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VIRGINIA (LURGAN) COI PARISH CHURCH, GRAVEYARD, CO. CAVAN.
NOS.  001 -  089

No. 1
Entrance drive up to VIRGINIA COI PARISH CHURCH

No. 2
Church Sign  -  Church of Ireland | VIRGINIA PARISH | Holy
Communion - 2nd Sunday | Saints Days & Holy Days | Sun.
Service 10.45 a.m. | Rector | Rev. CRAIG McCAULEY | 049 -
8548465

No. 3
VIRGINA COI PARISH CHURCH

No. 4
Right side view VIRGINIA COI PARISH CHURCH

No. 5
In | Loving Memory | of | CHARLES FISHER | Born 24th Nov.
1890 | Died 20th Sept. 1932 | And his mother | PHEOBE FISHER
| Died 26th Sept. 1936, aged 78 yrs | Also his father |
THOMAS FISHER | Died 28th June 1943, aged 80 yrs | W. HENRY
FISHER | Died 1st Jan. 1981 aged 87 yrs.

No. 6
KELLETT Burial Place
Base:  KELLETT
(Inscription details see number 007)

No. 7
Inscription on number 006:  In Loving Memory of | DAVID
KELLETT | Corocloughan, | Died 28th Nov. 1955 | His wife
ELIZABETH | Died 6th April 1949 | Their son DAVID | Died 9th
Oct. 1969 | Also their son | ALFRED KELLETT | Died 30th
March 1992 | Erected by their daughter | LILIAN, son-in-law
DAVID and Grandchildren

No. 8
In | Loving Memory of | FRANCES ELIZABETH HENRY | who died
26th July 1972 | aged 58 years | Her husband ALFRED | who
died 25th Oct. 1991 | aged 83 years | "Peace Perfect Peace"
Base:  HENRY

No. 9
In | Loving Memory | of | LOUISA ELLEN | wife of T. H.
McQUADE | Died 12th September 1927 | aged 26 years | THOMAS
HENRY McQUADE | Born 14th April 1891 | Died 2nd May 1968 |
40 years Sec., Treasurer | of this Parish | Also their
beloved daughter | ALMA BATEMAN | Died 25th April 1991 |
aged 55 years | Also HARRIET LILIAN | Widow of THOMAS HENRY
McQUADE | Died 18th January 1997 | aged 88 years

No. 10
BOWLES Burial Place
(Inscription details see number 011)

No. 11
Inscription on number 010:  Erected by WILLIAM BOWLES | In
Memory of his beloved | father JAMES BOWLES who | departed
this life the 29th | of December 1868 aged 69 | years | "His
end was peace | Through Jesus Christ"

No. 12
BAKER Burial Place
(Inscription details see number 013)

No. 13
Inscription on number 012:  Erected by | ELIZA BAKER | In
Memory | of her beloved husband | WILLIAM BAKER | who
departed this life 4th of | June 1862 aged 36 years |
"Blessed are the dead who | die in the Lord"

No. 14
In Loving Memory | of | WILLIAM EDWARD PHIPPS | who died 7th
day | of December 1919 | aged 48 years | Also his wife |
MARGARET | FRANCES PHIPPS | who died 4th day | of December
1924 | aged 51 years | And his daughter | SARAH PHIPPS | who
died 26th day | of September 1923 | aged 21 years | "We have
no abiding City here"

No. 15
"Thy will be done" | In | Loving Memory of | ALICE AUGUSTA |
the dearly beloved wife of | THOMAS McQUADE | who fell
asleep 16th April 1916 | aged 52 years | Deeply regretted by
her sorrowing | husband and children | Also THOMAS McQUADE |
who died 9th August 1919 | aged 67 years | And their son |
WILLIAM J. McQUADE | Died 11th Aug. 1921, aged 33 years |
And beloved daughter | SUSAN B. EVANS | Died 1st July 1990,
aged 91 years

No. 16
DEVITT Burial Place
(Inscription details see number 017)

No. 17
Inscription on number 016:  In | Loving Memory | of |
WILLIAM O. DEVITT | who died 13th April 1913 | aged 83 years
| Also his dear wife | SUSAN JACKSON | who died 23rd Sept.
1897 | aged 65 years | "O happy saints!  For ever blest | at
Jesus feet how safe now rest" | And their Grandchild |
ROBERT ALFRED DIXON | who died 6th Nov. 1896, aged 2 1/2
years | "Safe in the arms of Jesus"

No. 18
HORAN Burial Place
Bottom of headstone:  "Until the day break and the | shadows
flee away"
(Inscription details see number 019)

