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BALLYSADARE 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


    BALLYSADARE GRAVEYARD


    [BENSON]
    Laborious blast on Neptune's waves has tossed me to and fro,
    But spite of all, by God's decree, I harbour here below;
    And now at anchor here I lie with many of our fleet,
    I hope to sail some day again our Saviour Christ to meet.


    John BRUEN R.I.C. d. 21/2/1888 aged 40
    His daughter Josephine V. BRUEN 2nd Lieutenant USA nursing corps died New
    York 23/9/1935
    Also John's wife Lily d. 18/12/1935 aged 85
    Erected by Captain BRUEN, The Connaught Rangers.


    Mary BRUIN d. 4/5/1785 aged 26


    Michael CALVIN d. 14/9/1853 (Pound St. Sligo town)


    [Father Walter HENERY]
    If generous merit, without pride or state,
    Or Heaven-born virtue could avert man's fate,
    If a God-like mind inclined to aid and give,
    Could furnish means to conquer death and live,
    The worthy pastor that entombed lies here,
    Would always live to give, instruct, and cheer
    The helpless poor, illume the church, and be
    God's faithful servant, Walter Henery.


    [MILMO]
    May Heaven rest the souls of those
    In peaceful bliss who here repose;
    Let angels come their souls to meet;
    May Heaven's Queen with welcome greet;
    On them may Jesus, God of love,
    Serenely smile in realms above.
    They fought the fight, they gained the prize
    On which on earth they kept their eyes;
    May we, like them, when life is o'er
    Be crowned with bliss for evermore.


    Mártín F. SAVAGE,
    Who gave his Life for Ireland
    at Ashtown.
    Died Dec. 19th, 1919, aged 21 years.


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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