Old killoe Church burial information

Lily,

Not sure if this helps. I found this description on Find A Grave.

Old Killoe Cemetery is located adjacent to St. Catherine Church, Killoe Glebe, County Longford. The church was erected in 1824 by the Church of Ireland, an autonomous affiliate of the Anglican Communion. There are two burial grounds on the site: a Protestant one to the south of the church, and a Roman Catholic one to the north which has recently undergone improvements.

Regards- Mary

Lily,

A couple of websites about the Cemetery and Church.

Saint Catherine's Church (Killoe), KILLOE GLEBE, LONGFORD - Buildings of Ireland

In the 1930s the children of Ireland were asked to write about the area they were from. It's an interesting compilation of history and folklore.

Killoe Graveyard · Cullyfad, Longford · The Schools' Collection | dúchas.ie (duchas.ie)

Regards- Mary

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Thank you Mary, very interesting. I spoke to Martin in the archives department in Longford and he said the graves inside the Church aren't logged in the Killoe booklet, and they are protestant so that explains why we found graves that weren't listed. A lot of my family are in the Catholic side which are in the killoe book but due to weathering are unable to read.

Lily,

What are the names and approximate dates of birth/death of the people you are researching ?,

Review the booklet for any historical context or maps that may indicate the division of the cemetery. Sometimes these booklets include valuable notes about different sections.

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Hi David,

Sorry for delay in replying. We were looking for the graves of Mary Anne Murphy and her Husband John Murphy and Andrew Murphy and Ellen Murphy, after speaking to a cousin we found out that one of their graves had the wrong headstone put on it, and the stone was removed and propped up against the wall, but never put on the correct grave. There were a few headstones against the wall but none with any writing on. We know most of our family are in that graveyard and we found two family graves, they looked totally unreadable but we managed to wash them down so we could read them, but we were confused as the graves should have been the last 2 near the wall but ended up being 3rd and 4th near the wall. But we were glad we found the two we did. Such a shame that there are so many graves with no headstones or unreadable, but it is an old graveyard on a hill that's battered by wind.

Kind regards

Lily.

Lily,

Apologies, I just spotted your last post.

I see Andrew Murphy (Enybegs), son of John Murphy married Ellen Heslin (Cornafunshin), daughter of Charles Heslin at Enybegs RC Chapel, Killoe, County Longford in 1872:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_re…

I am related to the Heslins of Derrynacross which is adjacent to Cornafunshin.

Hi David.

Thankyou for your reply.

Yes they are my gt gt grandparents. After 15 years of research I know very little about my Heslin side. I know Ellen is related to the Dernacross Heslin's as I read in Father Owen Devaney's Killoe book that her son Thomas Murphy who was a priest is 'a cousin' of Bishop Thomas Heslin of Dernacross but I have been unable to work out if they were first or second cousins or place Ellen or her father Charles in the Dernacross tree. The Dernacross Heslin's Catherine (1823) and Patrick (1802) did have a son Charles but he was born in 1856 and my Ellen was born in 1850 so there was only 6 years between them so I think Ellen's father Charles must have been a brother of Patrick Heslin (1802) but I've had no luck in locating details of Patrick's siblings. Patrick is buried in the old Killoe graveyard mentioned in my original post but sadly we couldn't locate his grave due to weathering.

It would be great if you have any ideas how our trees are linked, it's so annoying knowing you are linked to a branch but being unable to find out how.

Kind regards

Lily.

Lily,

If Bishop Thomas Heslin and Ellen Heslin were first cousins, then their respective fathers, who were Patrick Heslin and Charles Heslin, were brothers.

However, we are unable to prove this as the Church records only commence c1830 and the earliest complete census in Ireland is the 1901 Census.

Perhaps some further sources will become available in time to help us to confirm their relationship to each other,

Hi David.

Yes I think that Charles and Patrick must have been brothers, I have so far been unable to find Charles death entry. It's such a shame about all the missing records due to the public record office fire. 

Regards 

Lily.