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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS
Irish Genealogical Research Society Unique Resources
Ulster Ancestry 
Irish in Iowa - people of Irish nativity

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* BARRINGTON
   Barrington Marriages
   Appendix I (p. 302) of The Barringtons - A Family History
   By Amy Barrington (privately printed Dublin, 1917) - FHB


* BEAUFORT, EDGEWORTH
  Monthly Journal of Births, Marriages and Deaths
   handwritten; including relatives, public figures etc.; also chronological list of Beauforts and others from 1700 to 1891
   By Unknown Beaufort (Ireland? 1891?) - TCD

Casualties of WWI
   Transcription from Freeman's Journal (Dublin, 1917) - A Little Bit of Ireland website

   First Annual Report of the Registrar-General
   HMSO (Dublin, 1869) - HT

* Castlegregory, Co. Kerry: Handwritten Journal, 1846 - 1909

   with additional entries 1909 - 1915 by his son; family and general records of events especially deaths in the area
   By Timothy O'Flaherty (Castlegregory, Co. Kerry, 1846 - 1915) - FHB


Hidden History? - The Law, the Archives and the General Register Office

   An investigation into access to historical records of births, deaths and marriages held by GRO
   By Emily O'Reilly, Ombudsman (Dublin, 2012)
   With an Appendix from the notes of Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of Arms, of the Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Anthologia Hibernica 1793 and 1794
   By Henry Farrar (75 copies only, London, 1897) - IA

Names of Persons for whom Marriage Licenses were issued
   by the Secretary of the Province of New York previous to 1784; many Irish names listed
   By order of Gideon J. Tucker, Secretary of State (Albany, 1860) - OL

Old Vellum Roll - Marriage Certificate of Jacob Mark

   compiled for Jacob MarkDublin, 1746; son of Thomas Mark, and Rebekah Lancaster both of Dublin, late of England, Quakers; names of 80 witnesses; Extract from Genealogy of the Family of Mark or Marke
   By John Mark (Manchester, 1898) - OL

Weekly Returns of Births and Deaths in Dublin - 1878

   and Belfast, Cork, Limerick, Londonderry, Waterford, Galway and Sligo; statistical returns
   By Registrar General (Dublin, 1879) - IA

MARRIAGE SETTLEMENTS

* BARRINGTON
   Barrington Marriage Licence Bonds and Licences
   Appendix I (p. 305) of The Barringtons - A Family History
   By Amy Barrington (privately printed Dublin, 1917) - FHB

* HUSSEY, BURKE
   Pierce Walsh's Articles of Agreement on his Daughter's Marriage with Robert Walsh - 1672
   from 'Fragmenta Genealogica' - Vol VI
   By Frederick Arthur Crisp (50 copies at my Private Press, London, 1901) - IA

* TAYLOR, NIXON
   Taylor and Nixon
   with short pedigree; from 'Fragmenta Genealogica' - Vol XI
   By Frederick Arthur Crisp (100 copies at my Private Press, London, 1906) - IA

GRAVES
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BY COUNTY
ANTRIM
Belfast City Council - Burial Records - for Belfast see also DOWN
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Antrim, Northern Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects Antrim Cemetery Records  - Antrim Headstone Photos
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   rubbing of the arms on tombstones; Ulster Journal of Arechaeolgoy, Vol VI; continued pp. 90, 162, 231 and subsequent vol(s) (see Journals - General)
   By Francis Joseph Bigger; Herbert Hughes (Belfast, 1900) - OL

Carnmoney Cemetery, Co. Antrim
     Inscriptions of Jewish Graves - website
     The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society 1858 - 1859
     By Rev. George H. Reade (Dublin, 1859) - OL

The Jewish Burial Plot at Belfast City Cemetery
     History from Headstones
     By Ulster Historical Foundation (Belfast, 2009) - Website

ARMAGH
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Armagh, Northern Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Armagh Cemetery Records - Armagh Headstone Photos
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CARLOW

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Carlow, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Carlow Cemetery RecordsCarlow Headstone Photos
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CAVAN

Irish Genealogy Projects - Cavan Cemetery Records - Cavan Headstone Photos

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CLARE
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Clare, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Clare Cemetery Records - Clare Headstone Photos
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CORK
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Cork, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Cork Cemetery Records - Cork Headstone Photos
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* BOYLE
   An account of the present state of Youghal Church, including Memorials of the Boyles
   The college and Sir Walter Raleigh's House; extract from 'The Topographer and Genealogist - Vol II' 
   By P.W.D. (London, 1853) - OL

LION
   Bishop Lion's Chapel and Tombstone at Cork
   extract from 'An Olla Podrida; or, Scraps Numismatic, Antiquarian, and Literary - Vol II'
   By Richard Sainthill (For Private Distribution Only, London, 1853) - OL
2. Gravestones in Christ Church, Cork
   extracts from 'An Olla Podrida; or, Scraps Numismatic, Antiquarian, and Literary'
   By Richard Sainthill (For Private Distribution Only, London, 1844) - OL

DERRY/LONDONDERRY

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Londonderry, Northern Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - County Derry Cemetery Project - Derry Cemeteries Records - Derry Headstone Photos
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* HEATH
   Monumental Inscription on Marble Tablet in Fahan Church
   William Heath, Rear Admiral; extract from Heathiana
   By Sir William Richard Drake, F.S.A. (Privately printed London, 1881) - IA

DONEGAL

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Donegal, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Donegal Cemetery Records - Donegal Headstone Photos
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Notice on the gate, Inch Parish Graveyard (Church of Ireland), Downpatrick, Co. Down
(Photograph by 'PJC')

DOWN

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Down, Northern Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Down Cemetery Records - Down Headstone Photos
Roselawn and Dundonald Cemeteries - Belfast City Council - Burial Records
Note: for Belfast - see also Antrim
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The Crozier Memorial
   at Banbridge
   Printed for the Committee of the Crozier Memorial (Dublin, 1859) - OL
   - Francis Crozier in: Wikipedia
   Beautifully produced brochure by The Follies Trust
   Edited by Lydia Wilson (Belfast, 2007?) - The Follies Trust website

Some Notes on the Architectural and Monumental Remains of the Old Abbey Church of Bangor in the County of Down
   Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Vol. VI; continued in subsequent vol(s) (See Journals - General)
   By Francis Joseph BiggerHerbert Hughes (Belfast, 1900) - OL

DUBLIN CITY AND COUNTY
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use 'Cemetery Location: 'County Dublin, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Dublin Cemetery Records - Dublin Headstone Photos
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1916 Rising - Bodies Interred at Glasnevin (250), Mount Jerome (24), and Dean's Grange (49) Cemeteries
   extract from the Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook
   By The Weekly Irish Times (Dublin, 1917) - OL


St Michan's, Dublin
(The rear of the church faces the road)
(Photograph by 'PJC')

An Account of the Antiseptic Vaults beneath S. Michan's Church, Dublin

   By Arthur Vicars, F.S.A. (Dublin, 1888) - OL - St. Michan's Church in: Wikipedia

Brass: South Transept Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
   Image of the brass to 2nd and 3rd sonnes of the Right Hon. Sir Arthvre Grey, Knight; from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica - Vol III; see note on p. 451
   Edited by Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D. F.S.A. (London, 1874) - OL
   - Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin in: Wikipedia
   By Sean Murphy (Dublin, 1989) - CIGHS
   - Bully's Acre, Dublin in: Wikipedia

Graves of Historical Interest in Dean's Grange Cemetery
   Opened in 1865
   By Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (Dun Laoghaire, 2011) - Council Website
   - Deans Grange Cemetery in: Wikipedia
   By Unknown author (1879) - IA
   - Glasnevin Cemetery in: Wikipedia
   By R. J. O'Duffy (1915) - IA

Map of Prospect Cemetery, Glasnevin (1900)

