Turlough Abbey Cemetery, Castlebar
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TURLOUGH ABBEY CEMETERY, CO. MAYO, IRELAND

No. 0
Tower

No. 1
Graveyard

No. 2
Graveyard

No. 3
O Lord have mercy | on the soul of | PAT HUGHES who died |
June 20th 1869, Aged | 33 (?) years. Also his wife | who died
March 2, 1889 | aged 60 years | Also their daughter | | MARY
HUGHES who | died September 1st 1915 | Aged 54 years | Also
their son ANTHONY HUGHES | Died March 12th 1942 (?) | Aged 72
years | R.I.P. | Erected by ANTHONY HUGHES

No. 4
O Lord have mercy on the Soul of | ALEXANDER McDONNELL | who
departed this life | the 16th day of April 1865 | Aged 59 (?)
years | And ... daughter ELLEN who died | the 25th (?) of
October 1862 | Aged 5 months | Also | the soul of HENRY (?)
McDONNELL | who departed this life on the .. | day of
November 1863 | Aged 18 (?) years

No. 5
In loving memory of | JOHN McHALE. | Muckanaugh. Parke. | And
his wife ELLEN | Also their sons | STEPHEN & MICHAEL. |
R.I.P. | Erected by his nephew & niece

No. 6
Pray for the soul of | PETER McHUGH Ballyart | Who died March
26 1914 age | 71 years | Also his wife ANNE McHUGH | Who died
July 23 1910 age | 71 years | Also PETER McHUGH who | died
March 3 1915 age 9 years | R.I.P.

No. 7
Pray for the soul of | HONOUR STANTON | Who died on 3rd May
1893 | Aged 55 Years | Also her daughter | MARY STANTON alias
MORAN | Who died on 4th May 1893 | Aged 21 Years | R.I.P.

No. 8
Sacred Heart of Jesus | have mercy on the soul of | PATRICK
BARRETT | Lack Turlough Castlebar | Who departed this life |
July 1st 1911 aged 69 years | Also his wife ELIZABETH | Who
died Jan 2nd 1948 | Aged 91 years | Erected by his | loving
wife & two sons | THOMAS & MARTIN BARRETT | Butte Montana
America

No. 9
In loving memory of | PATRICK BOURKE | Cloonkesh. | Died 31st
Jan. 1969. | Aged 95 years. | His wife ANNIE | Died 11th Nov.
1923. | Aged 45 years. | Their sons | TIM, died 24th July
1943. | Aged 26 years. | MICHAEL, died 4th Mar. 1953. | Aged
32 years. | R.I.P.

No. 10
Erected | in memory of | KATE BROWNE | Who died July 2nd 1925
(?) | Aged 61 years | Husband JAMES | Died May 1957 | Aged 88
years

No. 11
In Loving Memory | of | MARY CARNEY | Windsor | Who died Dec.
2nd, 1938 | Aged 69 years. | And her husband | JOHN CARNEY |
Died March 27th 1949 | Aged 75 years. | Also their son |
PATRICK CARNEY | Died Nov. 7th 1965. | "Sacred Heart of Jesus
| have mercy on her soul." | R.I.P. | Erected by | her fond
husband and family.

No. 12
Pray | for the soul of | MARY ELLEN CARNEY, | Cunnagher, |
Died 16th Mar. 1954. | And her husband THOMAS, | Died 17th
Nov. 1960. | Their son THOMAS | Died 17th Oct. 1982. | Aged
59 yrs. | Also their son ANTHONY | Died 4th Mar. 1990. | Aged
62 years | And His Wife NORA | Died 4th Nov 2005 | Aged 65
Years | R.I.P. | Erected | by her husband & family. | CARNEY

No. 13
In loving memory of | MICHAEL CARNEY, | Cunnagher, | Died
1915, aged 35 years. | His wife BRIDGET, | Died 1952, aged 71
years. | Their son JAMES | Died 1973, aged 62 years. | R.I.P.
| Erected by their family.

No. 14
In loving memory of | MARTIN CORLEY, | Parke. | Died 17th
Aug. 1957, aged 80 yrs. | His wife MARY, | Died 15th Nov.
1971, aged 90 yrs. | Also their son JOHN, | Died 5th April
1975, aged 59 yrs. | And his wife BRIDIE, | Died 31st Dec.
1979, aged 67 yrs.

