Cemetery: Old Church At Portran, Donabate Parish *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Dublin Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: C.Hunt & M. Taylor OLD CHURCH AT PORTRAN, DONABATE PARISH INSCRIPTIONS - [From B. R. Balfonr, Esq., Townley Hall, Drogheda] 1] 'In large capitals':- "HERE LYETH THE BODY OF MADAM LYNN WHO DEPARTE[D] THIS LIFE THE 19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER ANNO DOMINI 1722 AGED FORTY FIVE YEARS OR THEREABOUTS" 2] "Here lieth the remains of Hampden EVANS, Esq. who died the 23 of April 1820 aged 80 years. Beloved and lamented as man of strict honesty, tried Courage, sincere Piety and true Patriotism. Also the remains of Margaret EVANS relict of the above Hampden EVANS, Esq. who died March 12th, 1844 Aged 95 years." SOURCE: Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, 1894. FHL# 1279252