   Includes Photographs of Gravestones and Memorials in Glasnevin, some Portraits and the above Map:
     The Boland Memorial Chapel
     Thos. H. Burke, Under Secretary for Ireland, Public Monument
     Very Rev. Dr. Cahill's Monument
     Patrick Connolly's Monument
     Frederick William Conway's Monument, wife Eliza Mary, son William A.
     James Joseph Cunningham, Esq.'s Vault
     Curran's Tomb - drawing
     Ald. John Darcy's Monument and Vault
     William Dargan's Tomb
     Grave of Anne Devlin, faithful servant of Robert Emmet
     John Donegan's Monument
     James Duffy's Monument
     Most Rev. Dr. Duggan, Bishop of Clonfert's Monument
     Sir Thomas Farrell, Sculptor, late President Royal Hibernian Academy - Portrait
     John Finlay, LL.D.'s Monument, sister Eliza
     Lord Fitzgerald's Tomb
     Patrick Vincent Fitzpatrick's Monument and Vault
     W. J. Fitzpatrick, LL. D., F.S.A.'s Monument
     Sir John Gray, M.D., M.P.'s Monument
     John Keogh's Monument
     Cardinal Edward MacCabe's Tomb
     Malone Monument
     James Clarence Mangan's Monument, also John and Mathew Plunkett
     Dr. Geo. M. McCormick's Monument and Vault
     Dr. Alexander M'Donnel's Monument
     The Meade Monument
     Right Hon. Joseph M. Meade, P.C., LL. D. - Portrait
     Memorial Chapel of Right Hon. J. H. Monaghan, Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas
     Dr. Thomas Nedley, M.D. - Portrait
     Sir Timothy O'Brien's Monument
     Daniel O'Connell Statue, Monument, Crypt - drawings of Tomb and O'Connell Circle
     Eugene O'Curry, Irish Scholar's Monument
     John O'Donovan, LL. D.'s Monument
     Hon. Mr. Justice O'Hagan's Monument
     Lord O'Hagan's Vault - interior
     Right Hon. Lord O'Hagan - Portrait
     Dixon Cornelius O'Keeffe's Monument - restored copy of ancient cross on Rock of Cashel
     Lord Chief Baron Christopher Palles's Monument
     Charles Stewart Parnell's Grave
     Ald. John Reynolds' Monument
     Edward Southwell Ruthven, M.P.'s Tomb
     Very Rev. Dr. John Spratt's Monument - temperance advocate
     James Spring's Monument and Vault
     Tom Steele's Monument
     Barry Sullivan, Dramatic Artist's Monument
     Very Rev. Monsignor Yore, P.P., V.G.'s Monument
   More names listed in Map of Prospect Cemetery (below)
   By William J. Fitzpatrick, LL.D. (1900) - OL
   On the Monuments, Mural Tablets, etc.
   By Rev. John Finlayson, A.M. (1878) - OL

Map of Prospect Cemetery, Glasnevin (1904) showing new sections - St. Patrick's North and South

Map of Prospect Cemetery Glasnevin
   Indicating burial places of dozens of Noted Persons and Communities. And containing some Illustrations
   By Dublin Cemeteries Committee (1904) - IA

SCHOMBERG
  Schomberg's Monument
   in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin not in Westminster Abbey
   By Abhba Notes and Queries Series 2 no. 7 (London, 1856) - IA
   Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg in Wikipedia

FERMANAGH
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Fermanagh Cemetery Records - Fermanagh Headstone Photos
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   An Historical Sketch of the Parish of "Inishkeene, in Lacu Ernensi" now called Enniskillen in the Diocese of Clogher; Monuments, Mural Tablets, Memorial Window, Tombstones; Index
  By W. H. Bradshaw, A.M. (Dublin, 1878) - IA



GALWAY CITY AND COUNTY

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Galway, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Galway Cemetery Records - Galway Headstone Photos
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Abbey of Ross (Co. Galway) Families Interred in the Abbey
   By Oliver J. Burke, A.B.T.C.D. (Dublin, 1869)

KERRY
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Kerry, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Kerry Cemetery Records - Kerry Headstone Photos
Rootsweb Co. Kerry Burial/Death Records Organised by Barony
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    a chapter from Selections of Old Kerry records
     By Mary Agnes Hickson (London, 1872) - OL

Kerry Graveyard Records
   140 Kerry Local Authority Cemeteries, 168 Books scanned, 70,000 burial records indexed
   By Kerry Local Authorities (Retrieved 14 Jan 2012)

KILDARE
Irish Genealogy Projects - Kildare Cemetery Records - Kildare Headstone Photos
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KILKENNY

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Kilkenny, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Kilkenny Cemetery Records - Kilkenny Headstone Photos
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Epitaphs on the Tombs in the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny
    By John O'Phelan (Dublin, 1813) - FHB

Monumental Antiquities
   extract from 'The History, Architecture and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny'
   By the Rev. James GravesJohn G Augustus Prim (Dublin, 1857) - IA

LAOIS (formerly QUEEN'S)

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use 'Cemetery Location' County Laois, Ireland
Irish Genealogy Projects - Graveyard Inscriptions - Laois (Queens) Cemetery Records - Laois (Queen's) Headstone Photos
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LEITRIM
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Leitrim, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Cemetery Records - Church Records - Headstone Photos
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LIMERICK

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Limerick, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - County Limerick Records - Limerick Cemetery Records - Limerick Headstone Photos
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   - Mount St. Lawrence Burial Register - Books 1 - 4 1855 - 2008 - New Extension 1960 - 2010
     early records are handwritten copies
     Archives of Limerick City Council - (Limerick, various dates) - LCC (DjVu viewer required, free download)

LONDONDERRY

See DERRY/LONDONDERRY

LONGFORD

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Longford, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Longford Cemetery Records - Longford Headstone Photos
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   - Ardagh at Old Church of Ireland
     County Longford Graveyard Inventory
     By Jimmy Lennon (Longford, 2005) - Longford County Library Website


Round Tower and Graveyard, Dromiskin, Co. Louth
(Photograph by 'PJC')

LOUTH
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Louth, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Louth Cemeteries - Louth Headstone Photos
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The Ruins of 14th century Mullagh Chapel and Graveyard, Clogherhead, Co. Louth
(Photograph by 'PJC')

MAYO
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Mayo, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Cemetery Index for County Mayo Ireland - Mayo Cemetery Records - Mayo Headstone Photos
Family History in Ballycastle and N.E. County Mayo - Headstones in North County Mayo
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MEATH
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Meath, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Meath Cemetery Records Meath Headstone Photos
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   - Survey of St. John's Graveyard, Kells
     from Riocht na Midhe - Journal of Meath Archaeological and Historical Society Vol XVIII - p, 136
     By The Society (Meath, 2007) - FHB

MONAGHAN

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Monaghan, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Monaghan Cemetery Records - Monaghan Headstone Photos
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- SHIRLEY: Monumental Cross at Lough Fea
   at the family house at Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan in memory of Evelyn John Shirley, Esq.; extract from 'Lough Fea'
   By Unknown author (2nd Ed. printed privately, London, 1869) - OL - Evelyn Shirley in: Wikipedia

OFFALY (formerly KING'S)
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Offaly, Ireland'
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ROSCOMMON
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Roscommon, Ireland'
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SLIGO
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Sligo, Ireland'
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TIPPERARY

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Tipperary, Ireland'
Tipperary Genealogy - Cemeteries
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   - The Tomb in Holy Cross Abbey
     Letter to the Editor from William Betham in which he states the tomb is that of Elizabeth, dau. of Gerald, Earl of Kildare and first wife of James the fourth Earl of Ormond and NOT the Countess of Desmond or any of her family
     Extract from The Penny Journal (Dublin, 1830's) - IA

TYRONE
Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Tyrone, Northern Ireland'
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WATERFORD

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Waterford, Ireland'
Waterford Ireland Genealogy Projects - Waterford City and County Headstones Co. Waterford Headstone Photos
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   - O'NEILL: The O'Neills of Ballyneal
     Transcription of an O'Neill tomb inscription; Journal of the Waterford and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society
     By Editor (Waterford, 1906) - OL

