Memorials of the Dead of Co. Tyrone

Journals of the Association for the Preservation of Memorials of the Dead in Ireland

Spellings of the original journals has been retained.

In the above titled of 1896 Vol. III on the frontispiece photograph are a Table of Arms. The drawings include the following names;

#3 BULL 1690. Donaghenry old church, County Tyrone. This does not appear to be heraldic

#13 TEMPLETON 1770. Donahenry old church, Co. Tyrone.
Crest – A church
Arms – Not heraldic
Motto – Pietas

#14 BYRNE No date. Donaghenry old church, Co. Tyrone.
Crest – A dexter hand appanmee.
Arms – Not heraldic, though the mermaid appears in some BYRNE coats-of-arms.
Motto – Rubra manus duorem bonum.

#15 IRWIN. Date 1778. Donaghenry old church, Co.Tyrone.
Crest – An arm couped at the elbow vambraced, the hand bare and holding a thistle.
Arms – A fess between 3 estoiles of 8.
Motto – Sub soli sub umbra vir.

#16- BAILLIE. Date 1624. Donaghenry old church, Co. Tyrone.
Crest- None.
Arms- Not heraldic, but probably intended for the moon in her compliment between 9 stars – 3, 3, 2 and 1. The bordure, and the double upright and horizontal lines, may be put down as an invention of the stonecutter.
Motto – Amor honor et justitia.

Arboe Church Co. Tyrone (From Mrs. T. Long)

In memory of the Revd. John DARLEY, A. M. M.R.I.A.
Rector of the Parish of Arboe, formerly Fellow of
Trinity College, Dublin. Who entered into rest the 4th
day of December, 1880, aged 87 years. In testimony
of unwearied zeal, unaffected humility and ministerial
faithfulness, as a memorial to his beloved flock,
which he led, after the example of the Chief Shephard.

Parish of Ardstraw Co. Tyrone Diocese Derry

There are no moats. As to monuments there are three mural ones of marble in the church of Newtown Stewart, with inscriptions to the memory of three rectors of the parish, viz:

(1st) Doctor John HALL, who in 1724, rebuilt the church, and the following year erected the glebe-house: He had been many years Vice-Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, to which he left an estate of £120 per annum, for the education of two young men, and other charitable purposes, He died in the 78th year of his age, A.D. 1735

(2nd) Doctor Thomas WILSON, who had been a Senior Fellow of said College, and a very learned man. He died in the 73rd year of age, A.D. 1799

(3rd) Doctor George HALL, my immediate predecessor in this living, from which he was removed to the Provostship of the College, and afterwards to the Bishoprick of Dromore.

Ardtrea Churchyard Co. Tyrone
(From Mr. W. F. REYNOLDS)

Here lieth the remains of Samuel HULL, junior, who
was found dead in the mill race at Drapersfield on the
21st day of July 1867, supposed to have been drowned,
aged 21 years.

Here lyeth the body of Hugh NESBIT who departed this
life, May 22 1768, aged 89.

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I.H.S.
Erected in memory of John McCLERNON of Ardvarnish
who died, October 12th 1840, aged 55 years. Also his
wife Bridget who died Augest 27th 1870 aged 72 years.
Also their Too suns -lames & Cornelias who Boath died
young.

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I.H.S.
Here lyeth the body of Paul SCULLIAN who departed this
life, April the 2, 1801, aged 46 years.

‘Upright’
Sacred to the memory of William BRYSON of Ballyihrey
who departed this life, October 6th 1840, aged 75 years.
In life beloved, in death lamented. Also his beloved
wife Margreat BRYSON who departed this life on the 8th
of January 1852, aged 81 years.

‘Flat.’
Here lyeth the body of John FERGUSON who departed
this life, August 27th 1765, agd 79.

‘Upright.’
Here lyeth the body of Robert JOHNSTON who departed
this life, ye 27th of June, 1714, aged 12 years

‘Upright.’
And in another part of graveyard
Here lyes ye body of Margret JOHNSTON who died,
December 23rd 1778, aged 19 years.

‘Upright.’
‘Box-tomb’
Erected to the memory of the Revd Thomas MEREDITH,
D.D. For 6 years Rector of this Parish &
formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin.
He died as he lived in the full assurance that his
Redeemer liveth on May 2nd 1819 Etat 42.

Here lieth the body of James LOWRY of Grange who
departed this life, on Thursday the 10 day of Aug 1797.
aged 72 years. Also the body of William LOWRY who
departed this life, the 13th April in the year of our Lord
1740, aged 60 years. Also the body of Isabella LOWRY
his wife who departed this life, Feby 6 1763, aged 75
years. Also the body of William BARCLAY which
departed this life, Jan. 6th1846, aged 85 years.

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I.H.S.
Here lieth ye body of Elenor DORAN who departed this life, Feby ye 9 1769, aged 21 years.
‘Upright.’

Here lyeth the body of Hanna McKERNAN who departed
this life, March the 24th 1789, aged 65 years. Also her
daughter, Catherine McKERNAN who departed this life,
February 27th 1783 aged 38 years.
‘Upright.’

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I.H.S.
Here lyeth the body of Arthur MAYNE who departed
this life, March the 28th 1789, aged 71 years.
‘ Upright.’

Here lies the remains of Rosey M’CASKEY who departed
this life, on the 26th Octr, 1811, aged 18 years.
‘Upright.’

On a cast-iron shield lying on the grass at the head of grave-
John HILLIS of Edernagh died, 14th November 1850, aged 76 years.

Here lieth the remains of William McCOOD who departed
this life, October the 5th 1853, aged 80 years.
‘ Upright.’

Ballyclog Churchyard Co. Tyrone
(From Major R. R. G. CROOKSHANK)

Here lyeth the body of
Mary MORRIS who departed
this life Dec. 27. 1787. aged 58 years
Also the body of John MORRIS
who died ye 1 of May 1807
aged 88 (38 ?) years.
Upright stone, much sunk in ground to the west of the church.

I have not been able to prove as yet who these two MORRIS’ES were.

The Rev. Samuel MORRIS, Rector of Ballyclogg, had a son named John, who was living in 1804, and would have been about 38 years old in 1807, having entered T.C.D. on 27th October, 1786 aged 16. I had to dig down into the ground to read the lower part of the above inscription.

T.C.D. Entries, MS. &c.
The Rev. Samuel MORRIS entered T.C.D. as a Pensioner, 31 May, 1748., B.A., 1752, MA. 1756, He died in Dublin and was buried in St. Mark’s Churchyard in 1801.

Prerogative Grant, P.R.O.
Administration of the goods, &c, of John MORRIS, late City of Dublin, gent., dec: intestate, was granted by, &c., &c, to the Rev. Samuel MORRIS clk., natural and lawful son, and next of kin of sd dec’d Dated 7 Sept. 1775

Altar-tombstone at eastern end of graveyard near entrance gate

Here lyeth the remains of
William STEWART of Gortegal who departed
this life on the 23 January 1811
Also those of Ann his wife
who died on the 1st October 1857
Also those of their Son Robert
who died on the 23rd of May 1834

Here also were deposited on the 7th April
1862 the remains of Jane the beloved wife of
William STEWART Junr. by whom [this tomb]
was placed here in testimony
to his affectionate and Endeering regard
for her and their memory
Be ye also ready for in such an hour
as ye think not the Son of Man cometh

And of James STEWART of Gortegal who
departed this life10th April 1876 aged 68 years
also William STEWART of Gortegal who
departed this life 10th April 1890 aged 84 years
Blessed are the dead which die in
the Lord. Rev. xiv. 13.

Belville House Parish of Clonoe Co. Tyrone
(From Major R. R. G. CROOKSHANK)

Belville House (alias Gortnaglogh), now in ruins, is situated about a mile to the north-east of Clonoe Church, and about a mile to the west of Mountjoy Castle. Over the hall door is a mural tablet bearing the MORRIS coat-of-arms, initials and the date 1682.

