Waterford - Kilrush Memorials

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KILRUSH CHURCHYARD MEMORIALS
[From James Buckley.] 

'The ancient church is well described by the Rev. P. POWER 
in the series of articles on the ancient ruined churches of 
the County Waterford, contributed by him to the "Waterford 
Archaeological Journal" (see vol. iii, p. 222). 

'There is a curious object here which now serves as a 
headstone. It is not unlike a small stone coffin; but Father 
POWER considers that it was used in the early church as a 
baptismal font. It bears the following inscription on one 
side':-  

P. K. 
S. WRIGH [chipped] 
Aged 32 
years
1709. 

'It is not certain whether the year is 1709 or 1769. 
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'Other inscriptions here are ':- 

+ 
I H S 
RICHD POWER died 7ber 17th 1789 Aged 5ys the body the 
rest inside [sic]. 
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+ 
IHS 
Here lieth the body | of JOAN COLLINS Who | Depd this 
life Augt 15th 1801 aged 21 yrs | Also MARGARET CASEY | 
who died 14th June 1888 aged 80 | R.I.P.
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+ 
IHS 
Here lieth | the body of | THO CUDDY who | died May 1st 
1805 | Aged 50 yrs May | he Rest in Peace. 
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Here lieth the body | of DENNIS DRISCOL | Who died 
October 18th 1795 Aged 47 yrs. 
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IHS 
Here lieth the body | of IOHN DELANY who | died decebr 23 
1806 | aged 48 yrs also | MARY DELANY died | Fe y 22 1803 
aged | 48.
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'Here lieth the Body of MARY CARTER wife of EDWARD 
CARTER who Depd this life 12 of November 1784 aged 
48 years. 
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+ 
IHS 
Here lies the bod | of WILM FLYN who | Depd the 15th of 
Iuly | 1780 | Aged 4 ys .
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+ 
IHS 
Here lies the body | of RICHARD IVEY who | Depd this life 
August | the 2d 1776 aged 55 ys. 
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Memory of Bar Murphy | who died Jany 6 
1810 | agd 68 | Also 4 of his childrn.
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+ 
IHS 
Here lieth the ] Body of JULIAN | POWER who died | 
Septr 27. 1808 aged 52. 
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'Outside the south-east corner of the church is a small, 
rough, brown stone (unfixed), with this inscription ':- 
I Roys. 

SOURCE:
Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the 
Memorials of the Dead in Ireland.  Vol vi, 1906.

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Additional Spellings
THOMAS CUDDY
WILLIAM FLYNN
JOHN DELANY
RICHARD POWER