WESTMEATH

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Westmeath, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects Westmeath Headstone Photos
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   - WALSH: Walsh Family
     Old Churchyard, Drum, Athlone; from 'Fragmenta Genealogica'
    By Valentine John Hussey-Walsh (50 copies at my Private Press, London, 1901) - IA

WEXFORD

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Wexford, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects - Wexford Cemetery Records - Wexford Headstone Photos
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   - The Whitty Monument in the Ruined Church of Kilmore, County of Wexord
     Includes pedigree; The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland
     By M. J. Whitty (Dublin, 1871) - OL

WICKLOW

Find A Grave - if exact cemetery is unknown use Cemetery Location: 'County Wicklow, Ireland'
Irish Genealogy Projects Wicklow Headstone Photos
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IRELAND
   - Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland
     Vol I 1888 - 89 - 90 - 91
     Vol II Part I -   Vol II Part 2 1892 - 93 - 94
     Vol III No. I - Vol III No. II - Vol III No. 3 1895 - 96 - 97
     Vol III No. III 1897
     Vol IV No. I 1898 - 99 - 1900
     Vol V No I Part I 1901 - 02 - 03
     Vol VI No. I Part I  - Vol VI No. 2 Part II - Vol VI No. 3 Part I 1904 - 05 - 06
     Vol VII No I Part I - Vol VII No. 2 Part I - Vol VII Part II 1907 - 08 - 09
     Vol VIII Part I - Vol VIII Part II 1910 - 11 - 12
     Vol VIII No. 3 1911
     Vol IX No 6 1916
     Reports by Counties
     Col P .D. Vigors, Vice Prest. R.S.A.I., Rev. J. F. M. Ffrench, V.P. R.S.A.I., M.R.I.A. (1888 - 1916) - IA, FHB - Review of Vol. VI, Parts 1 and 2 (Dublin, 1906) in Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, London

BY COUNTRY
AUSTRALIA
   - Horseman, Pass By: Irish-Australian Gravestones
     By Dr. Trevor McClaughlin (Belfast? 1993) - Website
   - Plaques unveiled by Friends of the Historical Irish Catholic Cemetery of the Logan Agricultural Reserve
     Factsheet
     By Mark McCabe (Logan City, QLD., 2008) - City Council Website

BELGIUM

   - English Inscriptions in the Cemetery, Ostend and at Ghistelles
     from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica - Vol. V 3rd Series
     - Lt. Col. Henry C. STREATFIELD, 87 Royal Irish Fusileers
     - Robert Patrick O'HARA of Raheen, Co. Galway
     By W. Bruce Bannerman, F.S.A. (London, 1904) - OL
   - Sepulchral Memorials of the English at Bruges
     extracts from 'Topographer and Genealogist - Vol II'
     In the Church of Notre Dame:
      - (from Latin) John LEY, Kilkenny son of Nicholas and Anna LANGTON; who's 1st wife Margaret BUTLER, dau. of James BUTLER and Xaveriae F'GERALD of Kilkenny; 2nd wife Margareta WELSH, dau. of John WELSH and Anastasia TREHEE; also 6 children and the previously mentioned CatherineXaveriae and Nicholas and previously mentioned MariaMariana and Margareta; left this life 1747
     - (from Latin) James LYNCH, Esq., son of Henry LYNCH, Esq. a faithful Catholic of Galway, 1793 aged 77 erected by Anastasia JOYES and Jasper JOYES, Esq.
     In the General Cemetery (probably Protestant):
     - Col. Sir George JACKSON, Bart. of Fork Hill, Co. Armagh
     - Thomas Roger PALMER, Esq., 2nd son of Sir William PALMER, Bart. of Castle Lacken, Co. Mayo, 1825
     - Francis KIRKPATRICK, Esq. of Rathmore, Co. Wicklow, 1818, in his 60th year
     - Samuel TAYLOR, 2nd son of Samuel TAYLOR, Esq. and Jane GREEN; b. Dublin 1819, d. at the college of Ypres, 1835
     - Francis WHYTE, Esq. of Redhills, Co. Cavan, 1835; Arms
     - Eliza WHYTE, widow of Francis WHYTE, Esq. 1843; Margaret their dau. 1839
     - Right Hon. Lady Margaret Augusta DILLON, dau. of John SMYTH, 10th Earl of Clanricarde and relict of Luke DILLON, Esq. brother of Robert 1st Lord CLONBROCK; 1837 aged 82
     In the Protestant Cemetery at Caen
     - The Right Hon. Major-General John Thomas Fitzmaurice, Lord Muskerry, of Springfield Castle, Co. Limerick, b. 1777, d. 1824
   - Sepulchral Memorials of the English at Bruges - continuation
     also in Church of Notre Dame, chapel of Blandelin a cabinet with shields: 1st shield Preston; 2nd shield Fitzwilliam (not the viscounts of Ireland), 3rd shield Geraldyn, 4th shield Finglas; epitaph on cabinet: Van Mher Jan Antoine PRESTON, Viscounte de Tarrach (with pedigree and notes)
     - Prosser family (with arms)
     - De Morphy family, Don Joan de Morphy 'iersche infanterie' (arms and footnotes); further inscription for De Morpny in the Cathedral of St. Donat (p.484)
     Church of St. Jaques:
     mention of Lieutenant-Colonel Mathew Hore of Shandon, Co. Waterford, M.P. in 1689 whose dau. Maria Hore was wife of John Nicholas Porter
   - Sepulchral Memorials of the English at Bruges - continuation II
     in the Church of the English Austin Nuns:
     - Lady Mary Herbert mar. 1st Hon. Richard Molyneux eldest son of Viscount Molyneux of Maryborough
   in the Church of St. Giles:
     - William Goold (of Cork?)
     - Marie Welhs (Welsh?) of Waterfort (Waterford?); (in Flemish) mention of Capt. James CarollAnastasia PoorWalter KellyJoanna PurcellMarie KellyElizabeth Smith
     Edited by John Gough Nichols, F.S.A. (London, 1853) - OL


Sir Francis Lumm, Bart. of Lumville, Governor of Ross Castle, d. 1797,
High Sheriff of King's County
Memorial errected by his wife Rebecca Forster of Forrest, Co. Dublin
St. James's Church, Piccadilly
(Photograph by 'PJC')

CANADA
   - St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
     Kinkora, Perth Co., Ontario
     By Maryann Perkins (Mrs. L.) Griffith (Kincora, 1974) - FHB


Edward Tipping,
2nd Son of Edward Tipping of Bellurgan Park, Co. Louth, d. 17 Aug 1798 aged 35
Yorkminster
(Photograph by 'PJC')
ENGLAND
   - Kelley of Castle Kelley
     No. 12, p. XVIII, Anna, wife of Daniel Cuckrow, dau of Mr. Benjamin Kelley, d. 1720 in 'The Booke of Regester of the Parish of St. Peter in Canterbury for Christninges Weddinges and Buryalls 1560 - 1800'
     Ed. by Joseph Meadows Cowper (106 copies privately printed, Canterbury, 1888) - FHB
   - Monumental Inscriptions in the Church of St. Giles-in-the-Fields
     from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica - Vol V 3rd Series
     - The Right Honorable Mary (BROWNE), Countess of Kenmare
     By W. Bruce Bannerman, F.S.A. (London, 1904) - OL
   - Monumental Inscriptions Kelston, Somerset
     from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica - Vol III
     - Harriotte BOWERS, of Waterford; her sister Julia SPENCE
    Edited by Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D. F.S.A. (London, 1874) - OL
     from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica - Vol IV 3rd Series
     - Margaret (SCOTT), Countess of Clonmell, relict of Earl of Clonmell
     - Charlotte (SCOTT), Countess of Beauchamp, dau. of above
     - Colonel Hugh Henry MITCHELL, son of Hugh Henry MITCHELL, Esq. of Co. Cork
     - Louisa LITTLE, relict of George Little, Esq. of Asnagh, Co. Longford
     - John Hornby LITTLE, son of above
     continuation Vol V p. 18
     - Robert ALEXANDER, Esqr., formerly of Seamount, Co. Dublin
     - Henrietta Judith ALEXANDER, relict of the above
     - Henry Barre BERESFORD of Learmount, Co. Londonderry
     - Lady Jane STAUNTON, relict of Sir George Leonard STAUNTON of Cargin, Co. Galway
     Edited by Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D. F.S.A. (London, 1902) - OL 


