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As the civil registration of deaths in Ireland only commenced in 1864, and few churches kept burial records, gravestones provide one of the very few pre-1864 sources of information about date and place of death. However, gravestones can also provide many other items of information of great value to the researcher.
Many gravestones provide only basic details i.e. the name of the deceased and the date of death. However, some are more detailed, and provide excellent biographical details about the deceased, and about other relatives not previously known. The graves of poorer persons, unfortunately, were often unmarked, or marked with wooden memorials. Gravestones are therefore not a source that can be expected for poorer ancestors
It should be remembered that Catholics, Methodists and Presbyterians have at all times been buried in Church of Ireland graveyards. Col graveyard and burial records should therefore always be checked, whatever the denomination of the family.
The information on Gravestone inscriptions and other memorials have been transcribed and published in many sources down through the years. Among the most notable of the groups involved was the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead (1888-1921) whose members and supporters transcribed records from hundreds of sites around Ireland. These were published in the Journal of the Association (JAPMD). The society was continued as the Irish Memorials Association after 1922. The memorials published by the JAPMD were selective, since they were generally dependent on contributions by individual members. In many cases transcriptions from a specific graveyard were published a couple at a time over several years in various volumes which
in many cases did not accumulate to provide a full set of transcripts. (see p. 75). c
There are over 120 graveyards in Co. Mayo of which only a fraction have been transcribed and published in some form to date. A full list of Mayo burial grounds and their caretakers can be obtained by writing to: Mayo County Council, Aras an Chontae, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. In recent years local genealogical and historical societies have been transcribing and publishing complete surveys of these graveyards. This has now become a common practice and local journals should be continually checked for new additions. In Mayo, the SMFHRC has been actively abstracting and publishing this information for years.
The inscriptions published to date by the JAPMD or the SMFHRC are:
Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland:
Aughaval Vol. I No.3 (1890) p. 221
Balla Holy Well Vol. X No.6 (1920) p.367
Ballinasmala Abbey Vol. V No. 3(2) (1903) p.408
Ballinrobe Parish Church Vol. IV No.2 (1899) p.283-84
Also: Vol. V, No. 1(2) (1901) p.93-94
Vol. V No. 3(2) (1903) p.405-407
Vol. VI No. 1(2) (1904) p. 121
Vol. VII No.1 (1907) p. 151-152
Ballycastle Churchyard Vol. Vlll No.6 (1912) p.603-604
Ballyglass Wayside Monument Vol. IX No.6 (1916) p. 539
Ballyovey see Partry
Burrishoole Abbey Vol. 1 No.4 (1891) p.452
Also: Vol. VI No.3 (2) (1906) p.588
Burrishoole, Newport Church Vol. I No.4 (1891) p.452-455
Castlebar Old Graveyard Vol. Vlll No.4 (1911) p.399
Cloonlagheen see Partry
Cong Abbey Vol. II No.2 (1893) p. 334-337
Also: Vol. II No.3 (1894) p.526-528
Crossboyne Churchyard Vol. IX No.2 (1914) p.136-139
Also see Ballyglass
Doonfeeney Churchyard Vol. Vlll No.6 (1912) p.604
Doonfeeney see also Ballycastle
Hollymount Churchyard Vol. VII No.2 (1908) p.415-418
Kilcolman see Ballinasmala
Kilcommon see Hollymount
Kilkerrin Churchyard Vol. IX No.4 (1915) p.336
Kilmaine Parish Church Vol. IV No. 3(2) (1900) p.447-451
Killala, St. Patricks Cathedral Vol. I No.4 (1891) p.455-456
Also: Vol. IV No.2 (1899) p.280-282
Killedan Church Vol IV No.1 (1898) p. 105-108
Also: Vol. Vlll No.2 (1910) p. 129-130
