Raffoney Cemetery, Virginia, Co. Cavan, Ireland
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RAFFONEY CEMETERY, VIRGINIA, CO. CAVAN, IRELAND

Photo No.0
Entrance

Photo No.1
BRADLEY | R.I.P.

Photo No.2
[part of BRADY stone, number 3] JOHN FARLEY Phila. Ini. (?)

Photo No.3
Erected | To the memory of | EDWARD BRADY, | who departed this
life | January 13th 1848 (?) | in the 70th year of his age |
May his soul rest in peace. Amen. | Dear wife and children
that is left behind, | Don't mourn for me in sorrow: Prepare
today to follow me, | Don't leave it for tomorrow. | Why
should we mourn for him who left | A world of care like this.
| And died in hopes to live again | In heaven that world of
bliss. | His kindness while on earth to all, | Though not
rewarded here, | Will meet the mansions of the Lord, | Much
will be just and fair. | Though lost to sight still dear to
memory

Photo No.4
In Loving Memory of | EDWARD BRADY Murmud | Died 6th Oct. 1891
Aged 65 years | His Wife | MARY BRADY (nee PLUNKETT) |
Cornasesk House | Died 5th Oct. 1900 Aged 74 years | Their Son
| PATRICK BRADY Newcastle | Died 28th Aug. 1919 Aged 68 years
| Their Daughter | MARY MARTIN (nee BRADY) | Died 12th Jan.
1923 Aged 61 years | MEL CHARLES Son of PATRICK | Died 18th
June 1907 | Aged 2 years and 4 months. | Rest In Peace | BRADY

Photo No.5
In loving memory | of | ANN BRADY of Murmod | Died 9th March
... | And her husband | MICHAEL BRADY | Died 25th Aug ...

Photo No.6
In Loving Memory Of | JAMES BUTLER (Enagh East) | Died 29th
Oct. 1927, aged 45 yrs | His wife MARGARET | Died 23rd Jan.
1961, aged 82 yrs | Their sons, PATRICK (Patsy) | Died 11th
May 1987, aged 75 yrs | TOMMIE, died 24th March 1986, aged 77
yrs | Interred in U.S.A. | Their daughter CATHLEEN | Died 10th
April 1963, aged 36 yrs | Interred in England. | JAMES BUTLER
| Died 4th May 2002, aged 80 yrs | His father THOMAS died 10th
Sept. 1916 | His mother ANN died 29th May 1934 | Erected by
the KILROY & DUFFY family | England | R.I.P. | BUTLER

Photo No.7
In loving memory | of | A dear husband | and father | MATTHEW
CALDWELL | Billis Virginia | Died 6 Feb. 1974 | Aged 74 years

Photo No.8
In Loving Memory Of | THOMAS CLERKIN | Deerpark, Virginia |
Died 23rd August 1982 | Aged 74 years | His wife MARTHA
CLERKIN | Died 16th February 2005 | Aged 86 years | Also his
parents | PATRICK CLERKIN | & | MARY POLLY CLERKIN | May they
rest in peace | CLERKIN

Photo No.9
In | Loving Memory | Of | RITA CONNELL | Burreen | Died 16th
June 1986 | "Those we hold most dear | Never truly leave us |
They on in the | kindnesses they showed | The comfort they
shared | And the love they | brought into our lives." | Her
Beloved Husband | JOHN | Died 8th Sept. 2009 | Also
Remembering | PETER & SARAH | CONNELL | Cloughergoole. | "That
They May Face | The Rising Sun." | Rest In Peace | CONNELL

Photo No.10
In memory of | PHILIP CONNELL | of Fartha | Died 8th Jan.
1909. | Aged 70 years | His father PHILIP died 5th July 1860 |
Aged 80 years | His mother ROSE died 26th June 1880 | Aged 79
years | His sister ANNE died April 1899 | Aged 60 years | And
his brother PATRICK

Photo No.11
Erected in loving memory | by the children of PATRICK |
CONNELL of Killakeen | Who died 7th Janur. 1880 | Age 74 years
| Also his brother PHILIP who died | 19th March 1887 age 67
years

Photo No.12
Here lies the bod | y of JAMES CONNR (?) | Died July 13th 1761
| Age 32 years