Monument to Sir Patrick Flemming, Thierfeld, Saxony

GERMANY
   - Inscriptions at the'Tannenwaldchen' Cemetery, Dusseldorf
     from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica Vo., II 4th Series
     - Hilda HAUGHTON, dau. of Wilfred and Mary HAUGHTON of Dublin
     - William T. MULVANY, Esq., late Royal Commissioner of Public Works, Ireland
     - Alicia WINSLOW of Cloghan, Fermanagh, wife of W.T. MULVANY (above)
     - Alicia A MULVANY of Ardara, Donegal, dau.of W.T. MULVANY (above)
     - Mary O. McGURRIN (nee DONAVAN) b. Belturbet, Co. Cavan
     By W. Bruce Bannerman, F.S.A. (London, 1908) - OL
   - The Tomb of an Irish Soldier of Fortune
     Herrn Patricius von Flemming (Sir Patrick Flemming); Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society (see illustration above)
     By M. Eckardt, Thierfeld, Saxony (Cork, 1892) - OL
   
GREECE
   - Monumental Inscriptions in the British Cemeteries of the Ionian Islands
     from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica Vo., II 4th Series
     - Joseph Thomas CARVILL of Newry
     - Captain the Honourable Robert Le Poer FRENCH [TRENCH], R.N., 3rd son of Richard [Le Poer TRENCH], 2nd Earl Clancarty
     - Catherine JOHNSTON, widow of Robert JOHNSTON of Cashel, Co. Donegal
     By W. Bruce Bannerman, F.S.A. (London, 1908) - OL

INDIA

   - Monumental Inscriptions in Cawnpur [Kanpur] Cantonment Cemetery
     from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica Vo., II 4th Series; continued from Vol I 4th series [not found]
     Roman Catholic plot XIV (Adults) - 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers:
     - Pte. John AHERNE; Sergt. Instr. William Joseph FARROW E.I.R.V.R.C.; Andy ROWLAND
     on monument erected by the men of Co. Kerry:
     - Pte. Patrick TRANT; Pte. Daniel DEE; Pte. John NASH; Pte. John HORAN; Corpl. John SHUEL
     - on headstones:
     - Daniel DEE (as above); Pte James MAHONEY; Lce. Corp. Carroll O'CONNELL; Thomas MCGLADRIGAN, Station Master, Rajputana Malwa Railway
     on monument erected by the men of the County and City of Limerick:
     - Pte. Thomas SHEEHAN;- Pte. John HARTNETT; Pte. Martin SHANNON; Pte. Thomas NUNAN; Pte. Patrick DOYLE; Pte. Michael WALSH; Pte. John WIXTED; Pte. James NEILAN; Pte. Patrick WALSH; Pte. James MACK; Pte. Daniel DALEY; Pte. John SHEEHAN; Sergt. Andrew ROLAND; Pte. Cornelious HALLORAN; Pte. Michael LIDDY
     on headstones:
     - Pte. SCULLY; Pte. William O'LEARY; Corpl. SHULE
     on monument erected by the men of the City and County of Cork:
     - Pte. M. LYNCH; Pte. J. MAHONY; Color Sgt. F. NOLAN; Pte. J. AHERN; Pte W. O'LEARY; Pte J. DALY; Pte. C. WALSH; Pte. P. SCULLY; Pte. D. McCARTHY; Pte J. SHEEHAN; Pte. J. DESMOND; Pte. P MURPHY
     on headstones:
     - P. KEEGAN, R.M.F.; Pte. Joseph (or Edward) WALES; Pte. J. HORAN; P. WALSH
     on monument erected by Corporals of the 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers:
     - Corp. W. WESTALL; Corp. J. SHUEL; Corp. D. CLIFFORD; Mrs. M. BRIGANZA
     continuation p. 62
     Plot XVI - Church of England (Adults) - on monument erected by Army Boot Class:
     M. (Michael) CONNELLY, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
     Plot XVII - Church of England (Adults) 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
    - Pte. M. SHANNONPte. J. NASHDrvr. J. BARKERPte. J. MURPHY
    By W. Bruce Bannerman, F.S.A. (London, 1908) - OL

ISLE OF MAN
     taken in the summer of 1797 by John Feltham and Edward Wright; some natives of Ireland including:
     - Thomas DICKESON, Stone Cutter, d, 1759
     - Edw. MULLAN from Dundalk, Brewer, 1781
     - James DRAKE of Loughin Isle, 1795
     - Francis BLACKMORE, 1734
     - Wm. Barton TENNISON, of Ballshot, Esq., late High Sheriff and J.P. for Monaghan, 1793
     - Rev. John FIELD, A.M. of County Armagh, 1778
     - Wm. THOMPSON of County Cavan, 1713
     - Francis Wilder MOORE, Esq., of Julians Town, Co. Meath, 1792
     - Richard Ambrose STEVENSON, Esq. aid de camp to Lord Shannon, grandson to John STEVENSON, Esq., M.P., 1773
     Edited by William Harrison, Esq. (Douglas, Isle of Man, 1868) - IA

ITALY

   - English and American Inscriptions in the old (and now closed) Protestant Cemetery in Leghorn
     continued from 3rd Series, Vol II p.194
     - TUTHILL, OWEN, CULLEN, WYNNE
     continuation  p. 67
     - STACPOOLE, ROSS, ATKINS, d'ESTERRE, MOUTRAY, De LACY, COPE
     continuation p. 99
     - MAQUAY, DISNEY, ROBERTSON, MAY
     continuation p. 133
     - Thomas, infant son of Sir Thomas and Alicia WHELAN
     - Henrietta Jemima DELAP, Monasterboyce
     - Tho. CRAMER Esq. of Kilcullin
     - Margaret WILLIS, Co. Westmeath
     from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica - Vol IV 3rd Series
     Edited by Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D. F.S.A. (London, 1902) - OL 

PALESTINE

   - Monumental Inscriptions in Jerusalem
    from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica - Vol IV 3rd Series;  Some of Irish interest:
     - A small Irish cross: Mary Elizabeth ELLIOTT, Gaza
     - Rev. Somerset Beafield BURTCHAELL, M.A.
     - Annie Pomola BURTCHAELL
    - Claudia, infant dau. of Somerset and Katherine BURTCHAELL
     Edited by Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D. F.S.A. (London, 1902) - OL 

SWITZERLAND
   - Monumental Inscriptions in Lucerne
     from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica - Vol IV 3rd Series;  Some of Irish interest:
     - Henry Walters CARSON, B.D., T.C.D., Vicar of Santry, Co. Dublin
     - Honble. Katherine Frances COGHILL dau. of John 3rd Lord Plunket, Q.C.
     - Gerald Cramer COGHILL, son of above
     - Elizabeth JESSOP, dau. of Rev. R.F. JESSOP of Marifield, Co. Dublin
     continuation p. 156
     - Arthur RUXTON, Dublin
     - Elizabeth SYMES, Ballybegg, Co. Wicklow
     - George THOMPSON, Barrister-at-Law, Dublin
     - Hugh O'BEIRNE, Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
     - Thomas DUNILL, Dublin
     - Robert MOORE, Dublin
     - Captn. R. Hill WEBSTER, son of R. WEBSTER, Surgeon of 4th Royal Irish Guards
     Edited by Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D. F.S.A. (London, 1902) - OL 

