Old Kyle Graveyard outside Borris-in-Ossory, County Laois, Ireland
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OLD KYLE GRAVEYARD OUTSIDE BORRIS-IN-OSSORY,
COUNTY QUEENS/LAOIS, IRELAND

Photo No.0
Cemetery View

Photo No.1
In Loving Memory | Of | MARTIN RYAN | Cloncourse | Died 11 March 1942 | Aged 23
YRS. | His Father MARTIN | Died 28 Dec 1966 | Aged 89 YRS | His Mother HELENA |
Died 2 March 1985 | Aged 91 YRS | R.I.P.

Photo No.2
In | Loving | Memory Of | JOHN RYAN | Died 2nd October 1969 | & his wife SUSAN
| Died 27th November 1986 | Rest in Peace | Erected by their daughter BETTY,
Son-in-law JOHN & grandson KE??

Photo No.3
In Loving Memory of | MARGARET RYAN | Borris - on - Ossory | died 21 November
1932 | aged 39 years | her husband JOHN RYAN | died 29th October 1969 | aged 69
years | their son | JOSEPH (JOE) RYAN | Died 17th November 1990 | aged 60 years
| Rest In Peace | Erected by their daughter | KATHLEEN WALSH.

Photo No.4.
Erected In Loving Memory of | ELIZABETH MAHER | Derrymore, Roscrea | Died 28
April 1982 Aged 91 YRS | Her Mother | ELIZABETH GRADY | Mondrahid | Died 23 Sep
1930 | Aged 66 YRS | Her Father | WILLIAM GRADY | Died 1 Nov 1939 | Aged 88 YRS
| Her Brothers | THOMAS GRADY | Died 6 Sep 1949 | Aged 57 YRS | JAMES GRADY |
Died 29 Feb 1964 | Aged 71 YRS | R.I.P. | Erected By Her Daughter MOLLY WALL.

Photo No.5
Erected By | MARY HYLAND | of Loughile | [illegible] DANL HYLAND | Died March
4th 1889 Aged 66 YRS | Also Her Father | JOHN RYAN | Died June 3rd 1862 Aged 87
YRS | And Her Daughter | ELLEN (?) | Who Died Young.

Photo No.6
Another view of Number 5

Photo No.7
Erected By | ELIZABETH MAHER | In Loving Memory of | Her Husband | JAMES MAHER
| Tourtane | Died 10th May 1969 Age 76 | Also His Mother | CATHERINE | Died
11th Oct 1927 | His Father MICHAEL | Died 22 Nov 1942 | JOHN MAHER Derrymore |
Died 23rd Oct 1982 | Aged 91 YRS | The Above | ELIZABETH MAHER | Died 30th June
1994 | Aged 94 YRS.

Photo No.8
In Loving Memory of | JOHN MAHER | Derrymore, Roscrea | Died 23 Oct 1902 Aged
90 YRS.

Photo No.9
In Loving Memory of | MICHAEL QUINLAN | Ballinla Ballaghmore | Died 4th Oct
1938 Aged 61 YRS | His Wife, MARY | Died 21st Feb 1962 Aged 75 YRS | [Interred
in Ballaghmore] | His Brother JAMES | Courthouse, Borris-in-Ossory | Died 16th
Jan 1966 Aged 89 YRS | His Wife, ELIZABETH | Died 21st Nov 1927 Aged 37 YRS |
Rest in Peace.

Photo No.10
Sacred | to  the memory of | WILLIAM HENRY HARTE Esq | who died [illegible]

Photo No.11
Another view of Number 10

Photo No.12
In | Loving Memory | Of | PATIENCE GARRETT | Who entered into Rest | 3rd July
1911 | Aged 48 Years | Also Her Beloved Husband | PETER | 1856-1925.

Photo No.13
In Loving Memory | of | PETER VICTOR GARRETT | Died 11th Feb 2007 Aged 91 YRS |
And His Beloved Wife | ELIZABETH KATE GARRETT | Died 16th Jan 2007 Aged 80 YRS.

Photo No.14
In Loving Memory | Of | ROBERT GARRETT | Springhill Borris-in-Ossory |
1888-1956 | Also His Beloved Wife, MURIEL | 1894-1962.

Photo No.15
In Loving Memory of | ROBERT ERNEST GARRETT | Late of Dublin | Died 24th Sept.
1982. Aged 68 YRS | And His Beloved Wife | MARY CATHERINE (MAY) | Died 1st May
1993 Aged 66 YRS.

