“To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.” - Oscar Wilde
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Tombstone Tuesday: Captain Holland Lecky McGhee: 20 January 1844
Offering little information about him this teetering stone reads:
Captain Holland Lecky McGhee
He fell asleep looking unto Jesus
as all his Salvation
on the 20th day of January 1844
in the 45th year of his Age.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Mystery Monday: Widow of Francis Mills
Her maiden name is unrecorded; her forename will soon be dust, but we are told Anne was the Widow of Francis Mills. As is often the case in this period, Anne is remembered by virtue of her connection to her husband.
The stone reads:
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The stone reads:
In Memory of
Anne
Widow of Francis Mills
Died
13 February
1869,
Aged
80 Years
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All photographs Copyright© J.Geraghty-Gorman 2011.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Tombstone Tuesday: The Anchor of the Family
The stone reads:
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Copyright© J.Geraghty-Gorman 2011.
Erected by
Kate Barry
In Loving Memory of Her Husband
George David Barry
Late of William Street, Limerick
Who Died 26th November 1887 Aged 46
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Copyright© J.Geraghty-Gorman 2011.
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