At this time, Captain John MORRIS, of Gortnaglogh (alias Belville), who died in 1685, was in possession of the property, and lived in the above named house. (above the date are the initials, in this order)

M
I F
1685

‘I read the initials thus – M stands for MORRIS; I stands for John and F for his wife’s Christian name, which I do not know.

Clonoe Church and burial ground Co. Tyrone

In the Clonoe Church and burial ground are 4 sketches of inscriptions on monuments connected with the MORRIS family of Belville and Mountjoy, both places situated near this church. They are numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4. The first three are inside the church, and the fourth is cut in the burial-ground.

Major CROOKSHANK has kindly supplied the following particulars in connexion with them:

No. 1 is a mural monument built into the north wall of the church, and faces No. 2. I cannot say if this stone is in its original position, though it was very likely placed over the pew of the Thomas MORRIS named on it.

No. 2 is in the south wall facing No. 1. The same remark with regards to position applies to this as to No. 1.

No. 3 faces the entrance door of the porch, being built into the north wall.

The two families of MORRIS viz.- MORRIS of Gortnaglogh or Belville and MORRIS of Mountjoy, were descended from a common ancestor—Patrick MORRIS of Gortnaglogh and Mountjoy, who died on the 23rd July, 1634. Gortnaglogh descended to the eldest son, and Mountjoy to the second. The Morrises suffered severely during the rebellion of Sir Phelim Roe O’NEILL in 1641, at the hands of Turlough “Groome” O’QUINN, who commanded the rebels in that part, and took possession of Mountjoy. Thomas MORRIS of Mountjoy, mentioned in the inscriptions, was the direct ancestor of the family of MORRIS – JONES of Moneyglass, County Antrim, afterwards MORRIS- HAMILTON- JONES

No. 4 is a headstone standing in the churchyard to the west of the porch.

Alongside of the last mentioned headstone is another bearing this inscription;

HERE LYETH THE BODY
OF IOHN FINN WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
IANUARY THE 4th 1768
AGED 35 YEARS

Benburb Churchyard, Parish of Clonfeacle, Co. Tyrone
(From Mr. C. J. HOBSON New York)

During the past year the tombstone measuring two by five feet, from which the following interesting inscription has been copied, was found by the sexton while digging a grave. It is now lying upon the grave from whence it was raised. The inscription is in relief; some of the letters are conjoined:

HERE IS INTER’D
THE CORPS OF
JOHN BROWN SON
TO LEONARD BRO
WN WHO DYED
THE 16 OF APR 1675
& 7 MOR OF HIS
CHILDREN WHO
DYED INFANTES

The WARNOCK inscription is copied from a small tombstone measuring about two by four feet, and was raised from a grave by the sexton and myself, only a small corner being previously visible. The inscription, which is in relief, is for the most part legible; the last line I could not read correctly, and have copied it just as it exists today. This is the third tombstone in this churchyard with an inscription in raised characters, some of which are conjoined.

The WARNOCK family is now extinct in this neighbourhood, nor could I obtain any information with regard to where they formerly resided. No doubt they were amongst the first who settled upon the WINGFIELD property, in which the ancient village of Benburb is located

HERE LYETH
THE BODY’S
OF JOHN AND
ALEXANDER
WARNOCK SO
NS TO WILLIA
M WARNOCK
WHO BOTH
DEPARTED. TH
IS LIFE IN. DE
SEMBER 1673.
BEING THE 3.
YEAR OF. IAG
AND. 2. OF. A

On an old red sandstone table-tomb in the oldest portion of this churchyard is the following inscription. The family are now extinct in the locality, having emigrated to America many years ago. The family lived at Moyard, one mile distant from the village. The present representative, who is said to have been an officer in the United States Army in the year 1870, paid a visit to his native land, and had erected alongside the tomb from which I have copied these inscriptions a large table- or altar-tomb. The inscription thereon is now unreadable

HERE LYETH THE BODY
OF ROBERT MCCLAUE
LATE OF MOYARR WH
DIED APRIL THE 18″
1758 AGED 63 YEARS
& ALSO THE BODY OF
BARBARA MCCLAUE
DAUGHTER TO THE
ABOUE WHO DIED IA
NUARY 6th 1764 AGED 18 Yrs

(Moyarr is now spelled Moyard)

On a large tombstone now lacking its former supports and near the bottom of the stone is the inscription given below. An older inscription is illegible. At the top of this tombstone with the inscription turned to the west is the WILSON headstone referred to later. I have no doubt this small headstone was the first monument erected in this family plot:

Also the Body of Jane WILSON | Daughter of the late
John WILSON | of Grange who Departed thif | life August
the 4th 1824 Aged | 92 years.

HERE LYE
TH THE BO
DY OF MARY
WOLSON W
HO DIETH T
HE FIRST DA
Y OF MAY
1703

The WOLSON inscription I have copied from a small headstone about two feet in height, eighteen inches width at top, narrowing to about twelve inches at base. The inscription occupies the whole surface of the stone and is engraved in a recessed panel. The stone, except for a small fragment, was completely covered. The name should be WILSON. From other sources I find that the family lived at Grange, about five miles distant. In plantation days this churchyard seems to have served for the interments of the settlers extending over a radius of eight or ten miles round. Very few of the Protestant settlers seem to have utilized the more ancient churchyard at Clonfeacle, from which the parish derives its name. (Continued from p. 154, Vol. VI.) (From C. J. HOBSON of New York City.)

HERE
LYETH
YE BODY OF
MATTHEW
REI[D S]ON TO
ALEXr. REID
WHO DYED
ANNO 1670

The headstone bearing the above inscription was accidentally broken some time ago. The sexton pointed out the pieces lying under a tombstone, and, after spending some time putting them together, I was rewarded by being able to make out the inscription. I believe this to be the oldest inscribed stone in this churchyard. But for our Society, this inscription would be for ever lost. I am unable to tell to what family of the REIDS the headstone originally belonged. The name is plentiful in the neighbourhood. Originally the stone was about 12 inches high, and about the same in breadth.

There are a few of these small stones scattered through the older portion of the churchyard, the inscriptions on some of which it is impossible to read. The following inscription is copied from a small headstone about 18 inches above ground. The family still reside in the locality, and still make use of this burial-plot. The stone is somewhat broken at the top, and some of the inscription missing:

Here lies
The Body of
William BEATTY
Who departed
this life the 2
day of May Ano
1695

On a tombstone, near the southern boundary of the churchyard there is an inscription to the wife of Colonel SHELDRAKE, who was about this time in charge of Charlemont Fort, The inscription reads as follows:

Here lies the Body of / Rebecca SHELDRAKE late wife of
Lt Col /SHELDRAKE who departed this life 5th / April
1810 Aged 51 years.

(From Mr. C. I. HOBSON)
Near the head of this stone is a shield with 3 estoiles in chief, and in base a heart with a crescent over it [for difference ?], and the initials I. D. on either side.

It is a flat tombstone — width 2 feet 6 inches; length, 5 feet 6 inches. A few of the letters in the inscription are defaced, and cannot be made out; they are printed in open type. This is the only inscription in raised letters in this burying-ground. The stone is now level with the ground, and is being walked over. It was moved from its original position (about 3 feet to the right of where it now is), while a walk was being made around the church some years ago. An inscription seems to have been cut near the bottom of the stone; it cannot now be read

HERE LYETH / THE BODY OF – – /
ILLIES: HAMMELTON: WIFE: ONCE: FO /
R: IOHN: DOW {G}L /
AS WHO DYED THE 22 IWNR:1660 /

HERE IS INTERD
THE; CORPS OF THE F
ORSD; 10 DOWGLAS
WHO DYED; IN THE 63
YEAR OF HIS AGE IN 1676
& IN THE 7 DAY OF
[S] BER ANNO 1676

“HERE LYETH THE / BODY OF DAVID DICKSON /
LEAT OF MULLICAR WHO / DEPARTED THIS
LIFE / OCTOBR Ye 3 DAY 1747 / AGED 61 YEARS.”
(Ordinary flat tombstone)

THE BURYING
PLACE OF IOHN
RYAN OF BENBU
RB MAY the 1 1761

The above represents a tablet set into the south wall of the church. The burying-ground must have been taken away while making a walk round the church. This walk is about 4 feet or 5 feet wide, and is about 4 feet under the present level of the churchyard.

