St Columba's Church Cemetery, County Wicklow, Ireland
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ST. COLUMBA'S, GREENANE CEMETERY, COUNTY WICKLOW, IRELAND

Photos taken August - October 2015

The graveyard at St Columba's R.C. Church is very small.
There's a much larger graveyard about half a kilometre SE,
on the road to Ballinaclash. (There's also a cemetery at
Ballinatone C. of I church a little further on that road)

Photo No. 0
St Columba's Church

Photo No. 1
Dedication Stone St. Columba's Church | Greenane | 1801
-2001 | Dedicated by | Cardinal Desmond Connell | To the
memory of all who worshipped here. | 10th June 2001

Photo No. 2
Erected | by | BRIAN FARRELL, | In Memory Of His Father |
JAMES FARRELL, | Corrasillagh, Glenmalure, | Who Died 9th
Feb. 1937, Aged 89 Yrs. | MICHAEL FARRELL | died 13th Oct.
1934. | R. I. P.

Photo No. 3
In | Loving Memory | of | Our Dear Mother | MARY DOHERTY |
Ballinacor | Who died 19th Jan 1925 aged 70 Yrs | R. I. P.

Photo No. 4
(I could find no writing on this stone)

Photo No. 5
In Loving Memory of | ANDREW BUTLER | died 3rd? Dec 1941 |
R.I.P. | Erected by his loving wife

Photo No. 6
Erected | by | PETER DOYLE | of Clash | in memory of his
beloved mother | ESTHER DOYLE | who died on 4th May 1918
aged 87 years | also his beloved father | PATRICK DOYLE |
who died on 7 May 1886 aged 65 years | also his sister |
ANNE CAREY | died on 2nd July 1886 aged 28 years | also his
brother | EDWARD DOYLE | died on 10 June 1912 aged 41 years
| also | PATRICK and CATHERINE MOORE

Photo No. 7
Thy Will Be Done | Erected | by their family | in loving
memory of | FRANK O'NEILL | died 4th Aug 1931 aged 97 years.
| his wife CATHERINE | died 16th Feb 1930 aged 78. | their
son FRANCIS died 2nd April 1906 | their daughters |
CATHERINE O'BRIEN died 13th May 1930 | ROSANNA HOUGHTON |
died in Glasgow 1919. | also PHELIM & CHARLIE died young. |
R. I. P

Photo No. 8
Erected by JONATHAN SNELL | in Memory of his Mother |
CATHERINE SNELL. Died 7th | August 1818 Aged 60 Years | Also
his Brother WILLIAM SNE | Died 6th July 1819 Aged 22 | Years
| Requiescant in pac(e?) Amen.

Photo No. 9
In | Loving Memory of | MARY WOULAHAN, Rathdrum | who died
16th Feb. 1929, aged 59 yrs. | Her husband | JAMES WOULAHAN
| died 17th March 1930, aged 70 Yrs. | R. I. P.

Photo No. 10
Erected by GARRET WOOLAHAN | n memory of his fathe. .(JA?)
MES | WOLLOUGHON who Depd this | ife 14 Jan 1819 Aged 62 yrs
| Also his son JOHN Died Young | Requiescant in pace Amen

Photo No. 11
Erected | by | MARY MERNAGH | in loving memory of | her
dearly beloved husband | MICHAEL MERNAGH | who died 22. Aug
1894 | aged 27 years. | R.I.P.

Photo No. 12
Erected | In Loving Memory Of | MATTHEW MAHON, Greenane |
who died 11th May 1906 | aged 30 years.

Photo No. 13
Here lie Interred the Re | mains of HENRY DESPARD | who
Departed July 31st 1819? (1810?) | Aged 61 Years.
Requiescat | in Pace Amen

Photo No. 14
Erected by Mrs BYRNE of Ballinabarny | in memory of MARGRET
GRAY depd | 12th June 1838 aged 40 Years | May she Rest in
Peace Amen

Photo No. 15
Erected by | ANDR(EW?) BOURKE of Clonerkin | memory of his
beloved Mother | FRANCES BOURKE | who died 28th? June 1874
aged 90 yrs | Also the above named ANDREW BOURKE | who died
26th Oct 1896 aged 72 yrs

Photo No. 16
Overview of No 17 and 18

Photo No. 17
Hic Jacet Reverendus Johannes | Kavanagh Filius Terentii et
Elio | nore Bolan natus Annagh prope | Goriam 27 die Decemb
1729 Et | die 5 Novemb 1802 Pastor designa- | tus fuit? Ad
Gubern?dam Pariochiam | Rathdrumens?m Obut die primo | 1
A?gusti 1825 | Requiescat in Pace Amen | (the Latin
inscription is on the upper surface of the tomb. I couldn't
get it all in one photo, so No 17 is a composite of three
photos)

Photo No. 18
Here lies Reverend JOHN KAVANAGH | The son of
TERENCE and ELIONORE BOLAN | Born in Annagh near Gorey 27th
Dec 1729 | He was appointed parish priest | of the parish of
Rathdrum in 1802 | He died on the 1st August 1825 | May he
rest in peace

Photo No. 19
Erected by | JAMES BEHAN of Rathdrum | in memory of his
beloved wife | ELLANOR BEHAN | who died 18 Febr 1863 aged 34
years | Requiescat in Pa(ce?)

Photo No. 20
Overview of No 21

Photo No. 21
Erected | by | FRANK WEDICK, | Rathdrum | in memory of
STEPHEN MURPHY | who died 16th Augt 1897? Aged 82? Yrs |
Also his son STEPHEN MURPHY | died 28th March 1897 aged 46
Yrs | Also his father JAMES MURPHY | died 1st June 1866 aged
86 Yrs | Also his wife JULIA MURPHY | died 7th Dec 1884 aged
63 Yrs | Also his daughter ANNE MURPHY | died 8th Oct 1882
aged 25 Yrs | R. I. P.

Photo No. 22
Overview of No 23

Photo No. 23
Erected by THOMAS DOYLE in | Memory of his Father ANDREW
DOYLE | who departed April the 18th 1835 aged | 70 years |
Also his mother BRIDGET DOYLE of | Clonerken who departed
this life | July 1st 1848 Aged 92 years | Requiescant in
pace Amen

Photo No. 24
Overview of No 25

Photo No. 25
Erected by | JAMES DOYLE of Clonerkin | in memory of his
belovd Father | THOMAS DOYLE who died Augt 15 | 1872 aged 70
yrs And his Mother | MARY DOYLE who died Aug 22 | 1872? aged
66 yrs and his Brother | ANDREW who died Septr 11th 1872 |
Aged 25 years | Also his sister BRIDGET who died Sep | 20th
1881 aged 41 years and his Sister | ANNE died 11th Dec 1900
aged 60 years | May they rest in peace

Photo No. 26
Overview of No 27

Photo No. 27
?Gloria in excelsis Deo | Here lieth the body of | MARGARET
HEYDEN who D.. | this life Novem the 10th 1817 in | the 56th
year of her Age

Photo No. 28
Overview of No 20

Photo No. 29
Erected | by |JOHN BARLOW, Tigro..y | in memory of his
?Grand | Father JOHN LENNON who | ?died July 3rd 1837 aged
46 | His Grand mother MARY | ?LENNON died March? 19? | 1877?
Aged 86 yrs. His Brother | MICHAEL & ?MARGARET  died? |
young. Also his father | WILLIAM BARLOW who died | November
5th 1881 aged ?70 | years. Also his Mother | MARY? BARLOW
died Dec 2? | 18--? Aged 67 yrs.




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