Gravestone Inscriptions-county Sligo

WGW Sligo County, Ireland

KILLORAN GRAVEYARD COUNTY SLIGO

The following is not a full list of graveyards in County Sligo and it is not a full list of names for any graveyard. The details were collected over a number of years from graveyards and published sources but excluding those available online.
Caution: use only as a guide, may contain errors.
Jim McDonald, January 2004. culrua@iol.ie

KILLORAN GRAVEYARD

Names noted on gravestones in the 19th-century included:
COLEMAN, HIGGINS, GORMAN, McCARRICK, HARAN, BATTELLE, McMANUS, CUNNINGHAM, HUNT, TREANER and MORROW (The latter was erected by Patrick J. Morrow, of Pittsburgh, Pa.).

Erected by James FINAN to the memory of his wife.
Mary CLARKE d. 4/1/1883 aged 39

James FINAN d. 16/10/1848 aged 68
Erected by his son John FINAN.

Charles FOLEY, Knockadoo d. 4/6/1839 aged 35
Erected by his wife Anne.

Visitors to graveyards should not clean gravestones. The best time to view headstones is at low light, early or late in the day and during winter when growth of weeds is restricted. A full record of gravestone inscriptions can be viewed in the Sligo County Library. In addition the desired information can be purchased from the Sligo Heritage & Genealogical Centre (online).

Contributor:
Jim McDonald
culrua@iol.ie

Disclaimer:there may be errors due to transcription of information from both early and late (current contributors) work.
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