This inscription is copied from a tablet inserted in the wall of the church, behind the pulpit; a similar copy is cut on a flagstone covering Hamilton’s grave, just at the pulpit steps. The tablet from which I have copied this inscription is enclosed by square pillars.

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF CAPTAIN / IAMES
HAMILTON LATE OF NEW / CASTLE IN THE /
COUNTY OF DOWN / SON AND HEIR OF WILLIAM
HAMILTON / OF NEWCASTLE IN THE SAID
COUNTY / ESQR BROTHER TO THE RT HONBU
THE / LORD VISCOUNT CLANEBOY THE / SAID
IAMES WAS SLAIN IN HIS / MAIESTY’S SERVICE
AGAINST / THE IRISH REBELS NEAR BEN- / -BURB
THE FIFTH DAY OF IUNE / 1646.
VIVIT POST FUNERA VIRTUIS.” (sic)

The remains of Lord BLANEY were interred in the aisle of this church, but no monument was ever erected to his memory.

There are a few tablets inside the church, but none of any special interest.

Erected /by a few Friends | to the cause of temperance /
In memory of the late / John ATKINSON Esqr . /of
Benburb: / who was the founder | of temperance societys /
In this neighbourhood /
Uuweried, stedfast, bold in Jesus cause
He bore his standard and mantained His laws:
He hasted to assuage the mourners woe.
Nor saw unmoved the tear of sorrow flow.

Parish of Clonfeacle. Benburb Co. Tyrone
(From Mr. C. J. HOBSON Carlow)

I enclose additional inscriptions from Benburb Churchyard, (Co. Tyrone). These monuments have been brought to light mainly through the efforts of Dr. BROWNE, who got up a fund for the clearing of the churchyard from briars and weeds.

Hic la-et Rev IOH KENNEDY F.U.D. Min.
Hac Parochar Per annos 50? qui-luasit
22 iune 1761 Aetatis suc 77 mo [annos]
Hic quoque lacet THO KENNEDY filus
Primoguenitos R.I.K. Qui Den Jul

1746 nat –
On top, over this inscription, are the crest, arms and motto of KENNEDY; and at foot, a crescent with a man’s face (in profile) within it.

About twenty yards from the south-eastern corner of the parish church and near to that of the Rev. Alexander MOORE, is the tombstone of the Rev. John KENNEDY, having the KENNEDY coat-of-arms.

The inscription is in Latin, this being the only Latin inscription in this churchyard.

The Rev. John KENNEDY was 47 years minister of the Presbyterian Church adjacent to the village, having been ordained to the ministry on the 13th of July, 1714, so that his entire ministry was spent in this place.

The inscription is now very hard to decipher and some words and letters have disappeared.

The above Rev. John KENNEDY was son of Rev. Thomas KENNEDY, of Carland, and nephew of Gilbert Kennedy, of Dundonald. The Rev. Thomas KENNEDY was ordained in 1696 [?], and died 1761. He was son of Col. Gilbert KENNEDY, of Ardmillan, in Ayrshire, and nephew of John, 6th Earl of Cassillis.

here lyeth the body of the Rev Mr
ALEXANDER MOOR late minister of the
GOSPEL OF MUNTERBIRN* WHO DIED THE 8th DAY
OF JVLY 1724 AGED 36 YEARS AS ALSO Y BODY OF
Mr WILLIAM MOOR son to y Reu ALEX
d e MOOR WHO DEP THIS LIFE lULY 4th 1727
AGED 4 YEARS.”

*Minterburn

The Rev. Alexander MOOR was minister of the Presbyterian congregation of Minterburn, distant about six miles from Benburb. His ordination took place on the 8th day of October, 1716. Until a few months ago, this tombstone was buried beneath the rubbish that had been allowed to accumulate.

body
“Here lieth the / of NED HELL /
WHO DIED DECE / MBER 21 1761
/ AGED -22 YEARS.”

The above inscription, copied from a small headstone about the centre of this churchyard, is rather unique, owing to the name of the deceased. Taking into consideration the way in which the two letters L are intentionally run into each other in his surname, I have no doubt that HILL was the name of the deceased. The word “body” was evidently omitted by the sculptor in the first line, and afterwards put above the word. No persons of this name are now known to live in the neighbourhood.’

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF / Mr WILLIAM
AG[N]EW OF / DYAN* WHO DEPARTED THIS /
LIFE IULY YE 7 1747 AGED / 82 ALSO Ye BODY
of LILLIAS AGNEW wife to / WILLIAM
AGNEW WHO DIED / IVLY Ye 4th 1754 AGED
86 b1 / IAMES AGNEW son of the / above
died march 17 / 1732 aged 35 LILLIAS /
CROZIER – davhter of ye / above died april
29 | 1750 aged 42.”

The above inscription is copied from a tombstone alongside that of Rev. Alex. MOOR; both are of freestone. The inscriptions are well nigh unreadable.

Dyan – Aghaloo Civil Parish Co. Tyrone

A little village five miles distant, well known almost throughout the. world for its associations with the Orange Society.

“this is IOHN ANDERSON burying pleas.”

This quaint inscription is copied from a small upright stone near the southern boundary of this cemetery, representatives of this family still reside in the locality.

Presbyterian Burial-Ground Benburb Co. Tyrone

The following inscriptions have been copied from the above burial-ground, which is situated about one mile from the village. About the year 1646 a church was erected here, which in 1839 was removed to a more central site in the village. All traces of the old church, with the exception of the foundations, have disappeared. Lord POWERSCOURT, who was anxious that the church should be removed to the historic village, had the burying-ground enclosed with a stone wall at his own expense. It would seem, from tradition and other sources of information, that the first Presbyterian church erected in this locality was in the townland of Lisnacroy, convenient to the residence of the late John NEILL. A garden there until recently was known as the Meetinghouse Garden. No interments seem to have been made at that place; but at Derryfubble, within about a mile of the churchyard and where for nearly 100 years there was a Presbyterian church, there was one interment made. The body was afterwards raised. The congregation moved to Eglish and all traces of the church have long since disappeared.

IN MEMORY OF THE
REV JAMES WHITESIDE 46 YEARS
MINISTER OF BENBURB PRESBYTERIAN
CONGREGATION. HE DIED THE MAY 22nd
1822 AGED 82 YEARS.
ALSO ANNE HIS WIFE WHO DIED
29th FEBRUARY 1830 AGED 76 YEARS.
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED
BY THEIR SON GEORGE AS A TRIBUTE
OF RESPECT AND FILIAL AFFECTION
FOR HIS BELOVED PARENTS
QUIESCANT IN PACE

On a tablet inserted in the wall surrounding this plot there is the following inscription;

THE BURYING PLACE OF
JOHN RUNNETT
MAY THE 9th 1803.

John KELLY
Late of Drumgold
County of Tyrone
and family
1840
This plot is surrounded by a wall, into which a tablet is inserted, with the above inscription.

On a tombstone at the north-east corner of the churchyard is the following inscription. The REANEY family is now extinct.

Sacred
To the memory of Wm REANEY
who Departed this life Feb 23rd 1844 Aged 21 years.
Also John REANEY who Died 15th April 1854
Aged 67 years. And William REANEY of
Eglish C. Armagh their father who
Departed this life 4th Dec. 1861 Aged 77 years.
Also Catherine ther mother died 27th
March 1869 Aged 80 years
Also Anne MILLAR Daughter of the above
William REANEY who Died the 10th October 1889
Aged 75 years.