No. 19
Inscription on number 018:  In Affectionate Remembrance | of
my dear husband | THOMAS HORAN | 4th son of BENJUAMIN &
DEBORAH HORAN | of Moneystown, Co. Wicklow | and son-in-law
of | WILLIAM and SUSAN DEVITT | He died 26th Decr. 1912, |
aged 38 years | Erected by his loving wife SARAH | who died
23rd Oct. 1956 | aged 83 years

No. 20
In | Loving Memory of | EDWARD J. LIPSCOMBE | (Edenburt) |
Died 17 March 1976 aged 79 yrs | His wife DOLLY | Died 23
Feb. 1967 aged 76 yrs | Interred in Canley Cemetery
Conventry | Their son EDWARD JOHN | Died 20th Jan. 1998 aged
73 yrs | "Peace Perfect Peace"

No. 21
In Loving Memory | of | SAMUEL EARNEST McQUADE | Virginia |
Died 18th May 1972, age 77 yrs | Also his wife GRACE | Died
25th Feb. 1963, age 68 yrs | Their son JOHN | Died 5th Feb.
1996, age 70 yrs | "Abide with Me"
Base:  McQUADE

No. 22
In | Loving Memory | of | JAMES LOVE | Died 21st September
1904 | Also | LETITIA LOVE | Died 9th October 1890 | Also |
KANNA LOVE | who died 26th February 1933 | aged 84 years |
The HEASLIP sisters | "Come unto Me and rest"

No. 23
In Loving Memory of | THOMAS ACHESON | Clonkeefy | Died 27th
December 1977 | aged 76 years | And his wife | MARGARET
GEORGINA | (nee TURNER) | Died 20th December 2004 | aged 83
years | "Peace Perfect Peace"

No. 24
WRIGHT Burial Place
Bottom of headstone:  "Peace Perfect Peace"
(Inscription details see number 025)

No. 25
Inscription on number 024:  In Loving Memory | of | JAMES
WRIGHT | Died July 21 1876 | Also his daughter | MARY JANE |
Died August 17 1902

No. 26
In | Memory of | our dear father | SIMON MATTHEWS | who fell
asleep in Jesus | on the 10th day of September 1899 | aged
78 years | For 37 years Clerk of Virginia and Mullagh |
Petty Sessions Districts | "Well done thou good and faithful
servant, | Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord" | Also of
our dear mother | ELEANOR MATTHEWS | who entered into rest |
on the 6th day of July 1901 | aged 68 years | "For ever with
the Lord" | Erected | by their sorrowing children as a token
| of their unceasing love. | Also their son | JOHN JAMES |
Died 26th June 1932 aged 72 years | And his wife | ELIZABETH
MARY ANN | Died 27th March 1958 aged 83 years

No. 27
In | Memory of | Mrs MARTHA SHEGOG | who died at Virginia
10th Mar4ch 1854 | Widow of the Late JOSEPH SHEGOG | of
Rockcurry, Co. Monaghan | Also in Memory of | MATILDA SHEGOG
her daughter | who died 17th June 1875 | Also In Memory of |
MARYANNE SHEGOG | who died at Virginia 20th Nov. 1883 | aged
75 years

No. 28
In | Loving Memory | of | ELIZA JANE REILLY | Died 10th Feb.
1936 | Also her husband | JOHN WALLACE | Died 15th Sept.
1956 | Their son WILLIAM | Died 17th Oct. 1931 | Their
daughter LOUISA HARRIETT | Died 12th Feb. 1947 | "Thy will
be done"

No. 29
In | Loving Memory of | HENRY MINCHIN LLOYD B.A. | For 16
years Rector of this Parish | Died 1st January 1925 | aged
49 years | Also his wife | EVELYN SOPHIA | Died 31st July
1969 | aged 87 years | "Blessed are the pure in heart"

No. 30
MOIR Burial Place
(Inscription details see number 031)

No. 31
Inscription on number 030:  In | Loving Memory | of | PETER
MOIR | who died 8th Sep. 1922 | aged 64 years | Also his
sons | PETER & DENHOLM | Killed in Action at Loos, 25th
Sept. 1915 | "Peace Perfect Peace" | Also his wife | JESSIE
MOIR | who died 5th Dec. 1933

No. 32
In Loving Memory of | CHARLES DOUGLAS | Died 23rd November
1959 | aged 70 years | His wife ROBINS | Died 23rd December
1967 | aged 76 years | "Forever with the Lord"
Base:  DOUGLAS

No. 33
KELLETT Burial Place
(Inscription details see numbers 034 & 035)

