Headstones: Multyfarnham Cemetery
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MULTYFARNHAM CEMETERY

Directions:	Take Right off the M4/N4 at Ballynafid [or Bunbrosna, if you
missed first turn] and proceed for 3km. Right at Catholic Church and cemetery is
opposite back entrance of church. 11.5km NNW of Mullingar
GPS: N 		53 37' 22.783"
GPS: W		 7 23' 28.1419"
Photos taken 21/12/2008
Transcriptions 18/03/2010

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Notes:
Names or words in [ Box Brackets ] are added as a result of my own research.
Characters between question marks ? x ? are my nearest guess. '_' indicates
completely illegible characters.
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Photo No.01
Of your Charity | Pray for the soul of | CHRISTOPHER DOWLING
| of Rathowen | Who died April 13th 1904 aged 89 years. |
Also his wife | ELIZA DOWLING [nee GAYNOR] | Who died July
13th 1903 | Aged 90 years | R.I.P. | Erected by their son |
JOHN DOWLING.

Photo No.02
In loving memory of | JOHN DOWLING Rathowen | Died 16 Feb
1940 | His dear wife MARY | Died 25 Feb 1925 | And in fond
memory of their baby son MICHAEL | In loving memory of
CHRISTOPHER DOWLING | Died 7 April 1965 | His dear sister
BRIDGET | Died 8 Nov 1968

Photo No.03
Pray for the repose of the | Soul of | AGNES C. GAYNOR | Who
departed this life 11th April 1899 | Also her husband |
EDWARD GAYNOR | Died  17th Dec 1936 Aged 86 yrs | Their son
PETER | Died 31 Aug 1981 | R.I.P.

Photo No.04
In loving memory | of | PETER GAYNOR | Ballinalack | Died 31
Aug 1981, aged 86 yrs | His wife ELIZABETH | (nee COLEMAN) |
Died 26 Dec 2003 in her 88th year | R.I.P.

Photo No.05
In loving memory | of | JOSEPH WEIR | Ballinderry, Mullingar
| Died 28th October 1997 | At base of Headstone: Ar dheis Dé
go raibh a hanam uasal (Gaelic prayer for the dead) ->> May
his/her noble soul be at the right hand of God

Photo No.06
This headstone is almost totally illegible but I established
from my own records [and rubbing the headstone] the
following details [not wording]: MARY WEIR (nee Dowling -
daughter of Christopher Dowling above) died 13 Nov 1940 aged
81 yrs [born 27 Oct 1859] her daughter MARY ANN 'MAE' WEIR
died 1st Dec 1961 aged 64 [born 1897] Also BRIDGET WEIR
[sister] 9th June 1975 aged 76 [born 8th Nov 1898]

Photo No.07
In | loving memory of | SEAN WEIR | Multyfarnham | Died 9th
February 1991 | Aged 68 Years | His sister Maureen | Died
14th August 2007 | Aged 86 years | Rest in Peace | Lord by
your Cross and Resurrection | You have set us free | You are
the Saviour of the world | W E I R



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