No. 15
In loving memory of | JAMES P. DEASY, | Ex R.I.C. | Cnoc-Na-
Cille, Ross. | Died 13th Feb. 1971. | His wife KATHLEEN |
Died 30th June 1983 | And their sons | PATRICK B. DEASY |
Died 2nd Nov. 1993. | JOHN JOE DEASY | Died 9th (?) Feb.
1995.

No. 16
Pray for the souls of | MARY DEVANEY | Shunnag | Died 10.
Dec. 1914 Aged 76 | PATRICK DEVANEY | Died 7. Oct. 1938 Aged
65 | His son JAMES | Died 11. Feb. 1934 Aged 31 | MARIE
DEVANEY | Died 20. July 1954 Aged 86 | R.I.P.

No. 17
In loving memory of | MICHAEL DUFFY, Parke. | Died 3rd Feb.
1990 Aged 84 years | Grandson | Baby PATRICK GERARD DUFFY |
Died 9th April 1991. | R.I.P.

No. 18
In loving memory of | BRIDGET FALLON, | Crimlin, Ross, | Died
19th Oct. 1981, | Aged 52 years. | R.I.P. | Erected by the
family. | FALLON

No. 19
In loving memory of | JOHN FLYNN | Parke | Died Jan. 15th
1980 | His wife MARIA | Died Nov. 15th 1983. | R.I.P. |
Erected by the family | FLYNN

No. 20
In loving memory of | PAT GIBBONS | Cashel. | Died 1936, Aged
92 years. | His wife JUDE | Died 1918, Aged 74 years. | Their
son MICHAEL | Died 1953, Aged 80 years. | And their daughter
ANN | Died 1969, Aged 87 years. | ELLEN GIBBONS | Died 5th
Jan. 1978. (Wife of MICHAEL) | NELL GIBBONS | Died 21st Oct.
1991, Aged 74 years. | PAT GIBBONS | Died 28th Sept. 1995,
Aged 77 years. | R.I.P.

No. 21
In loving memory of | THOMAS HENEGHAN | Ballyguinn | Died 1st
Oct. 1984, aged 96 years | And his wife DELIA | Died 23rd
Jan. 1957, aged 55 years.

No. 22
In Loving Memory of | LIAM HIGGINS | Turlough | Died 19th
Feb. 1941 | Aged 2 years | And his sister TERESA ANN | Died
27th Feb. 1941 | Aged 4 months | And his brother MICHAEL R.
HIGGINS | Died 21 Nov 1947 | Aged 4 years | Also their father
WILLIAM HIGGINS | Died 24th June 1951 | Aged 63 years | His
wife BRIDGET (BEA) | Died 15th Jan. 1990 | Aged 77 years |
R.I.P.

No. 23
In loving memory of | STEPHEN HOBAN | Cappaney | Died Oct.
1975. | His wife ELLEN | Died Sept. 1969. | Their daughter
NELLIE | Died May 1952. | HOBAN

No. 24
In loving memory of | JAMES LAWLESS. | Lack. | Died 15th July
1952. | And his wife MARY. | Died 19th Nov. 1970.

No. 25
Sacred Heart of Jesus | have mercy on the souls of | THOMAS
MacNEELA, Parke, | Died 8th Jan. 1943, aged 21. | Also Mrs.
MARY MacNEELA | Died 25th Feb. 1945, aged 89. | And Mrs.
MARIA MacNEELA | Died 23rd Dec. 1953, aged 79. | And JOHN
MacNEELA | Died 24th Feb. 1964, aged 89. | R.I.P.

No. 26
In Loving Memory of | MICHAEL McDONNELL | Ross | And his wife
CATHERINE

No. 27
In Loving Memory Of | STEPHEN McDONNELL | Meelick, Turlough.
| Died 20th December 1926. | BRIDGET McDONNELL | Died 18th
December 1945. | THOMAS McDONNELL | Died 31st July 1978.

No. 28
In loving memory of | PATRICK McHALE, | Ballyguinn. | Died
1st Nov. 1955. | His wife ANNIE, | Died 2nd Aug. 1956. |
Their son PATRICK. | Died 12th May 1983.

No. 29
In loving memory of | PATRICK S. McHALE, | Treen, Parke, |
Died 26th Jan. 1980 | His brother MICHAEL | Died 8th April
1981.

