Cemetery: Delgany New Churchyard
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DELGANY NEW CHURCHYARD
[From the Kev. R. S. Maffett, B.A.]
'There are at present in this churchyard about 100 memorials
besides those given below as belonging to Section I. The
inscriptions on a few of these have already been printed in
the Journal, and to such the proper references will be given
as these memorials occur in the various rows. For the
inscriptions in the church itself, see vol. ii, pages 245
and 567. For convenience of description the graveyard may be
divided into five sections. Section I runs along the whole
of the boundary called the "western,"which, however, appears
to incline somewhat to the north. Sections II and III lie
along the "east"of this portion, and are divided from one
another by a walk running from the gate opposite the church
tower, which is reached by ascending a few steps from the
level of the gravelled "sweep "in front of the church.
Sections IV and V, lying at the "north"of the church, are
separated from Section III by a walk (south to north) from
another entrance into the graveyard facing the large gates
into the church grounds. These gates are situated on the
road leading from Greystones to Delgany, along which is the
"southern "boundary of the ground. Section IV is a small
plot, in the shape of the instrument known as a"square,"at
the north-east angle of the gravelled space spoken of
above, and separated by a walk from Section V, which lies
beyond the church along the "northern"boundary, and is now
being extended round the "east "end of the ground also. I
should mention that the entrance to the La Touche vault is
at the south-east of the church grounds. Forming the
boundary along the road from Greystones, before we come to
the church gates, is the low building which Ferrar tells us
in his "Tour to Bellevue" was constructed for the stabling
of the horses of those attending service. The doors to this
building are from the road, which is much lower than the
ground inside. There appear to be only two
"eighteenth-century "monuments in this churchyard, which has
many funeral urns, but, as yet, no upright crosses. The
ground is usually in excellent order, and the close-cut sod
refreshing to the eye.
'The First Section may be said to consist of two rows, Row I
being close to the west wall of the churchyard, and the
position of No. 1 in it, far up the row. Before we come to
this memorial there is a glass shade - WILLIE SMYTH, 1906.
'Row I, No. 1. - Marble headstone, ROGERS, 1905.
'Row I, No. 2. - Headstone a little beyond No. 1, Lane-Poole,
1905.
' Row I, No. 3. - Marble headstone after greater distance,
WM. ROBT. STEADMAN, late R.H.A., 1903.
'Row I, No. 4 - After some distance, and not far from the
northern boundary, is a memorial in the form of a headstone
with carving. A darker stone inserted bears the inscription,
the first line of which is in old English characters, and
several others in italics, the names being in capitals. The
space below the headstone is flagged ' : -
Sacred | to the memory of | WILLIAM WALLACE IRELAND | of
Ballyhorsey in this County ] who departed this life 12 th
March 1849, | aged '75 years, j He was a most affec- tionate
Husband and kind Parent. | This monument is erected by his
Wife | ELIZABETH. | Also ELIZABETH Ireland | wife of William
Wallace | Ireland who died April 7 th | 1855 aged 63 years.
| Also in memory of | BENJAMIN W. IRELAND | who fell asleep
in Jesus, Dec r 7 th 1894 | Aged 68 years. | And his two
Children | GEORGE and THOMAS | Col. iii. 4.
F. Hynes, Fecit | Glasnevin.
'Beyond the above there is a glass shade, with cards,
WILLIAM DOYLE, aged 50; HERBERT DOYLE, aged 22, 14th
October, 1892. Both father and son (boatmen) were washed off
the pier at Grey- stones and drowned, along with the
coxswain of the lifeboat, in presence of large crowds, while
endeavouring to save a coal vessel. A large subscription was
raised for the families of those drowned.'
'Row II. Not far from the south boundary are two upright
stones only 4 or 5 feet from the wall, between which and the
memorials there used to be a mass of laurels, which latterly
completely covered the stones. These have been all taken
away.
'1 No. 1.- HARRISON, 1854-1859.
'No. 2. A slate upright stone, having the inscription in
capitals with the exception of the abbreviations. No month
is mentioned in connexion with the death of LUCY ' :-
HANAH [sic] LUISA [sic] BOYLE | died Nov r 14 th 1843 | aged
4 year 8 & 6 months | Lucy died 17 th 1843 | aged 1 year & 8
months
'No. 3. - A slate headstone some 9 feet from the wall, with
the first and third lines in capitals ' : -
Sacked | to the Memory of | SARAH HEPENSTAL | who fell
asleep in Jesus | May 16 1846 aged 7 years. | Suffer little
children to come. unto | me and forbid them not for of such
| is the kingdom of God. | Also MARY HEPENSTAl who died Decr
| the 2d 1857 aged 17 years. And SARAH | HEPENSTAL died Decr
4th 1857 aged 11 yr s
'After these is a piece of stone, and some glass shades
close to it. Price, 1893 (now disappeared) - BANNISTER
(Kingstown), 1891.
'No. 4. - After some distance, and between Nos. 2 and 3 of
Row I, is a marble headstone. BURNS, 1900.
'No. 5 is a marble headstone, "erected by friends"to MATHEW
MURPHY, "for above fifty years an earnest faithful scripture
reader in this parish,"1883. The filling in of the lettering
has become very defective on this memorial.
'No. 6 is a marble headstone standing a little more to the
front than the last. Mrs. RACHEL HEALY, 1893.
'No. 7 is a marble headstone just in front of the "Ireland "
memorial of Row I, and with square space surrounded by curb.
"Col. CHARLES WYNNE, R.A., died Oct. 11 1893."
'No. 8. - Close to the last is a small space, the railings
round which are broken, where I believe a child was buried.
There is no stone.
'No. 9. - A headstone. EVANS, 1889. No date of death after
the first two names.
SOURCE:
Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the
Memorials of the Dead in Ireland. Vol vii, FHL# 1279254