Cemetery: Donnybrook Memorials
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DONNYBROOK
[from the Revd. R. S. MAFFETT]
'A broken headstone, greatly worn away through flakes of the
stone coming off; stands not far away from the WILLS'
tombstone. The inscription is very imperfect.
The following is all that is now legible' :-
"............... G [1] .............
27: OF: NOVEMBER ..................
168. ....................
GILBERT (?) R..YER...........
AND .............."
'There is an old headstone. with skull and cross-bones
carved in high relief, not far from the above. The stone is
chipping off in flakes, and no inscription is extant.
'Near the wall on the south side of ground is a rather small
upright stone, the inscription on which reads as follow. The
stone is broken at the top' :-
"This stone [and Bur] ial Place Belongeth to Mr. John SALT
of Rogerson Quay for him and his Posterity. 1762 Here Lyeth
Eight of his Children" ___________
'A flat stone on supports over a flagged space (vault ?).
close to the JORDAN headstone, has the following
inscription' :-
Underneath is the Body of the Reverend Richard RADCLIFFE,
Eldest Son of the Right Honourable John RADCLIFFE and
Betanna his wife. He died on Sunday the 4th day of October,
1818, Aged twenty- four Years and three Months, of an
Illness long protracted but Sustained with Christian
resignation. In Morals strict, in Religion sincere: His
temper was mild, His manners were unassuming. Dutiful and
affectionate to his Parents, Kind to his Relations, Constant
to his Friends; In Charity with all Men and to selfishness a
Stranger; He was stedfast (sic) in the Hope of Everlasting
Happiness Through the Merits and Meditation of our Lord and
Savior." ___________
'At the south wall not far from the RADCLIFFE tombstone,
there is a space railed in with a wall built at the head, to
which a tablet is affixed, bearing the following
inscription' :-
"The Family - Burial Place of Thomas BELL, M.D. A.D. 1810"
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"The remains of Dean GRAVES, Fellow, and afterwards Regius
Professor of Divinity in Trinity College, whose name is well
known through his Donnellan Lectures on the Pentateuch, are
interred at the south side (in a vault ?) beneath a
headstone, the inscriptions of which are given below.
This stone is unfortunately mouldering away, especially at
the edges of the letters in the lower inscriptions. The low
branches of an overhanging tree probably contribute to this.
The distinguished physician, Dr. Robert GRAVES, does not
seem to have been buried here himself. "Matilda Jane" is in
the first inscription appears as "Miss Jane EUSTACE" in Sir
Bernard BURKE'S "Landed Gentry" which also differs slightly
as the first name of the Dean's wife. The father of the
present Bishop of Limerick was John Crosbie GRAVES, Esq.' :-
"Here are deposited the remains of MATILDA JANE, wife of
ROBERT JAMES GRAVES, Esq., M.D. who died Septr 1, 1825, aged
19 years: and of Elizabeth Mary, wife of the Very Revd
Richard Graves, D.D. Dean of Ardagh and Professor of
Divinity in Trinity College, Dublin who died March 22, 1827,
aged 60 years:
and of Sarah, second wife of the above Robert James GRAVES
who died June 16, 1827, aged 26 years:
and of the above Very Revd Richard GRAVES, D.D. Dean of
Ardagh, who died march 31, 1829, aged 65 years:
and of Elizabeth Drewe Jane GRAVES, only child of the above
Robert James GRAVES, Esq., by Matilda Jane, his first wife,
who died March 4, 1831 aged 5 years:
and of John Crosbie GRAVES, Esq., nephew of Very Rev'd
Richard GRAVES, Dean of Ardagh, who died January 13, 1835,
aged 58 years:
and of the Revd Richard Hastings GRAVES, D.D.. son of the
above Dean GRAVES, who died December 25, 1877, aged 86
years." ___________ 'A flat stone on supports near the
headstone of the GRAVES family bears the following
inscription' :- "Here lieth the Body of Mrs. Sarah WILDER,
who departed this life Novr the 21st, 1788, Aged 24 years.
Here also are deposited the remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Mary
DROUGHT The Mother of Mrs. WILDER and Wife of the Revd James
DROUGHT, D.D. S.F.T.C.D. who died on 1st May 1797, aged 47
years.
Richard EUSTACE the younger, Elizabeth Mary EUSTACE Caroline
EUSTACE, the Grand children of Mrs. DROUGHT, died in
Infancy. James Drought EUSTACE, her Gra[ndson ?] died 6th
October aged *71 years.
* Noted at bottom of page: There appears to be two mistakes
viz: "71 for 17" and Grand Father of the children for
"Father of the Children"
Helena EUSTACE her Grand daughter died 20th April 1811, aged
19 years. The Revd James DROUGHT died in Bath, in January,
1820, aged 82 years.
Mrs. Catherine EUSTACE, the Beloved Wife of Richard EUSTACE,
of Valetta Kingstown, Esqre, by whom this Tomb has been
reerected as a small Tribute of Affection for departed
worth, fourth Daughter of Doctor and Mrs. E. M. DROUGHT, and
Mother of the above named Grand children, died 21st April
1836, aged 63 years.
Also Richard EUSTACE of Valetta Esqre, the husband of Mrs.
Catherine EUSTACE AND *Grand Father of the before mentioned
Children who died January 25th, 1838 in the 70th Year of his
age." ________________
'Against the head of the above tombstone (on which occurs
the name of the Revd James DROUGHT) there is an upright
stone with inscription on the reverse side. It reads as
follows' : -
Also the remains of Susannah ALLEN otherwise DROUGHT, who
died the 1st Decr 1815. Christopher Edmond ALLEN, Esqr,
Barrister at Law, who died 4th Decr 1826.
James ALLEN, Eqsr, Ralph ALLEN Esqr, their sons and Eliza
Maria COLLIS, only daughter of the said Christopher Edmond
and Susannah ALLEN whom the Lord was pleased to remove after
a long and protracted Illness on Thursday the 17th of
January 1850 Aged 50 Years.
Source Journal of the Association for the Preservation of
the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland (FHL # 0258795)