Redcross Old Cemetery, Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Wicklow Index Copyright File contributed by: P'draig McCarthy Photos ----------------------------------------------- REDCROSS OLD CEMETERY, REDCROSS, COUNTY WICKLOW, IRELAND Nos. 1 - 16 *Hint - Use Ctrl-F to search for names Photo No.1 A view from the Cemetery showing its location behind Redcross Church of Ireland Church. Photo No.2 Various views of the overgrown Cemetery. Photo No.3 Various views of the overgrown Cemetery. Photo No.4 Various views of the overgrown Cemetery. Photo No.5 Various views of the overgrown Cemetery. Photo No.5 Various views of the overgrown Cemetery. Photo No.7 Various views of the overgrown Cemetery. Photo No.8 Various views of the overgrown Cemetery. Photo No.9 Various views of the overgrown Cemetery. Photo No.10 A view of the Cemetery after part had been cleared by the contributor of the photos. Photo No.11 IHS Here Lyeth the Body of the Rev. William wolverston who Dep- arted this Life the 11 of December 1767 Aged 64 he was 44 years Priest of this Parish R.I.P. Photo No.12 Here lieth the body of | ANN McDONNEL | who departed this life | March the 16th 1779 aged | 39 years Photo No.13 Erected | by JOHN McCOY in memory | of his wife Mrs. MARGRET McCOY | who died April 28th 1871 aged 71 | years. Also the above named | JOHN McCOY who died on | 28th January 1881 aged 77 years. Photo No.14 Erected by JOHN McCOY | in memory of his parents | ROBERT McCOY departed | this life Novr. 6th 1777 aged | 56 years. DARCUS McCOY depd. | this life April 9th 1799 aged 69 | years. Photo No.15 Here lieth | the body | of CATHRIN | BYRN who | dyed the | 5 Oct | ober aged | -- years Photo No.16 A group of headstones. Photo No.17 Here lieth the body of | MICHAEL HALL who de- | parted this life Novembr | the 30th 1790 aged 93 years | Lord have mercy on his soul | Amen. Photo No.18 Here lieth the | body of MATHEW MORREN de- | ceasd Febry the 25th 1745 aged 63 years. Photo No.19 Here lieth the body of | HENRY WATSON depd March | ye 3d 1782 agd 66 yr. MARY | WATSON desd April ye 27th 1790. Photo No.20 Here lieth the | body of JAMES | PHILLPOT who departed this life | (the) 29th? of June 177-? | (Remainder of the inscription not visible in photo). Notes (by Padraig McCarthy): 1. Graves in this cemetery face East, towards the rising sun, and awaiting the Resurrection. This is also the orientation of the congregation in the present church building, facing East and the Table of the Lord. The Wolverston grave and inscription, however, face West, as would a priest addressing the congregation. 2. The text above follows the lines and capitalisation on the headstone. 3. In the inscription, where the letter "s" occurs within a word, the old "long s" is used, which is very similar to the letter "f"; so on the stone, we see the following: "wolverfton"; "Prieft"; "Parifh". Where the letter occurs at the end of the word "this", the more familiar "s" is used. 4. "IHS" is an abbreviation of the name "Jesus" in Greek: "IESOUS" These are the first three letters of the name - the "H" is the Greek capital E. 5. "Renewed efforts to bring Wicklow into the fold in 1580 galvanized a firm alliance between the Old English and the Gaelic Irish against the "New English" and the Dublin Castle executive." (Ruan O'Donnell: The Rebellion in Wicklow 1798, page 7.) Following Cromwell's campaign, "As early as 1647, one hundred and forty- six O'Byrnes and twenty four O'Tooles had been indicted as outlaws along with fourteen Archbolds and five Wolverstons from the Old English community." (Page 9.) 6. "Catholics enjoyed only a short-lived participation in municipal affairs in Wicklow borough when some were admitted freemen to the corporation in 1687 ... One Catholic admitted on 28th March 1687 was William Wolverston ...Catholics were later debarred from holding municipal office by one of the penal laws." (B. Donnelly: An overview of Local Administration in Wicklow 1605-1898, in Wicklow History and Society, edited by Hannigan and Nolan, page 859.)