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Hello.

We are currently visiting the area and we have the resting in old Killoe booklet with details about plots and some headstone inscriptions. But we wondered if anyone knows which side is the Catholic side? There is an area around the church with graves which is separated by a wall and another area with a separate entrance, to the left, so we assumed that this is how the graveyard is split between the two. When we were in the church section we saw graves that were not listed in the old killoe booklet, which we were surprised at. Any help would be great as most of our enybegs and ohill relatives are there.

Thankyou.

Lily Murtagh

Tuesday 28th May 2024, 06:53AM

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  • Lily,

    Not sure if this helps. I found this description on Find A Grave.

    Old Killoe Cemetery is located adjacent to St. Catherine Church, Killoe Glebe, County Longford. The church was erected in 1824 by the Church of Ireland, an autonomous affiliate of the Anglican Communion. There are two burial grounds on the site: a Protestant one to the south of the church, and a Roman Catholic one to the north which has recently undergone improvements.

    Regards- Mary

    MaryTV

    Tuesday 28th May 2024, 10:38AM
  • Lily,

    A couple of websites about the Cemetery and Church.

    Saint Catherine's Church (Killoe), KILLOE GLEBE, LONGFORD - Buildings of Ireland

    In the 1930s the children of Ireland were asked to write about the area they were from. It's an interesting compilation of history and folklore.

    Killoe Graveyard · Cullyfad, Longford · The Schools' Collection | dúchas.ie (duchas.ie)

     

    Regards- Mary

     

     

    MaryTV

    Tuesday 28th May 2024, 10:55AM
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    Wednesday 29th May 2024, 10:22AM
  • Thank you Mary, very interesting. I spoke to Martin in the archives department in Longford and he said the graves inside the Church aren't logged in the Killoe booklet, and they are protestant so that explains why we found graves that weren't listed. A lot of my family are in the Catholic side which are in the killoe book but due to weathering are unable to read.

    Lily Murtagh

    Wednesday 29th May 2024, 05:54PM
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    Lily,

     

    What are the names and approximate dates of birth/death of the people you are researching ?,

     

    David Leahy, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘︎

    Wednesday 5th Jun 2024, 12:44AM
  • Review the booklet for any historical context or maps that may indicate the division of the cemetery. Sometimes these booklets include valuable notes about different sections.

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    nearlypity

    Tuesday 11th Jun 2024, 07:23AM
  • Hi David,

    Sorry for delay in replying. We were looking for the graves of Mary Anne Murphy and her Husband John Murphy and Andrew Murphy and Ellen Murphy, after speaking to a cousin we found out that one of their graves had the wrong headstone put on it, and the stone was removed and propped up against the wall, but never put on the correct grave. There were a few headstones against the wall but none with any writing on. We know most of our family are in that graveyard and we found two family graves, they looked totally unreadable but we managed to wash them down so we could read them, but we were confused as the graves should have been the last 2 near the wall but ended up being 3rd and 4th near the wall. But we were glad we found the two we did. Such a shame that there are so many graves with no headstones or unreadable, but it is an old graveyard on a hill that's battered by wind.

    Kind regards

    Lily.

    Lily Murtagh

    Wednesday 12th Jun 2024, 02:37PM

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