USA

- 'Our Lady of Mt. Carmel', known as 'Astoria', Queens, New York - Irish emigrant graveyard - transcriptions, map, photos - website
Cemetery Records [in Iowa] - Listings of those with Irish nativity from more than a dozen cemeteries, by Irish in Iowa (last updated 2007) - website
Headstone in Coupeville's Sunnyside Cemetery on Whidbey Island, Washington with the inscription in the Irish Language in Old Gaelic type, by Irish Heritage Club (Seattle, undated) - website
- St. Patrick Cemetery, Kent, Washington - The Seattle Area's Irish Pioneer Cemetery, by Irish Heritage Club (Seattle, undated) - website
Troy Irish Genealogy Society, New York - interment records, memorial inscriptions, funeral home records
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   - GELSTON: Hugh Gelston was a native of Belfast, Ireland
     tombstone at Southampton, Suffolk County; Extract from Early Long Island Wills of Suffolk County 1691 - 1703
     By William Smith Pelletreau (New York, 1897) - NYSHL
   - The Inscriptions in St. Peter's Church Yard, Philadelphia
     some marked Native of Ireland
     By Rev. William White Bronson, A.M. (1879) - OL
   - Records of St. Patrick Cemetery, Largo, Indiana 1846 - 1883
     many Irish born listed
     Compiled by Alice McMarney Gray (Fort Wayne, 1973) - FHB
   - Rest in Peace - Sacramento, California - Vol 1 - Vol 3 - Vol 4 - Vol 6 - Vol 7
     Early records from Cemeteries in the City and County - many Irish born
     By Dorothy M. Bayless, M. Georgeann Mello (Sacramento, 1982) - FHB

BRITISH WEST INDIES

   - The Monumental Inscriptions in the Churches and Churchyards of the Island of Barbados
     some Irish born planters and their descendants, including:
     James Coulsten, Esq., born Drogheda, erected by his brother John Coulsten - St. Michael's Cathedral
     Theophilus D'Olier, Esq., Merchant of the City of Dublin, in Ireland - St. Michael's Cathedral
     Susan Eckel, née Grey, dau. of Capt. W. Oneal Grey of Galway Ireland, relict of Rev. A. E. Eckel of Strasbourg, Alsace; erected by her children - St. Peter's, Speights Town
     Emma Maria Grinfield née Brocas, wife of Gen. William Grenfield, and dau. of Rev. John Brocas, Dean of  Killala, in Ireland both died of yellow fever - St. Michael's Cathedral
     George Hall of Locust Hall in this parish, merchant of Bridgetown, 10th son of William Hall of Tulley, Co. Donegall, Ireland - St. George's
     Mr. Michael Mahon, of the Kingdom of Ireland and Margaret Mahon his wife of Barbados with several of their children; erected by Mr. James Mahon, son - All Saints'; similar entry at St. John's also mentioning grandchildren
     George Montgomery; erected by his father George Montgomery of Belfast - St. Michael's Cathedral
     Connor Joseph O'Bryen, eldest son of James Power O'Bryen, Ireland - St. Philip's
     George W. Patton, M.D., from Tandragee, Ireland, died 3 weeks after arrival, erected by his children - St. Michael's Cathedral
     Thomas Sheriff, born Aghanloo, Co. Londonderry leaving a widow Jane Sheriff and 4 sons; also Henrietta Sheriff their granddaughter; Chas. John SheriffChas Eugene Douglas Sheriff, Solr. - St. Paul's Churchyard
     Nathaniel Sims Weekes, Esq. native of his island who died at the Cove of Cork, and was inter'd there; probably father of Dr. Nath. Weekes of this parish - St. Philips
     William John Whitla, born Belfast; erected by George Whitla of Barbados - St. Michael's Cathedral
     By Vere Langford Oliver, M.R.C.S., (1915) - IA
     some Irish born planters and their descendants including:
     James Adams and his wife both natives of Ireland - Kingston Parish Churchyard - Jamaica
     Francis Archer appears to have been [of] an Irish Family - Parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica
     Archer of Wexford, Archer of Wicklow - St. Catherine Cathedral, Jamaica
     Andrew Archdeckne, Esq., a native of the Kingdom of Ireland, Barrister - St. Catherine Cathedral, Jamaica
     Lieut. Henry Beresford - Parish of St. Andrew's, Jamaica
     Mr. Gerald Bermingham of the Noble and Ancient Family of Athenry of the Kingdom of Ireland; his relict Mrs. Anne Bermingham - St. Catherine Cathedral, Jamaica
     Rev. William Thomas Bernard of Trinity College Dublin - St. John's, Antigua
     Coll John Bourden, borne in the city of Colrain[e] in the Kingdom of Ireland, President of Council - St. Catherine Cathedral, Jamaica
     Maj. George Crawford, son of James Crawford of Auburn, Ireland - St. Catherine Cathedral, Jamaica
     Maj. John Sankey Darley, a tribute by his father George Darley of Dublin. The Major was a brother of Ald. Darley of Dublin 'of Orange notoriety' - Fort Augusta, Jamaica
     Capt. Wm. Donoldson, of the Brig 'Hibernia' of Belfast - New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica
     Robert Fuller, came from Kinsale, Co. Cork, and left issue - Parish of St. Michael, Barbados
     Sir Robert Hackett, Knight - Adam's Castle Estate, Barbados
     Catherine Hamilton, née Aylmer, relict of a Mr. Hamilton of Co. Galway - Parish of St. John, Jamaica
     John D. Hartnett, Capt. of the Brig 'Lawton' of Cork of which place he was a native - New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica
     (Mrs.) Hill Hotchkyn, formerly Childermas (husband, of Ireland), née Bolton probably of an Irish Family, wife of the Attorney-General - Jamaica Cathedral
     Mr. Kirwan, a planter, native of Galway, noted for his eccentricities - Parish Church, Antigua
     Lieut. Robert Lloyd, Rl. Artilly. 2nd son of the late Edward Lloyd of Mount St., Dublin - Port Royal Parish, Jamaica
     Mr. Michael Mahon of the Kingdom of Ireland - Parish of St. Peter's, Barbados
     Roger Osborne, Governor of Monserrat, an Irishman probably of the well-known Wexford family, accused of a 'barbarous and inhuman murder' - Cathedral, Parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica
     Ralph Payne, Lord Lavington of the Kingdom of Ireland - Parish Church, Antigua
     Col. Philip Lee, an Irishman by birth and education - Parish Church, Antigua
     Maj.-Gen. Nathaniel Massey, 2nd Baron Clarina, Peerage of Ireland, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Barbados - Parish of St. Michael, Barbados
     Winston Eliza Rose, niece to Hugh Rose of Kilravach, in Ireland - St. Lucea, Parish of Hanover, Jamaica
     Jane Radcliffe, wife of Rev. J. Radcliffe, Minister of the Scotch Church, she was born in Ireland - Scotch Burial Ground, Kingston, Jamaica
     Mary Taafe, probably wife of Michael Taafe. The Taafes were allied to the noble house in Ireland - St. Catherine Cathedral, Jamaica
     Wm. D'Esterre Taylor, of Kinsale, Ireland, died of yellow fever - Old Burial Ground, St. Andrew's Parish, Jamaica
     John Watt, Esq., a native of Ireland, Merchant - Scotch Burial Ground Kingston, Jamaica
     By Captain J. H. Lawrence Archer (1875) - IA

