Ireland Memorial Inscriptions

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The detail you will discover depends on the publication. The Louth, Tombstone Inscription Index Volumes 1 and 2 provide you with the individual’s name and burial place, as well as the source. The publications for Deansgrange Cemetery in Dublin and the Memorial Inscriptions of Ireland Volume 1 may provide you with your ancestor’s name, death date, and age at the time of death, as well as the names of other family members (such as parents, siblings, spouses, and children) and their death dates.

Ireland Memorial Inscriptions includes a number of publications related to memorial inscriptions across Ireland and represent different denominations. Each title was published by the Genealogical Society of Ireland. A full list of all the cemeteries represented in this collection can be found below.

There are five titles from Deansgrange Cemetery, one of the largest cemeteries in Dublin. The titles are separated into sections: North, South, Southwest, Upper North, and West.

There are two volumes from County Louth. They are organised by surname: volume 1 provides surnames from A to J, and volume 2 provides surnames from K to Y.

Memorial Inscriptions of Ireland volume 1 consists of memorial inscriptions from the following cemeteries: St. Canice’s Cemetery, Finglas, County Dublin; St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Clontarf, County Dublin; Moravian Cemetery, Whitechurch, County Dublin; St. Peter’s Churchyard, Little Bray, County Wicklow; Knockcommon, Rosnaree and Tymoole Graveyards, County Meath.

The cemeteries are listed by county.

Dublin

Deansgrange

Moravian Cemetery, Whitechurch

St. Canice’s Cemetery, Finglas

St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Clontarf

Louth

Ardee

Ballymakenny

Ballymascanlon

Ballypousta

Bawntaaffe

Beaulieu

Cappoge

Carlingford

Castlebellingham

Castletown, Dundalk

Charlestown

Clogherhead

Clonkeen

Clonmore

Collon

Cord (or Chord), Drogheda

Dromiskin

Drumshallon

Dunany

Dunleer

Dysert

Faughart (Fochart)

Faughart (Urnai)

Haynestown

Kane

Kildemock

Killanny

Killincoole

Kilsaran

Knockbridge

Mansfieldstown

Mayne

Monaste r boice

Mullary

Newtownstalaban

Omeath

Port

Rathdrumin

Richardstown

St. Mary's 'Abbey', Louth

St. Mary's, Drogheda

St. Nicholas (Church of Ireland), Dundalk

St. Peter's (Church of Ireland), Drogheda

St. Peter's Parish, Drogheda

Salterstown

Seatown, Dundalk

Shanlis

Smarmore

Stabannon

Stickillin

Termonfeckin

Tullyallen

Meath

Knockcommon, Rosnaree and Tymoole Graveyards

Wicklow

St. Peter’s Churchyard, Little Bray

• Dublin, Dean's Grange Lower North Section Memorial Inscriptions

• Dublin, Deans' Grange South Section Memorial Inscriptions

• Dublin, Dean's Grange South West Section Memorial Inscriptions

• Dublin, Dean's Grange Upper North Section Memorial Inscriptions

• Dublin, Dean's Grange West Section Memorial Inscriptions

• Louth, Tombstone Inscription Index Volume 1

• Louth, Tombstone Inscription Index Volume 2

• Memorial Inscriptions of Ireland Volume 1

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