Transcribed by Brian Cantwell
Transcription No. 183
Extracts here are of stones which have information concerning people who were in any army, priests or vicars, people from another county, or stones erected by someone who lived in another country as well as those of surnames I am interested in. In such cases as there is a number before the name this means that there is more than one stone with that name on it in this graaveyard. The numbers are as per Mr. Cantwell's transcriptions. Copies of these transcriptions can be obtained by contacting the Wexford County LIbrary.
BURKITT.
Three memorials, a) within an iron-railed enclosure with
b) outside, to south and c) at foot of b): (a) is a ledger)
a) William Burkitt died / 1789 aged 90 years / Richard Burkitt died / 1794
aged 20 years / Robert Burkitt died / 1794 aged 69 years / John Burkitt departed
this / life 26th day of December 1836.
b) This is a coped stone. Sacred to the memory of / William Robert Burkitt
Surgeon Major late 52nd Lt Inf / who departed this life on the 23r day of
August 1872 / aged 43 years.
c)Sacred /to the memory of / William James / only and beloved son of / Thomas
Henry Burkitt Esq / of Seaview / who fell asleep in Jesus / Sept 22nd 1872
/ aged 23 years / and of Lizzie his only and / beloved and the dearly beloved
wife of / Thomas Graig Esq / who died the 25th of Octr / 1875 aged 28 years/safe
in the arms of Jesus / also of their parents / Thomas Henry Burkitt / who
died 21st April 1887 / and / Mary Anne Burkitt his / wife who died 23rd May
1887.
2. MITTON
Three headstones in a row, from a) right to c) left:
a) Erected / by / Maryanne Deiringer / of South Africa / in
memory of her father / James Mitton who died 15th Apri1 / 1843 aged 48 yrs
/ also, her mother Mary died / 23rd May 1848 aged 50 yrs / also her brother
Moses / died 14th Jan 1862 aged 37 yrs.
b) Here lieth the body of Phillip Mittin / depd Oct ye 13th 1804 aged 17 yrs
/ also his sister Elnor depd Nov ye 16th / 1807 agd 25 yrs.
c) Erected / by / Philip Mitton of Philadelphia / in memory of his
father Nicholas Mitton /who depd this life 14th Oct 1835 / aged 33 years.
5. MURPHY: Ledger, facing west. Here lyeth the body / of the Revd Laurance / Murphy who deceased / Frb the 25th 1774 aged 35 / years.
MURRAY. Dennis Murray deceased Decr / 19th / 1790 aged 70 years.
10. REDMOND.Table, facing west. Sacred to the memory of / Revd. Nicholas Redmond, P.P., of / Ballygarrett / he was 65 years a zealous Minister of the / Gospel / Three lines of virtues -( untranscribed) / died 27th Jany 1831 in the 91st / year of his age.
Surnames found in this graveyard
Bayman
Bolger
Brenan
Brien
Bulger
Bunnan
Burchaels
Burkitt
Byrne
Cain
Canon
Cardife
Cardiff
Carty
Chambers
Colohan
Connor
Connors
Cowman
Crow
Cullen
Daly
Darcy
D'Arcy
Davis
Deiringer
Doyle
Ennis
Esmond
?Fealon
Fisher
Fitzsimons
Foaley
Foley
Gahan
Golan
Graig
Hall
Hanlen
Hicks
Humphreys
Kavanagh
Kavanaugh
Kavaren
Keary
Keegan
Kehoe
Kensley
Kerewan
Kerwan
Kinselow
Kinsley
Lasey
Lawler
Lawless
Lawlor
Leacy
Leary
Leasey
Lesy
Magrath
Maguire
Mahon
Meagrath
Megra
Middleton
Mitten
Mitton
Murphy
Murray
Mytton
Naughter
Neal
Nolan
Oakes
O'Connor
Perry
Phelips
Redmond
Richards
Sennit
Sills
Sinnott
Smith
Smyth
Sunderland
Synot
Synott
Tucman
Tugman
Turner
Wadigg
Wafer
Walsh
Water?s
Wefer
White
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