Photo No.16
In Loving Memory | Of | A Dear Husband and Father | WILLIAM CHARLES GARRETT |
Mechanical Engineer | "Rosevill" Borris-in-Ossory | 1919-1984 | And of His
Loving Wife | FRANCES MARY GARRETT | 1913-1994.

Photo No.17
Erected By | MICHAEL FARRELL | of Borris in Ossory | in memory of his beloved
Father | JAMES FARRELL | died 50th (?) August 1870 (?) aged 52 years | and his
brother THOMAS | Died December 1870 aged 26 years | also his grand Father and
grand Mother | His wife ____ FARRELL | also His brother | MARTIN FARRELL | who
Died the 1?th of August 1871 | aged 21 (?) Years | Also His Son JAMES | 22
March
1894 Aged 18 YRS | And The Above Named | MICHAEL FARRELL | Died 15 March 1913
Aged 71 YRS | His Wife ANASTASIA FARRELL | Died 16 Apr 1935 Aged 91 YRS |
[old stone]

Photo No.18
Another view of Number 17

Photo No.19
In Loving Memory of JOHN DELANEY Died 1911 | His Wife MARY ANN Died 23 Aug 1904
| Interred in Roscrea Their Sons | PATRICK DELANEY, Interred in | England GERRY
DELANEY Died 1917 | Son-in-Law WILLIAM JOHN RIGNEY | died 3rd June 19_5 (?)
Great Grand-Son | ?? PIEL LE__ANZIN (?) | Died 8th July 19_5 Interred in Galway
(?) | His Daughter MARY ELLEN RIGNEY | Died 2_th November 1977

Photo No.20
In Loving Memory | Of | The PHELAN Family | Keelogue | Borris-in-Ossory.

Photo No.21
In Loving Memory of | ELLEN DELANEY | A Dear Aunt And Grand-Aunt | Main St
Borris-in-Ossory | Died 21st Feb 1989, Aged 79 YRS. | Her Parents | WILLIAM
DELANEY | Died 26th April 1941, Aged 71 YRS. | And His Wife NORA | Died 6th Feb
1961, Aged 82 YRS. | Their Daughter's NORA | Died In Infancy | MAY CARROLL (Nee
DELANEY ) Died 19th Nov 1986, Aged 69 YRS. | Her Husband JIM CARROLL | Died
12th May 1988, Aged 72 YRS. | Interred In England.

Photo No.22
Left stone:
In Loving Memory | Of Our Dear Father | JAMES LUPTON | late of Monaincha |
Called Home | 26th Nov 1965 | Aged 85 YRS | Also Our Mother | ELIZABETH LUPTON
| Died 9th Nov 1967 | Aged 75 YRS.
Their Son JOSEPH | Died 22nd March 1998 | Aged 71 YRS | (verse)
Right stone:
Erected By JOHN LUPTON | Ballaghmore | in Loving Memory of | His Father FRANCIS
LUPTON | Died 19th Oct 1941 Aged 64 YRS | His Mother SUSAN | Died 25th Sept
1983 Aged 92 YRS | His Uncle JOHN LUPTON | Died 6th March 1946 Aged 77 YRS |
His Sister SUSAN EMILY | Died 22nd Aug 1925 Aged 1 MTH | His Sister | SARAH
ELIZABETH | Died 13th April 2004 Aged 81 YRS. | (verse)

Photo No.23
Erected | By | BRERETON-ALLEN | in memory of His Uncle | THOMAS ALLEN | Who
Died 14th Sept 1911 Aged 89 Years. | BRERETON - ALLEN | Died 25th Dec 1935 Aged
73 Years | His Wife MARY | Died 9th May 1929 Aged 44 Years | His Sister | MARY
ANNE ALLEN | Died 4th March 1935 Aged 68 Years | (verse)

Photo No.24
In Loving Memory of | ROBERT CRUISE Ballaghmore | Who Died 23rd Feb 1945 | Aged
65 Years | His Grandchildren GEORGE IVAN | Died 19 Nov 1959 | Aged 3 Months |
and EVELYN SARAH | Died 10th Oct 1962 Aged 9 Months | His Wife FRANCES CRUISE |
Died 16th Aug 1968 Aged 76 Years | His Son GEORGE ISAAC CRUISE | Died 11th June
1994 Aged 78 Years | His Grandson | ROBERT WILLIAM CRUISE | Died 13th November
1998 | Aged 50 Years | His Daughter-in-Law | FRANCES CRUISE | Died 12th Aug
2009 Aged 84 YRS | (verse)

