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INDEX TO TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS OF COUNTY LOUTH, IRELAND
INTRODUCTION
This listing,
intended as a genealogical aid and containing over 37,600 records, is a name
index to the Tombstone Inscriptions that are available in print, from various
sources, for the following cemeteries in County Louth:
Ardee -
Ballymakenny - Ballymascanlon - Ballypousta - Bawntaaffe - Beaulieu -
Bridge-A-Crin - Cappoge
- Carlingford - Castlebellingham - Charlestown – Clogherhead - Clonkeen -
Clonmore - Collon - Drogheda, Calvary - Drogheda, Cord (or Chord) - Drogheda,
St. Mary's - Drogheda, St. Peter's (Church of Ireland) – Drogheda, St. Peter’s
Parish -
Dromiskin - Drumshallon - Dunany - Dundalk, Castletown - Dundalk, St.
Nicholas (Church of Ireland) - Dundalk, Seatown - Dunleer - Dysert – Faughart (Fochart) -
Faughart (Urnai) - Haggardstown - Haynestown - Kane - Kilcurry - Kilcurry, St.
Nicholas (Church of Ireland) - Kildemock - Killally (Pauper's Graveyard) -
Killanny – Killincoole - Kilsaran - Knockbridge - Louth, St. Mary's 'Abbey' -
Mansfieldstown - Mayne - Monasterboice - Mullary - Newtownstalaban – Omeath -
Port - Rathdrumin - Richardstown - Salterstown - Shanlis - Smarmore - Stabannon -
Stickillin - Termonfeckin - Tullyallen
This original index was
compiled in 2001 and updated in February 2005.
The
Journal of the Termonfeckin Historical Society (November 2003) includes a newly-researched and updated
listing of the Termonfeckin Graveyard Inscriptions. These are not
included in the Index.
NOTES:
The details
recorded in this index are:
Name, Burial
Ground, Reference
The References are
abbreviated. For the key to the abbreviations, see
below.
In so far as is
possible, I have included all
the names recorded on the tombstone transcriptions. In addition to the
deceased, this can include the name of the person who erected the tombstone
(not always a family member and not necessarily recorded as having been buried
in the grave), names of parents, names of employers, names of friends, even,
in one case, the assassins of the deceased, etc.
There is some
duplication in the names as they relate to St. Nicholas Parish Cemetery (Church of
Ireland) in Dundalk. This is because two sources were used, those in
the Journal of the Association for the Preservation of Memorials of the
Dead and those in an index to an unpublished typescript held in the Louth
County Reference Library. The 2002 edition
of The Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and
Historical Society contains a newly researched and updated
listing of Gravestone Inscriptions in Kane Graveyard. These are
included in the index as well as the earlier Journal of the Association for the Preservation of
Memorials of the Dead
inscriptions By Philip Crosslé. As well as
tombstone inscriptions from Knockbridge, Padraig O Neill's History of
Knockbridge includes the inscriptions of former residents of Knockbridge
buried in other graveyards: Tallanstown Old and New, Kilkerley, Darver Old,
Castletown, Killencoole, St. Mary's 'Abbey' Louth, New Graveyard Louth, among
others. These are included in the listing and will result in some duplication
of names.
A few names marked
‘*’ in Castletown Cemetery, Dundalk, though not in the referenced publication,
are relatives/family friends of my family and are included, as the whereabouts
of their burials are known.
Surnames of married
women are sometimes given as the marriage name, sometimes as the pre-marriage
name, on the inscriptions. Therefore, in this index, the surname shown in
brackets after the name can be either. Very often, in the case where the
married name is used, it is obvious from the inscription, because of other
burials there, what the pre-marriage surname was and I have included this in
brackets, although it is not actually on the inscription.
The 'Married
Women Cross Index' page provides a surname cross reference to the
surnames of some 1,500 married women.
Where information
is given that someone died abroad, I have usually included this information in
brackets. However, the name of a place after a name may also indicate that a
person who was living abroad erected the gravestone.
The index includes
the name on the tombstone, the burial ground and the reference (the
publication in which the tombstone inscription will be found). The index is
not intended as a replacement for the published transcriptions and does not
obviate the need to consult the original publication, but may make the task
easier in deciding which publication to consult. It may also help in
identifying surname ‘clusters' within the county and be of some help to those
involved in one-name studies.
Every effort has
been made to minimise mistakes in compiling these pages. However, errors are
inevitable in a listing of this nature and are regretted.
Please also note that because of the large number on
names on each web page you will need a little patience
while waiting on the page to download.
Each page is around 200Kb.
Please do not request inscription look-ups from the
webmaster as a refusal may offend.
This list is the copyright of the webmaster and normal
copyright rules apply.
Brendan Hall
Name Index to
County Louth Memorial Inscriptions:
Key to Abbreviations
AHD7:
Garry, James, Calvary Cemetery
History and Tombstone Inscriptions, Dundalk 2002 (Aspects of the History of
Drogheda No. 7)
CGD:
Ross, Noel and Wilson, Maureen, Tombstone Inscriptions in Castletown Graveyard
Dundalk, Dundalk 1992 (see also
FHPPS)
CL:
Garry James Clogherhead Through the Years, Published by The Old Drogheda
Society 2000
CLAHS:
County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society
CR:
Clogher Record
CU:
L'Estrange, G.W.C., Notes and Jottings concerning the Parish of Charlestown
Union 1912
FHPPS: Faughart
Historical Properties Preservation Society (online inscriptions)
H&B: Sharkey,
Noel, The Parish of
Haggardstown and Blackrock A History, Dundalk 2003
KDGCL:
Reilly, Alphie, Killincoole Graveyard Darver County Louth. Published by
Darver Historical research Group 1998
HK:
Leslie, Rev. James B., History of Kilsaran Union of Parishes, Dundalk
1908. Reprinted Dundalk 1986.
HKb:
O Neill, Padraig, History of Knockbridge, Knockbridge Historical Society
1994
IG:
The Irish Genealogist
JAPMD:
Journal of the Association for the Preservation of
Memorials of the Dead
JCLAHS:
Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and
Historical Society
JODS:
Journal of the Old Drogheda Society
LDS:
Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake
City.
MH or MHACC:
King, Philip, Monasterboice Heritage - a Centenary Celebration, 1994
OM:
O’Neill, Des, Editor, Omeath, Co. Louth 1836-1987
SA:
Seanchas ArdMhacha
SPPD:
Garry, James, St. Peter's Parish Cemetery, Drogheda, 1993
TA:
Tempest's Annual
TCC:
Garry, James, The Cord Cemetery, published by the Old Drogheda Society
1999.
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