Photo No.13
See Number 14 for close up of CULLEN

Photo No.14
PATRICK CULLEN of ... ... | in memory of his Father JAMES
CULLEN | who departed this life in Jan 1843 aged 66 years |
and of his Mother CATHERINE CULLEN | who departed this life in
Oct 1824 aged 42 (?) years | also of his Grandfather ANTHONY
CULLEN | who died in Feby. 1826 aged 84 years

Photo No.15
In loving memory of | OWEN DUNNE | Drumagolan | Virginia |
Died 19 November 1966 | Aged 82 yrs  | R.I.P.

Photo No.16
See Number 17 for close-up of ENNIS

Photo No.17
Erected by | EDWARD ENNIS | of New York in | memory of his |
beloved father | PHILIP ENNIS | of Mullagh who | died April
1851 | aged 75 years | Also his mother | ANNE ENNIS who | died
March 1873 | aged 80 years | Also his brother | THOMAS who
died | 1837 aged 4 (?) years

Photo No.18
In loving memory of | JAMES FARRELLY Ennagh East | Died 20th
Dec 1953 | His wife BRIDGET | Died 31st Aug 1945 | Also their
daughters | MARY FARRELLY | Died 1st Oct 1942 | BRIDGET
FARRELLY | Died 1st Feb. 1952 (?) | Their son PETER | Died 6th
Dec. 1972 | Also PETER DAILY (?) | Died 12th Jan. ... | R.I.P.
| FARRELLY

Photo No.19
In Loving Memory Of | JOHN FARRELLY | Granafarna | Died 10th
March 1960 | Also ELIZABETH FARRELLY | Died 17th December 1960
| Sacred heart of Jesus | have mercy on their souls | R.I.P. |
Erected by ... & family

Photo No.20
FITZSIMMONS | In loving memory of | CATHERINE ... | and
MATTHEW | Also BERNARD J. | ... 1978

Photo No.21
GIBSON

Photo No.22
Pray for the souls | of | PATRICK and ROSE | GILLICK Ardlow |
Also | Their son CHARLES | Died 14th June 1894 | Age 74 years
| R.I.P.

Photo No.23
In Loving Memory Of | NORA HARRINGTON | Cavan Road, Virginia |
Who died 28th September 2001 | Aged 75 years. | Rest In Peace
| HARRINGTON

Photo No.24
[written in Irish] ... TOMAS MacCUILLINN Murmod | ... 1917 |
... 91 ... | agus | ... TOMAS MacCUILLINN | ... 1947 (?) | ...
71 ... | ... TOMAS MacCUILLINN | ... 1876 ... | ... MAIRE ...

Photo No.25
[written in Irish] ... | MAIRE NicCUILLINN ... | ... MicSIMOIN
| ... | ... 80 ...

Photo No.26
Pray for the | soul of  | OWEN LOGAN | Who died | June the 13
| 1733 (?) | Aged | 29 yrs

Photo No.27
In Loving Memory of | PATRICK LOGAN (Lisnahederna) | Who died
3rd Dec. 1925. | His wife ELLEN, who died 11th Oct 1938 |
Their daughter KATHLEEN | Who died 26th Oct. 1931. | BETTY
LOGAN | Who died 3rd December 2000 | Her husband PHIL | Who
died 25th December 2008 | R.I.P.

Photo No.28
In memory | of my dr. wife KATIE LYNCH | Als. KANE | Murmod |
Who died Feb 4th 1940. | Aged 58 years | R.I.P.

Photo No.29
Bottom of Number 31, KATIE LYNCH: R.I.P. | Erected by her
husband | PATRICK

Photo No.30
In | Loving Memory of | MATTIE LYNCH Enagh | Died 12th April
1999 | Aged 74 years | Also Pray for the Deceased Members of |
The FLANAGAN Family Enagh | Rest in Peace | LYNCH

Photo No.31
In memory of | PATRICK MAGENNIS | Coracloon | Late teacher of
Murmod School | Died April 1877 | Aged 80 years | JOHN
MAGENNIS | Died July 1886 | Aged 61 years | ANNE, wife of
JAMES MAGENNIS | of Tully... | Died ... Dec. 1891 (?) | Aged
34 years

Photo No.32
In Loving Memory Of | PATRICK MAGUIRE | Mullaghmore | Died 6th
April 1942, aged 66. | His wife BRIDGET | Died 21st March
1966, aged 75. | His brother CHARLES | Died 18th July 1938,
aged 64. | And his wife MARY | Died 24th April 1961, aged 78.
| And his son JAMES | Died 26th August 2004, aged 72. | Rest
In Peace.

