Kilcruttin Cemetery, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Offaly Index Copyright Contributed by: Bernard M. Doheny Transcribed by: C. Hunt & V. Ackroyd (No. 7) Photos ______________________________________ KILCRUTTIN CEMETERY, TULLAMORE, COUNTY OFFALY, IRELAND (Inside Lloyd Town Park) Photo No.0 Kilcruttin Cemetery This Cemetery Was First Established In The Early 1700's And Continued In Use Until The 1850'S Many Were Buried Here In Unmarked Graves Including More Then 1,000 Poor People Of Tullamore And District Who Died Of Hunger And Fever During The Great Famine Of 1845-1849 Among The Tombstones Are Two To Members Of The King's German Legion Stationed In Tullamore In The Early 1800's Comhairle Bhaile Cheanntair An Tullaigh Mhoir April 1991 Photo No.1 Cemetery view Photo No.2 Another view Photo No.3 Stone marker: Universal Declaration | of Human Rights | 1948-1998 | Tullamore Amnesty Group | .. Memory of ... Rights. Photo No.4 Plaque: This Holly Marks 50 Years | of Amnesty Internacional | And is of | Tullamore Amnesty Group | 20.11.2011. Photo No.5 Sacred to the memory of JOHN | BURGESS who depard this life on the | 30th of Jany 1855? aged 76 years and his beloved | wife DEBORAH Who deprd this life on the | 25th of Jan 1861 Aged 73 Years They Were Both | Consistent Members Of the Wesleyan Methodist | Society For Upwards of 30? years and ... | ... | ... | ... 1823? aged 5? years? MARY ANN? | ... (very difficult stone) Photo No.6 Full view of BURGESS grave. Photo No.7 Sacred | To The Memory | of | DAVID BRUCE | Late of Tullamore More? | Youngest Son of the late? | JOHN? BRUCE? Gent? | of Chelsea County of Middlesex | Who died on 1st January 1843? | in the 29th? year of his age | This Tomb is erected | By his beloved Brother? | JOHN BRUCE? | of London. (Worn stone. We researched the clues as best we could. A David Bruce died on 1 Jan 1843. He lived at Harbour St., Tullamore. A John Bruce, Gardener of Royal Hospital Chelsea, Middlesex has a Will dated 27 Jan 1838. (Kew Archives) In it he names three children. Two sons John & David and a daughter. This is our best reading of this stone and there may be errors.) Photo No.8 Lord Have Mercy on the | Soul of PEETER DIXSON who | depd this life Oct the 20th | 1799 aged 66 years | Erected by his Son PEETER | DIXSON | Also his Daughter CATHERINE | KINCH who dep this life | June of 1806 Aged 28? years | A Happy Judgement To Them Be Given | May The Lord Receive Their Souls In Heaven. Photo No.9 Erected by JOHN KILE | in Memory of his Daughter | ELEANOR KILE who d.. | this life Oct 10 1803 | aged 5 Years | [rest illegible] Photo No.10 View of Baron OLDERSHAUSEN monument. Photo No.11 Sacred | to the memory | of | FREDK. WILLM. Baron OLDERSHAUSEN | late a Captain in His Majesty's | 1st German Dragoons Born the | 15th March 1776 at Verden In The Electorate Of Hanover And Departed | This Life At Tullamoore | The 22nd of December 1808 | By His Brother Officers. Photo No.12 (Back of the OLDERSHAUSEN plinth) The Bonds of Husband, Father, Friend, | Are Early Loosed in a Foreign Country | Thou Sleepest the Solemn Sleep of Death | This Monument Speaks No Lie | The Graving-Tool of Truth Carves These Lines | Thou Wert True, Noble, Loyal Brave. | Restored By Sennheiser Group, Germany | For Their Jubilee 1995. Photo No.13 Erected By | SARAH SAUL In Memory | Of Her Father WILLIAM | SAUL Who Departed This Life | March 16 1834 Aged _4 Yrs? | ... Also her Brother | [JO]HN SAUL Departed 29th? Nov | 1840 Aged 49? Years. (Faded stone) Photo No.14 ... | Body of P? ...? | who Dep this? life? | Sept 1809? | aged ... yrs | Also His ... | ... ... | Dep this life | ... (Mostly illegible) All images Copyright by Photographer