Photo No.25
In Loving Memory | of | MARY ANN CRUISE | Springhill, Borris-in-Ossory | Died
31st Oct 1947 Aged 74 YRS | Her Husband GEORGE | Died 3rd June 1953 Aged 77 YRS
| SARAH MARY STANLEY | Died 16th Sep 1983 Aged 77 YRS | Her Husband JAMES |
Died 21st Jan 1985 Aged 80 YRS | GEORGINA PRATT (nee CRUISE) | Died 20th July
1988 aged 76 YRS | Her Husband JACK | Died 12th Oct 1996 Aged 80 YRS | (verse)

Photo No.26
In Loving Memory of | JOHN PHELAN | Died 1890 | His Beloved Wife | MARY PHELAN
| (Nee HEGARTY | Died 11th Nov 191_ | Late of Cahir | Rest in Peace | And Their
Sons | JOHN PHELAN | Died Aged 21 Years | RHODY PHELAN | Died 19th April 1941 |
MIKE PHELAN | died 4TH ___ |
*death year for Rhody Pheland from Civil Registration Index

Photo No.27
Their Beloved | Daughters | BRIDGET PHELAN | Died 2[rest covered] | ANN___[rest
covered] | Died 23rd ___ 1967 | Their Niece | KATHLEEN | FITZPATRICK | Died
[rest covered] | Aged [rest covered]

Photo No.28
In |Loving Memory of | Our Dear Parents | JOHN & MARY PHELAN | CAHIR | Also Our
Brothers | MICHAEL & RICHARD | THOMAS PHELAN | Died 12 Oct 1959 | MARY A.
PHELAN | Died 20 Jan 1972 | Her sister BAB | Died 17 Nov 1982 | Her Brother
JOHN | Died 27 Dec 1959 | In the U.S.A.

Photo No.29
In Loving Memory | of | JAMES FITZPATRICK | Springfield Borris-in-Ossory | Died
9th May 1930 Aged 87 Years | Also His Wife MARY | Died 15th Nov 1942 Aged 81
Years | His Sister NORA Died 2nd April 1928 | Aged 94 Years | MARY ANN | Died
16th March 1971 Aged 75 Years | Her Husband FRANCIS | Died 18th July 1971 Aged
77 Years | DANIE FITZPATRICK | Died 14 March 1976 Aged 75 YRS | SEAN
FITZPATRICK | Borris-in-Ossory | Died 2nd July 1932 Aged 6 YRS | Erected By The
Family.

Photo No.30
In | Loving Memory Of | THOMAS O'GRADY | Clonoonaugh | Who Died 12th Feb 1945 |
Aged 80 Years | His Wife SARAH | Died 13th Oct 1959 Aged 84 Years | And Their
Daughter in Law MARGARET | Died 27th Aug 1947 | Aged 32 Years | Her Husband
THOMAS O'GRADY | Died 3th (sic) May 1991 Aged 88 Years | His Sister Bridget
(CIS) Died 23 Dec 1993.

Photo No.31
Another view of Number 30

Photo No.32.
Erected By | KATE GRADY | In Loving Memory | of ___ Husband | JOHN GRADY | Who
[illegible] 18__ | 18 [illegible] | [illegible] ... MARY GRADY | Who Died [rest
illegible]

Photo No.33
Erected by | JOHN MAHER ... ... | In Memory (?) | [illegible]
Bottom:
JOHN died 13th (?) [illegible]

Photo No.34
Pray for | The Souls of | My Father | PATRICK QUINLAN | Ballaghmore | And my
sisters | ANN MARY and WINIFRED | Also my Brothers | TOM and JOHN interred in
America | TIM interred in South Africa | MICHAEL and PATRICK | and my nephews |
PATRICK and WILLIE JOE | DANIEL QUINLAN died 22 Jan 1960 | Aged 9 YRS | R.I.P |
Erected by DANIEL QUINLAN.

