School: Birr (Mercy Convent)

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   Eliabeth Geo 1775 Richard Powell 1774 John Toole 1843 Elizabeth Smyth 1803 A.G.A. 1771 (stone embedded in earth) Thomas Gee 1772 Alice Jackson 1780 (vault) Elizabeth Poe 1835 George Washington Holmes. Late Mayor 92nd Regiment 1852. His wife died 1853 (vault) Mrs Mary Hobarton Dec 20th 1782 John & Elizabeth Larkin 1846 Edward coughlan Feb 5th 1863 John Palmer May 26th 1803 John Ring Late Sgt in Wicklow Rangers April 1709 Mary Colby 1847 The last person to be buried here was Sarah Rooney in 1914 with the exception of the Honourable Desmond Parsons. This cemetery is now closed to burials as families who have had a claim on the place have died out.

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2. Old Graveyards

   

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   On the top of Gallow's Hill about 1/4 mile from Birr is an old cemetery known as Bully's acre. There are different accounts as to how this cemetery got the name of "Bully's Acre". On account

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