Parish of Caledon Co. Tyrone
(From the Rev. Canon ARMSTRONG)

I send on the opposite leaf a copy of the HAMILTON stone, which was in this churchyard, but now is in the porch. It took me three days to decipher, and there are three blanks — the first, I think, must have been “Captain”, but the letters are gone. The month of James’s death is beyond me, also his age. The scroll-work round the arms is so indistinct that it is beyond drawing, but scroll work it was:

“HERE LYETH THE BODY OF
……. WILLIAM HAMILTON
WHO DIED IN MARCH 1674 AND
MARGERY, HIS WIFE WHO DYED IN IVLY 1674
ALSO THE BODY OF CAPTN
IAMES HAMILTON AT LOVGH
NAB SON TO THE ABOVE
WILLM. & MARGERY WHO DIED
—— 1730 AGED…….”

This William HAMILTON is said to have been at the battle of Benburb. Between the initials at the head of this stone and the inscription, is a shield with the HAMILTON arms and mantling.

Carland Presbyterian Church, Co. Tyrone

Copy of inscription on tablet;
The Revd Robert KENNEDY the first Presbyterian
Minister of Carland was settled in the Parish Church of
Donaghmore ad 1646, was ejected for nonconformity
1662, officiated in Log house in the townland of Carland
1668. Took refuge in Derry, but afterwards retired to
Scotland and became Minister of the South Kirk of
Glasgow 1689—Returned to Ireland and erected a
house of Worship 1693—Died 1714

Castlecaulfield Churchyard Co. Tyrone
(Sent in by the Rev.John E. SIDES, through Mrs. T. LONG)

Inscriptions on the Church Plate.

Flagon, height 11 inches:
The gift of the Honble Capt Toby CAULFIELD to St. Michael’s
Church In Castlecaulfield Christmas 1684. Nobile par
fratrum sacrarunt hasce Lagenas.

Flagon, height 11 inches:
The gift of Honble Ensigne John CAULFIELD to St.
Michaels Church in Castle Caulfield Christmas Day 1684
Nobile par fratrum, sacrarunt hasce Lagenas

Chalice, height 9 ¼ inches:
The gift of the right Honble Wm Ld Viscount Charlemont
To St. Michaels Church in Castlecaulfield Easter Day 1685

Chalice, height 9 ¾ inches:
D. 0. M. Et in usum Eccl: Paroch: St. Mich: Castro: Caulfeildensis, Guil: Caulfeild Vicomes Charlemont DDD1681

Two patens:
1. Guil : Caulfeild Vicomes Charlemont.
2. By the Lord Charlimont.

Castlecaulfield Church Co. Tyrone
(Kindly sent by present Rector, Rev. Forde-Tichbourne)

Hic Jacet Reverendus Ricardus Vincent A.M. Hujus
Parochiae ab anno 1730 ad annum 1774 Rector irreprehensibilis
dignus laude praeseutium et imitatione Posterorum, X
Valeus bone et fidelis minister Dei. Obiit A. D. 1774, Aetat 82.”

Castlecaulfield Churchyard Co. Tyrone
(From Mrs. T. LONG)

The Parish Church in Castlecaulfield was built through the exertions of the Rev. George WALKER of Derry Siege fame, in 1680, after the parish had been without a church for forty years. Some of the windows were taken from the old Church of Donaghmore and inserted in the new structure. Castlecaulfield (formerly Ballydonnelly) came into existence in 1610 on a grant from the Crown of these lands to Sir Toby CAULFIELD, afterwards created Lord Charlemont.

The Rev. George WALKER was slain at the Battle of the Boyne on the 1st July, 1690. After several years, at the request of his widow, Isabella (daughter of Robert MAXWELL of Finnebrogue County Down), his body was exhumed by a faithful servant who had been present at his interment after the battle, and it was conveyed to Castlecaulfield Church and buried in the chancel, where a monument was erected by his widow in 1703, and where she herself was buried later on. Their remains were discovered and re-interred in 1838 under the following circumstances, as reported by the Newry Telegraph of the 30th October, 1838 ;

Thrice-honoured shade of WALKER wise,
To Derry’s cause so true,
Oh ! could you from the starry skies
Our sad condition view

How would your wounded spirit feel,
The dark day to behold,
When all our fathers won by steel
Their sons betrayed for gold? “
— Graham.

On Tuesday the 16th of October, 1638, the Church of Donaghmore, at Castlecaulfield, being in process of repair by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, it was found necessary to lower and level the floor of it.

In that part of the chancel immediately under the monument of Governor WALKER, the workmen discovered a full-sized oak coffin containing the remains of his widow, who, in 1703, caused his bones to be brought there from the banks of the Boyne, where his body had been interred and had lain for thirteen years. They were this day found in a small oak box, in which this widow indeed, full of endearing recollections of happier days, had deposited them. This worthy lady was the mother of four sons of the renowned Walker, who, at his death, were serving in King William’s army, and each of whom, in justice to their immortal father’s service and their own, ought to have inherited one of the forfeited estates.

John WALKER, the eldest son, on a petition to the House of Commons, obtained a pension of £200 a year, which he enjoyed until the beginning of the reign of George I, when he was deprived of it by the parsimony of the triumphant Whigs. Of the other sons there is no record, save that the daughter of one of them was the mother of the late Mrs. CALDBECK, of Lisburn.

The WALKER’S were a Yorkshire family. The father of the Governor of Derry was the Rev. George , WALKER sen., Rector of Cappagh, County of Tyrone, the friend and confidential adviser of Dr. BRAMHALL, Bishop of Derry, when this Prelate was nobly using his private means and public influence in regaining the alienated property of the Church of Ireland, and purchasing the advowsons of the impropriated Rectories, which he added to the Vicarages throughout the Diocese. He sent his son and namesake to Glasgow College for education ; and on the young man’s return, soon after the restoration of King Charles II, he was presented to the Rectories of Donaghmore and Errigal Keerogue, in the County of Tyrone. WALKER was in the sere and yellow leaf of life when he went to Derry in 1689, being then, according to credible tradition, 71 years of age. His sister Anne married Wm. MAXWELL Esq., of Falkland, High Sheriff of the County of Monaghan, in the year 1691, and who was great- great-grandfather of the present representative of his renowned ancestor – namely, the Rev. Thomas CARPENDALE , Rector of Donaghmore. Mr. CARPENDALE, with Edw. EVANS, Esq., son of Rev. G. EVANS, who had been upwards of 30 years Rector of Donaghmore, Alexander MACKENZIE Esq., and a few others, naturally regardful of the remains of this great and good man, caused them to be taken carefully from the decayed box in which they were found, and putting them and those of his widow into smaller boxes, enclosed both, with suitable inscriptions, in a leaden coffin, which being laid in one of deal plank, was solemnly deposited in the hero’s grave by his Reverend descendant and successor, assisted by the Rev. John GRAHAM, author of the History of the Siege of Derry, and also by one of the oldest Apprentice Boys of the Maiden City.

In the case with Governor WALKER’S remains, was placed a flint glass bottle, hermetically sealed, containing the following writing on parchment : Be it recorded, that whilst this Church was undergoing repair in the year 1838, search was made beneath the Monument of the Rev. Geo. WALKER, immediately opposite to the Communion Table at the Eastern end of the Church, and South side of the Aisle, to ascertain whether his bones were deposited there, agreeable to the inscription on the Monument, erected by his widow in the year 1703.

” We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, having assembled in said Church, on Tuesday, 16th October, 1838, and having made search immediately beneath said Monument fixed in the wall, have found, in a full-sized oak coffin, the remains of his widow; and in a small oaken case adjoining, were deposited bones which had not the appearance of regular interment in a coffin, but corresponding with the words on the Monument, ‘Ossa reconduntur,’ &c. &c.”

Now, to testify our veneration and respect for the memory of the illustrious WALKER, we herein carefully replace the bones, and restore them to their former position, together with this record.

Thomas CARPENDALE, Rector of the Parish of Donaghmore.

