The Presbyterian Ballinglen church and graveyard are overgrown and hidden from view in a small copse in a beautiful and eerie setting beside the Ballinglen river, about half a mile south of Ballycastle.  The current church was built about 1865 to replace the original church built in 1850 but damaged by fire in 1864.  Several large trees are now growing inside the church which was closed in 1959, and the most recent recorded burial date is 1962.  Click here for more information on the church.

Top photo
Looking across the graveyard towards
the ruins of the old Ballinglen church

Bottom photo
The ruins of the old Ballinglen church
built c1865

Ballinglen Graveyard Headstones

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

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1. BLAIR, Charles 1886, Catherine 1884, BG.JPG
2. BRANNIGAN, Michael 1874, Anne, Margaret, BG.JPG
3. CRAVEN, Florence 1955, Jack 1932, John Taylor 1962, BG.JPG
4. JOHNSTON, Winfield 1953, BG.JPG
5. JOYNT, Andrew 1865, Catherine 1874, Letitia 1885, BG.JPG
6. LAING, Henry 1884, Annie 1903, Henry 1901, Henrietta Charlotte 1918, Mary Elizabeth 1918, BG.JPG
7. LAING, Louis 1891, Catherine 1894, Elizabeth 1905, BG.JPG
8. McGILLIVRAY, Alexander 1867, BG.JPG
9. McGREGOR, John 1914, Archie 1897, Susan 1940, Robert 1947, BG.JPG
10. ORMSBY, Mary 1870, BG.JPG
11. SHANNON, John 1875, Annie 1900, Annie 1856, Christopher 1854, Catherine 1870, Elizabeth 1920, Belinda 1931, John 1933, BG.JPG
12. WILKIN, James 1915, BG.JPG

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Location:                 1/2 mile south of Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
GPS reference:        54.269782 N,  9.376821 W
No of headstones:    12 (only 12 headstones visible above the undergrowth)
Date range:              1854 - 1962 (observed)
Recorded:                all visible headstones photographed May 2010