No. 30
In loving memory of | MICHAEL McHUGH | Muckanagh | Died Dec.
19th 1951 | His wife MARY | Died Dec. 23rd 1977 | Their son
PADDY | Died Dec. 7th 1979

No. 31
In loving memory of | AGNES MONAGHAN | Doovin | Died 25th
April 1976 aged 62. | Her husband | THOMAS MONAGHAN | Died
11.Feb. 1990 aged 81 | Her brother | MICHAEL WALSHE | Died
9.March 1982 aged 65

No. 32
In loving memory of | DOMNICK O'DONNELL | Turlough | Died 13-
Feb 1927 | His wife BRIDGET | Died 23-June 1951 | Her mother
| MARGARET MURPHY | Died 20-March 1920 | EDWARD LAVIN. | Died
14th Feb. 1984. | And his wife DELIA | Died 4th Jan. 1993 |
R.I.P. | Erected by EDWARD and DELIA LAVIN.

No. 33
In loving memory of JOHN BARRETT (LACK) | who died Jan 1928 |
his wife | ELLEN died Oct 1910 | also their grandchildren |
ELLEN, died Aug 1925 | JOHN, died Jan 1939 | MICHAEL BARRRETT
| died July 2nd 1951 | and his wife MARY ANN | died 18th Dec
1967 | also DECLAN died on the | 11th of April 1981 aged 10
years.

No. 34
Sacred Heart of Jesus | have mercy on the soul of | MARTIN
BARRETT | Ballycarriff | who died 7th Nov 1947 | aged 80
years | his son TOM | Ross East | died 2nd Jan 1996 | and his
wife MARY | died 14th Dec 1989| R.I.P.

No. 35
In loving memory of | MARY ELLEN BOYLE | Shunnagh | died
October 24th 1982 | aged 69 years | her husband |ANTHONY
BOYLE | died 1st Aug 1989 | aged 79 years | R.I.P.  | Erected
by her family.

No. 36
MARTY DEASY | died 1950 | EDDIE DEASY | died 18-19-1958 |
brothers of JAMES.

No. 37
In | loving memory of | PATRICK DEVANEY | Ross East | died
20th Sep 1957, aged 76 years | and his wife MARIA | died 4th
Jan 1962, aged 77 years | also their sons | JOHN | died 1st
Nov 1955, aged 40 years | MARTIN | died 15th Aug 1960, aged
34 years | MARY | died 4th Sept 1973 | aged 59 years | also
TOMMIE DEVANEY | died 14th May 1992 | aged 73 years.

No. 38
In loving memory of | THOMAS DURCAN | Middletown | died 4th
Feb 1986 | R.I.P. | erected by | his brother PADDY.

No. 39
Pray for the soul of | BRIDGET GIBBONS | who died March 26th,
1913 | aged 67 years | also her daughter | MARGARET | died
Dec 23rd 1897 | aged 19 years | and her infant son JAMES |
also JAMES GIBBONS | who died Jan 10th 1929, aged  80 |May
their souls rest in peace | Erected by her fond husband|
JAMES GIBBONS.

No. 40
In loving memory of | JOHN GIBBONS | Cashel died 1939 | his
wife BRIDGET died 1936 | their sons DAVY died 1957 | JIM died
1951 | JACK died 1928 |& daughter BRIDGET died 1876 | R.I.P.

No. 41
Pray | for the souls of | PATRICK | and BRIDGET GIBBONS |of
Lack | also their children | BRIDGET ELLEN THOMAS | who
departed this life | erected by their son | MICHAEL GIBBONS |
R.I.P.

No. 42
In loving memory of | KATE HYNES | Cunnagher Ross | died 31st
Jan 1981 | aged 67 years.

No. 43
In loving memory | of | JOHN KELLY | of Cappavicar | who died
15th Nov 1907 | aged 55 years | and his wife | CATHERINE
KELLY | who died 6th Dec 1920 | aged 60 years.

No. 44
Sacred Heart of Jesus | have mercy | on the soul of | KATE
KINEAVY | Ross West Castlebar | who died 25 March 1949 | aged
66 years | and her husband JOHN | who died 30th Jan 1959 |
aged 83 years | also their sons | MICHAEL died 2nd Feb 1967 |
aged 54 years | JOHN died 26th Mar 1971 | aged 60 years |
R.I.P. | Erected by her husband and family.

No. 45
In loving memory of | CELIA McDONAGH | Cappavicar | died 18th
July 1953 | her husband MICHAEL | died 26th Jan 1956 | their
daughter | MARY ELLEN | and son TOM | also JOHN McDONAGH |
died 28th April 1986 | aged 68 years | R.I.P. | Erected by
son JOHN | McDONAGH

No. 46
In loving memory of | PETER McDONNELL | Leckneen, Turlough |
1881 - 1956 | and his wife BRIDGET | 1892 - 1978 | their
daughter MARY | 1927 - 1972 | and their son PETER | 1929 -
1999.