Robert FRASER, Curate of said Parish.

Edward EVANS Esq. of Dungannon, son of the Rev. George EVANS, formerly Rector of said Parish.

Edward EVANS jun. Esq. of Armagh, son of the said Edward.

Henry POLE Esq., J.P., Dungannon.

(From Mrs. T. LONG)
Sacred / to the memory of / the Revd Archd HAMILTON /
for 40 years incumbant / of this church / Who
departed this life / on the 20th June 1849, aged 77
years. Sacred also to the memories of / Anna
HAMILTON / His daughter / who departed this life on
the 13th July 1848 aged 34 years. Thomas HAMILTON
His only son / who departed this life / on the 12th June
1846 aged 20 years. Jane HAMILTON / His Daughter
/ Who departed this life | on the 7th May 1819 aged 12
years. “ It is a faithful saying For if we be dead /with
Him we shall also live with Him.” 2nd Tim. 2. 11.

Clinoe (Clonoe?) Co. Tyrone
(Also contributed by Mrs. A. LONG 1899)

Here lyeth / the body of / Marie MORRIS / alies FINN /
who departed this life the 12th of July, 1708, /
(below this inscription is a coat-of-arms.)

Clonfeacle Church-Yard Co. Tyrone
(From Mr. F. M. BIGGER)

The following inscription is copied from a small sandstone headstone in the old graveyard of Clonfeacle, west of the Catholic Church.

Here lyeth y’ body
of Catherine PRONNTY
who departed this
life June y’ 4th 1759,
Aged 18 years.

Old Churchyard of Clonoe, near Coalisland Co. Tyrone

This is a pre-Reformation church and very old.
(Contributed by Rev. J. S. MONCK, Incumbent of Clonoe)

Tablet in the porch

“This Church was Repaired Ye Rd. Wil. DALGARNO Rector & Thos. MORRIS Esqure. Churchwarden, An Dom 1699. One Lord. One Faith, One Baptism.

On a grey oblong stone set in the wall of the church on the left-hand side;

A coat-of-arms in colours.

Thomas MORRIS Esqre – He & his ancestors -Burying place for 142 years -Anno 1700 Laus Deo Addi Soli Gloria. Here lyeth the Body of Thos. MORRIS of Mountjoy Esqre -Who depar -d this life the 4 day of September Annoe 1712 Aged 62 years.

On a similar stone in the opposite wall;
Laus Deo Addi Soli Gloria.
Then a very large head with thick hair on each side

“Fear God , Honour the King, Love your neighbour –
Pray alwyes. The gift of Thos. MORRIS Esqre, 1700.
God is our portion & inheritance.”

On the south side of the church wall, outside;

“Here lies the body of Cornet Wm. CLEMENTS & Lettice
his Wife
his Mor
– & Grandmot er
– 2 Broth
– 2 Sistrs
– & 12
Children all since 1700. Ye was set up 1752.”

In the church yard;

“HERE LYETH THE BODIES OF MAJOR HUGH MERGAUGH O’NEILL WHO DESCEASED THE 10th OF OCTOBER ANNO DOMINI 1671 AGED 50 YEARS. ALSO OF PHELIMY OGE O’NEILL WHO DIED 1714 AGED 79.”
Round the top of the stone: “Omne Capax Movet Vrna Nomen.”

Beneath this stone lie the remains of the Rev.
Doctor Edward LILL -who departed this life the 29th
of May 1791 -Aged 76 years. He was 52 years the
Rector of this parish in which length of time He
uniformly sustained the character of the good shepherd,
And in every other relation of life he was the Good
man. “Go reader and do thou likewise.”

On same stone;

“Also underneath lie the remains of Rev. William
Erskine ATTWELL, D.D. for thirty-seven years Rector
of this parish Born 26th November, 1807 Died 27th
March, 1880″

On a mural tablet in the church;

“The Reverend William Erskine ATTWELL , D.D. for
thirty- seven years Rector of this Parish of Clonoe who
died 27th March, 1880. He was born 26th Nov 1807 in
the County Longford and educated at Trinity College
Dublin where amongst other distinctions, he obtained
a Classical Scholarship, Law’s Mathematical Premium
and the Madden Prize. He bequeathed the sum of Five
hundred pounds in trust for the maintenance of the
future ministry of the Parish of Clonoe but his most
enduring monument is his work on the Pauline theory
of Inspiration. Psa, XVII, 15.”

Coagh Church-yard near Donaghendry Parish, Stewartstown Co. Tyrone
(From Mrs. A. LONG 1899)

“In memory of the late John VANCE Esqre of Coagh
Born 1712 Deceased 1799./ Eldest son of Jas. VANCE
Esqre who was 2nd / son of John VANCE Esq. whose
Father was John VANCE the Elder who first obtained /
a Lease of the Lands of Coagh. He was the / Eldest
son of Dr. Lancelot VANCE surgeon / and afterwards
Colonel of the Coleraine Regiment / Who died from
excessive fatigue within the walls / of Derry during the
memorable siege thereon in / 1689 And whose Father
was the Reverend / VANS who fled from the south of /
Scotland to Ireland, during the religions / persecution
there about the middle of the 17th century and was a
cadet of the ancient and/ Distinguished Family of
VANS or VAN of Bambarragh / in Wigtonshire a younger
branch of the Lord / Dirleton of East Loashean who were descended of the / VAN who accompanied to England
from France / William the Conqueror of Normandy /
where they were Lords of province and Normandy and / sovereigne Counts of Orange and Dukes of Andre holding / a distinguished part in European history before the / advent of Charlemagne. / Erected by Robert Anstrusher Balbirnie VANS Esqre / grandson of the first named John Vance./

*She is said to have been governess in the family of the second Lord Lismore.

Cookstown Old Church-Yard Co. Tyrone

From the old churchyard at Cookstown, on a flat stone near the chancel window, the letters very large and deeply cut, going round the edge, a coat-of-arms is also on the stone, but cannot be made out.

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF WALTER LECKY ESQUIR
WHO DEYED THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY 1694
BEING OF YEARS 13.

Desertcreat Church Co. Tyrone
(From the Ven. E. D. ATKINSON Archdeacon of Dromore)

(With regards to an inscription on the SANDERSON slab)

The coat-of-arms is “argent, three bendlets sable.” This family is distinct from that of SAUNDERSON .

The inscription, when translated, runs thus;

Here lies Alexander SANDERSON, born in Scotland, a
soldier in Belgium, a leader of horse and foot in
Poland; in Ireland a Justice of the Peace, and thrice
High Sheriff. I commit my work to God. Death to the
Faithful is a happy respite from toil. He died on the 8th
day of December in the year of Our Lord 1633.

Desertcreight Church Co. Tyrone
(From the Rev. Jolm RICHER A.M., per Mrs. LONG)

“HIC JACET ALEXANDER/ SANDERSON IN SCOTIA NATUS IN BELGIA MILES IN POLONIA / EQUITUM PEDITUMQUE / IN HIBERNIA JUSTITIARIUS PACIS ET TER VICECOMES/ I COMMIT MY WORK TO GOD/ FIDELIBUS MORS FELIX / LABORUM REQUIES / OBIT ANNO DOM / 8 DAY / 1633 DECEMBER /

Death’s head? – beneath the word REQUIES
Crossed Bones – beneath the words ANNO DOM

Donaghenry Grave-yard Co. Tyrone
(From Mr. W. F. REYNOLDS)

Erected to the memory of Alex CLEMENTS of Tullaghmore
who died in the Lord 11th June 1860 aged 77 years.

Here lyeth ye body of David HUNTER who departed ye
life Feby (?) y° 18th 1751 aged 45 years. Also y” body
of Mary HUNTER who departed ye life Mar. ye 21st 1776
aged 24 years.

Here lyeth the body of Pattrick BRODLY who departed
this life Nov, ye 19 1742 aged 58 years.

