Sligo Abbey, County Sligo, Ireland
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SLIGO, SLIGO ABBEY, SLIGO, IRELAND

Photo No.0
Abbey view

Photo No.1
Inner cemetery

Photo No.2
Cemetery

Photo No.3
Inside view

Photo No.4
Pray for the soul of | MARY BRADY who | departed this life July | the
7th 1788 aged 40 yrs | Erected by her husband | PATRICK BRADY

Photo No.5
Pray for the Soul | of | JAMES BRENNAN | Who died 15th November 1888 |
Aged 68 years

Photo No.6
Pray for the soul | of HONORA BRUEN | relict of the late | MATHEW BRUEN
of | Sligo who departed | this life the ... | December 1781 | aged 75
years

Photo No.7
[broken stone] here ... | the Body ... | CATHERINE | BRUNAU Alias |
LEONARD who | departed this | life August | 28 1741, aged | 22 also ye
body | of EAWER LEONARD | father to ye above | CATHR. who dyed | 22d of
Novbr. 1732 | Agd 65 yrs

Photo No.8
Pray for the soul | of | MARY CONNOR alias | NICHOLSON who departed |
this life 24th Sept. 1856 | aged 61 years | BRIDGET CONWAY | her beloved
daughter | alias CONNOR

Photo No.9
Sacred to the memory of | The Very Revrd. JAMES DONLEAVEY | Dean of
Elphin | who departed this life on the | 7th Septr. 1838 | aged 47 years
| Requiescat in Pace

Photo No.10
In memory of | ELLEN FEENEY | Died Feb. 12th 1884 | Aged 60 years

Photo No.11
Beneath this Stone lye | the Remains of WM. FEENY | who departed this
life | the ... October 1817 | aged 16 years. | May the Lord have mercy |
on his Soul

Photo No.12
O Lord | have mercy on the soul of | MARK FOLEY | Who departed this life
March 15th 1878 | Aged 73 years

Photo No.13
Of your charity | pray for the soul of | MARGARET GAFFNEY who dep. this
life | 4th April 1874 aged 62. | Remember also in your prayers | the
soul of CATHERINE GAFFNEY | Alias HARGADON who dep. | 3rd Feb. ... aged
29. | Also of your charity | pray for the soul of | PATRICK GAFFNEY of
Shannon | Who dep. this life 16th January 1889  | aged 47 (?) years |
Also of your charity | pray for the soul of | MICHAEL GAFFNEY ... | who
departed this life [rest illegible]

Photo No.14
Lord have mercy on the Soul | of CELEA GANNON alias FEENY | who departed
this life on the | 10th day of September 1831 | aged 37 (?) years | May
She rest in peace

Photo No.15
To the Memory | of | BARTLY GIBLAN Farmer | who died of typhus ... | in
the prime of life | July the 10th | 1847 (?) This Stone | ... placed by
... | .. admired and esteemed | ... conscientious | ... hard working Man

Photo No.16
Beneath this Stone are deposited | the remains of MARGT. HARAGHY | who
depd this life Janury 16th | 1827 in the 29th year of her age | may She
rest in peace | Erected by her Father JOHN | HARAGHY

Photo No.17
O Lord have Mercy | on the Soul of MARTIN | HARGADON who departed | this
life 1847 aged 75 years | Also his wife CATHERINE | HARGADON who
departed | this life [blank] | This stone was Erected by their Son PAT
(?) HARGADON

Photo No.18
O Lord have mercy on the soul of | JAMES HARTE who died Feb. 16th 1884 |
Erected to his memory and to the memory | of his forefathers by his
sister | MARY HARTE

Photo No.19
Here lyeth the body of | MARGARET HEALY alias | DIGNAN who departed this
| life Sept. 23 1774 aged 36 (?) yrs | Erected by BARTY. DIGNAN

Photo No.20
Underneath are deposited the | remains of Mrs. MARGRET HENERY | alias
CONLAIR wife to JAMES HENERY | of Sligo Merchant who departed | this
life 4 Augst. A.D. 1816 | Aged 41 years | May She rest in peace | Also
CHARLES IVEIR died 3rd | July 1883 aged 84 years | May he rest in peace

Photo No.21
Here Lyeth the Body of | JAMES M... [named erased] who Died | Der. the
[erased] | Aged [erased] years | Erected by his Mother | [name erased]

Photo No.22
Sacred | to the memory of MARY KEIGH | RON alias DOYLE who departed |
this life the 2nd of May 1821 aged | 61 (?) years also her grandson |
JOHN KEIGHRON Junior who dep | arted this life the 3rd of July 1837 at
the | early age of 25 years deeply lamented

Photo No.23
Mrs. MARY ... alias LYNCH of Strand | hill departed this life 2 July
1759 | Aged 84. Mrs. MONICA GEOGHEGAN | Alias ... of Strandhill (?)
Departed this | life 17th Oct. 1759 aged 48; | ... was Erected by Mr.
MURRAGH | [rest illegible]

Photo No.24
Mrs. MacDONOGH otherwise | MULLARY, "may God have Mercy on her Soul." |
October 1817 | Miss B. MacDONOGH "God have | mercy on her Soul" Decr.
1817.

Photo No.25
O Lord | have mercy on the soul of | JOHN McCANN | Who died April 17th
1873 | Aged 65 years

Photo No.26
In Memory of | JOHN McCARTHY | who departed this | life on the 16th Feby
| 1859 aged 24 years | Erected | by his beloved Mother | MARGRET
McCARTHY | R.I.P.

Photo No.27
Pray | for the soul of | Alderman | RICHARD McDONAGH J.P. | of Sligo who
died the 6th Dec. 1889 | Aged 45 years. | Also his brother | PATRICK
McDONAGH Solicitor Sligo | Died 24th Feby. 1868 aged 28 years | Erected
to their memory by their sorrowful brothers | JOHN P. and JAMES McDONAGH
of Balllymote

Photo No.28
Here lyeth the body | of JOHN McGOWAN who | depd. this life 11th March |
1787 Aged 51 years

Photo No.29
The prayers of the Faithfull are | Requested for the repose of the |
Soul of ELENOR MURPHY alias | O'CONOR who depd. this life the 16 | of
Janry 1827 aged 59 yrs. | This Tomb was Erected by her | husband JOHN
MURPHY of Sligo

Photo No.30
The Lord have mercy on the | Soul of CATHERINE H. O'HARA Alias |
O'MALLEY who departed this life | 12th July 1847 Aged 36 years | may she
rest in peace

Photo No.31
[stone is in Latin, this is a rough translation] Here lie the remains of
TERENCE O'DONNELL | who died in the year 1794 aged 50.

Photo No.32
A tribute of filial love | to the memory of | SARAH wife of Capt. P.
PYNE | of Sligo who died | on the 8th Dec 1875 | Fortified by the Holy
Sacrament | Aged 68 years | On whose soul | Lord Jesus have mercy | Also
in affectionate | memory of his son Rev. | JOHN PYNE who died | on 17
March 1890 | in 57 year of his age | and 32 of his sacred ministry |
R.I.P. | Also Capt. P. PYNE | Who died 16 Aug 1885 | Fortified by the
Holy Sacrament | R.I.P.


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