No. 47
In loving memory of |BELLA McDONNELL | Rathbawn Drive |
Castlebar | died 17th April 1998 | aged 83 years | and her
husband | EDDIE | died 18th Dec 2001 | aged 94 years | On
their souls | sweet Jesus have mercy | R.I.P.

No. 48
Mary Queen of Heaven | pray for the soul of | BRIDGET
McDONNELL | Drumdaff | died April 7th 1956 | aged 79 years |
her husband PATRICK | died Sept 5th 1965 | aged 93 years |
MARGARET McDONNELL | died 31st Oct 1983 |aged 6_? years | and
her husband PETER |died 16 __? 1992 | R.I.P. | Erected by |
her husband PATRICK.

No. 49
as No. 48 above, also showing  white statue of Our Lady on
top of headstone.

No. 50
In loving memory of | DOMNICK O?DONNELL | Turlough | died 13
Feb 1927 | his wife BRIDGET | died 23 June 1951 | her mother
| MARGARET MURPHY | died 20 March 1920 | EDWARD LAVIN | died
14th Feb 1984 | and his wife DELIA | died 4th Jan 1993 |
R.I.P. | Erected by EDWARD and DELIA LAVIN.


No. 51
In loving memory | of | JAMES McDONNELL | Cunnagher Ross |
died 13th June 1979 | his mother BRIDGET | died 30th Jan 1935
| aged 71 years | his father PAT | died 9th March 1926 | aged
66 years |their grandson | MICHAEL THOMAS | died Nov 1944 |
aged 3 months | R.I.P.

No. 52
as No.  46 (PETER McDONNELL, etc.)

No. 53
In loving memory of | EDWARD McHALE | Cunnagher | his wife
NORA | and their sons | ULICK and JAMES | PAT McHALE | died
21st July 1981 | R.I.P.

No. 54
In loving memory of | MICHAEL McHALE | Laragan | died 31st
Aug 1980 | and his wife KATE | died 8th Nov 1990.

No. 55
In loving memory of | JOHN JOSEPH MORAN | Lavalinrea and
Cardiff | died 23 March 1982 | R.I.P. | MORAN.

No. 56
In loving memory of |JOHN MORAN | Ross West | his wife
BRIDGET | and their son | THOMAS | R.I.P. | Erected by their
son John.

No. 57
MICHAEL MURPHY | Lavallinree | died Mar 1912 | his wife
WINIFRED | nee KENNY | died July 1970 | and grandchild baby
MARTINA.

No. 58
O Lord | have mercy on the soul of | THOMAS MURPHY | who died
December 25th 1891 | aged 65 years | also his daughter MARY |
who died November 15th 1893 | aged 38 years | and his son
THOMAS | who died January 14th 1897 | aged 23 years | Erected
by a loving son and brother | MICHAEL MURPHY Lavallinree.

No. 59
In loving memory of | MARY NEARY | Tawney | died 11th April
1930 |and her husband ANDREW | died 13th Mar 1941.

No. 60
Pray | for the soul of | PATRICK NEARY | Tawneykinaff | died
15th Jan 1970 | aged 77 years | and his wife ELLIE | died 3rd
Aug 1997 | aged 94 years.

No. 61
In loving memory of | PATRICK PHILBIN | Conloon | died 1921 |
and his wife BRIDGET | (nee FAULKNER ) | died 1928 | also
their daughter SARAH | died 1910.  R.I.P.

No. 62
In loving memory of | JOHN ROACHE | Cashel | died Sept 30th
1939 | his wife NORAH | died May 1st 1941 | R.I.P.


No. 63
In loving memory of | MICHAEL SHERIDAN | Windsor | died 3rd
June 1976 | R.I.P. | SHERIDAN

No. 64
(see No. 65 for first four lines...
...1904 aged 49 years |and his son JERRYMIAH | who died on
the 7th May 1915 | aged 22 years | also his wife | ELLEN
SWEENEY | who died April 27th 1942 | aged 76 years | also her
son JOHN | died June 16th 1948 | aged 63 years | and her son
THOMAS | died Jan 13th 1969 | R.I.P. | Sweet Jesus have mercy
| on their souls.

No. 65
as No. 64 above, with four lines at top of headstone...
O Lord have mercy on | the soul of | PATRICK SWEENEY | who
died on the 21st of July |....