Monumental Inscriptions
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   - Ancient Fvnerall Monvments within the Vnited Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland and the Iflands adiacent
     By John Weever (London, 1631) - FHB
     Of Irish interest:
     On the Death of the late Earl of Mount-Cassel (Stephen Moore), who dyed in his Tenth Year
     To Dr. Swift: By a Gentleman who imitated his Manner and Stile in writing
     Written on the Window of the Deanery-House of St. Patrick in Dublin by Dr. Delany
     Printed for J. Walthoe (London, 1727) - IA
     Historical, Biographical, Literary and Miscellaneous; Index
     Of Irish interest:
     - Mr. John Flin, a Painter, of Galway
     - Edward Bond, Esq., of Armagh
     - Robert Moore at Dundalk
     - Dr. Oliver Goldsmith in Westminster Abbey (4)
     - Epitaph by Dean Swift
     - On the Young Lord Mount-Cashel (Stephen Moore)
     - On Sir Walter Raleigh, written by himself
     - Right Hon. Sir John Parnell, Bart., late Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer
     - On the Earl of Kildare
     Of Irish interest:
     - Thomas Dermody, the poet, of Ennis, Co. Clare, at Lewisham, Kent
     - Miss Rose, niece to Hugh Rose of Kilravock
     - Demar, a Usurer in Dublin, by Dean Swift
     - Dean Swift
     By Unknown author (London, 1806) - IA
     Of Irish Interest:
     - Sir Peter Warren, derived his descent from an ancient Family of Ireland
     - Thomas Fletcher, D.D. in Christ's Church, Dublin
     - Oliver Goldsmith
     - Demar - An Usurer in Dublin
     - Samuel Barrington, on the Pillar near the western door, St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick
     - Edward Bond, Esq. Armagh church-yard
     - Robert Moore, Dundalk
     - Sir Walter Raleigh, Knt.
     By William Graham, Land Surveyor (Carlisle, 1821) - IA
     of All Ages and Countries; some of Irish interest
     By Silvester Tissington (London, 1857) - IA
   Some of Irish interest
   By William Henney (London, 1814) - IA
   - Discovery of the Tomb of Ollamh Fodhla
     near Oldcastle, co. Meath; Ireland's famous monarch and law-maker upwards of 3,000 years ago
     By Eugene Alfred Conwell, M.R.I.A., M.A.I., (Dublin, 1873) - IA
     Ollom Fotla in: Wikipedia
   - Gleanings from Country Church-Yards
     Transactions of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society 1852 - 1853
     By Richard Hitchcock (Dublin, 1855) - IA
   - Ireland's Historic Churches and Graveyards
     Poster
     By The Heritage Council (Kilkenny, 2008) - Website
   - Journal of the Association for the Presevation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland - Vol II 1892 - 1893 - 1894; Vol VI No. 2. - Part II 1905 - 1906
     Reports by Counties
     Unknown author (1892 - 1894; 1905-1907) - IA - Review of Vol. VI, Parts 1 and 2 (Dublin, 1906) in Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, London
   - The Last Resting Places of Notable Irishmen
     By J. J. Burke, M.R.S.A.I., etc. (1900) - IA This title was the eBook of the Month for April, 2012 - for short review see eBook of the Month Archive
   - Understanding the Stones
     Factsheet
     By PRONI (Belfast, 2007) - Website


OBITUARIES, MEMORIALS
For Quaker obituaries - see Journals 'The Annual Monitor'
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Annotated Obituary
  in 'The Heraldic Register'
   by J. Bernard Burke, Esq. (London, 1850) - OL

* BLOOD-SMITH: Death of Ireland's Oldest Solicitor
   Arthur J. Blood-Smith
   Limerick Leader (Limerick, 1960) - LCC

* CASSERLY: In Memoriam - Eugene Casserly
   Journalist, Lawyer, United States Senator; b. Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, 1820
   Memorial Committee (San Francisco, 1883) - OL

* FITZGERALD: Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster

   inserted in 'Index of Wills of the Diocese of Kildare'
   The Times (London, 1893) - FHB - Gerald FitzGerald in: Wikipedia

Hardwicke's Annual Biography for 1856

   memoirs of celebrated characters who have died
   CLEMENTS, Nathaniel, 2nd Earl of Leitrim at Killadoon, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
   O'NEILL, John Richard Bruce, Viscount O'Neill at Shane's Castle
   PONSONBY, John, 1st Viscount and 2nd Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly, Co. Cork
   BERESFORD, John, 2nd Lord Decies
   HAMILTON, Gustavus, Viscount Boyne
   HEWITT, James, Viscount Lifford
   PONSONBY, William Francis Spencer, Lord de Mauley
   SYDNEY-SMYTHE, Percy Clinton, Viscount Strangford
   PROBY, John, Earl of Carysfort
   ALEXANDER, James Dupre, Earl of Caledon
   O'BRYEN, James, 3rd Marquis of Thomond
   M'DONNELL, Hugh Seymour, 7th Earl of Antrim
   VESEY,John, 2nd Visount de Vesci
   KEANE, Sir Richard, 2nd Baronet of Capoquin House, Co. Waterford
   POWER, Sir John, 1st Baronet of Sampton, Co. Wexford, eminent distiller in Dublin
   BELLEW, Sir Michael Dillon, 1st Baronet, of Greenville Lodge Rathmines
   CHATTERTON, Sir William Abraham, 2nd Baronet of Castle Mahon, Co. Cork
   O'CONOR, Rear Admiral Sir Richard, of Cork
   EUSTACE, Colonel Sir William Cornwallis, commander of the forces in Ireland
   EKINS, Admiral Sir Charles, son of the late Bishop of Dromore
   BOURKE, Sir Richard, at Thornfield, Castle Connell, Co. Limerick
   ...more...
   memoirs of celebrated characters who have died during the year 1855, 1856
   HARE, Right Hon. William, Earl of Listowel
   DIGBY, Edward, Baron
   TALBOT, Right Hon. Bertram Arthur, Earl of Shrewsbury, also Earl of Wexford and Waterford, Lord High Steward of Ireland
   MAUDE, Right Hon. Cornwallis, Viscount Hawarden
   BERNARD, Right Hon. James, of Castle Bernard, Earl of Bandon
   POTTINGER, Right Hon. Sir Henry, G.C.B. at Malta, son of Eldred Curwen Pottinger, Esq. of Mount Pottinger, Co. Down
   TIERNEY, Sir Edward Tierney, Bart. late Crown Solicitor for the North-western circuit of Ireland
   DAWSON, Right Hon. George Robert, eldest son of the late Mr. Arthur Dawson of Castle Dawson, county of Londonderry
   LALOR, Patrick, Esq. magistrate, M.P., at Tinnakill, Queen's County
   DAWSON DAMER, Right Hon. George Lionel, C.B., for many years M.P. for Portarlington and Dorchester, heir-presumptive to the present Earl of Portarlington, assumed the name Darmer on the death of his aunt, Lady Caroline Damer
   FOX, Richard Maxwell, M.P. for county of Longford, accelerated by the shock caused by the death of his son who was drowned whilst on a boating excursion
   FITZSIMON, Christopher, Esq., Clerk of the Hanaper in Ireland, formerly M.P. for Co. Dublin, son-in-law of the late Daniel O'Connell
   MACNAMARA, Colonel William Nugent, M.P. for Co. Clare, at Ennistymon
   De MOYELNS: Major Edward Charles, R.E., eldest son of Thomas De Moleyns, Esq., one of he Majesty's council in Ireland
   BLYTH, Lieutenant Charles, Killybegs Coast Guard station
   EUSTACE, Rev. Charles, heir and representative of the last Viscount Baltinglass
   M'KAFFERTY, Very Rev. Dean William, parish priest of Donagh and R.C. Dean of Derry, at Priest-town, near Carn
   MOORE, Rev. Henry, Rector of Kilbride and Ferns, heir-presumptive to the earldom of Drogheda
   RYAN, Rev. Matthew, a native of Waterford, Abbot of Mount Melleray
   MURPHY, Right Rev. Lawrence, D.D., R.C. Bishop of Cloyne
   MATHEW, Father Theobald, at Queenstown, Cork, known as the 'Apostle of Temperance'
   O'CALLAGHAN, Thaddeus, Esq., solicitor, assassinated near Portuman, Co. Galway, having ejected some of the tenants at his property at Ballinruane
   TORRENS, Mr. Justice, at Darrynoid Lodge, Co. Londonderry
   BENNETT, George, Esq., Q.C., in retirement at his country seat in Salop. father of the Munster bar
   HAYDN, Mr. Joseph, compiler of works of reference
   LALOR, John, Esq., parliamentary reporter, writer
   WELD, Isaac, Esq. at Ravenswell, Bray, Co. Dublin, hon. sec. Royal Dublin Society
   HITCHCOCK, Richard, Esq., archaeologist, at Roundtown, near Dublin; bur. Mount Jerome
   MAGAWLY, Valerio Count Magawly Ceratti, Inspector-General of Prisons at Parma, Italy, at the hand of an assassin, and late of Temora, King's County; noticed in Burke's Peerage
   USSHER, Margaret, at Mount Ussher, Monkstown, Co. Dublin
   nee CUFFE, Grace, Countess of Farnham, dau. of Thomas Cuffe, Esq., of Grange, Co. Kilkenny
   De VERE, Dowager Lady, dau. of Stephen Edward Rice of Mount Trenchard, Co. Limerick
   GORE, Hon. Mrs. George, widow of the late Dean of Kallalo, 3rd wife
   O'CALLAGHAN, Hon. George, brother of Cornelius, 1st. Viscount and 2nd Baron Lismore, deceased
   HARVEY, Lady Honora Elizabeth Hester, dau. of 7th Earl of Cavan, [Richard Ford William Lambart], widow of Captain G. F. Harvey
   KELLY, Mrs. Sarah, successful suitor in the property case of Kelly v. Shewles, foully murdered while out walking on her grounds; she had been seduced by an Irishman, Mr. Meredyth, who left her with child, she successfully sued him for £3,000; she then mar. an old man Edmund Kelly, a land-agent and solicitor of fabulous wealth who died leaving her property sworn under £250,000; the stamp duty on her will is something under £25,000
   ...more...
   By Edward Walford, M.A. (London, 1856, 1857) - OL - For more Walford titles see Nobility and Landed GentryEarl of Cavan in: WikipediaFor Magawly see Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidgh (Irish Septs) in Wikipedia

