Cemetery:  Three Mile Water, Parish of Dunganstown - Memorials

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THREE MILE WATER, PARISH OF DUNGANSTOWN

This Churchyard lies three miles from the town of Wicklow, 
to which circumstance it owes its name. It is situated on 
the brow of a glen, about twenty-five yards from the public 
road. On three sides it is enclosed by a solid wall built of 
stone and mortar, in which a flag is inserted, near the gate 
entrance, which bears the date "A.D., 1859." In the summer 
of 1904 the grounds appeared rather cleanly kept, except 
that they bore much evidence of being stocked with rabbits.

The oldest inscription here is dated June, 1695. It is 
somewhat indistinct in consequence of a small piece being 
chipped off the top right-hand corner of the face of stone. 
This stone is an unusually small memorial one, and resembles 
a "foot stone" more than anything else. It measures not more 
than sixteen inches in height by about eight in width and 
seven in thickness. On the top surface the letter "B" is 
incised, and on the face is engraved in a similar style':-
             REAc         (??)
             169Viv
                 --
                 x        (??)
 
'The fourth letter of the first line is not certain, but 
from the part remaining, which resembles the curved side of 
the letter D reversed, it would appear to have been intended 
to represent that letter. There is, too, a stone hard by 
erected to a person named READ, which reads':-

IHS
[heart]
Erected by MARY READ in memory of her Hufband
GEORGE READ departed this life March 10th 1814
Aged 90
(husband)
_____

HERE LYETH THE BO |DY OF THOMAS BV | TLOR
DECEASED | IENAWERY ye 30th 1721
(Butlor) (January)
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Here Lieth the Body of PATRICK KELLY Deceasd Ivne ye 30 1741 
aged 49 years
(June) 
_____

IHS
HERE LIETH THE BODY | OF ELIZABETH MURR | DECEASd NOVEMr 2d 
| 1758 Aged 39 YEAR | ALSO THE BODY OF | THOs KELLY 

[there may be a mark on the page after MURR. Maybe Murry?]
_____

IHS
HERE LYETH | THE BODY | OF CHARLES | MAKd NNA | IVLY 
1738
(July)

IHS
Here Lieth ye Body of CATHERINE BYRE | Deceasd May
ye 30 1740 aged 44
_____

IHS
Here Lyeth the Body of JOHN DOYLE who departd this
life September the 27th 1747 Aged 55 years
_____

Here Lieth the Body of DARBY DOYLE Deceaed Ianry 1st
1763 Aged 26 yr Also MARY DOYLE Deceasd Ianry 3d 1788
aged 19 yr
(January)
_____

IHS
HERE LYETH Ye BODY OF EDWOD DOYLE DECd Ye 28 OF
NOVEMBr 1765 AGd 28 Yr.
(Edward)
_____

-691-

Here lieth the Body of MARY CORCORAN who depd this
Life the __'r of 1774 Aged 3 years
_____

IHS
Here lieth the body of PATRICK KEANE who depd this 
life the 5th day of Novembr 1782 aged 27 years.
_____

IHS
Here Lieth The Body of CATHERINE MURPHY Deceasd
May 26 1752 Aged 20 Lord have mercy on her Soul
Amen
_____

[Crucifixion]
Here lieth the body of JAMES MURRAY Depd March 31st
1787 Agd 38 Also his son JAMES Depd Feb 9th 1786 Agd
2 yr Lord have mercy on their Souls
_____

IHS
Here Lieth the body of MARY NAILE who dept this life 
the 8th of May 1775 aged 66 years Also JAMES NAILE
Lord have mercy on their Souls Amen
_____

IHS
Here Lieth the Body of ELINOR MALLIN Deceasd March
19th 1763 aged 60 yr
_____

Erected by MYLES BYRNE of Dunbur in memory of his
beloved children whose remains lie underneath.
_____

IHS
HERE LIETH THE BO | DY OF THOMAS HEADEN | DECEASD
FEBry 1 1760 | AGED 55yr also MARY | HEADEN DECEAd
IVNE | THE 5 1758 AGED 53 | LORD HAVE MERCY ON THEIR
SOULS AMEN.
(June)
_____

IHS
Here Lieth the Body of JOHN OLLAGHAN Deceasd
February the 17th 1763 aged 16yr
Also his Son PATRICK OLLAGHAN who depd Febry 2nd 1810
Aged 51 years.
Also his Son HUGH OLLAGHAN who depd Jany 6th 1812
aged 81 years May they rest in Peace Amen
Also ELIZABETH OLLAGHAN	who Decd July 16th 1869 Aged
77 yrs.


Glory be to God on High and Peace to men of good will
                (Crucifixion)
Here Lieth the Body of ANN OULAGHAN Who depd this
Life the 10th January 1792 aged 76 years  Also her
Daughter ELENOR KAVANNAGH Agd 36 years  Lord have
Mercy on their Souls Amen.
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This stone was erectd by HUGH OLLAGHAN in Memory of 
his Uncle IAMES OLLAGHAN who depd this Life Febury
1793 Agd 77 Years Lord have mercy on his Soul Amen
Also BRIDGET OLLAGHAN who died 13th Augt 1848 aged 
77 years. Also HUGH OLLAGHAN who died 20th Feb. 1870
aged 15 years.  BRIDGET OLLAGHAN who died 20th Jan
1872 aged 24 years.
(James)


Source:
Journal of Memorials of the Dead Vol VII