Cemetery: Rockstown Cemetery, Co. Limerick, Ireland
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ROCKSTOWN CEMETERY, COUNTY LIMERICK, IRELAND
[From James Grene Barry, Esq., Limerick.]

' Mural tablet exterior of south wall of old church ':-

"Here rests what remains | of JAMES BARRY
of Fryarstown | And his wife ANASTATIA. |
Obiit MAII 1, A.D. 1819, AETAS 69 YearS. |
He was 5th in direct descent from |
DAVID BARRY Of Fryarstown, A.D. 1655, |
And progenitor of the Families of
Rockstown and Sandville. R.I. P."
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'On tomb in chancel of old church':-

"Here lies the body of JAMES | BARRY,
Esquire, of Rockstown | House, who
Departed this life | The 25th day of
July, A.D. 1828, Aged 57 years. | R.I.P

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'On tomb over vault in churchyard':-

"This monument was erected to the memory |
of JOHN BARRY, Esquire, of Sandville, who |
departed this life September 5th 3 1839, |
Aged 60 years.

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" Underneath rest likewise the remains |
of his relict, MARY, who died | April 1855,
aged 75 years. | Their eldest son, JAMES
BARRY, J. P., Who died | September 2nd, 1856,
Aged 50 years. | His wife MARIA nee GRENE,


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Who died June 2nd, 1878, | aged 65 years.
Also JOHN BARRY, of Sandville, | Who died
November, 1860, aged 36 years. R.I.P."

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Inscriptions on ancient chalices of the irish franciscans
still existing in this country.

" In usum Fratrum Minorum,' Limericensmm, we
fieri fecit Frater FERALLUS, Minorita, 1619"

' Br. FERRAL, Minorite, caused me to be made for the use of
the Friars Minors, Limerick, 1619.'

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" D. ANASTATIA RICE, Tertii Ord. S.
Francisci me fieri fecit pro altare Conceptionis
B. Virginis, F.F.. Min. Limeri A.D. 1626."

' ANASTATIA RICE, of the Third Order of St. Francis, caused
me to be made for the Altar of the Conception of the Blessed
Virgin of the Friars Minors of Limerick, A.D. 1626.'

                      [Rev. C. P. Meehan.]


Source:
The Preservation of The Memorials of the Dead. Ireland. Vol.
I