‘Flat stone’
Here lyeth the body of Mary SEATON who departed this
life May the 9 1781 aged 19 years. Also Thomas
SEATON who departed this life 14th May 1811 aged 84.
Also his son Thomas who departed this life 19th June
1816 aged 44 years. Also Jane SEATON who departed
this life 18 Novr 1828 aged 103 years.

Erected by Doctor Forbis Galbraith SEATON of Melbourne
Australia in memory of his beloved parents and
sister namely Thomas SEATON his father who departed
this life 18th June 1816 aged 44 years. Also his mother
Elizabeth SEATON who departed this life 27th Jany 1825
aged 44 years. Also his sister Mrs Cathrine CREAGHTON
who departed this life 15th March 1878.

Here lyeth ye body of Mary CARSON late wife to James
CARSON who departed ye life Oct ye 9th 1772 aged 29 years.

Here lyeth the body of John BOYD who departed this
life, March 27th 1782, aged 74 years. Also the body
of William BOYD , his son who departed this life, Feb 5
1801, aged 58 years.

‘Flat slab’
Underneath lie the remains of George ANDERSON, infant
son to James ANDERSON of Rossmount, who departed
this life, 20th Feby 1840, aged 8 months. Also James
Seaton ANDERSON, 13th April 1840, aged 13 years. And
of their sister Lydia ANDERSON, 19th Nov 1858, aged
21 years.

Farewell, farewell, a long farewell
Our tears are on the sod where rests their dust
Their souls shall dwell eternally with God.
James ANDERSON departed this life, June the 22th 1865,
aged 92.

We have laid his form beneath this sod, he is free from
care and strife : When Gabriel’s dreadful trumpet
sounds he will rise again in life.

Jane ANDERSON died, March 1st 1888. aged 85 years.
Thomas ANDERSON died December 16th, 1899. aged
81 years.

‘Flat slab’
Here lyeth the body of Robert HENDRY who departed
this life, June the 23rd 1789, aged 48 years. Also 7
children who died young. Also the body of his son
Robert HENDRY who departed this life, December the
10th 1799, aged 13 years.

‘Flat slab’
Underneath this stone lyeth the remains of William
MULLIGAN who departed this life, December the 22nd
1803, aged 79 years. Also his wife, Jane MULLIGAN
who departed this life, December 4th 1814, aged 86 years.

‘Flat slab’
Sacred to the memory of Theodore BAILLIE, Esqr of
Tirnaskea. Also of his eldest daughter Elleanor Mary BAILLIE.

Close to above there is another large flat slab inscribed to
members of the BAILLIE family, and bearing their arms. After
much cleaning, time did not permit the inscription to be copied, the stone being old and badly weather-worn. A reference to a BAILLIE who was an ensign at the siege of Derry was observed on this slab.

Donaghmoe Upper or Donaghmore Parish Castlecaulfield Church Co. Tyrone
(From Mrs. A. LONG 1899)

Small slab on wall;

1736
HIC JACENT FILIUS UNICUS ET TRES FILIAE / RICHARD ET ANNA VINCENT / TANTUM EST REGIUM DEI.

Donoghmore Churchyard Co. Tyrone

Here lyeth the body of Mr. William HAMILTON who
departed this life May 8th day 1742 aged 69 years.
Also the remains of Archd HAMILTON Esqr of Mulnagore
who departed this life 19th Octr 1795 aged 84. Also
the remains of Thomas HAMILTON Esqr of Mulnagore
Lodge who departed this life the 26th day of March
1817 aged 78. Also the remains of Jane widow of the
above Thomas HAMILTON who departed this life the 17th
day of May 1822 aged 69 years. Also the remains of
the Rev. Archibald HAMILTON eldest son of the above
Thomas & Jane HAMILTON who departed this life on the
20th day of June 1849 aged 77 years.

Here lyeth the body of Mrs. Elizabeth HAMILTON of
Mulnagore who departed this life July the 10th 1747
aged 69 years. Also the body of Mr. William HAMILTON
who departed this life December the 20th 1757 aged
43 years. Also the body of Mrs. Catherine HAMILTON
wife of Archibald HAMILTON Esq of Claggan, Ballydonnelly
who departed this life March the 28th 1785
aged 76. Also the remains of Mrs. Margaret STEVENSON
widow of the above William HAMILTON who departed
this life the 16th Jany 1813 aged 89. Also the remains
of Anna eldest daughter of the Rev. Archibald HAMILTON
who entered into rest on the 13th day of July 1848
aged 34 years.

Here lyeth the body of Mrs. Elizabeth HAMILTON who
departed this life Jany the 8th 1758 aged 45 years.
Also the body of Mrs. Catherine HAMILTON who departed
this life March the 30th 1773 aged 69 years. Beneath
an adjoining stone are deposited with those of her
husband the remains of Anne S. HAMILTON relict of the
Revd Archibald HAMILTON of Mount Barnard, Castlederg,
who departed this life on the 10th day of August 1867
aged 80 years. Also in memory of Miss Jane CRAWFORD,
Sister of the above Anne HAMILTON, who died on the
23rd of June, 1876.

Here lyeth the body of Mr. James BROWN of Ballybreagh
who departed this life Dec, 31st. 1782 aged 81 years.

NOTES AND QUERIES
The MORRIS and HAMILTON families of Mountjoy, Co. Tyrone.

The undernamed would be obliged to the correspondent who copied the inscriptions on the MORRIS tablets in Clonoe Church. Co. Tyrone, which appeared on p. 810 of Vol. IV of the Jorurnal, if he would give a description (with the colouring) of the Morris coats-of- arms on the tablets.

He also requires any further MORRIS inscriptions from tombstones in the churchyards of Clonoe, Ardboe, Disertcreagh, and Donaghmore, in the County Tyrone, and Segoe, in the County Armagh, as well as inscriptions connected with the Hamiltons of Mountjoy.

Major E. E. G. Crookshank,
Sloperton, Kingstown, Co. Dublin.

Old Graveyard at Donaghmore Co. Tyrone

Here lyeth the body of Patrick M’GEOUGH who departed ye
life June ye 24 1758 aged 63. Here lyeth the Body of
Patrick M’GEOUGH who departed this life Sept. ye 10
1785 aged 23 years.

“Here lyeth the body of Margaret M’GEOUGH alias MARTIN
Who departed this life June the 13th 1775 aged 42.”

Donaghmore Graveyard Co. Tyrone

Erected by Professor O’NEILL, Dundee 1878

Erected to the memory of Hugh O’NEILL of the Red Hand
of Ulster, created Earl of Tyrone by Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth, and afterwards elected King of all Ireland by the
Kings, Chiefs and Earls, and with the unanimous good will
of the Common People of his country, Who died an exile
at Home on the 20th July 1616 aged 76years. He was
interred with the Rights (sic) and ceremonies of his creed and
also the Pomp that hereditarily belonged to his noble name,
and royal station in life.
And of his forefathers and descendants Who are interred
here in Donaghmore County of Tyrone, Ireland. He had
five sons, Hugh, Henry, John, Brien and Con.

Of
Con O’NEILL, fifth son of the King, Who died at Gortnagolly,
Parish of Donaghmore, Tyrone, Ireland, on 16th March 1670
aged 65, and is interred here in Donaghmore. He had four
sons born to him at Gortnagolly, Parish of Donaghmore,
namely, Felimy, Hugh, Shan, and Henry.

Of
Felimy O’NEILL, Eldest son of Con, who departed this life
on 15th August 1723 aged 51 years, and is interred here in
Donaghmore. He had four sons born to him a: Gortnagolly,
namely Hugh, Con, Shan and Turlough

Of
Hugh O’NEILL, eldest son of Filimy, who departed this life
on 15th Jany. 1760. Aged 65 years, and is interred here in
Donaghmore. He had three sons born to him at Gortnagolly,
namely TURLOUGH, SHAN, and CORMAC.