Photo No.33
Photograph of MALLON and MALAN headstones

Photo No.34
In Loving Memory Of | BARTLE A. MALLON | Aughnahee, Bailieboro
| Died 4th Feb. 1953 | His wife CATHERINE | Died 21st July
1978 | Their daughter | KATE FRANCES | Died 1932 | His parents
| PATRICK & MARY | Died 1901 & 1906 | R.I.P. | MALLON

Photo No.35
Pray for the | soul of BRYAN | MALAN who died | May 27 1742
age | 78 years | And also ROSE MALAN | June 15 1742 | Aged |
58 (?) years

Photo No.36
... | ... the Soul of | ... MALAN Who Died | .. the 2_? 1840
Age 32 Y | ... ars (?) (part of MALLON family plot)

Photo No.37
Sacred | to the memory of | JAMES McBRIDE | Who died 27th
March 1860 (?) aged 63 years | And of his son MICHAEL | Who
died 20th April 1871, aged 27 years | Also his son JAMES | Who
died in Gloucester, N. Jersey U.S.A. | 8th Sept. 1872 aged 29
years | Erected by his son HENRY McBRIDE | of Gloucester N.
Jersey, U.S.A.

Photo No.38
Pray for the soul of | PETER McBRIDE Murmod who | died March
18th ... aged ... | His wife ANNE died May ... | 1898 (?) aged
47. Their son PETER (?) | Died Nov ... 1896 aged 14 (?).
THOMAS | Died Feb. 10 1908 aged ... | ANNE died Dec. 20th 1908
aged ... | PATRICK died June 9th 1917 (?) aged ...

Photo No.39
In memory of | EDWARD McNALLY | Murmod | Who died Jan 6th 1907
| Aged 80 years | His wife BRIDGET died | March 9th 1913 |
Aged 81 years | Also their son JOHN died | Feb 20th 1881 aged
8 years | Also JAMES McNALLY | Died 17th July 1944, aged 81
years

Photo No.40
In Loving Memory Of | ANNE McNALLY | The Palms, Virginia | Who
died 15th November 1970. | Her husband EDWARD | Who died 24th
November 1998. | Their infant daughters, MARGARET | BRIDGET
and MARIA GORETTI. | Their son VINCENT | Who died 16th
November 1971. | Their son OLIVER | Who died 23rd March 1994.
| Their son MICHAEL | Who died 29th June 2019. | May They Rest
In Peace. | McNALLY

Photo No.41
McNally family plot, Numbers 39 & 40.

Photo No.42
In Loving Memory Of | SEAMUS McNAMEE | Killakeen, Virginia |
Died 28th June 1989, in U.S.A. | Aged 42 years | His father
JAMES | Died 20th August 1999 | Aged 84 years. | His mother
MARGARET | Died 8th September 2001 | Aged 81 years. | Their
THOMAS (Tom) | Killakeen, Virginia | Died 10th June 2006 in
New York | Aged 52 years | Rest In Peace | McNAMEE

Photo No.43
In Loving Memory Of | DONALD GEORGE McNAMEE | Killakeen |
Husband of ANNA RITA | and Father of | PATRICK and KATHLEEN |
Died 27th January 1988 | Aged 70 years | PETIE McNAMEE | Died
27th April 1994 | Aged 83 years | NELLIE McNAMEE | Died 1st
May 1991 | Aged 74 years | Rest In Peace | McNAMEE

Photo No.44
In Loving Memory | of | PETER and CHRISTINA | McNAMEE and
Family | Killakeen

Photo No.45
The | MONAGHAN | Family | Doon | R.I.P.

