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School: Birr (Mercy Convent)

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Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Sr. Flannan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 169

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    time. But it must have been owned by the Catholics too owing to the fact that it was used as a Catholic place of burial. The churchyard is surrounded by a high wall on three sides and by an iron railing on the other. The latter is now eaten away with rust in several places. The following are some of the inscriptions on the tombstones.
    Eliabeth Elliott 1881
    Richard Queltch 1774
    Margaret Read 1853 (grave within ruins)
    John Gilbert 1848 (grave within ruins)
    Roberston 1843
    Francis Henry Shiels 1864
    Barbara Synge 1792
    Patrick O'Brien 1823 His wife Margaret died 1833
    (Soil for soul on this slab)
    Stone erected by their for Patrick O'Brien
    Catherine Jordan 1821
    Anne Garrett 1857
    James Connolly 1801
    Barnaby England 1783
    Thomas Guilfoyle 1799
    Patrick Lynch 1781
    Ann Harbourne 1803
    S G 1743 (stone embedded in earth)
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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