St. John's Church of Ireland, Killybegs
Headstone Inscriptions
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Notes:
Inscriptions submitted by Tom, except for ~
Hamilton & Greenlaw inscriptions and photographs submitted by Cheri and Marilyn
Please be aware that in most cases, the bare minimum of information was recorded from the headstones
Also, although all care was taken, some inscriptions were difficult to read and there may be some minor errors
The Inscriptions:
North Section
Maryanne, w. of John M. Arbin
Son Lewis John Arbin
Died 3 January 1885, Prudence, eldest daughter of the late Wm. Blain of Killybegs
William Crawford d. 5 November 1895 age 80
Elizabeth Jane Crawford (wife) d. 11 Mar 1899 age 58(?)
William G.H. Deane d. 18 Feb 1900, age 3 months
Robert Deane d. 20 Oct 1901 age 4 years
Dorothea H. Deane d. 10 Nov 1909 age 14 years
Thomas G. Deane d. 15 Dec 1914 age 21 years
John A. Deane d. 10 Aug 1915 age 30 years (60?)
Elizabeth Lily M. Deane d. 5 June 1982 age 72
Sarah Deane age 59 years
Dorothea Deane – unreadable
William Delap d. 16 Dec 1918 age 75
(Wife) Alicia Delap d. 24 July 1882 age 30
Thomas Patrick Delap d. 12 July 1895 age 20
Robert Delap d. 26 Mar 1901 age 23
Samuel James Delap d. 18 Apr 1902 age 33
Greenlaw – No Headstone
William & Anne
Peter Sydney Charles Hack 1919-1988 of Largynagrena
Nancy Hack 1908-1980
Andrew Hamilton d. 17 May 1901 age 65
(Son) William John Hamilton d. 19 Jan 1902 age 31
(Wife) Mary Hamilton d. 25 Sept 1903 age 63
(Son) James Hamilton
Charlotte Hamilton d. 4 April 1910, age 66
William Hamilton d. 15 Nov 1916, age 77
Sons:
John Hamilton d. 13 May 1939, age 63
Drew Hamilton d. 4 Nov. 1988
Charlie Hamilton
Emma Hamilton, w. of James Hamilton, d. 22 Aug 1953
James Hamilton – unreadable
Jessica Anne dau. Of William and Jessie MacKay of Wick and Feiss
devoted wife of Joseph Hamilton d. 5 Dec 1951 age 69
Joseph Hamilton d. 1 Sept 1969 age 84
James Lyons d. 11 Dec 1905 age 24
Francis Lyons d. 29 Mar 1922 age 50
William Lyons d. 31 Mar 1922 age 44
Morrow – Scottish Hill
Ephraim Morrow d. 27 Dec 1935 age 74
& Family
Robert Perry d. 1 Nov 1916 age 70
(Wife) Eliza Perry d. 3 April 1936 age 91
East Section
Erected to the memory of Lieut. Charles Blyth, R.N.
d. 20 Nov. 1856 age 60
Erected by officers and boatmen of the Killybegs district
Arthur Brooke 9 July 1843-23 Aug 1909
Elizabeth Augusta Brooke, sister of Arthur Brooke of Whitehouse Killybegs
b. 24 Oct 1844, d. 12 Mar. 1895
Alfred William Carr, 17 April 1875 age 5 months
Carruthers – Robert Jameson, Andrew, Marion
Anne Connell, wife of Lot Connell,
Chief Boatman, Coastguard service Killybegs
who died 7 June 1881 age 40 [Mother of Robert Connell, WA]
Rev. John Howard Deally M.A. Oxon d. Aug 15 1924 age 70
Beloved rector of this parish for 17 years
Thomas Gilmor d. 1953
Lucinda Gilmor d. 1945
Emily Goodall wife of W.A. Goodall Killybegs
and their daughter Ruth d. 21 June 1922 age 27
William A. Goodall d. 11 Feb 1947 age 89
Thomas C. Hope d. 26 Aug 1901 age 65, manager of Ulster Bank Killybegs
Wife Emily Jane Hope d. 11 Mar 1885 age 38
F.W. Joyce erected in memory of
Elizabeth Frances Joyce d. 1 Apr 1915 age 81
His sister Mary Charlotte Hunter d. 2 Feb 1913 age 44
Margaret Judge d. 17 Jan 1924 age 76
Alexander, youngest son of Rev. William Lodge A.M. Rector of Killybegs
d. 19 Sept 1855 age 17
Richard, son of William Lodge A.M. Rector of Killybegs
and Anne his wife, d. 22 March 1856 age 23
Rev. William Lodge, Rector of Killybegs for 23 years d. 3 Nov 1862 age 77.