No. 34
Inscription on number 033:  In Loving Memory of | THOMAS
CHARLES KELLETT J.P. | Lurgan Lodge, Virginia | who passed
away August 19. 1915 | aged 76 years | Also our dearly loved
mother | ELIZABETH KELLETT | wife of the above | called home
December 8. 1925 | "Until we meet"

No. 35
Inscription on Tablet also on number 033:  In Loving Memory
of | The KELLETT Family | West End, Virginia | "Safe in the
arms of Jesus"

No. 36
SANKEY Burial Place
(Inscription details see numbers 037 & 039)

No. 37
Headstone left side of number 036:  SANKEY
(Inscription details see number 038)

No. 38
Inscription on number 037:  Sacred | To the Memory of |
ALEXANDER W. J. SANKEY | eldest son of | Major SANKEY | who
died 15th July 1903

No. 39
Headstone right side of number 036:  SANKEY
(Inscription details see number 040)

No. 40
Inscription on number 039:  Sacred | To the Memory of |
HENRY SAMUEL SANKEY | Younger son of | Major SAMUEL SANKEY |
who died 5th December 1925 | And of his wife | ANNE (nee
SELBY-LOWNDES) | Died 20th January 1958 | "Dearly loved"

No. 41
BELL | In Loving Memory of | JIM | Died 31st Oct. 1939 -
aged 6 years | Also EMILY | Died 1st July 1981 - aged 74
years | And her husband | SAMUEL | Died 26th June 1990 -
aged 86 years | "Safe in the arms of Jesus"

No. 42
BOYD | In Loving Memory of | ANDREW BOYD, of Billis, | who
passed away the 6th July 1936 | aged 74 years | Also his
wife KATIE, | who died 15th April 1958 | JANE VICTORIA
BYGRAVE | (nee BOYD) | who died 25th February 2004 | "I am
the resurrection and the life | He that believeth in Me
though he were dead | yet shall he live" St. John 2. 25.

No. 43
In Loving Memory of | MATTHEW LAWRENCE | Died March 1968 |
His wife AGATHA | Died Dec. 1970

No. 44
In Fond Remembrance of | our dearly loved son | ALBERT
JOSEPH HENRY | called home | 3rd Sept. 1968, aged 20 years |
His mother ANNA MARY | Died 12th July 1983, aged 70 years |
His father JOSEPH ALBERT | Died 24th March 1992 aged 88
years | His brother WILLIAM ROBERT | Died 12th July 2011
aged 66 years | RAYMOND JOSEPH | Died 19th April 1982 aged 3
months | "Gone but not forgotten"
Base:  HENRY

No. 45
In Loving Memory | of | WILLIAM JAMES McQUADE | Drumagoland
| Died 24th March 1935, agcd 69 yrs | His sister HANNAH |
Died 1st Decr. 1952, aged 83 yrs | His wife MARY | Died 1st
Jan.1959, aged 87 yrs | Also their sons CHARLES JOHN | Died
22nd Oct. 1943, aged 21 yrs | and JAMES ERNEST | Died 1st
Dec. 1975, aged 73 yrs | Also VERA MAUD | Died 15th Sept.
1984, aged 70 yrs | "Forever with the Lord"

No. 46
Sacred To the Memory of | Doctor SAM McQUADE | Drumagoland
and Derrylin | Died 5th May 1978 | aged 77 years | A loving
husband and father | A faithful friend and a | dedicated
Doctor | UNA, wife of | Doctor SAM McQUADE | Died 2nd
February 1999 | aged 84 years | "That they all may be one" |
John 17: 21.

No. 47
Left side:  In Loving | Memory of | JOHN R. ELLIOTT | Died
16th Nov. | 1996 | aged 85 years
Right side:  ROBIN | ELLIOTT | Died 31st March | 1997 | aged
44 years | "Abide with Me"
Base:  ELLIOTT

No. 48
NOBLE Burial Place
Bottom of headstone:  "Fallen asleep in Christ"
(Inscription details see number 049)

No. 49
Inscription on number 048:  Erected by | THOS. NOBLE In
Memory of his | beloved mother ANN NOBLE | who depd. This
life 13th June | 1863 aged 42 years | Also his Aunt |
MARGARET M. WADE who dept. | this life Decr. 3rd 1868 | aged
51 years

No. 50
HAMELTON Burial Place
(Inscription details see number 051)

No. 51
Inscription on number 050:  Erected by | JOHN HAMELTON In
Memory | of his beloved wire | ESTHER HAMELTON who | died
14th of Sept. 1880 | aged 37 years | "Her end was peace |
through Jesus Christ"

