Parish Church of Arklow, Main St., Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland
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Contributed by: Emma Cullen
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THE PARISH CHURCH OF ARKLOW ON MAIN STREET, COUNTY WICKLOW,
IRELAND

Brian J. Cantwell's (F.R.S.A.I. & F.I.G.R.S.) excellent
transcription for this cemetery from 'Memorials of the
Dead', was used to help in the reading and transcribing of
these headstones. Permission was kindly given by his son
Ian Cantwell.


Photo No.0
Sign

Photo No.1
Sign with History

Photo No.2
List of Names

Photo No.3
View

Photo No.4
Here lieth the body of | THOMAS ARTHURE Esq M.D. |
who departed this life | March 12th 1822 aged 38.

Photo No.5
This stone and burial place is the pro | perty of ROBT THOS
ATKINS of | ... North in this parish | Also his son JOHN
ATKINS R.N. who depd | this life 17 (?) of Octr 1835 aged
57.

Photo No.6
Erected by ROLAND AYRES of Park | in memory of his wife
ESTHER AYRES who | depd this life Nov 11 183_ | aged 75 |
also the above ROLAND AYRES who | depd this life ... 1840
aged 70 yr.

Photo No.7
Erected by JAMES BORBRIDGE of Ballyrein | to the memory of
his beloved mother | Mrs JANE BORBRIDGE died April 18 1818
aged 72 years | also his sister Mrs ELIZABETH SMITH late of
| CUMMER (?) died Sept 23rd 1823 aged 24 YRS | also his
belovd wife ALICIA DOROTHEA died | July 2nd 1842 aged 32
years | JANE BORBRIDGE of Ballyraine who departed this |
life October 5th 1867 aged 70 yrs.

Photo No.8
Here Lieth the Body of | MARGRETT BOULAND Who | departed
this life Octr | 3d 1769 agd 30 years.
(signed by Dennis Cullen)

Photo No.9
Here lieth the body of MARY BOWLAND | wife of ROBERT
BOWLAND departed this | life ... 17.3 aged 70 yrs ROBERT |
BOWLAND departed this life December | the 2d 1769 aged 83
years HUGH | BOWLAND son of the above departed | this life
November the 4th 1774 aged 6_? | also of MARGERET BOWLAND
wife of the | above HUGH BOWLAND who died 17th ... (1801?)
aged 70 years.

Photo No.10
This stone was erected by JANE GRIFFITHS | in memory of her
mother MARY BOWLAND | who died 27 July 1815 aged 81 Years |
also THOMAS BOWLAND son to the above MARY | died May 20th
179_? aged 27 years | BENJAMIN GRIFFITHS departed this life
| November the 30 1821 aged 3 (?) yrs.

Photo No.11
Erected by JOHN BRYAN in memory | of his father JAMES BRYAN
who depd | this life January 6 1821 aged 60 years.

Photo No.12
Here lieth the body of JAMES | BRYAN who departed the 11th
| of July 1777 aged 65 years | also his grandaughter
DOROTHE | BROWN departed the ... of Dece | mber 1780 | Here
lieth ROBERT BROWN | departed life February the 10 (?) |
1789 (?) agd 39 years who | commenced ... | the year 1779.

Photo No.13
Here Lyeth the | body of JAMES | BYRNE Decd Mar | the ...
1763 aged | 33 (?) Yrs.

Photo No.14
Here lieth the | body of JOHN | BYRNE depd | 5th Decr |
1782 | agd 83 years | also his wife MARY | BYRNE depd 5th
Sepr 1781 aged 69 | yrs.

Photo No.15
Bottom of stone for RICHARD SHARP:
WILLIAM BYRNE died June | 8th 1805 aged 52 years.

Photo No.16
Sacred to the memory of | OLIVER CARTER Esq | who departed
this life 1st March 1851 | aged 60 years.

Photo No.17
Here lieth the | body of MICHAEL | DOYLE dpd the | 2d May
1784 | agd 45 years.

Photo No.18
Here lieth the body of RALPH | FAIRBROTHER | depd this life
18 May | 1791 aged 68 years also his wife | SULANA | depd
this life 18th Oct 1793 | aged 70 years.

Photo No.19
Here lieth the body of | CATHERINE FEARON who depd | this
life April 13th 1799 agd 19.

Photo No.20
[H]ere lieth the body | of GEORGE FEARON (EATON?) who |
departed this life 10th of | June 1771 agd 66 yrs.

Photo No.21
Erected by MARY FINLAY | in memory of her belovd husband |
ROBERT | died April 17 1857 aged 33 years | JOHN FINLAY |
son to the above died October 16th 1857 aged 10 years.

Photo No.22
Here lieth the body of | CATHERINE GILBERT | dece | asd
Febry the 11th 1759 aged | 50 years.

Photo No.23
Here lieth the body of JANE | GILL departed this life April
| the 9th 1787 aged 69 years | also the body of JOHN GILL |
husband to the above JANE | departed this life February the
25th 178_ aged 84 years | also JANE HAYES daughter | to the
above JOHN and JANE | GILL departed this life Octbr | the
4th 1819 aged 6 (?) years.

Photo No.24
Erected by CATHERINE TYRRELL of Ark | town in memory of her
beloved ather | HENRY HALL who changed time for |
eternity June 5th 1853 aged 72 years | also her
affectionate mother FANNY HALL | who died June 23 1823 aged
30 years | also the above CATHERINE TYRRELL who | departed
this life 22nd December 1856 | aged 37 years with her two
infant children JOHN and MARYANNE.

