Tyrone - Magherakeel Burialground, Termonamongan Parish *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Tyrone Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: C. Hunt & M. Taylor 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 _______ '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