No. 52
WILLIAMS Burial Place
Bottom of headstone:  By his family mourned
(Inscription details see number 053)

No. 53
Inscription on number 052:  Erected | In | Loving Memory |
of | GEORGE WILLIAMS | who died Novr. 10th 1896 | aged 68
years | "On Lord have mercy on his soul"

No. 54
In | Loving Memory | of | RALPH HARMAN | of Kilmacnoran, Co.
Cavan | and resident 33 years | in this Parish | "Who
entered into "rest" 5th Novr. 1881 | aged 75 years | Also of
| NICOLINA GEORGINA | his beloved wife | "who fell asleep in
Jesus" 24th Decr. 1873 | And | GEORGE FINLAY | his second
son | who died 22nd August 1865 | aged 22 years | Also |
ELLEN SUSAN HARMAN | Died 1st Jany. 1912

No. 55
In | Loving Memory | of | ALEXANDER GOURLEY THOMPSON | who
died 26th August 1899 | aged 10 years | "He shall gather the
Lambs with his arms" | Isaiah XL. 11.

No. 56
In Loving Memory of | MARY E. COX, of Billis | who departed
this life 3rd July 1932 | aged 62 years | Also her husband |
JOSEPH J. COX | Died 22nd May 1951 | And their daughter |
EVELYN MAUD WOODS | Died 21st March 1987 | "Thy will be
done"

No. 57
KELLETT Burial Place
(Inscription details see number 058)

No. 58
Inscription on number 057:  Erected To the Memory | of |
EDWARD KELLETT | (By his wife and children) | Died at
Virginia | on the 22nd Feby. 1880 | aged 46 years | "The
Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away | Blessed be the name
of the Lord" | MARY EMILY DE CARNE KELLETT | wife of EDWARD
KELLETT | Died 2nd Jany. 1925 | aged 23 years | Their son
FRED. | Died in Canada 1906 | "So long thy power hath blest
me"

No. 59
COCHRANE Burial Place
(Inscription details see numbers 060, 061, 062 & 063)

No. 60
Inscription on front of number 059:  "Until the day break
and the | shadows flee away" Cant. 11. 17. | In | Loving
Memory of | ADAM COCHRANE | who departed this life | 11th
May 1895 | "Him that cometh to Me I will | in no wise cast
out" John VI. 37 | Also of | his second daughter | CATHERINE
A. H. COCHRANE | who departed this life | 6th February 1870
| aged seven years

No. 61
Inscription on right side of number 059:  The dearly loved
child | of | EDWARD & LOUISA COCHRANE | DOROTHEA MARY | Born
25th September 1884 | Died 9th September 1885 | "Suffer
little children | to come unto Me" Mark X. 14.

No. 62
Inscription on left side of number 059:  His | Grand
Children | the dearly loved | children of | WILLIAM & KATIE
COCHRANE | ROBERT HENRY | Born 23rd July 1881 | Died 2nd May
1884 | CHARLES EDWARD | Born 31st August 1889 | Died 21st
July 1890 | MARY COCHRANE | wife of said | ADAM COCHRANE |
Born February 1st 1830, | Died April 20th 1909 | "I know
that my Redeemer liveth"

No. 63
Back of number 059:  (COCHRANE)
(Inscription details see number 064)

No. 64
Inscription on number 063:  GEO. COCHRANE | Born 22nd Jan.
1860, | Died 10th Aug. 1898 | Also | WILLIAM JOHN COCHRANE |
Died 8th Dec. 1898 | aged 44 years | "Deeply lamented"

No. 65
TAYLOUR Burial Place
(Inscription details see numbers 066 & 069)

No. 66
Cross on left side of number 065:  (TAYLOUR)
(Inscription details see numbers 067 & 068)

No. 67
Inscription on number 066: (TAYLOUR) | This Cross is erected
| by his wife | To the Beloved Memory of | THOMAS 3rd
Marquess | of Headfort K.P. | Born Nov. 1. 1822 Died July
22. 1894

No. 68
Inscription on back of number 066:  (TAYLOUR) | "Though I
walk | through the Valley | of the Shadow of Death | I will
fear no evil | for thou art with me"

No. 69
Cross on right side of number 064:  (TAYLOUR)
(Inscription details see numbers 070 & 071)

No. 70
Inscription on number 069:  (TAYLOUR) | In Loving Memory of
| EMILY CONSTANTIA | Marchioness of Headfort | 2nd wife of |
THOMAS 3rd Marquess of Headfort | Born April 4. 1846 | Died
July 16. 1928

