Kilgeever, Mayo
Gravestone inscriptions.  Modern cemetery

I visited Kilgeever Cemetery on 3rd June 2016 and photographed all the stones.  There are a few for which I have a question or two and so you will see some question marks in this index.  I will be back over perhaps in the next few weeks and I can check the stones to see what the correct words should be.

Interestingly there are 1152 people listed as buried in this cemetery.  Of those people there are approximately 100 more men than women.  As regards first names the most common male first name was John with about 100 men of the name John.  Bridget was the most common femals first name with about 76 ladies called Bridget, Breege, Bridie.

There is one stone which has the date 1897 the majority though come in from 1941.  The old graveyard lies just a small bit up a lane from this cemetery.

I give my stone photographs the surnames that are on the stone.  e.g. the Sinnott 1 O’Grady has a person of the surname Sinnot and another person of the surname O’Grady mentioned on the stone.  When I find another stone with the surname Sinnott on it then that stone would become Sinnott 2.

I am not putting copies of these photographs online as they are so modern.  Full size and unwatermarked copies of the photographs are available (for use in records and printing) for a small fee as listed below.   Contact Dr. Jane Lyons with reference to the relevant gravestone(s), graveyard and county for further information.
3.50 Euro for 1 photograph
5.00 Euro for up to 3 photographs
10 Euro up to 8 photographs