Wife Anne
James Long d. 12 July 1906 & family
Andrew McCullagh d. 13 Aug 1914 age 85
Wife M.A. McCullagh d. 22 Oct 1914 age 68
Alicia McElwaine d. at Fintragh 26 Sept 1929
Her mother Elizabeth McElwaine d. at Fintragh 19 May 1933
Thomas McMinn 2 Jan 1899, age 31
His mother Elizabeth 3 Dec 1889 age 72
His father James 24 March 1895 age 86
His brother Alexander 10 Mar 1912 age 67
Bowen Price d. 23 Nov 1899
Maria K. Price d. 11 July 1894
Robert Simpson
Engineman, RNR 4786, E.S. HMS Colleen
7 Aug 1916
Reginald E.C. Styles, SS.4 RN M8958 HMS Paxton, d. 20 May 1917 age 20
George Venables Wilson Esq.
youngest son of the late William Wilson Esq. of Wellingsborough Northhamptonshire
and grandson of the late Capt Hinde of Resbon Castle near Hitchin Hertfordshire
d. 27 April 1866 aged 47 years
For 22 years agent to the Murray Stewart estate
Sophia, wife of George Venables Wilson, Esq. JP Whitehouse Killybegs, died 1866 aged 47
South Section
John Gage Ball M.A. for 29 years rector at Killybegs
b. 19 Dec 1800[?] died at St. Katherines 23 Sept 1891
and his beloved wife Margaret McClintock b. 5 April 1808 died at Kingston on Thames 2 Jan 1895
Also their only son William b. 16 Oct 1842 d. 16 May 1871
Also of Mildred Ball, eldest daughter of the late William Ball, Esq. of Londonderry, b. 24 Oct 1804 d. St. Katherines 19 April 1865
James Boyd, Killybegs, d. 2 Aug 1892 age 75
James Boyd d. 20 Jan 1901 age 62
Wife Jane d. 24 April 1915 age 52
Patrick Boyd d. 9 Mar 1905 age 84
Wife Jane Boyd d. 2 Feb 1926 age 86
Son Stuart
Daughter Frances Jane
Denis Carlin, for 34 years a faithful servant to Rev. John Gage Ball A.M.
died at St. Katherines 28 Feb 1880, aged 82
Robert Cuscaden d. 12 Oct 1882, age 84
Crawford (covered in moss)
William Elsmore, Private RM HMS Virago[?] who died Killybegs 16 Jan 1867 age 25
Isabella Lyons d. 19 Feb 1907 age 72
John Lyons d. 12 Jun 1915 age 84
Samuel William Lyons d. 21 April 1951 age 75
John Wilson White d. 1 Oct 1892 age 79 – erected by his wife Elizabeth
West Section
Isabella Boyd d. 1905 (covered in moss)
Mary A. Boyd d. 31 Dec 1906 age 73
Husband Jas. Boyd d. 7 Nov 1921 age 82
Anne Campbell d. 18 Jan 1898
Thomas Chesnutt (Royal Iniskilling Fusiliers) d. 4 Feb 1904
Wife Annie, daughter Rebecca
son Thomas d. at battle of the Somme 1 July 1916.
Anne Dudgeon d. 26 Jan 1810 age 39
Erected
By His Affectionate Wife
Anne
To The Memory Of
James Hamilton
Who Departed This Life
September The 5 (6?) th 1849
Aged 47 Years
Also Their Daughter
Caroline Maria
Who Departed This Life
20th of March 1849
Aged 14 Years
Of Fintra House In This County
Also
To The Memory Of
Anne
Wife Of The Above James Hamilton
Who Died 29th October 1881
Aged 7?8 Years
Captain Robert Hamilton d. Killybegs 18 June 1896 age 67
Wife Martha d. at Larne 6 Oct 1916 age 74
John Houston of Killybegs d. 6 Mar 1882 age 88
Wife Jane d. 30 Nov 1890 age 89
Son William
Wife Jane Elizabeth
David Kennedy d. 9 Feb 1908 age 84
Wife Katherine d. 15 June 1909 age 86
McConnell
(three headstones within a wrought iron fence)
John McConnell d. 15 Nov 1881 age 63
Elizabeth McConnell d. 4 May 1889 age 74
William Gardiner McConnell, youngest son of John and Elizabeth
died 13 March 1859 age 3 [possibly 8]
His sister Jane Thompson d. 9 March 1882 age 31
John Dodd of Ardara
son of the late John Dodd and Jane Attridge his wife of Killybegs
died 21 Feb 1876 age 79
Creighton Morrow d. 17 Jan 1893 age 79 [+ family]
Robert Rogers of Killybegs d. 15 March 1863 age 80
Erected by Richard Thompson in memory of his wife Isabella d. Jan 1875 age 40
Patrick Walker d. 2 June 1890 age 90
Fernando Walker d. 5 Jan 1881 age 4
Anne Walker d. 13 May 1918 age 75
Husband James Walker d. 5 Jan 1919 age 76
Erected by Catherine Watson, Largy,
in memory of her husband John Watson who died 25 July 1873 age 68
Son James d. 4 April 1888 age 35
Catherine Watson d. 21 Dec 1914 age 90
Margaret Watson d. 28 Feb 1880 age 38 [+ other family]
Notes:
Margaret nee Langan
Husband James Watson is also buried with her
In Memory Of
James Douglas Hamilton
Second Son of the Above
James and Anne Hamilton
Who Died (3) December 1860 Aged (?) Years
And Of
Elizabeth Hamilton, His Daughter
..... 20 November 18 (?) Died .....
In Loving Memory of
Archibald Hamilton
Died 26 Jan 1927
Also his wife Mary Hamilton
Died 27 Feb 1945
And their son Andrew C Hamilton
Died 17 Aug 1925
Also their Daughter
Frances May Hamilton
Died 18 Aug 1990
In Loving Memory of William A Hamilton
Died 9 Sept 1976
In Loving Memory of
Our Mother
Georgina May Kernahan
Died 12 Nov 1976
In her 89th year
Beloved wife of William John Kernahan
[1881 -1951]
"Abide with me"
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