Headstone Inscriptions, Raymoghy Church Of Ireland Graveyard, Raymoghy, Co Donegal
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Notes:
This is a complete survey, except for one
headstone, which was very hard to read
There are around 30 inscriptions and no others, although some authorities would
say that there are actually many more buried in the graveyard,
but their graves are not marked
Inscriptions
Sacred to the Memory of
Hannah Birt
Wife of Ezekial Birt
Who departed this life
July 1st 1851
Aged 33 Years
In Loving Memory of My Dear Wife
Marita Browne
Who Died 17th May 1982 Aged 31 Years
Browne
In Loving Memory of Our Dear Parents
Edward Browne Died 12th April 1980 Aged 84 Years
Also his Wife
Annie Died 30th November 1998 Aged 85 Years
The Lord is My Shepard
Erected by William Browne
Tullybogley
In Loving Memory of his
Father and Mother
Adam Browne
Who Died 20th October, 1865 Aged 56 Years
Rebecca Browne
Died 8th February, 1888 Aged 65 Years
Rebbie McClure
Fell asleep 20th November, 1900
Aged 10 years
Goodbye till the day break
Also his wife
Sarah Jane
Born 12 November, 1853
Died 24 November, 1933
“Her Children arise up and call her blessed and her husband also
And he praiseth her”
Her husband
William Browne
Born 5th November, 1851
Died 4th January, 1944
Also her Daughter
Sadie who Departed to Rest on the 12th July 1946
Also their Daughter
Maltilda Ann Browne
Died 4th November 1864 Aged
10 Years
In Loving Memory of My Dear Wife
Anne Jasper Browne
(Nan)
Who fell asleep 17th July 1939
Aged 48 Years
The Lord Our Righteousness
Sacred to the Memory of the
Revd. William Archer Butler A. M.
Rector of this Parish
Late Professor of Philosophy T.C.D.
Who Died on the 5th Day July 1848
Aged 34 Years
An Inscription in Greek
Then
I have Preached Righteousness in the Ggreat Congregation to I have not refrained my lips O Lord, Thou Knowest.
The Carson Family
Whitehill
Do not grieve or shed a tear
Our love for you is always near
In Memory of
James Chittick
Who Died 28th April, 1877
Aged 81 Years
His two Grandchildren
Who died in Infancy
Robert Lindsey Chittick
And
Helen Maud Chittick
Who are both interred underneath
The adjoining Stone with
Mrs Wallace
Here Lieth the Remains
Of John Clarke
Late of Galdonagh
Who Died 16th August, 1841
Aged 70 Years
In Affectionate Memory
Of
James W Clifford MaGill
Ballyholey
Who Entered into rest
On the 24th Day of October, 1897
The Lord is my Shepard I shall not want.
In Loving Memory of
Ernest Crawford
Died 10th December, 1966 Aged 53 Years
His Wife Rachel
Died 25th August, 1968 Aged 55 Years
Their Granddaughter
Fiona Died 9th December, 1978
Aged 18 Days
His Brother George who died
14th January, 1972 Aged 63 Years
His sister Annie Mary (Robna)
Died 28th November, 1973 Aged 67 Years
Safe in the Arms of Jesus
Devenney
Ballylevin
In Loving Memory of
Martha Doherty
Labbadish
Died 7th August, 1969 Aged 79 Years
Also her Son Alex
Died 21st September, 1996 Aged 68 Years
And his wife Isobel
Died 8th November, 2003 Aged 67 Years
Also Jack Doherty who died 4th February, 2010 Aged 83 Years
Abide With Me
In loving Memory of
Rachel Donaghey Died 11th April, 1880 Aged 28 Years
Her Husband Robert Donaghey died 19th December, 1892 Aged 65 Years
Their son David Donaghey died 14th November, 1912 Aged 38 Years
His wife Margaret Jane Donaghey died 9th August, 1947 Aged 74 Years
Their Son Robert Samuel Donaghey died 22nd January, 1981 Aged 76 Years
Elizabeth Thompson Donaghey Died 22nd July 1985 Aged 79 Years
Erected In Memory of
Thomas Finucane
Who died August 26th, 1870
In the 81st Year of his Age
The last 50 Principal of the Incorporated Society School at Ray
By a few of his attached friends and Pupils as a mark of their
High Appreciation of his estimable character
Also
Elizabeth his Daughter
Died 24th May, 1872
Also Jane his Wife
Who died 19th September, 1882
Also Isabella his Daughter
Wife of the Ven. John Molloy Archdeacon
Of Raphoe
Who Died 26th August, 1907
In Loving Memory of
Thomas Gordon
Died 21st September, 1978
Martha Gordon
Who Died 19th October, 1997
Hunter of Ray
In Loving Memory of Wallace T Hunter
Died 7th December 1992
The Lindsay Family
Errity
In Memory of a Dear Husband
Alexander Lindsay
Born 30th July, 1914 Died 10th Oct 2003
His Dearly Beloved Wife Martha (Nee Parker)
Born 23 January 1913 Died 5th January 2009
In Heavenly Love Abiding
Lindsay
In Loving Memory of
James Lyons of Ryelands
Who Died 18th January, 1895
Also His Wife
Elizabeth Jane Who Died
12th April, 1895
Also
Their Daughter
Rebecca Died 23rd May, 1946
Also their son
Samuel Died 27th March, 1952
Peace and Rest Forever
In Memory of
Nancy Mills
The Beloved Wife of
Charles Watson of Galdonagh
Who died 24th December, 1864 Aged 73 Years
Rev 14 13
Erected by Elizabeth McConnell
In Memory of her brother
John Mills of
Legnathraw
Who died 14th July, 1885 Aged 95
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord Rev. 14 13
In Loving Memory of the
McFarland Family
Mondooey
McKinley
Carricknamart
In Loving Memory of Our Dear Father
Albert McKinley
Who Died 29th October, 1980 Aged 80 Years
Also Our Dear Mother
Edith Jane McKinley
Died 11th November, 1985 Aged 76 Years
Forever with the Lord
In Loving Memory
Of a Dear Husband and Father
Robert
Who Died 11th January, 2002 Aged 76 Years
The Lord Is My Shepard
Rutherford
Stevenson
In Loving Memory of My Dear Husband
William Stevenson
Died Suddenly 7th January, 1974
In Life and Death O Lord Abide With Me
Underneath Here Depose the Remains of
Catherine Usher who departed this life 16th May, 1803
Aged 76 Years
Here also lie the remains
Of John Usher
Brotherly Fellow T.C.D.
36 Years Rector of this Parish
22 Years Archdeacon of the Diocese
Who departed this life on the 20th July, 1835 in the 69th Year of his life
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