* HARVEY: Obituary Notices of some Members of the Harvey Family
   Attached to 'A Journal of a Voyage from Philadelphia to Cork in 1809' by Margaret B. Harvey
   By George Newenham Harvey, Merchant, Cork (Collected and Printed for Private Circulation Only (Cork, 1863) - OL

* HINGSTON: Major Richard William George Hingston, M.C.

   author, naturalist, member of the 1924 Everest expedition; d. Passage West, Co. Cork, 1966
   4 Obituaries (Dublin, 1966) - TCD

* HURLEY: Denis M. Hurley (Late Representative from New York)
   b. Limerick, 1843; Memorial Addresses, House of Representatives
   By Various authors (Washington, 1907) - OL

Index of Obituary Notices for the Years 1880 - 1882
   some of Irish interest
   By The Index Society (London, 1884) - OL

* MULREADY: Memorials of William Mulready, R.A.
   By Frederic G. Stephens (1890) - IA

Obituaries
   extract from Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century
   By Rev Richard J. Hodges (Brighton, 1911) - Cork Past and Present - Cork City Council

Obituaries, Death Notices, Inquest Reports, Funeral Reports, etc.

   Births and Marriages can also be view but are not indexed
   From the Limerick Chronicle (Limerick, 1851 - 1907) - LCC

Obituary ...England, Scotland and Ireland - Vol I - Vol II - Vol III - Vol IV - Vol V - Vol VI
   Prior to 1800. Publications of The Harleian Society Vol XLIX
   By Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart., (1899 - 1901) - IA


* O'CALLAGHAN: A Memorial to John O'Callaghan

   Newspaper man, chief organiser of the United Irish League in New York; b. Killavullen, Mallow, Co. Cork, 1865; emigrated 1887
   By O'Callaghan Memorial Committee (Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts, 1918) - OL

* QUINN: Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Terrence J. Quinn

   (A Representative from New York) Born in Albany, New York of Irish parentage
   By Order of Congress (Washington, 1879) - OL

   Late U.S. Senator from Texas; son of John Rusk, stone-mason who emigrated from Ireland
   By John Hemphill (Austin, 1857) - OL

* SILLIN: A Slight Tributary Notice to the Memory of Samuel S. Sillin

   d. Patrick Street, Cork, 1847; extract from 'An Olla Podrida; or, Scraps Numismatic, Antiquarian, and Literary - Vol II'
   By R.S. - Richard Sainthill (London, 1853) - OL

Who Was Who

   A Companion to "Who's Who" containing the biographies of those who died 1897-1916
   A and C Black (London, 1920) - IA

WILLS, DEEDS
9,000 Soldiers' Wills - The National Archives of Ireland 'Genealogy' website
Bona Vacantia - List of people who died in England without leaving a will - some Irish names - official website
Frequently Asked Questions - Wills and Probate - PRONI Guide
Search Will Calendars at PRONI
Wills listed in the Irish Emigration Database
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Abstracts of Probate Acts in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1630 - 1655
   Transcription of Irish records on 'A Litttle Bit of Ireland'
   By Unknown Author (London, 1902 - 1906) - Website

Ancient Irish Deeds and Writings

   ...from the twelfth to the seventeenth century, with translations...
   By James Hardiman, Esq., M.R.I.A. (Dublin, 1826) - IA

* BARTER: Necrology. Richard Barter, Sculptor

   Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society
   By Thomas Crosbie (Cork, 1892) - OL

* BLACKALL: Will of Blackall - 1788
  John Blackall of Englishtown, Co. Armagh; also Vincent and Blackall Wills (previous page); from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica - Vol IV, 3rd Series
   By Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D., F.S.A. (London, 1902) - OL

* BOULTER: Will 19 November 1729 of Dr. Hugh Boulter, Archbishop of Armagh

   from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica
   Edited by Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D. F.S.A. (London, 1876) - OL 

* BUTLER: Testamentary Records of the Butler Families in Ireland
   By Rev. Wallace Clare, F.S.G. (Printed Privately - 105 copies only, Peterborough, 1932) - IA

 * Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1858 - 1920
   Introduction - Search
   By the National Archives of Ireland (Dublin, 2013) - NAI

Calendar of Grants of Probate of Wills 1923 - 1982

   and Letters of Administration made in the Principal Registry and its District Registries
   National Archives of Ireland (Dublin, 1923 - 1982) - Index to annual (large!) files on CIGO website

* Calendars of Grants of Probate of Wills and Letters of Administration 1922 - 1982 available online

   Introduction - Search Guide - Search
   By the National Archives (Dublin, 2012) - NAI

Calendar of Wills in the Diocese of Limerick

   (Limerick, ?) - LCC

A Copy of Register of Deeds in County Donegal

   Typed verbatim by Miss R. MacDaid (Donegal, 1935) - AAI - Short review of this book on AAI

* DOAK: Will Proved for John Doak, Kinallen, Co. Down, 1788

   Transcription Irish Emigration Database

* DUNLAP: Will of John Dunlap, Strabane, Co. Londonderry, Saddler, 1780

   Transcription Irish Emigration Database

* ERWIN: Administration of Will

   Jane Erwin alias Bury of Skibbereen, 1722-3
   from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica - Vol IV 3rd Series
   Edited by Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D. F.S.A. (London, 1902) - OL 

Extracts from Original Wills

   Formerly preserved in the Consistorial Office, Cashel, but now removed to the Court of Probate, Waterford; The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society 1858 - 1859
   By John Davis White, Esq. (Dublin, 1859) - OL

The Fifty-Sixth Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records - 1931
   includes lists of Wills, Probates, etc. received by the Office in 1928
   The Stationery Office (Dublin, 1931) - FHB - 'Brief Catalog of the Contents of the Index to the Reports of the Deputy Keeper of Records of Ireland' - www.familysearch.org

* FOLEY: Will of John Henry Foley - Sculptor of the O'Connell Monument

   extract from 'Report of the O'Connell Monument Committee'; b. Dublin 1818
   By Very Rev. John Canon O'Hanlon, P.P. (Dublin, 1888) - OL - John Henry Foley in: Wikipedia

* FRENCH: Will of Geoffrey French of Galway, A.D. 1528

   Journal of the Galway Archaeological Society
   By Martin J. Blake (Galway, 1903?) - OL

* GODDARD:

