Galbally Cemetery

Dear MaryTV:  Thank you for your post to the Ireland Reaching Out message board.  I have forwarded your post to someone in the locality who may be able to answer some of your questions.  I do know that there are some memorials on FindMyGrave but they do not pertain to the Fogarty family. 

Here is the link for your reference:  https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2339563/galbally-cemetery   Please give our volunteers a week or so to respond.  If you wish, please let us know your dates of travel and when you might be in the Galbally area and we can arrange to have a local volunteer meet with you. 

Kind regards, 

Jane

Jane,

Thank you for responding back. I plan to be in Ireland near the end of May.

Regards- Mary

Dear MaryTV: 

I have contacted a community member who has advised that you visit the Excel Centre in Tipperary town as this group has all of the graveyard information for the area.  They will be happy to assist you and the centre there is worth a visit for anyone with family research.  Please let me know if you need further assistance. 

Kind regards, 

Jane

 

The cemetery is very easy to access from Galbally village and is easy to navigate to check headstones. The old church is in the center of the cementary. There is no longer a Protestant  church in Galbally, it was demolished in the early 1960's, there is now a house on the site. The cemetery is still in use, the Fogarty graves you are looking for will be in the older part of the cemetery which is close to the carpark. You could look on Google maps to see the exact location of the cemetery.

 

Jane,

Thank you. I am in contact with some Fogarty descendants that I hope will help me find the gravesites. Do you know if the church in the Galbally Cemetery was Protestant? I had heard the Protestant Church in Galbally was demolished, was it the church used in 1847?

I think the old church in the cemetery was Protestant. I mentioned this church in my previous posting. They were married in 1847.

'MEDIEVAL PARISH

The ivy-clad medieval parish church of Galbally, on an eminence overlooking the village from the northeast, was used as a Protestant church after the Reformation in the 16th century. On the outside of its east-gable is a carved stone figure of a woman, which locals believe was a Shella-na-Gig, or ancient fertility symbol. However, closer examination would suggest that it is likely to have been Saint Catherine of Alexandria.

The graveyard around this church has a rich collection of 18th, 19th and 20th century headstones. The most interesting of these, depicting symbols of the Passion of Christ, are seen on two headstones inside the church, most notably the memorial erected by Mary Sampson. Symbolism from the Passion include Christ crucified, a ladder, a cockerel crowing, a whip, spear, tongs, 30 pieces of silver, three nails and a hammer all elements from the Crucifixion.'

One of the pictures on this link is of ruins of the old church in Galbally Cemetery

http://www.henneberry.org/churchphotos.htm

Jane, I appreciate your help. I am just trying to figure-out if the church they were married in was demolished or the one at the cemetery?

Regards-Mary

 

 

Hi MaryTV:

I will ask and reply on this thread.

Jane

Dear MaryTV:

 

I have checked with a local person here in Galbally and here is their response:

There are ruins in the graveyard but the old Church of Ireland church was demolished some 40 Years ago, this was located in front of the current graveyard and there is a house built on the site now.

I hope that that answers your question. 

I will send the surnames that you are looking for back to the contact, and if I have further information from them, I will let you know. 

 

All the best,

Jane

Jane,

Thank you for tracking down this information. I appreciate knowing the church is no longer there.

Regards- Mary

 

Hi MaryTV:  

the contact that I spoke to reiterated the value of going to the Excel Centre as given above.  They will have a lot of information about the graveyards for you.  

Kind regards,  

Jane 

Dear MaryTV,

You could check with the Clonbeg Church. This is located about 3 miles from Galbally and would have taken over the records for Galbally church when it was demolished. The church is still in use, the address in  Clonbeg Church, Newtown, Aherlow, County Tipperary, E34 XT32.

You see its location by going to EIRCODE  and put in the post code  (E34 XT32)

Dear Galbally Resident:  

Many thanks for your help!  

Jane,
The local priest of Galbally suggested the Excel Centre also but I could not figure out how to connect with research. It seem to offer venues??
I have sent a message to Clonbeg .

Thank you for the time you have spent trying to help me connect. I will let you know if I get an answer. I think I mentioned I am in touch with my Fogarty family and they will help me find the gravesites in Galbally.

Regards, Mary

Resident of Galbally, I appreciate the information you have shared and your suggestions.

Regards- Mary

I noticed that Historicgraves has surveyed Galbally Cemetery. Does anyone know when a transcription of the gravestones will be published. Thank you- Mary