This list of photos represents all the legible headstones in the St. John's Church of Ireland (protestant) graveyard on Ballycastle High Street (opposite St. Bridget's Catholic church), as of May 2010.  Many of the graves have no headstones at all.  The church was built in 1827 and is still in use.  Click here for further details of the church.

Several additional old weathered headstones were photographed, and added to the list below, in May 2010.


St. John's Church of Ireland Headstones
Family History in Ballycastle &

N. E. County Mayo, Ireland
Family History in Ballycastle & N. E. County Mayo, Ireland
Headstone locations

1    Ardagh
2    Abbey, Ballina
3    Ballinglen
4    Ballycastle
5    Ballysakeery
6    Belderrig
7    Bunnafinglas
8    Cloghans
9    Crossmolina
10  Crosspatrick
11  Doonfeeny
12  Kilbelfad
13  Kilbride
14  Kilcummin
15  Kilfian, new
16  Kilfian, old
17  Killala
18  Killeen old
19  Killogeary
20  Lacken new
21  Lacken old
22  Leigue, Ballina
23  Lisheen
24  Moygawnagh, new
25  Moygawnagh, old
26  Mullafarry
27  Mullafarry old
28  Rathfran
29  Rathreagh
30  St Johns, Ballyc.

31  St Marys, Crossmo.
32  St Michaels, Ballina
33  St Patricks, Killala

Headstone locations

Location:                        North side of Ballycastle High Street (opp. St. Bridgets Church)
GPS reference:               54.279721 N,  9.371371 W
Number of headstones:    30+ (many of the graves have no headstones)
Date range:                    1815 to 2001 (observed)
Recorded:                       all legible headstones photographed June 2008 & May 2010
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  1. BOURKE, Charles 1955, Samuel 1963, Belinda 1978, SJ.JPG
  2. BOURKE, Charles 1987, Samuel 1988, SJ.JPG
  3. BOURKE, Norman George 1994, SJ.JPG
  4. CARLINE, Elizabeth Jane 1896, SJ.JPG
  5. FARLEY, John, Mary, Edward 1834, Mary 1840, Sarah Jane 1841, Charles 1842, SJ.JPG
  6. FAUSSETT, Anna 1954, William 1946, Louisa 1897, SJ.JPG
  7. FOLEY, Rev Peter 1896, Mary RODGERS 1897, SJ.JPG
  8. GARDINER, William 1984, George 1987, SJ.JPG
  9. HARDING, Elizabeth 1815, SJ.JPG
  10. HARDING, William 1846, SJ.JPG
  11. HUGGARD, P M 1896, Miriam 1941, SJ.JPG
  12. JACKSON, James 1899, Sarah Jane 1943, Charles 1971, SJ.JPG
  13. JACKSON, Violet 1938, Mildred 1961, Andrew 1976, SJ.JPG
  14. JACKSON, William, Elizabeth 1856, Mathew 1864, SJ.JPG
  15. JOYNT, John 1878, William 1895, SJ.JPG
  16. KEOUGH, Annie 1955, (PRINGLE) SJ.JPG
  17. LAING, James 1919, Marjorie 1913, Robert 1952, Jane 1959, SJ.JPG
  18. LYNCH, William 1938, SJ.JPG
  19. LYONS, Reginald 1978, William 1979, Sadie 1987, SJ.JPG
  20. MOORE, Mary Anne 1944, Edward 1953, Edward 1972, George 1975, SJ.JPG
  21. MOORE, Richard 1989, James 1989, SJ.JPG
  22. ORMSBY, James 1969, Arthur 1978, George 1913, Ellen 1938, SJ.JPG
  23. POLKE, Robert 1972, Marjorie STEPHENS 1983, SJ.JPG
  24. PRINGLE, Charlotte 1978, (KEOUGH) SJ.JPG
  25. ROBINSON, John 1831, Sarah 1835, SJ.JPG
  26. RODGERS, James 2001, SJ.JPG
  27. RODGERS, Mary 1897, (FOLEY) SJ.JPG
  28. RODGERS, Thomas 1936, Marjorie 1951, James 1948, SJ.JPG
  29. RODGERS, Thomas 1976, Elizabeth 1993, SJ.JPG
  30. STEPHENS, Marjorie 1983, (POLKE) SJ.JPG
  31. WILLS, Margaret 2001, SJ.JPG
  32. WILLS, Robert 1929, Jane B 1926, SJ.JPG
  33. WILLS, Robert 1969, SJ.JPG
  34. WILLS, Robert 1973, Annie 1981, SJ.JPG
  35. WILLS, ___ 1920, Jane 1928, SJ.JPG






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