Photo No.25
Here lieth the | body of GEORG | HEATH who | depd this life
| May the 26th | 1768 aged 68 yrs.
(Signed by D. Cullin)

Photo No.26
... ly[e] the b[o] | dy of ELESE | BTH HELLIOT | deceased |
June ye 16 1726 | aged 1 years.

Photo No.27
Here lieth the body of JOHN HUGHES depd | this life Decr
12th 1788 aged 37 years.

Photo No.28
Here lieth the body of WILLIAM | JOHNSON who departed this
| life July the 16th 1777 aged | 76 years.

Photo No.29
(mostly illegible)
... | ... | ... | ... JOH | NSTON (?) Who | Depar.. | The
.. 24 (or 27?) | Aged ...
(No Johnstons listed on the sign)

Photo No.30
Erected by MATHEW KINCH of | Ballyellen in memory of his
beloved | daughter JANE who departed this life | June 21st
| 1846 in the 17th year of her age | also his daughter JANE
STRINGER | alias | KINCH who depd this life March 17 | 1848
in the 30th year of her age.

Photo No.31
(Top - Coat of Arms of Maule and West family.)
Here lie interred the bodies of WILLIAM MAULE Esqr eldest
son of THOMAS MAULE | Esqr of the City of Dublin together
with | three of his children viZ THOMAS | WILLIAM &
ELIZABETH MAULE | the said WILLIAM MAULE married JANE |
eldest daughter of Major ROGER WEST of | The Rock in this
parish by ELIZABETH the | second daughter of St. HENRY
TICCH | borne Knight Field Marshal | & one of the Lords
Justices of yhis kingdom in the year 1643 which said ROGER
& ELIZABETH WEST are also buried in this place.
(*Earliest known gravestone)

Photo No.32
Here lieth the body | of ANDREW MORRIS | depd 12th Febr
1783 | agd 76 years.

Photo No.33
(Broken stone)
Here lie the remains of SUSANNA MORRIS | Who depd this life
Febry 8th 1844 | WILLIAM MORRIS Mullown departed this life
| March 13 1871 aged 69 years.

Photo No.34
Sacred | to the memory | of | THOMAS MORRIS | of
Mullinarough County Wexford | Who departed this life on the
29th of July 1845 | aged 70 years | SUSAN wife to the above
who depd this life | on the 29th May 1819 aged 52 years |
also their son SAMUEL who died young | ...

Photo No.35
Here lieth MARGRET MOULDS | departed life the 21st of |
February 1776 aged 29 | years.

Photo No.36
Here lieth the body of ALICE PICKWICK | departed | July the
8th 1790 aged 68 years | Also GEORGE PICKWICK departed Decr
| the 1st 1790 aged 80 years | Also lieth the body of ALAN
TINDAL | [w]ho departed this life August the | ... [17]99
aged .. years | [also] the bo[d]y ...
(*Lower section missing)

Photo No.37
... [W]ILLIAM PRES... | [w]ho depd this life | March 23d
1759 agd | 87 years MARY PRES- | LADGE | depd June 10th |
1773 agd 91 years.

Photo No.38
ROBERT ROGAN departed this life 5th June 1808 | aged 67
years.

Photo No.39
Here lyeth ye | body of ROGER | ROWLAND dep | June ye 20th
1748.

Photo No.40
Here | lyeth the body of | WILLIAM ROWLAND son | of ROBT
ROWLAND w | ho departed this life | June the 28th 1742 |
(*rest under ground)

Photo No.41
Erected by | ROBERT SHARP of Ashwood | in memory of his
beloved father | MATHEW SHARP | who departed 30 Nov 1840
aged 68 years | and of his mother JANE SHARP | who died 23
March 1854 aged 70 years.

Photo No.42
Here lieth the body of | RICHARD SHARP who | departed this
life Janury | the 24th 1813 aged 58 | years | Also his wife
ANNE SHARP
(Rest underground)
[who departed this life 5th | February 1822 aged 62 years |
and also his daughter in law | GRACE SHARP Who depd this |
Life 16th July 1837 aged 34 years]

Photo No.43
To the memory of Captain | JOHN SINCLAIR this stone was
erected (precis) by his brother Officers at the age of 41
in the | year of our Lord 1805. [prayer]

Photo No.44
SUSANNA (?) ... | Departed this life 13th of July 18..? |
Aged 65 years | ...o her beloved Husband WILLIAM SMITH |
departed this life Octr the 10th 1849 (?) | Aged 84 Years.

Photo No.45
Here lieth the body of SAMUEL SUTTON | who depd this life
March the 29th 1791 agd | 80 years also of Mrs Sutton his
wife who depd | this life the 30th day of March 17(8?)1 agd
70 years.

Photo No.46
Here lieth the body of NATHANI | EL TACKABERRY | depd |
March the 4th 1768 agd 74 years.

Photo No.47
In memory | of | MARGARET the beloved wife | of JOHN
TYRRELL who departed | this life the 8th day of December
1842 | aged 29 years | also their three infant children |
JAMES, JOHN and MARGARET.

Photo No.48
This stone was erected | in memory of ANDREW | WARD who
departed this life June the 20th 1811 aged | 84 years.

Photo No.49
Erected by JOHN KINCH of Clonough | in memory of ELIZABETH
WEBSTER | relict of WILLIAM WEBSTER late of | Ballinaonoge
| who died 18 April 1853 | aged 81 years.




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