Cemetery: Kilcruttin Cemetery, Tullamore, County Offaly (Kings), Ireland Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Offaly (Kings) Index Copyright File contributed by: C.Hunt ______________________ KILCRUTTIN CEMETERY, TULLAMORE, COUNTY OFFALY (KINGS), IRELAND [From Lord Walter FitzGerald.] [pgs 298 - 301] 'This burial-ground lies near the railway station on the outskirts of the town of Tullamore; it is closed against further interments. There is no trace of any building in it; it was used by all religions. In the south-east corner lies the tomb-slab of a priest; the inscription, which faces the west, reads' :- Pray for the soul of the Reverd Mr JAMES GURAGHTY Who depd this life April ye 4th 1798 aged 96 years. ________ On a handsomely carved limestone column, standing about the middle of the burial-ground, are cut the following two inscriptions, on either side of it, on in English and the other in German (small Roman type)':- Sacred to the memory of FREDK WILLM Baron OLDERSHAUSEN late a Captain in his Majesty's 1st German Dragoons. Born the 15th of March 1776 at Verden in the Electorate of Hanover and departed this life at Tullamore the 22nd of Decembr 1808 By his Brother officers. ~ 'On the other oval panel':- Des Gatten Vaters Freundes Bande Sind fruh Gelost un freinden Lande Schlafst Du den ernsten Todesschlasf Dies Monument spricht Keine Luge Der Wahrheit Griffel grub die Zuge Du warst Treu Edel Biedere Bray 'The Baron Oldershausen was killed with many others in 1808 during a military riot in Tullamore, which took place between a German Legion quartered there and some Irish Militia regiments, an account of which is given in Cooke's "History of Birr."' ________ 'On a box-tomb':- Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM | FULTON, Esqr. late Lieutenant in | the 6th or Inneskilling Regiment | of Dragoons. Born at Lisburn and | Departed this life | the 17th day of | June 1813 Aged 41 years. | This Stone was Erected by his Truly affectionate widow. 'On a flat slab':- Sacred to the Memory of Lieut | JAMES GRANT of the 96th Regt | who died on the 19th of July 1816 | in the 27th year of his age. ________ 'On a flat slab lying on the slope at the east side of the burial- ground in the following inscription faintly cut':- The body of the Revd IOHN MILLAR | is laid beneath this stone | rescued from the Vale of Misery | at the age of 35 years | His conversation among his Parish | ioners was such as to ensure their | regret at his departure henc [sic], but their | grief returned unto their bosoms | for his hope was full of Immortality. 'The clergyman many have been a Wesleyan minister, as other members of that persuasion are buried close by. There is no date on the slab, which belongs to the early nineteenth century.' ________ 'On a flat slab over a vault at the north-east end':- Sacred to the memory of the | Revd JAMES STIRLING Wesleyan minister | who after a long and painful illness | which he born with resignation | to the devine [sic] will | pacefully [sic] finished his course on | Feby 3rd 1934 (?1854) aged 58 (or 38) years. | Blessed are the dead who died in | the Lord. ________ 'On a box-tomb is an inscription to the memory of JAMES McKEE, "who for nearly 30 years faithfully laboured as an Iterant Minister in the Wesleyan Methodist Society," in Tullamore, and died on the 22nd April, 1805, aged 58. 'On another box-tomb there is an inscription to the memory of the Rev. JOHN HODDEN, for twelve years Wesleyan Minister in Tullamore, who died on the 11th December, 1812; aged 61.' 'On a headstone near the German officer's column':- IHS This stone is erected By IAMES TEERNEN in Memy of His Mother and his Be- loved wife MARY TEENAN alias BROPHY who Departed this Life December The 5th 1775 Aged 32 years Pray for the Souls of the Faithful Departed. ________ Source: Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland Journal for the Year 1915 Vol. IX No. 4