Ardagh Graveyard Headstones

Location:                        Ardagh parish, 3 miles W of Ballina
Map:                              54.097975 N,  9.225716W
Number of headstones:    75+ legible headstones
Date range:                    1785 to 2010 (observed)
Recorded:                       all legible headstones photographed April 2011

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Entrance to Ardagh Graveyard

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Partially restored Ardagh Church ruins

The name 'Ardagh' is derived from the Irish 'ard achad' meaning 'high ground', which is quite apt for this location.  At the back of this burial ground is an old graveyard that contains the ruins of the original Ardagh church that is said to date back to the 12th century.  At the front is a new cemetery.  The church ruins have been partially restored, but the old graveyard has many unmarked graves and some headstones are too weathered to be read.  This graveyard is not easy to find as, although the old church is marked on the Ordnance Survey maps, part of the single-track road leading to it does not appear on the maps.  Also, the entrance is hidden behind farm gates and along a farm road.  Even some of the locals were not sure how to reach it.

1. BARRETT, Martin, Mary, AH
2. BOGGAN, Neil 1785, AH
3. BRENNAN, Annie 1954, Patrick 1973, (O'BOYLE, COLEMAN) AH
4. BRYCE, Thomas 1924, Maria 1925, AH
5. CARR, Mary Kate 1988, John 2001, AH
6. CARR, Norman Cecil 1944, (HOBAN) AH
7. CASEY, Ellen 1982, AH
8. CASSIDY, Joseph 1982, Bridget 1925, Edward 1942, Thomas, Ann, AH
9. CAWLEY, Robert 1954, Margaret 1979, Robert 1988, AH
10. CAWLEY, Robert, Mary, Martin
11. CAWLEY, Sean 1969, Margaret 1971, Michael 1972, Mary 1943, AH
12. CAWLEY, Sean 1984, Michael 1996, Mary 2002, Martin 2007, AH
13. CLARKE, Maria 1964, Martin 1969, Anthony 1971, AH
14. CLARKE, Michael 1960, Margaret 1973 James 1980, (SMYTH) AH
15. CLARKE, Patrick 1997, Mary Kate 1998, Thomas 2002, AH
16. CLARKE, Thomas 1934, Mary MULDERIG 1917, AH
17. CLARKE, William 1910, William 1921, AH
18. COLEMAN, Vincent 1972, (BRENNAN, O'BOYLE) AH
19. COSGRAVE, Michael 1939, Edward 1929, Pat 1939, Katie, AH
20. COSGRAVE, Michael Edward 1994, AH
21. CURRAN, Mrs, (NAELON) AH
22. DINNEGAN, Mary 1882, John 1982, Thomas 1883, (LAVIN) AH
23. DODD, Mararet 1904, Martin 1917, John 1938, AH
24. FLEMING, Catherine 1961, (KING) AH
25. FLEMING, Eugene 2003, (KING), AH
26. FLYNN, Sarah 1966, Martin 1982, AH
27. GARDINER, Catherine 1820, (TIGHE) AH
28. GAVIN, Bernard 1967, Mary 1977, AH
29. GILLESPIE, Anthony 1957, Anne 1944, Mary 1984, Patrick 2000, AH
30. GILLESPIE, Michael 1962, Patrick 1965, Annie 1978, Martin 1962, AH
31. GINTY, Bridget, (HOBAN, MULDERRIG) AH
32. HAIRE, Patrick 2005, AH
33. HEALY, John 1956, Bridget 1978, AH
34. HEALY, Tony, Catherine, AH
35. HOBAN 1, Patrick 1957, Bridget GINTY, Michael 1957, Mary MULDERRIG 1971, Anthony 1968, Winifred 1973, AH
36. HOBAN 2, Thomas 1942, James 1971, Francis, Kate 1959, Sabina 1969, Agnes 1974, (GINTY, MULDERRIG) AH
37. HOBAN, Frank, Ellen, (CARR) AH
38. HOBAN, Michael 1955, Mary 1964, AH
39. KAVANAGH, John 1964, Annie 1961, Mary 1952, Annie 1969, Katie 1980, AH
40. KEANE, Patrick 1961, Margaret 1978, John 1983, Paddy Joe 1977, AH
41. KEARNS, Luke 1953, Margaret 1959, Patrick 1996, AH
42. KING, Celia 1960, John 1971, Bina 1981, (FLEMING) AH
43. KING, Jimmy 1996, P J, 2008, (FLEMING), AH
44. KNEAFSEY, Mrs, John, AH
45. KNOX, John 1874, Margaret 1909, Kate 1894, Julia 1912, AH
46. LANGAN, Joseph 1982, Kathleen 1986, AH
47. LAVIN Bridget, (DINNEGAN) AH
48. LAVIN, James 1860, AH
49. LAVIN, John 1888, AH
50. McKENNA, AH
51. MOLLOY, John 1965, Mary 1974, Tom 1980, John 1986, AH
52. MONNELLY, Patrick 1823, AH
53. MORAN, Michael 1987, Bridget 1988, AH
54. MORAN, Patrick 1930, Mary 1946, Mary Philomena 1949, AH
55. MULDERIG, Mary 1917, (CLARKE) AH
56. MULDERRIG, Mary 1971, (HOBAN, GINTY) AH
57. MULLIGAN, Charles 1878, Bridget 1895, AH
58. MUNNELLY, Bryan 1900, Mary 1920, Thomas 1940, AH
59. MUNNELLY, Mary 1932, Tommie 1953, AH
60. MUNNELLY, Sean 1971, John 1980, Bertha 2000, AH
61. MURPHY, AH
62. NAELON, Mrs 1908, (CURRAN), AH
63. O'BOYLE, John 1980, Kitty 1984, AH
64. O'BOYLE, Michael 1975, Mary 1987, AH
65. O'BOYLE, Patrick 1966, (BRENNAN, COLEMAN) AH
66. O'HARA, Michael 1964, Annie 1980, Patrick 2001, AH
67. O'HORA, David 1912, Mary 1949, AH
68. O'HORA, Patrick 1974, Johnie 1977, Annie Kate 2008, AH
69. O'REILLY, Maria 1960, AH
70. O'SHEA, Mary Kate 1986, Michael 1991, AH
71. RUTLEDGE, Michael 1863, AH
72. RUTLEDGE, William, Catherine, AH
73. RUTTLEDGE, Bridget 1997, AH
74. RUTTLEDGE, James 1949, Bridget 1919, Margaret 1955, Emma 1978, Katie 1982, AH
75. RUTTLEDGE, James 1994, AH
76. RUTTLEDGE, Martin 1937, Mary 1950, Martin 1991, Bridget 1993, AH
77. RUTTLEDGE, Mr J, Mrs J, AH
78. RUTTLEDGE, Patrick 1970, Margaret 1982, Paddy 2010, AH
79. SMYTH, Margaret 1995, (CLARKE), AH
80. TIGHE, Catherine GARDINER 1820, William 1821, AH
81. WALSH, AH
82. WALSH, Patrick 1966, Angela 1989, AH
83. WEIR, George 1974, Eileen 1980, AH

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