Also: Vol. Vlll No.4 (1911) p.399
Kilmolara see Neale
Murrisk Abbey Vol. III No.2 (1896) p.322
Neale Park Monument Vol. VII No.3 (1909) p. 638-645
Newport see Burrishoole
Partry Private Cemetery Vol. Vlll No.2 (1910) p. 130-134
Turlough Churchyard Vol. Vlll No.4 (1911) p.399-400
Urlare Abbey Vol. I No.4 (1891) p.456-457
Westport see Aughaval
Journal of the Irish Memorials Association:
Castlebar Parish Church Vol. XI No.3 (1922) p.217-218
Killala Cathedral Vol. XI No.5 (1924) p.310
Gravestone Inscriptions Published by South Mayo Family History Research Centre:
Balla & Mayo Abbey CoI Graveyards- JSMFHRC 1988
Ballinchalla Cemetery (pre 1900) JSMFHRC 1990
Ballynew Cemetery- JSMFHRC 1991
Castlebar Cemetery (pre-1800) JSMFHRC 1992
Castlebar: Gravestone Inscriptions from South Mayo: Vol. 1 (Mayo, SMFHRC 1995)
Claremorris RC Church- JSMFHRC 1993
Hollymount see Kilcommon
Islandeady: Gravestone Inscriptions from South Mayo: Vol. I (Mayo, SMFHRC 1995)
Kilcommon Cemetery, Hollymount, 18th century- JSMFHRC 1989
Ki1fraughans Cemetery- JSMFHRC 1992
Kilgeever: Gravestone Inscriptions from South Mayo: Vol. 2 (Mayo, SMFHRC; In press)
Killedan CoI Churchyard- JSMFHRC 1989
Killedan Cemetery- JSMFHRC 1992
Kilmeena CoI Churchyard- JSMFHRC 1993
Kilmeena: Gravestone Inscriptions from South Mayo: Vol. 2 (Mayo, SMFHRC; In press)
Mayo Abbey see Balla
Moyne Cemetery- JSMFHRC 1992
Oughaval: Gravestone Inscriptions from South Mayo: Vol. 2 (Mayo, SMFHRC; In press)
Gilday, Peter, celt. 2 March 1789, enrolled 13 May 1789 (A).
Gildea, George, Co Mayo, gent., cert. 8 March 1719, enrolled 15 March 1719 (A). Conformity 2 November 171£ (B). Enrolled 5 June 1723 [Probable confusion with James Gildea] (C).
Gildea, James, Dublin, celt. and enrolled 5 June 1723 (A). Conformity 5 June 1723 (B). Enrolled 15 March 1719 [Probable confusion with George Gildea] (C).
Gildea, James, Island Bridge, Co Dublin, celt. 23 October 1733, enrolled 23 October 1753 (A). Conformity and celt. 23 October 1753 (B).
Gildea, James, senior, Drum, Co Mayo, celt. 3 May 1762, enrolled 7 May 1762 (A). Gildea, James, the elder, now of Drum, conformity "several yrs since", enrollment 7 June 1762 (B). Gent., of Weather- ford, p. Drum (D).
Giles, otherwise Bourke, Honor, of Cargin, celt. 25 February 1787, enrolled 16 December 1788 (A).
Gillaspy, Andrew, Castlepollard, cert. 10 June 1774, enrolled 30 July 1774 (A).
Gillaspy, Martha, Castlepollard, celt. 10 June 1774, enrolled 30 July 1774 (B).
Gillett, Peter, celt. 4 June 1787, enrolled,30 June 1787 (A).
Gillfoyle, William, fanner, Usmacken, Co Tipperary, cert. 8 July 1765, enrolled 10 July 1765 (A). Conformity 7 Jllly 1765 (B).
Gillmer, Alice, celt. 11 December 1773, enrolled 24 December 1773 (A). Gilmore, Morgan, Ba11inthalla, Co Mayo, cert. 25 December 1760, enrolled
21 January 1761 (A). P. BaI1inchalla, conformity 21 December 1760 (B). (D).
Gilsenan, Richard, Dublin, cert. and enrolled 17 January 1748 (A). Conform, ity 15 January 1748 (B).
Giraghty, James, Eyrecourt, Co Galway, cert. 31 April 1741, enrolled 23 December 1741 (A). Conformity 30 January 1740 (B).
Giraghty, Margaret, celt. 30 March 1783, enrolled 3 May 1783 (A). Giraghty, Thomas, Roscommon, celt. 19 June 1732, enrolled 22 June
1723 (A). Giraghty, Mr Thomas, p. Roscommon, conformity 29 October 1721 (B). Geraghty, Mr Thomas, enrolled 20 June 1723
(C).
Giraghty, Thomas, d. Elphin, celt. 2 March 1724, enrolled 5 March 1724 (A). Conformity 27 February 1724 (B). (C). Gent. (D).
(B).
Glaney, William, Dublin, celt. 15 September 1766, enrolled 18 September 1766 (A). Now of Dublin, conformity 12 September 1766 (B).
Glascock, Alice, Dublin, celt. 24 May 1762, enrolled 25 May 1762 (A). Conformity 23 May 1762 [bracketed with Silvester Glascock} (B).
Glascock, Ellinor, of Thurles, cert. 8 April 1788, enrolled 6 Apri11788 (A).
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Edited by Eileen O'Byrne (IMC 1981)