Photo No.35
Erected in Memory of | JOHN DOOLEY Rock Road | Died 23 Nov 1940 Aged 78 YRS |
His Wife MARGARET (nee DOYLE ) Died 14 Oct 1940 Aged 77 YRS | Their Family
MARGARET QUILL | Died 2 May 1940 Aged 39 YRS | Her Son OLIVER Died 13 Sept 1970
Aged 50 | MICHAEL DOOLEY died 29 June 1970 Aged 70 | His Daughter SUSAN Died 13
May 1949 | Aged 7 | JOSEPH DOOLEY Died 15 Nov 1980 Aged 89 | His Wife MARY (nee
REIDY) Died 14 May 1983 Aged 76 YRS | Their Son SEAN Died 22 Oct 1982 Aged 50 |

Photo No.36
Erected By | MHL (?) HIGGINS of Caher in | memory of his Father | PAT HIGGINS
Who died | June 28th 1869 Aged 85 years | Also His Sister MARY | Died Jany 9th
1866 aged 34 years | The above Named | MICH HIGGINS | Died 29th Jany 1899 Aged
65 Years | Also His Daughters | NANNIE Died 26th August 1909 | KATE died 6th
Sept 1913 | His Son Patrick | Died 27th Novr 1922.

Photo No.37
In | Loving Memory of | JOSEPH HIGGINS | Cahir, Coolrain | Died 26 Jan 1979 |
JOHN HIGGINS | Died 21 Aug 1966 | JOHANNA HIGGINS | Died 18 May 1956 | MICHAEL
HIGGINS | Died 13 July 1952.

Photo No.38
In Memory of | The | DUNNE Family | Shanboe | JOE, JUDY, BILL.

Photo No.39
Erected in memory of | JAMES SHEERAN who dep. | This Life June 26 1797 (?) |
Aged 25 yrs Lord have | mercy on him Amen.

Photo No.40
In Loving Memory of | WILLIAM SHEERAN, Kylogue | died 16th March 1927 | His
wife MARY ANN | died 4th Feb 1961 | His Son WILLIE | Died 10th Nov 1922 | His
sisters MARY | Died 11th Feb 1936 | ANNIE Died 25th Jan 1944 | BAY (JULIA MARY)
SHEERAN | Died 16th June 1995 | DANIEL SHEERAN | Died 2nd July 1998 | JOHN
SHEERAN | Died 13th Feb 2000 | ANNIE DEVENISH (nee SHEERAN) Died 4th March 2007
Aged 96 YRS | Interred in Deans Grange | WILLIAM SHEERAN Borris-in-Ossory |
Died 15th Feb 200_ Aged 84 YRS.

Photo No.41
In Loving Memory of | MICHAEL BYRNE, Windsor | Died 14th April 1921, Aged 37
Years | His Father MICHAEL BYRNE | Died 8th Oct 1930, Aged 74 Years | His
Mother JOHANNA BYRNE (nee BREEN) | Died 21st March 1932 | Aged 76 Years.

Photo No.42
In Loving Memory | of | MARTIN BYRNE | Rock Road | Borris-in-Ossory | Died 22nd
Sept 1972 | Aged 86 Years | His Wife JOSEPHINE | Died 27th Oct 1979 | Aged 67
Years.

Photo No.43
In Loving Memory of | MARGARET DOOLEY | Neilstown | Died 20th Sept 1972 | Her
Husband | JAMES DOOLEY | Died 8th Sept 1922 | Their Daughter, MAUREEN | Died
18th Dec 1932 | Her Brothers-in-Law | TIMOTHY & PIERCE DOOLEY | Her Sisters-in-
Law | JOHANNA & BRIDGET DOOLEY.

Photo No.44
In | Loving Memory of | MICHAEL KELLY | Kylouge, Borris in Ossory | Who Died
8th February 1965 | Aged 77 Years | Erected by MOLLY DOOLEY.

Photo No.45
In | Loving Memory of | MARY DELANEY | Ballykelly Knock | Died 19 Aug 1952.

Photo No.46
Erected by JOHN PHELAN | (Tubrid) | In Loving Memory of his Mother | ANNIE
PHELAN | Died 4th Nov 1929 Aged 34 YRS | Her Husband MICHAEL PHELAN | Died 18th
Sept 19_7  Aged 82 YRS.

Photo No.47
[illegible] Father PATRICK PHELAN?

Photo No.48
In Loving Memory | of | MARY ANN COFFEY | Kylogue | Died 4th Sept 1966 | Her
Husband JOSEPH | Died 6 March 1967 | Their Son, JOHN | Died 11 Oct 1984 |
R.I.P. | Ereced and Always | Remembered By MARGARET.

Photo No.49
In | Loving Memory of | DENIS BREEN | Ballaghmore N.S. | Died 10th October
1934.

Photo No.50
In Memory of | SHEILA RIGNEY | Daughter of | PATRICK & MARGARET | RIGNEY |
Always Remembered.