School: Birr (Mercy Convent)
- Location:
- Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Sr. Flannan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 170
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- (continued from previous page)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 1847The 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.
- 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(continues on next page)