Of
Turlough Bacha O’NEILL, eldest son of Hugh, who departed
this life on 6th March 1817 and is interred here in Donaghmore.
He had four sons born to him at Gortnagolly, namely Con
Shan-Buie, known by the name of Yellow, or Stout, John,
Frank and James.

Of
Con O’NEILL eldest son of Turlough Bacha, who departed
this life at Altmore on 23rd December 1841, aged 51 years,
and is interred here in Donaghmore. He had seven sons born
to him at Gortindarragh, Parish of Donaghmore, County
Tyrone, Ireland, namely Turlough, James, Shan, Charles,
Con, Patrick and Francis.
[Job i. 21 is here given at full length.]

The above is an exact copy of the family stone erected in Balgay Cemetery Erected by Professor P. O’NEILL, Dundee, eldest son of Shan Buie, or stout, or yellow, John. To the memory of forefathers who are interred in Donaghmore, and to his father and mother in Dundee.

John O’NEILL, or Shan Buie, known by the the name of
Stout, the second son of Turlough, born at Gortnagolly
Parish of Donaghmore, Tyrone, Ireland, who departed this
life on the 7th May 1857 aged 77 years, and is interred in
the Constitution burying ground, Dundee, he had five sons,
born at Gortindarragh and Altmore, Parish of Pomeroy,
namely, Patrick, Turlough, Shan, James and Frank.

(At the top of the monument are the Red Hand and a coat-of-arms.)

Donaghmore Co. Tyrone
(From Mrs. T. LONG

The former Parish Church of Donaghmore stood at the village of that name till the year 1680, when the present edifice was built at the village of Castlecaulfield, at the desire, it is stated, of Sir

Toby CAULFIELD, 1st Lord Charlemont, who wished to have the parish church closer to his own mansion. Into the east and south sides of the new church were inserted the handsome stone windows formerly in the church at Donaghmore. Into Donaghmore House, now occupied by the LYLE family, is built a mural monument, on which is carved in relief a coat-of-arms impaled, and the date 1683 on another stone, which do not belong to one another.

The coats-of-arms are so far unidentified, and in no way resemble the WALKER arms which are depicted on an old engraving of him, viz.: A lion rampant supporting on the right paw a mullet.

Old Drumglass Churchyard, near Dungannon Co. Tyrone
(From Mrs. A. LONG Dublin, 1897)

I.H.S.
This stone was erected to the memory of Michael M’KAIN
who departed this life 4th of December 1806 aged 30 years.

I. H. S.
Here lyeth the body of Elanora MARLOW who departed
this life August 10th 1790 aged 59 years. Also the body
of Thomas MARLOWE who departed this life the 8th of
February 1818 aged 34 years.”

Drumragh Churchyard Co. Tyrone
(From the Rev. W. T. LATIMER B. A)

In the inscription given in vol. v, p. 469, from the tombstone belonging to the Rev. John LATIMER, three misprints occur;

1 “Ballynabally”’ should read ” Ballynahatty.”
2 “Aged 32″ should read ” aged 33.”‘
3 “As a testimony of his sincere respect” should read “as a testimony of her sincere respect.'”

Dungannon Church Co. Tyrone
(Sent by Rev. R. HUGGARD)

HERE LYETH YE BODY OF M. PENELOPE KNOX
DAUGHTER TO THE RT. HONOURABLE THOMAS
KNOX OF DUNGANNON ESQr WHO DIED YE 12th
DAY OF JUNE 1696 IN YE 7th YEAR OF HER AGE.
ALSO THE BODY OF Mrs. MARY ECHEIN (sic)
GRANDCHILD TO THE SAID THOMAS KNOX WHO
DIED THE 16th DAY OF NOVEMBER 1711 IN THE
1st YEAR OF HER AGE.
AND LIKEWISE THE BODY OF Mrs MARY KNOX,
SPOUSE TO THE SD THOMAS KNOX, WHO DIED
THE 21 DAY OF OCTOBER 1717 AGED 66 YEARS.
AND ALSO THE BODY OF Mrs. DOROTHEA KNOX,
DAUGHTER TO THE SD THOMAS KNOX, WHO
DIED THE 20th DAY OF (the rest is buried)
(Ancestors of the present Earl of Ranfurly)

Errigal-Kerogue or Kieran Parish Co. Tyrone

The Rev. J. Wallace TAYLOR, Rector of Errigal Trough, has kindly furnished us with the following account of the old and very curious font (Illustration is found in Memorials of the Dead the Journal Vol. 2 1892-1894)

The font was found near the old abbey of Errigal Dachiarog, County Tyrone, which I consider to be the same as Balnasaggart, to which there are some six or seven references in the Four Masters. It was being used for grinding forage for cattle. It is intended to have it placed in the parish church of Errigal Kieran, which is less than a mile from the old abbey. It is now standing in Favor Royal demesne [Mr. Anketill MOUTRAY], where there are numerous carved heads, corbels, finials, &c, knocking about. I understand a similar font has quite lately been unearthed at Clogher.

Archdall, in the Monasticon, gives Errigal Dachiarog as separate from Balnasaggart, but I am convinced they are identical.’

Of this parish, Lewis gives the following (1837) ;

This parish, which is also called Errigal-Kieran, from the supposed dedication of its ancient church to St. Kieran, comprises, according to the Ord. Survey, 21,139 ¾ statute acres The scenery is strikingly diversified.

The living is a rectory in the Diocese of Armagh. The glebe house is at Richmond, near Ballygawley, on a glebe of 266 acres, and there is another glebe of 297 acres. The church, a handsome edifice in the later English style, with an embattled tower, was erected in 1831. Near the site of the ancient structure at Ballinasaggard at an expence of £1,300. There are some remains of the old church, in which are several of the carved stones of an ancient friary founded by Con O’NIAL.
In the churchyard is a large stone cross, and near it a holy well. The Friary was of the 3rd order of the Franciscans, and near it was an ancient round tower. There are many conical raths in the parish. Lewis also mentions a carved stone, and a ” square bawn with round towers at the angles.”

Pomeroy Churchyard Co. Tyrone

“In memory of Rev. Ralph Dawson WALCH For 9 years
Incumbent of Altadesert, Pomeroy. He departed this life
14th of February 1869. Aged 45 years.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.”

Here lie the mortal remains of the Rev. Thomas TWIGG M.A
Rector of the Parish of Pomeroy who died the 30th of
October 1872 aged 86 years. Also of Sarah his wife who
died 4th of July 1859, Aged 65 years. Also of Barbara
TWIGG sister of the Rev. Thomas TWIGG who died 28th
March 1870 aged 80 years.”

Stewartstown Chapel -yard Co. Tyrone
(From Mr. W. F. REYNOLDS)

In the Roman Catholio chapel-yard the following inscription appears on a headstone

+
I.H.S
Here lie the moral [sic’] remains of Sergeant MAHONY
and five privates of the Kerry Militia who fell in an
unfortunate affray with the inhabitants of Stewartstown
and its vicinity on the 12lh of July, 1797. May they rest in peace. Amen.

Termon Churchyard, Carrickmore Co. Tyrone

Beneath this stone are deposited the mortal remains of
Amelia the beloved wife of the Reverend Charles
Cobbe BERESFORD who departed this life March 14,
1839 in the 66th year of her age. Also the remains
of her beloved husband the Reverend Charles Cobbe
BERESFORD who departed this life on the 13 day of
December 1859 in the 80th year of his age having been
43 years-rector of this parish.

The Rev. Samuel ALEXANDER Late Rector of this Parish
Born 12th April 1808 Died June 3rd 1889. After a
ministry of 47 years and a residence of 57. Also Charlotte
Frances his beloved wife born January 14th 1812 Died
January 27 th 1898. St, John. 14 chapter. Heb, 4 chapter,
9 verse.”

