tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post5454259058070123259..comments2024-03-28T14:38:09.470+00:00Comments on Patrick Comerford: The former church in Ballingarry has links with the Graves familyPatrick Comerfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558394038241172440noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-76133418802000769752023-01-20T22:41:34.876+00:002023-01-20T22:41:34.876+00:00Delighted to read you enjoyed your trip to Balling...Delighted to read you enjoyed your trip to Ballingarry Medieval Graveyard. Our volunteers started conservation works in 2020. Anyone who visits, just ask around and if one of us is in the area, we will always give a free tour! That open vault behind the church gable has been cleared of sacks of rubbish. I had a child fall in that hole too. They get curious and step that bit too close to the edge....<br />You can see how we progressed our conservation work on our fb page-<br />https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02KAxsUTAAmwj96fN1rJz7zN3hmP768EajGgKDJ5n3pJxF5ktutmqCZBmcxoU8cNLil&id=100075709911147Ballingarry Heritagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-5676340662577777962022-10-15T03:05:27.494+01:002022-10-15T03:05:27.494+01:00We were actually searching for Odell's not Wes... We were actually searching for Odell's not Westropps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-58009688191863904872022-10-15T03:02:47.577+01:002022-10-15T03:02:47.577+01:00We visited the graveyard in late July 2022 and it ...We visited the graveyard in late July 2022 and it was really wonderful to see funded restoration happening. By the way, my son nearly fell down an open grave onto bones ! Freaky, but not surprising considering the state of many an Irish graveyard throughout the land. Sad not to be able to see inside the church. We were visiting from NZ, searching for Westropp ancestors. Thank-you everyone who cares for these special places. God bless Ireland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-58502258422197357632022-09-30T02:54:18.905+01:002022-09-30T02:54:18.905+01:00I think this is where my great great grandparents ...I think this is where my great great grandparents are buried. Thomas Clear died in 1852 at a young age and his wife Sarah lived until 1894. They lived at Knockshegowna and had a large family. One great great grandparent was Catholic and the other was Protestant, but I don't know which was which!Maire Clearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12897810821972413012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-43194446708363707692021-03-13T01:50:16.078+00:002021-03-13T01:50:16.078+00:00I have ancestors buried here. They were the Wilkin...I have ancestors buried here. They were the Wilkinsons of St Oswalds. I understand there was a large family vault and several single family graves. How does one access the graveyard now the site is in private hands, also inside the old church where tablet memorials were know to be on the walls. The family were a mix of Catholic and Protestant. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901256058869200735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-63200164085913040022018-04-15T10:14:17.624+01:002018-04-15T10:14:17.624+01:00Lovely pictures and useful information as I resear...Lovely pictures and useful information as I research my 4th Greats Matthew and Brigid Murphy who took the kids over to London 1845. I can't imagine the contrast from being born, and labouring in this countryside and straight into dire poverty of St. Marylebone. and the workhouse infirmary. <br />As one would wish, the kids did well!<br />Julie McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784054500938725234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-28055796308151019732017-11-04T10:58:44.036+00:002017-11-04T10:58:44.036+00:00Some famine burials here methinks as both "ne...Some famine burials here methinks as both "new" graveyards are too young for famine graves imo. Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-50263854682613500262017-11-03T18:18:04.787+00:002017-11-03T18:18:04.787+00:00Yes, Elizabeth...but clearly all preReformation ch...Yes, Elizabeth...but clearly all preReformation churches are not RC or CI which reflect the Reformation ..divide...and yes there are clearly some RC graves on the south side but not o the northern graveyard which seems to be more recent and with far fewer burials ..notably the Lloyds of Kilmeedy, the Moroneys of Odellville and the Glenwilliam families of Worledge, Dewar and AtkinsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-57257314297363540142017-11-03T18:09:07.801+00:002017-11-03T18:09:07.801+00:00Yes Elizabeth...on the south side of the 19th cent...Yes Elizabeth...on the south side of the 19th century church the surviving bits of the medieval church noted by Westropp and Begley survive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-39411957263696077242017-11-02T21:53:14.015+00:002017-11-02T21:53:14.015+00:00I believe that there are ruins of an old church in...I believe that there are ruins of an old church in the back of the Graveyard adjoining the Protestant church. Very little remains of the ruin are left. It was my thinking that this was a Catholic Church but I may be wrong in that. If one views the Graveyard and the headstones it may appear that this was a Joint Catholic And Protestant Graveyard. It is my opinion that the back of the Graveyard is the Protestant section and the front being the Catholic Section with all the small marking stones....I could be completely incorrect in my thinking.<br />Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05067108253883570950noreply@blogger.com