Tyrone - Magherakeel Burialground, Termonamongan Parish

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MAGHERAKEEL BURIALGROUND, TERMONAMONGAN PARISH - MONGAN

Mr. C. MULLIN, solicitor, Omagh, has also kindly contributed
the following notes concerning an inscription on a tombstone
in Magherakeel Burial- ground, about 4-1/2 miles from the
town of Casthederg;  it was close to the old church, of
which all traces have disappeared; the graveyard is in a
very neglected condition.  The stone above referred to is
built into the south wall, and probably owes its existence
to the fact of being so built:

Mr. MULLIN says :_  'I got a copy of the inscription from
the late Rev. W.T. O'DOHERTY, D.D., an eminent antiquary;
the translation is also by him.

"In memoriam R.R. CORNELLI MONGOAN, Presbyteri, qui ut
Romano-Catholicus Rector.  Parocchiae de Termouamongon.
Donnaghmore et Urnery annons supra 40 praefuit, in quo
numere obeundo, exactissimus cananum observator, et
disciplinae ecclesiasticae accesimus propugnator fuit, et
zelo dilatandae fidei accensus, fideliss "verbo et exemplo.
pavit mundum et umbratillis" ei opes stempsit, misericordia
in pauperes, hospitalitate in peregrinos, caritate,
humilitate, humilitate. aliisque virtutibus enituit, quibus
se et prosapiam suam illustravit, et amorem Dei, hominumque
sobi conciliavit.

Tandem, morlo patienter tolerato, Deo se resignans, ac
Sacramentis munitus, devote ex hac vita migravit, pridie
Idus Januarii, anno aetatis 75 Domini vero 1724-5 Hicque
cum patribus sepultus est."

			TRANSLATION
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'In memory of the Reverend Cornelius MONGAN. who as
Roman Catholic Rector presided over the parishes of
Termonamongan, Donaghmore, and Urney, for more than forty years.

In the discharge of this duty he was a most exact observer
of the Canons and a strict promoter of Ecclesiastical
Discipline, and being inflamed with zeal for the Propagation
of the Faith.

He was most faithful in word and example.  He dreaded the
world and despised its fleeting riches.  He was kind to the
poor, hospitable to strangers, and was conspicuous for his
charity, humility and other virtues by which he ennobled
himself and his kindred, and gained for himself the love of
God and man.

At length, having borne his sickness patiently, being
resigned to God and fortified by the sacraments, he devoutly
departed this life the day before the Ides of January in the
75th year of his age, and in the year of our Lord, 1725-25,
and is here buried with his fathers.

SOURCE:
Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the
Dead in Ireland, 1894. FHL# 1279252