No. 71
Inscription on back of number 069:  (TAYLOUR) | Her children
arise up | and call her blessed" | Proverbs XXXI. 28

No. 72
In Loving Memory of | Canon WILLIAM JOHN MITCHELL | 1896 -
1981 | Rector of Killinkere | and Mullagh 1942 - 1960 |
Rector of Virginia, Killinkere | and Loughan 1960 - 1973 |
Died 13th February 1981 | And his devoted wife | MARY
ELIZABETH MITCHELL | Born 6th April 1911 | Died 10th August
2004 | "Peace"

No. 73
KNOX Burial Place
(Inscription details see number 074)

No. 74
Inscription on right side of number 073:  Sacred To the
Memory of The | Revd. DENIS F. KNOX | Born Dec. 27. 1828.
Died Jan. 28. 1912 | For 40 years Rector of this Parish |
"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord"

No. 75
TAYLOUR Burial Place
(Inscription details see number 076)

No. 76
Inscription on number 075:  Beneath (-) | the morning of the
resurrection | repose the mortal remains of | Lord ROBERT
CONNOLLY TAYLOUR | The Late Capt. In H.M. 49th Regt. | The
gentle, generous and beloved son | THOMAS 2nd Marquess of
Headfort | and OLIVIA his wife | Died in Fermoy 19th Jany.
1851 | after a few days of illness aged 24 years | "His end
was peace through Jesus Christ" | "Yea sorrow not, even as
others without hope | for if we believe that Jesus died and
rose | again, even so them also which sleep in | Jesus will
God bring with him"

No. 77
Top:  In | Loving Memory | of
Middle:  ADELINE OLIVIA CRIGHTON | beloved wife of | Colonel
| The Honble. CHARLES CRIGHTON
Bottom: And daughter of | the 3rd Marquess of Headfort
(TAYLOUR)| Born 30th Jan. 1848 | Died 27th Jan. 1876
Base:  "Blessed are the pure in heart | for they shall see
God"

No. 78
KELLETT | In Loving Memory of | JOSEPH KELLETT |
"Farthadreen", Bailieborough | Died 19th Feb. 1932, aged 79
| His wife MATILDA | Died 20th Feb. 1958, aged 87 | Their
daughter MARY MATILDA | Died 2nd Sept. 1916, aged 16 | Their
son JOSEPH | Died 12th Jan. 1952, aged 47 | "Abide with Me"

No. 79
NUGENT Burial Place
(Inscription details see number 080)

No. 80
Inscription on number 079:  Erected by | ANNE KELLETT of
Virginia In Memory | of her mother ELIZABETH NUGENT | who
departed this life | November the 8th 1855 (?) | aged (-)
years

No. 81
BUTT Burial Place
(Inscription details see number 082)

No. 82
Inscription on number 081:  Sacred | To | the Memory of |
WYNDHAM STANHOPE BUTT | who died 12th Feby. 1879 | aged 18
years | His amiable qualities secured | the attachment of
his friends | and the love of his own family. | His
disconsolate parents have | erected this simple memorial |
to the object of their tenderest affection.

No. 83
CHEYNE Burial Place
(Inscription details see number 084)

No. 84
Inscription on number 083:  Erected | by | JAMES & CAROLINE
CHEYNE | In Loving Remembrance of | their beloved children |
JAMES WILLIAM who died Oct. 1st 1885 | aged 4? years | Also
ROBERT | who died Oct. 6th 1885 | aged two weeks | "Suffer
little children to come | unto Me and forbid them not | for
of such is the Kingdom of God"

No. 85
In Loving Memory | of | DESMOND ROBERT ROE | Aughacashel,
Ballyjamesduff | Died 28th August 2007, aged 78 years
Base:  "Forever with the Lord" | ROE

No. 86
DENYS Burial Place
(Inscription details see number 087)

No. 87
Inscription on number 086:  In Loving Memory | of | AUGUSTUS
ROBERT DENYS | Infant son of | Colonel and Lady ISABEL
CLAYTON | Died Nov. 30th 1875 | aged 2 months | "Jesus
called a little child | unto Him"

No. 88
The GREAT WAR Monument
(Inscription details see number 089)

No. 89
Inscription on number 088:  This Monument | Commemorates the
willing sacrifice | of | Corporal PETER MOIR | Private
DENHOLM MOIR | Private JOHN THOMAS DOUGLAS | Private ROBERT
SMYTH | who gave their lives in defence of | King and
Country in The Great War 1914 -1919 | "Faithful unto death"


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