Barrowhouse

Inscriptions on Fitzpatrick and Lawler family gravestones recorded by me in Barrowhouse churchyard, Tankardstown, Co Laois, Ireland in August 2000

ERECTED BY
MARY FITZPATRICK
TANKARDSTOWN, IN MEMORY
OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND
WILLIAM WHO DIED 10TH JANUARY 1901
AGED 68 YEARS. ALSO HIS TWO
SONS WILLIAM AND PATRICK
WHO DIED YOUNG
THE ABOVE MARY
DIED 30TH SEPT 1912. HER SON
JOHN DIED 20TH DEC 1914
WILLIAM FITZPATRICK DIED
5TH JAN 1961 AGED 78 YEARS

ERECTED BY MICHAEL FITZPATRICK, ATHY
IN MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED WIFE
ELLEN FITZPATRICK
WHO DIED 25TH SEPTR 1878
AGED 43 YEARS
THE ABOVE MICHL FITZPATRICK DIED
17TH SEPTR 1892 AGED 72 YEARS

ERECTED
BY
KATE LAWLER, MAUGHREE
IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND,
JOSEPH, DIED 3RD APRIL 1923,
AGED 69 YEARS. ALSO HIS FATHER,
JAMES DIED 5TH JUNE 1904,
AGED 84 YEARS. AND HIS MOTHER
BRIDGET, DIED 14TH JUNE 1883,
AGED 54 YEARS. HIS BROTHER
HUGH DIED 1ST JANUARY 1900
AGED 28 YEARS
THE ABOVE KATE DIED 23RD DEC. 1941
AGED 77 YEARS
R. I. P.
AND HUGH LAWLER
DIED 1ST SEPT. 1984 AGED 80 YEARS

IN MEMORY OF
MRS CATHERINE KELLY
MOUNT BRANDON
AND HER INFANT CHILD
WHO DIED 16TH SEPTEMBER 1880

ERECTED BY
EDWARD MURPHY OF MAUGHAREE
IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHER
THOMAS WHO DEPD 28TH OF MAY 1878
AGED 82 YEARS
ALSO OF HIS SISTER
MARY LAWLER WHO DEPD 2ND FEB.
1880 AGED 85 YEARS
THE ABOVE EDWARD MURPHY
WHO DEPD 7TH NOVR 1880
AGED 78 YEARS.
HIS COUSIN MARY MURPHY
WHO DEPD 2ND APRIL 1940
AGED 75 YEARS.
R. I. P.


	Inscriptions on Fitzpatrick and Lawler family gravestones recorded by me in Barrowhouse churchyard, Tankardstown, Co Laois, Ireland in August 2000
	Fitzpatrick Gravestone 1: Front face	ERECTED BY MARY FITZPATRICK TANKARDSTOWN, IN MEMORY OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND WILLIAM WHO DIED 10TH JANUARY 1901 AGED 68 YEARS. ALSO HIS TWO SONS WILLIAM AND PATRICK WHO DIED YOUNG THE ABOVE MARY DIED 30TH SEPT 1912. HER SON JOHN DIED 20TH DEC 1914 WILLIAM FITZPATRICK DIED 5TH JAN 1961 AGED 78 YEARS
	Right hand face: stone weathered so inscription illegible
	Left hand face	ALSO HIS FATHER JOHN, DIED 18TH MAY 1871 AGED 84 YEARS. HIS MOTHER KATE DIED MARCH 14TH 1874 AGED 75 YEARS HIS BROTHER JOHN DIED JAN 6TH 1879 AGED 44 YEARS

	Fitzpatrick Gravestone 2	ERECTED BY MICHAEL FITZPATRICK, ATHY IN MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED WIFE ELLEN FITZPATRICK WHO DIED 25TH SEPTR 1878 AGED 43 YEARS THE ABOVE MICHL FITZPATRICK DIED 17TH SEPTR 1892 AGED 72 YEARS

	Lawler gravestone 1 Back to top	SACRED to the memory of JOHN P LAWLER who died 2nd of November 1865. Aged 17 years and of his Brother PATRICK who died young The beloved children of MICHAEL and MARY LAWLER of Athy.

	Lawler gravestone 2	IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM LAWLER COWPARK DIED 3RD AUGUST 1929 AGED 50 YEARS. ALSO HIS WIFE MARY DIED 2ND AUGUST 1961 AGED 76 YEARS. R.I.P. ERECTED BY THEIR LOVING FAMILY

	Lawler gravestone 3 Front Face: Great-grandfather Joseph Lawler (1838 - 1917) is probably in this grave. He returned to Ireland late in his life and died there at the home of his cousin: the Joseph Lawler (1858 - 1918) who's recorded on the gravestone.	Erected By KATE LAWLER TANKARDSTOWN IN LOVING MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND, JOSEPH LAWLER DIED 16TH OCTOBER 1918, AGED 60 YEARS. ALSO HER SON, JOHN, DIED 6TH NOVEMBER 1918, AGED 20 YEARS. HER GRANDSON, LEO MULHARE WHO DIED YOUNG, AND THE ABOVE KATE DIED 22ND MARCH 1952 AGED 82 YEARS HER GRANDSON, FERGUS MULHARE DIED 16TH OCTOBER 1952 AGED 19 YEARS R. I. P.
	Left Face: Back to top	HER SON-IN-LAW BERNARD MULHARE DIED 10TH MAY 1966 AGED 81 YEARS AND DAUGHTER ANNIE MULHARE DIED 14TH APRIL 1975 AGED 74 YEARS R. I. P.

	Lawler gravestone 4 Front Face:	ERECTED BY KATE LAWLER, MAUGHREE IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND, JOSEPH, DIED 3RD APRIL 1923, AGED 69 YEARS. ALSO HIS FATHER, JAMES DIED 5TH JUNE 1904, AGED 84 YEARS. AND HIS MOTHER BRIDGET, DIED 14TH JUNE 1883, AGED 54 YEARS. HIS BROTHER HUGH DIED 1ST JANUARY 1900 AGED 28 YEARS THE ABOVE KATE DIED 23RD DEC. 1941 AGED 77 YEARS R. I. P. AND HUGH LAWLER DIED 1ST SEPT. 1984 AGED 80 YEARS

	Lawler gravestone 5 Front face:	IN MEMORY OF MRS CATHERINE KELLY MOUNT BRANDON AND HER INFANT CHILD WHO DIED 16TH SEPTEMBER 1880
	Left hand face:	ERECTED BY HER FATHER MICHL LAWLER. J.P. ATHY

	Lawler gravestone 6 Back to top	ERECTED BY EDWARD MURPHY OF MAUGHAREE IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHER THOMAS WHO DEPD 28TH OF MAY 1878 AGED 82 YEARS ALSO OF HIS SISTER MARY LAWLER WHO DEPD 2ND FEB. 1880 AGED 85 YEARS THE ABOVE EDWARD MURPHY WHO DEPD 7TH NOVR 1880 AGED 78 YEARS. HIS COUSIN MARY MURPHY WHO DEPD 2ND APRIL 1940 AGED 75 YEARS. R. I. P.
	© Ann Chapman 2002