Cemetery: Hacketstown Churchyard

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Contributed by C.Hunt

CEMETERY: COUNTY CARLOW. HACKETSTOWN CHURCHYARD
[From C. M. Drury.]

Sacred to the memory of
THOS HARDY Esq
who was killed in action
when fighting for his King & Country
against the Rebels
at the Battle of Hacketstown
on the [25]  of June [1798]
this monument is erected by his Sons
Lieut Colol HENRY HARDY
& the Revd JOHN HARDY
In respect to a beloved Fathers memory
June . . 18 . ,
Beneath this tomb lieth remains
FRANCIS HARDY Esq
who died . . .
HENRY HARDY Esq r
who died A.D. . . .
Grandfather and Father of the above named
THOS HARDY Esqr


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Here lyeth the Body of WILLIAM
SAUL who departed this life Janury
the 18th 1771 aged 70 yrs Also
his wife JANE SAUL who Departed
this life June the 10th 1780 Agd 70 yr.

' The above is on an upright stone, in front of which is a
flat one, bearing the following ':-

Underneath this Stone lie deposited the
Remains of WILLIAM SAUL who departed
this life on the 21 st day of June 1815 in the
78 th year of his age

'There is a bridge - "Saulsford Bridge" - near Hacketstown.
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This tomb is Erected by THOMAS DARCY
of Knocknaboley in memory of his Father
PETER DARCY who departed this life March
the 15th 1827 aged 100 years also in memory
of his Wife ELIZABETH DARCY who died 17th
January 1844 aged 80 years
Also in memory of the above named
THOMAS DARCY who departed this life
April the 25th 1849 aged 85 years
His son BENJAMIN DARCY who departed this
life July the 20th 1851 aged 50 years. And of
his Grandson WILLIAM DARCY who departed this
life September 19th 1860 aged 15 years.
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Here Lieth the Body of
THOMAS EAGER Who De
parted this Life january
2d 1776 AGd 72 yrs
allso ELIZABETH EAGER
his Wife
Departed February the 4th 1752
AGd 31 yrs


SOURCE:
Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the
Memorials of the  Dead in Ireland.  Vol VII, FHL# 1279254