Tullyniskan Church
(From Mr. WRIGHT of Newmills)

Some of the letters in the following inscription are conjoined; they are cut in raised Roman capitals

HERE IS INTERD
YE CORPS OF WILM [sic]
SWAN SON TO Wl
LIM SWAN OF FAR
LOCH WHO DIED
YE 15th YEAR OF HIS
AGE AGVST 8th 1629

•Below this inscription there is a large coat-of-arms of the SWAN family, but no motto, viz;

Arms – A chevron between three swans.
Crest – A demi talbot rampant.

These, according to Burke’s “General Armory” are identical with those of the family of Swan, of Kilrish, Co. Dublin, whose motto is—”Spero meliora.”

(Kindly copied by Mrs. T. LONG)

The following inscription is copied from a tombstone, on the back of which is a coat-of-arms. Of the latter a “rubbing” was made, but it is too indistinct for reproduction; all that can be distinguished are a couple of crescents in the upper portion of the shield. Burke in his “General Armoury” gives the arms of the sept of O’QUIN of the County Clare, thus;

“Gules, a hand couped below the wrist grasping a sword all proper, between in chief two crescents argent, and in base as many serpents erect or.”

The inscription read;

HERE LYETH YE BODY OF
NEILL O’QUINN WHO DE
PARTED THIS LIFE MARCH
YE 10th 1763 AGED 60
YEARS. ALSO YE BODY OF
ELLONOR QUINN ALIAS
HAGAN HIS WIFE WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MARH YE 10 th [blank] AGED
[blank] YEARS. ALSO THE
BODY OF CHARLES
O’QUINN WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE MARCH YE 1 st
1751 AGED 6 YEARS.
MEMENTO MORI.

On another tombstone, also bearing a coat-of-arms, is the following inscription;

HERE LYETH YE BODY
OF WILLIAM BOYD WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
OCTR YE 27th 1735 AGED
69 YEARS.
(The rest of the inscription is underground.)

Tynan Co. Armagh
(From Miss Elinor M. STRONGE Tynan Abbey, Co. Armagh, 1897)

Henry HOVENDON, of Dungannon, appears in 1596. Witnessed Tyrone’s submission in 1603. Was the Earl’s foster-brother, and included with him in royal pardon; attainted in 1612, having left with the Earl. His son;

Robert HOVENDON, in 1611, had a grant from ye Crown in the barony of Dungannon, now in the parish of Pomeroy. He was married to the widow of Turlogh Oge O’N., (O’NEILL) prior to December, 1613. In 1614 he is styled as “of Kenarde**.” In 1628, held four townlands in Tynan parish under ye See. His stepson, Sir Phelim, assigned to him the lands of Ballinametagh *** &c.

Their children were:
* Henry, dead before 1641 ; 163- tombstone; Henry.
* Alexander, killed 1644.
* Cathleen (or Catherine) ny NEALE, niece of Sir Turlough O’NEILL, of the Fews. Her first husband was Turlogh Oge, son of Sir Henry Oge O’NEILL, by Catharine BUTLER. Both father and son were slain by O’DOGHERTY in Donegall, June 20th, 1608. The son had, by her, Sir Phelim Roe, of 1641.
* Walter, held Lishae in 1644, and styled ‘Captain’.
* He had a son, Charles.’

These notes were made by the late Bishop REEVES, who was at one time Rector of Tynan.

** Kenardi is the old name for Caledon, Co. Tyrone
*** Ballinametagh is the present Woodpark, the residence of Acheson St. George, Esq.

Miss STRONGE has kindly sent us the following notes connected with the HOVENDON inscription we gave in our last volume, page 371.

The HOVENDON’S seem to have vanished out of this part of the countrv.We have a copy of the Will of Robert HOVENDON, dated 1641, and an interesting inventory of the goods left behind by his father, when he fled the country with his foster-brother Tyrone.

Miss STRONGE believes the name to be the same as OVENDON In Volume i., pages 417, 418 of our Journal, will be found a notice of the Hovendens of the County Kildare and Queen’s County.

Hillsborough Church County Down
(From Mr. W. H. Munro-Smyth)

Row VI, No. 1. Headstone.
ERECTED BY HUGH McMANUS Builder County
Tyrone 1842 In memorv of his two children MARY
ANN and SARAH JANE who died young.

St. Marks Church and Church-yard Co. Dublin
(From Mrs. T. LONG)

Here lieth the body / of the Rev.
Samuel MORRIS / late
Rector of Balliclog / in the County of Tyrone / he departed
this life the 20th of March 1801.

St. Michan’s Church Co. Dublin

In remembrance of / the Revd Charles WOLFE, / late
Curate of Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, / whose earthly
course closed Feb. 21, 1823. / Rich in the treasures of
Science and Literature /endowed with the noblest
poetic powers / blessed with the love and admiration of
all / more blessed in his successful devotion / of these
high gifts / to the service of / Him who gave them
“If we believe that Jesus died and rose again / even so
them also which sleep in Jesus / will God bring with
HIM”—1 Thess. iv. 14.

Devenish Island County Fermanagh

Inscriptions on Grave Monuments in the cemetery adjoining St. Molaise’s Church.

Here lieth the body of | the Rev. James JOHNSTON R.C.C.
of the parish | of Donaghcavy in the county of Tyrone|
departed this life August 6th, 1798. Aged 53 years.

Naas Parish St. David’s Church County Kildare

The next monument is also of white marble
The Crest—A stag’s head ( ?)
Arms—1st or, (?) a saltier (gu ?), 2nd a lion rampant (?)

Sacred to the Memory of / Lieut. General Charles EUSTACE
of / Robertstown in this County, [a lineal descendant of /
Richard Viscount Baltinglass, Baron-port Lester (sic) /
late Colonel of His Majesty’s 68th Regt. of Foot /
Governor of Ross Castle, and many years a member / of
Parliament, who departed this life the 10th of June 1801. /
Also to Mrs. Alice EUSTACE his wife daughter of /
Oliver McCausland of Strabane in the / County Tyrone
Esqr, / who died the 3rd of Decr. 1824./
She was a kind and tender parent a sincere / friend and
a most devout Christian./

The following are mural monuments on the north wall. Underneath this one is a brass, with the following, in old English;

In Loving Memory of William De BURGH, D.D.,
sometime Rector of Ardboe in the County of Tyrone /
whose life of earnest piety, marked also by deep learning /
employed in the study and interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures /
gave an example of true devotion to his
Masters cause. /

He fell asleep in Christ Octr. 15 in the year / of his age
66, of our Salvation 1866.”

Manfieldstown County Louth

The inscriptions, unless otherwise specified, are on headstones. The position is sometimes indicated by N.S.E. or W.

CROZIER.
Table in dwarf wall and rails;

Sacred | to the Memory of | Lieutenant Henderson
CROZIER who died at Christianstown | on the 31st day of
May, 1852 | Aged 60 years. | Born at Caledon, Co.
Tyrone. | Also of Eliza his beloved wife | Daughter of
the Rev. James WHITESIDE | of Benburb, Co. Tyrone,
who died on the 12th day of November, 1881 | Aged 90
years.

(N.B. – Provision for the maintenance of this tomb, &c, was made by A. W. WHITESIDE, Esq., Bank of Ireland, Coleraine

Parish of Carrick Co. Tipperary

The church of Carrick is ornamented with a large modern marble monument of the Earl of Tyrone, rather coarsely executed. From the epitaph it appears as if his lordship’s relatives did not exactly “hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor, for no country churchyard can boast of one more brief and simple.

Here lies the body of James POWER, Earl of Tyrone,
who died 19th August, 1704, in the thirty-eighth year of
his age; and also the body of Ann his wife, who departed
this life the 26th day of September, 1729.”

There is also a monument of John, Earl of Tyrone, who died in 1693.

Extracted and transcribed by Teena from theJournals of the Association for the Preservation of Memorials of the Dead in Ireland Journal Volumes I, II Part 1 1892 – 94, Vol. III 1895- 97, Vol. IIII 1898-1900, Volumes VI, VII, VIII pt 1, 1904 -1907 Volumes VI, VII, VIII, IX #6 1916, https://bit.ly/3980SM9