Location:                 3 miles south east of Killala, Co. Mayo, overlooking Killala Bay
GPS reference:        54.186435 N,  9.1564 W
No of headstones:    30+ (many graves do not have headstones)
Date range:              1804 - 2007 (observed)
Recorded:                photographed May 2010
Top photo
Looking across Ballysakeery
graveyard towards Killala Bay

Bottom photo
The ruins of Ballysakeery church


Ballysakeery Graveyard 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

                                        -  To view a photo of the headstone, click on any name below.
                                        -  To return to this list, click the "Back" arrow at the top-left of the browser window.
                                        -  To search this page select "Edit, Find..." from the menu at the top-left of this browser window.
                                        -  To search this complete web-site, click the Search menu at the top right of this page


  1. ANDERSEN, Amy 1968, BK.JPG
  2. ARMSTRONG, Chrsitopher 1908, Eliza 1923, BK.JPG
  3. BOURNS, Margret 1805, Mathew 1813, BK.JPG
  4. CARROLL, Cecil Bryan 2007, (TABINER) BK.JPG
  5. CARROLL, John 1956, Samuel 1963, William 1964, Wilbort 1970, Charles 1971, Lucy 1971, BK.JPG
  6. CARROLL, Madeline Lucy 2006, BK.JPG
  7. CARROLL, Robert 1978, BK.JPG
  8. CARROLL, Thomas 1913, Anne 1936, Samuel George 1982, Amy Madeline 1983, Lorna Ann 1995, BK.JPG
  9. CARROLL, William 1897, Mary Jane 1923, BK.JPG
  10. CARROLL, William, Mary, George 1905, Lydia 1927, BK.JPG
  11. CARSON, Charles 1981, BK.JPG
  12. CARSON, Frank 1943, Lily 1980, BK.JPG
  13. CARSON, Thomas Henry 1957, Charlotte Louise 1990, Edward John 1975, BK.JPG
  14. EAKINS, John 1804, BK.JPG
  15. EAKINS, William 1921, BK.JPG
  16. FOSTER, Arthur 1926, Rebecca 1951, BK.JPG
  17. FOSTER, Elizabeth 1910, Thomas 1914, Thomas 1930, Katherine 1957, BK .JPG
  18. FOSTER, Frances 1979, Arthur 1983, BK.JPG
  19. GALLAGHER, Mary Ellen, Martin, Austin, BK.JPG
  20. GARDINER, Herny 1936, Margaret 1939, William Arthur 1963, BK.JPG
  21. JACKSON, Jane Mary 1959, Samuel 1966, BK.JPG
  22. KENNEDY, Andrew 1815, BK .JPG
  23. KENNEDY, Frances 1818, Elenor Hutchinson 1818, BK.JPG
  24. MARSHALL, Rev Alexander 1819, BK.JPG
  25. PATTERSON, John 1907, Margaret 1914, John 1935, Samuel 1945, BK .JPG
  26. PATTERSON, John William 1943, William Robert 1984, BK.JPG
  27. RYAN, George 1834, BK.JPG
  28. RYAN, Jim 1977, Elizabeth 1985, BK.JPG
  29. RYAN, John (Todd) 1972, Maggie Kate 2001, BK.JPG
  30. RYAN, John 1955, Ida Margaret 1974, Patrick Joseph 1979, BK.JPG
  31. RYAN, John, Leyburn Cecial 1927, John Leyburn 1933, BK.JPG
  32. RYAN, Sarah, Anne 1833, BK.JPG
  33. RYAN, William 1979, Charles 1989, BK.JPG
  34. TABINER, Vivienne Frances 2000, (CARROLL) BK.JPG






  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

                     Home  |  Families  | Golden  |  Langan  |  Ormsby  |  Headstones  |  Resources  |  Messages  |  Search

                   Maps, Townlands  |  Ballycastle 70 Years Ago  |  Photos  |  Biographies  |  Visiting  |  Contact  |  Sitemap

                                                                            Copyright C. M. Golden 2007 - 2011

   Copyright notice: You are welcome to download any information or images from this website for personal use.  Private individuals and non-profit
  organizations are welcome to re-publish any images and information from this website provided due acknowledgement to the author is given where
      appropriate; e.g. "Reproduced courtesy of C. M. Golden, www.GoldenLangan.com".  Commercial organizations may not publish or reproduce
         information or images from this website without written permission from the author.  Anyone is welcome to link to pages on this website. 
              While every effort is made to ensure accuracy of the information presented, no liability is accepted for any errors or omissions.

  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________








The Ballysakeery graveyard and church are situated about 3 miles south east of Killala town on the coast overlooking Killala Bay in the civil parish of Ballysakeery.  Although, the ancient church is in ruins, burials have taken place in the graveyard as recently as 2007.