
DAVITT, | Who departed this life on the 30th Day | of May 1906
|  At the age of 60 years. | R.I.P. | This monument is erected
by his wife MARY. | 'Blessed are they that suffer persecution
for | Justice sake for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven' | Matt

No. 13
In Loving memory of | HUGH DEANE | JANE DEANE | EDWARD DEANE |
HUGH DEAN | (illegible) | .... of ...| EDWARD DEANE |  ...
July 12th 1828 (or 1823) | ... Died July...19..5

No. 14
In Loving memory of | MARIA DEVANEY | Tavnaugh Straide | Died
27th May 1976 | Her husband MICHAEL | Died 26th December 1984
| Rest in Peace | Always in our thoughts | your loving
daughters | NANCY and BARBARA | (basestone: DEVANEY)

No. 15
Sacred heart of Jesus | Have Mercy on the soul of  | JAMES
FOY | Gurranard | Died Aug. 8th 1991. | His wife DELIA | Died
June 1st 2003. | R.I.P.

No. 16
In Loving Memory of | KATIE FOY | Currane | Died June 21st
1978 | Husband JAMES | Died Feb. 4th 1986. | R.I.P.

No. 17
In Memoriam | OWEN GALLAGHER | Grallagh | 1820-1895 | His wife
SARAH (nee KING) | Their children | MICHAEL died 20th Feb 1914
| Patrick died 24th Sept. 1940 | SARAH died 10th April 1952

No. 18
Sacred Heart of Jesus | Have Mercy on the Soul of  | JOHN
GAVIN, | who died 1885. Aged 63 years, | And his wife, MARY,
died 1912, | Aged 73 years | Also their son MICHAEL, | Died
1934 aged 66 years. | Their diaghter BRIDGET RUANE, | Died
1932, Aged 72 years. | R.I.P. | Erected by their sons.

No. 19
Pray for the soul of | Very Rev. | MICHAEL LOUIS HENRY | DD.
D.P.M. | Parish Priest of Straide | Who died 30 Dec. 1947 |
R.I.P. | Non Nobis Domine | Non Nobis Sed Nomini | Tuo Da
Gloriam | PS XCIII  IX

No. 20
O Lord | Have Mercy on the Soul of | JOHN DAVITT | Aged 70
years | Also His Wife MARY | Died December 1882 | Aged 70
years

No. 21
(Irish writing) Mata 3 | Map Cuimaingao Spaoamuil | ap |
MICEAL MAC DAITI. | a puaip bap | via ceaoaoin 30 an bealtaine
1906 | Tpi piein bliaoain oaoip. | R.I.P. | Do tog Maipe a
bean. | (Irish writing) Mata 5 [MICHAEL MAC DAVITT]

No. 22
Same marker as #21. Second view. With cross.

No. 23
Pray for the Soul of | MARY SMITH | Died September 1900 | Aged
19 years

No. 24
In Loving Memory of | JOHANNA McGEEVER | Blackfort | Died June
19th 1970 | Her Husband HUGH | Died July 1st 1971 | Their Son
MICHAEL | Died Oct. 30th 1972. | R.I.P. | (basestone) McGEEVER

No. 25
(Irish writing) |  To the memory of | CALBACH DUBH O' DONEL
and of his Wife MARY daughter  | of Colonel MANUS O' DONEL of
Newport, | and of their sons | MANUS of Wilford in the County
of Mayo; JOSEPH, Lieut Genl | in the Spanish Service and
HENRY, Count of the Empire, and | Lieut genl in the Service of
the Empress MARIA THERESA | and of the Sons of MANUS | JOSEPH,
a Captain in the Spanish Service, died in Sta. Cruz, 1787 |
HUGH, who also died in the West Indies, and CHARLES, Count |
of the Empire, and Major General in the Austrian Service, |
died of wounds after the battle of Ulm 16th Oct. 1806. | In
this vault lie the Remains | of | MARY O' DONEL (otherwise
McDONNELL) wife of | JOSEPH O' DONEL, last mentioned. She died
1831 | and of their only Son | JOSEPH MANUS O'DONEL of
Castlebar, born 1780 died 1834 | and of his wife Margaret
(otherwise McDONNELL), She died 1849 | and of their children |
MARY born ...11, died 1843, MANUS LEWIS born 1812 | died ..7,
LEWIS, born 1824, died 1861. | CHAR... JOSEPH born 1818, died
1901

No. 26
See #25 above. Second view.

No. 27
(very worn headstone) O DONEL | of | Tyrconnell | 1818-1901.

No. 28
See #27. Second view, with cross

No. 29
See #27. Third view with surrounding area

No. 30
On wall. (Irish writing) | Pray for soul of | Count MANUS O
DONNEL | Major General in his | Imperial Majesty's service |
who departed this life | 21st December 1793 | Aged 80 years |
Also ... ... the souls of his | F..... and Mother | and ??.O
Donnel Jun | Ere b... Quin byoidol (?) | Rober...Roolayood ...

No. 31
See #30 and #32 . Second view. Wall.

No. 32
On Wall (Irish Writing) | To the memory of | CALBACH ROE O
DONEL of Newcastle, died 1770 | and of his Sons. | MANUS,
Count of the Empire, Major General in the | Austrian Service,
born 1713, died 1793 (for whom this Vault | was first
erected): and Lewis of Killeen, Captain in the | Austrian
Service, born 1716: died 1822, aged 106 | and of the Sons of
Lewis | CHARLES. Died (blank): MANUS, Captain in the British
Service | died 1812| DOMINICK, also an Officer in the British
Service, he died in India; and Lewis of Rosslands, who died
and was buried at Ostend 1841, and his Wife, | JUDITH O DONEL
(otherwise BOURKE); She died at | Kingstown, and was buried in
Marlborough St. Cathedral | Dublin 1871, most sad survivor of
Eight Children | all of whom died unmarried. | In this Vault
lie the Remains | of Four of those Children | MARY BAPTISTE,
born 1828; died 1847. | JUDITH, born 1830; died 1849. |
CHARLES, born 1823, died ...53. | ...NE LOUISA, born 1822, died
1855. | Requiescant in pace.

No. 33
In Loving memory of | JOHN SHEERIN | Straide | Died Dec. 18th
1918 His wife | BRIDGET died Dec. 21st 1951 | & their
daughters SARAH | Died Nov. 2nd 1918. | & LINDA SCOTT | Died
Aug. 9th 1974. | Their son JOHN | Died Aug. 12th 1978. |
R.I.P.

No. 34
See #23. Bottom portion of headstone. Died September 1900 |
Aged 19 years | Erected by her husband | MICHAEL SMITH

No. 35
In Loving Memory of | PATRICK WALSHE | Blanemore | Died 1928 |
wife MARGARET | Died 1953 | Daughter CATHERINE | Died in New
York | 1953 | & Son PATRICK | Died 1980. | R.I.P. |
(basestone) WALSHE | small stone beside #35 WALSH | Blanemore