Photo No.46
The Lord have Mercy on the | Souls of the Faithful departed |
Particularly the Following | Erected By JOHN MORGAN Murmod |
to the Memory of his Father DANIEL | MORGAN who died June 7th
1832 | aged 71 years, of his Mother MARY | who died Febry.
1789 aged 40 (?) years ... [see Number 52 for more]

Photo No.47
[cont'd from Number 50, JOHN MORGAN] ... of his Son JAMES who
died June | 20th 1846 aged 11 years and his | Beloved Wife
CATHARIN who died | March 11th 1847 (?) aged 52 years

Photo No.48
In Loving Memory | of | our dear parents | MICHAEL MORGAN |
Died 21st Jan. 1945 | Aged 42 years. | His wife MARGARET |
Died 13th Dec. 1955 | Aged 48 years. | His father DANIEL |
Died 28th Sept. 1939 | Aged 72 years | His mother MARY | Died
22nd March 1921 | Aged 50 years | Also his grandparents | JOHN
MORGAN | Died 13th Jan. 1900 | Aged 77 years. | JULIA MORGAN |
Died 4th Oct. 1907, aged 71 years. | May They Rest In Peace |
MORGAN

Photo No.49
In Loving Memory Of | PATRICK MORGAN | Drumina | Died 27th
June 1980, aged 73. | His Wife NELLIE | Died 31st December
1987, aged 80. | Their Son OWEN | Died 11th January 2010, aged
67. | Rest In Peace. | MORGAN

Photo No.50
In loving memory of FRANK | O'NEIL died January 20 1927 aged
76 years | And his daughter MARY ANN died 26th | November 1915
age 31 (?) years. Her brother | ... died Jan ... age 52 yrs |
... mother (?) died January | ... 1913 age 85 yrs. May they
rest in peace

Photo No.51
In Loving Memory of | JAMES ROCK Enagh East | Died 19th April
1936 | His wife KATIE | Died 23rd Dec. 1937 | Their son JOHN |
Died 3rd Jan. 1990 | And his wife AGNES | Died 24th Sept. 2000
| Also ELLEN REILLY | Died 13th March 1934 | ROCK

Photo No.52
In loving memory | of my dear mother | BRIDGET RODGERS | Died
6th Dec. 1907 | Aged 70 yrs. | Also her husband | MICHAEL
RODGERS | Died 4th Feb. 1919 aged 86 (?) yrs | And their son |
PATRICK | Died 20th Nov. 1924 aged 64 (?) years | Also their
son MATT | Died 15th Feb 1953 aged 87 (?) yrs | And his wife
JULIA | Died 24th May 1956 aged 88 yrs

Photo No.53
Pray for the soul | of | JAMES ROE Carricorn ... | Died 2nd
June 1911 aged 79 years | Also his wife MARY | Who died 21st
May 1913 aged 65 years | Also their son ROBERT | Who died 11th
January 1914 | Aged 34 years

Photo No.54
In Loving Memory | of our dear Parents | PATRICK SHERIDAN |
Raffoney. | Died 25th Apr. 1969 | And | SUSAN SHERIDAN | Died
10th Oct. 1970. | Their son SEAMUS | Died 2nd June 1978 | And
his wife MARGARET | Died 28th Sept. 1981. | "God himself will
be with them" | Erected by their devoted family | SHERIDAN |
R.I.P.

Photo No.55
In | Loving Memory Of | JOHN SMITH | New St, Virginia | Died
8th June 1940 | His wife BRIDGET | Died 31st Oct. 1946 | Their
sons THOMAS | Died 12th April 1931 | PATRICK | Died 13th May
1984 | Their daughter MAISIE | Died 20th Jan. 2008 | R.I.P. |
Erected by their family.

Photo No.56
Sacred to the memory | of MATTHEW and ANNE OSBORNE | SMYTH and
also to the memory | of HONORIA and PETER and | TERENCE and
JOHN SMYTH | Children of JOHN and CATHRINE | REILLY SMYTH who
went to | America in 1866.

Photo No.57
In | Loving Memory of | The SULLIVAN Family | (Raffney) |
R.I.P.

Photo No.58
TRAYNOR Raffney | MICHAEL 1913-1915 | PATRICK 1922-1923




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