St Ann's Church of Ireland, Killult, Tullaghobegly, Co Donegal
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Notes:
The reason for my visiting this graveyard in Jul 2010 was to find some family headstones
It is a lovely church and the grounds are well kept - there are not many headstones, so
I decided to take photographs and record all the inscriptions
Inscriptions
Sacred to the Memory of
John S Bankhead
Who died 11 Mar 1855
Also James, 1 Mar 185?
And Harry, 25 Oct 1874
Thomas Browne
Who died in the Lord 28 Jul 1915
Aged 90 years
And his beloved Wife
Annie Smullen
Who fell asleep in Jesus 15 Aug 1923
In her 101st year
Till He Come
Erected by their Daughters Annie Jane and Cassie E Browne
Note:
See 1901 census Crossroads Town
In Loving Memory of
Sheila Carson
Dearly Beloved Wife of
Canon Gerry Carson
Died 25 Oct 2008
Aged 84 years
Rest in Peace
In Loving Memory of
George Dunleavy
Baltoney
Died 18 Dec 2004
Aged 81 years
'The Lord is my Shepherd'
In Loving Memory of
Robert John Dunleavy
Died 18 Feb 1998
Aged 73 years
Sacred to the Memory of
Falcarragh
Who departed this life
24 Apr 1947
Aged 77 years
His Wife Elizabeth
Died 27 Jun 1958 aged 84 years
'In my Father's house are many mansions'
Notes:
William James Gowen and Elizabeth Campbell
In Loving Memory of
A Dear Husband & Father
William Victor Green
Died 17 Dec 2002
Aged 86 years
'Lonely is the home without you
Life is not the same'
The Rev Valentine Pole Griffith
BA TCD
Born 23 Jun 1806
Departed this life 23 May 1886
In his 57th year of the Ministry of Christ
Spent in the Parishes of
Rathlin Island - Templecrone Glencolumbkill
And Tullaghobegley
Of which latter Parish he was
Rector for 23 years
Also of
Elizabeth Lucy, his Wife
Who died 9 Aug 1869
And of
Mary Griffith, their daughter
Who fell asleep in Jesus
24 Feb 1897
They trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ
As their all-sufficient Saviour
And thus peacefully
Their spirits passed into God's
Safekeeping for Eternal Rest
'So He giveth His Beloved sleep', Psalm cxxvii.2
Also
Elizabeth, daughter of the
Late Rev VP Griffith
She departed this life
On the 31 Dec 1910
Also
Rev William Stewart Griffith
Son of the late Rev VP Griffith
Who died at Ardnagreen 25 Jan 1911
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, Rev xiv.13
Also
VS Griffith, Major, Late Adjutant
1st E, York Regiment
Eldest son of Rev VP Griffith
He entered into rest 23 Oct 1917 aged 85 years
Jesus sayd 'Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.' Matt xl.28
'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou
Shalt be saved', Acts xvi.31
'As for me, I will behold thy Face in righteousness
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness', Psalm xvii.15
Notes:
Valentine Pole Griffith, Raghery, Antrim, married Elizabeth Lucy Murphy of Baggot St, Dublin
21 Jun 1830. Witnesses Henry Murphy & George Sidney Smith
Their daughter Jane is buried at St Columba's Church of Ireland, Glencolumbkille
Gilbert Kennedy
Cashelnagor
1920 - 1999
Philosopher
And Inventor
Neal Victor MacGregor
Master Craftsman
27 Aug 1946 - 3 Jul 1990
Our Dear Mother Mary Anne Perkins
Who died 31 Mar 1911 aged 74 years
And our Brother John Perkins
WHo died 28 Jan 1923 aged 47 years
Also our Aunt Bessie Irwin
Who died 20 May 1912 aged 66 years
And our Uncle Pat Irwin
Who died 21 Mar 1888 aged 32 years
'Asleep in Jesus'
Notes:
John Perkins and Maryanne Irwin
James Simmons (1933-2001)
Poet, Singer, Songwriter
Beloved Husband and Father
Deirdres Lament for Neisha
(A version from the Irish by James Simmons)
... 'I loved those limbs that my limbs pressed
His body like a white birch tree
At quiet daybreak as he dressed
His strength and grace and modesty'
Notes:
Also see -
The Poet's House & Ballad of Claudy
Sacred to the Memory of
The Rev AWM Stewart
Who departed this life
11 Jul 1863
Note:
Rev Alexander William Maxwell Stewart
In Loving Memory of
John Wilkinson
Who was for over 41 years
Clerk of Petty Sessions
At Falcarragh
Fell asleep in Jesus
18 Mar 1911
And
Herbert Rowland
Beloved only Son of
John and Isabella Wilkinson
Fell asleep in Jesus
19 Feb 1919
'With Christ which is far better'
Memorials
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In Memory of Thomas Bosworthick Albert Stiles Frederick W Frost And Five Others (Names Unknown) Whose Bodies are interred here And whose Lives were Lost By the Wreck of HMS Wasp On Tory Island 22 Sep 1884 Out of a total crew of 56 (4 Officers and 52 Men) Six Seamen only were Saved Let the Living learn life's uncertainty To profit thereby "Prepare to meet thy God" Amos 4.12 "Turn ye from your Evil ways" Ezekiel 33.2 "Seek thee the Lord while he may be found" Isaiah 55.6
Jesus Lover of my Soul Let me to thy shelter fly While Life's dangerous waters roll While it's tempests still run high Hide me O my Saviour hide Till the storm of life be passed Safe into the haven guide O receive my Soul at last "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ And thou shalt be Saved" Acts 16.31 |
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A Sailor of the 1939-45 War Merchant Navy Found 14 Sep 1940 Known unto God |
A Sailor of the 1939-45 War An Officer, Royal Naval Reserve Found 14 Sep 1940 Known unto God |
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Sub-Lieutenant (E) RG Anderson, RNR HMS Dunvegan Castle 28 Aug 1940 Age 26 Note: Robert Gourlay Anderson Son of David Kinnear and Agnes Carruthers Anderson, of Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire |
W Redford Abel Seaman, RNVR, C/TD/X1574 HMS Dunvegan Castle 28 Aug 1940 Note: Walter Redford
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Gevallen in Dienst Van Zijn Vaderland Op 6 Dec 1940 Antonius Adrianus Theodorus Hofkens Geboren Te: Voorburg 12 May 1909 Note: Fallen in the Service of his Fatherland Antonius was born 12 May 1909 in Voorburg, a Dutch town and former municipality in the western part of the province of South Holland |
Gevallen in Dienst Van Zijn Vaderland Op 6 Dec 1940 Eilt Hendrik Borgman Geboren Te: Nieuwe Pekela 29 Jul 1893 Note: Fallen in the Service of his Fatherland Eilt was born 29 Jul 1893 in Nieuwe Pekela, a village in the Dutch province of Groningen
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Gevallen in Dienst Van Zijn Vaderland Op 6 Dec 1940 Johannes Bruijn Geboren Te: Maassluis 29 Dec 1900 Note: Fallen in the Service of his Fatherland Johannes was born 29 Dec 1900 in Maassluis, a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland |
Eilt Hendrik Borgman
Antonius Adrianus Theodorus Hofkens
Johannes Bruijn
The bodies were exhumed on
Monday 9 Oct 2000
By Netherlands War Graves Foundation and transferred
To the Netherlands for reburial in a War cemetery
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