   - Goddard Wills
     some Irish wills and some with Irish beneficiaries
     By Rainald W. Knightley Goddard in: Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica (London, 1912) - IA

* HAMILTON: Will of Otho Hamilton
   1770 Prerogative Court; I Otho Hamilton of the City of Waterford [Ireland] Esq. Lieutenant-Governor of the Town and Garrison of Placentia, Newfoundland... quoted in 'Lt.-Col Otho Hamilton of Olivestob'
   By Rev. Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, B. A. (Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1899) - OL

A Guide to Copies and Abstracts of Irish Wills

   Ed. by Rev. Wallace Clare (England, 1930; Reprint Baltimore, Maryland 1972) - FHB

* IGARFORD, CAPERLY, BUTLER: Deed of John Broderick of Richmound
   whose wife Dorothy Igarford is the heir of William Igarford sometime of Dublin, and Jane her mother was heir of Edward Caperly of the same kingdome; sealed with our seales the xxvii day of Septembr. 31 Henr. 8 (1517); from 'Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica' - Vol II
   By Joseph Jackson Howard (London, 1876) - OL

Index to Ardagh Wills

   Supplement to the Irish Ancestor; covers parts of Counties Longford, Leitrim, Westmeath, Cavan, Roscommon, Sligo
   By Rosemary ffolliott (Dublin, 1971) - FHB

Indexes to Irish Wills - Vol I

   Ossory, Leighlin, Ferns, Kildare
   By W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L. (London, 1909) - FHB
Indexes to Irish Wills - Vol II
   Cork and Ross, Cloyne
   By W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L. (London, 1910) - website
Indexes to Irish Wills - Vol III
   Cashel and Emly, Waterford and Lismore, Killaloe and Kilfenora, Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
   Edited by Gertrude Thrift (London, 1913) - FHB - Vols. IV and V not found

Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland

   1536-1810
   By Sir Arthur Edward Vicars (Dublin, 1897) - OL

Index to the Wills of the Diocese of Kildare

   in the Public Record Office of Ireland
   Ed by Sydney Cary (Reprint from the 'Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society Vol IV, No. 6, Dublin, 1905) - FHB

Index to Wills Proved in the Court of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford

   1337 - 1858; including Thomas Heth, an Irishman, 1504; possibly James O'Lonan, 1443 and perhaps others?
   By Rev. John Griffiths, M.A. (Oxford 1862) - FHB

Index of Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383 - 1558 - Vol II - 
1558 - 1583 - Vol III - 1584 - 1604 - Vol IV
   - Digory Hix, d. in Ireland 1600
   - Nicholas Apley, citty of Corke, 1603
   - John Barkley, Kt. 1602
   - Richard Bingham, Kt., Connaught Tower, Athlone, 1599
   - Capt. Randall Brett, 1599
   - Serjeant Major Thomas Brett, 1597
   - Thomas Boucke Buck, St. Maryes, Lymericke, 1590
   - William Clavell, Corcke, 1601
   - Sir Coineris, Clifford, Kt., Governor of Connaught,1600
   - Sir Anthony Colclough, Kt., Tintern, Wexford, 1587
   - Roger Dalton, Knockmoan, Waterford, 1597
   - Edwarde Digges, Serieaunte Major H.M.'s Army, 1603
   - Richard Evers, 1600
   - Nicholas Harris, Rosse, 1593
   - Robert Harvey, a gentleman serving under Sir Thomas German, 1599
   - Richard Hassall Hasell, 1600
   - Augustine Heathe, Lifford, 1601
   - Thomas Lyne, Colbegge, 1589
   - Simon Mericke, gent., 1599
   - Roberte Morley, 1602
   - Christopher Mortimer, Castelton in the Baronye of Slemarig, Queenes Countie als. Leix, 1589
   - John Parson, late of Kelles, 1598
   - Walter Smyth Smith, 1599
   - Ellyn Towars Towers, Widow, Waterford, 1586
   - Sir Edward Waterhous Waterhouse, Kt., Thoemond, Sainct Pulchers, 1591
   - Daniel Whiting, 1602
   - Sir Thomas Wingfeilde, Kt., 1601
   - Roger Wright, 1597
   - 1605 - 1619 - Vol V - 1620 - 1629 - Vol VI - 1657 - 1660 - Vol VIII - 1671 - 1675 - Vol IX - 1686 - 1693 - Vol XI - 1694 - 1700 - Vol XII
   Ed. by Edward Alexander Fry; E. Stokes; Thomas M. Blagg, M.B.E., F.S.A.; S. A. Smith, M.D., Leland L. Duncan, F.S.A., John Ainsworth, M.A., F.R.Hist.S, C. Harold Ridge, F.S.A., The British Record Society, Ltd. (London;  1893 - 1960, reprints Nendeln, Liechtenstein, 1968) - FHB, OL - Vols I, VII, X not found

* PARSONS: Notes on Families and Individuals of the name of "Parsons"

   ...an endeavour to trace the Pedigree of Richard Parsons of Carrigogunnell, County Limerick; who with his brothers William and Joseph, were resident in the Counties of Cavan, Leitrim and Fermanagh in A.D. 1700, and thereabouts. Calendar of Wills
   By _________ Parsons (London, 1903) - FHB

Register of Wills and Inventories of the Diocese of Dublin

   in the time of Archbishops Tregury and Walton 1457 - 1483
   By Henry F. Berry, M.A. T.C.D. (Dublin, 1898) - OL

Registry of Deeds Dublin Abstracts of Wills - Vol I - 1708 – 1745 
Vol II - 1746 – 1785 - Vol III - 1785 – 1832 - (PDF's)
   By Eilish Ellis and P. Beryl Eustace (1954–84) - IMC

* SAVAGE: The Savage Familly Wills, Dublin, 1643 - 1808

   Transcriptions Irish Emigration Database

* SIRR: Wills

   Major Joseph Sirr, 1800, Diocese of Dublin; Major Henry Charles Sirr, 1841, Prerogative Court, Dublin; from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica - Vol IV, 3rd Series
   By Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D., F.S.A. (London, 1902) - OL

* STURROCK: Prerogative Will, 1814, William Sturrock, LL.D. Archdeacon of Armagh

   Transcription made in 1909 - Stewart Genealogy - Irish Emigration Database

* SURR: Will of Christopher Surr 1668 Diocese of Tuam

   Sheriff of Galway; from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica - Vol. V 3rd Series
   By W. Bruce Bannerman, F.S.A. (London, 1904) - OL

* VINCENTWills of Vincent

   Richard Vincent, Rector of Donamore, Co. Tyrone - will 1774; Richard Vincent 1788; also Pedigree of Vincent and Blackall; from Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica - Vol IV, 3rd Series
   By Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D., F.S.A. (London, 1902) - OL


   of Thomas Walker, Esq. of Belgriffin Park, Co. Dublin; worth upwards of £250,000; extracted from 'Pictorial Times' 1843
   By William John Fitz-Patrick Notes and Queries 2nd Series, No. 5 (London, 1856) - IA

Wills and Their Whereabouts

   being a revision and extension of the previous work by B. G. Bouwens; short section on Ireland
   By Anthony J. Camp (B.A. (Hons.) (Pub for Society of Genealogists, Caterbury, 1963) - FHB

BIBLES

* ANNESLEY, BOURKE: Annesley and Bourke Families
   Book of Common Prayer printed 1677
   By B.H.B. in The Genealogist Vol III (London, 1879) - IA

* BLACKER: Blacker Family

   Children of: Latham Blacker, Esq. of Rathescar, Co. Louth; Stewart Blacker, Esq. of Carrick, Co. Armagh
  By B.H.B. in The Genealogist Vol III (London, 1879) - IA

 * CASH, SUPPLE: Leaves from Family Bibles - Family of Cash, Supple, etc.

   The Pedigree Register Vol II (London, 1910 - 1913) - OL

* DALLAS: Bible belonging to Lachlan Dallas

   incl. Marmaduke Dallas in Cork
   By James Dallas in The Genealogist Vol III (London, 1879) - IA


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