Mary Coleman, nee McCormack, was born in Crookedwood in Co. Westmeath on May 18th 1855, the daughter of Thomas McCormack and Anne Rafferty and the eldest of 11 children. The family, or at least most of them, seems to have moved to Athboy sometime between 1872, when their 9th child Eliza was baptised in Multyfarnham, …
Gravestones and Monuments of the Hill of Ward Cemetery
The Hill of Ward Cemetery is located about 1 mile from Athboy, in the townland of Wardstown and close to the famous Hill of Tlachtga. The cemetery is situated about 200 yards off the road. It is a very old cemetery and is located around the ruins of an ancient church called variously Remembrance Church, …
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Athboy Times Past – Vol. 4
Part 4 our journey through Athboy Times Past.
Headstones & Monuments of Moyaugher Graveyard
Located at a quiet country crossroads about 3 miles from Athboy, Moyaugher Graveyard is a very old burial ground set around the ruins of an old church. The oldest inscription which I found dates from 1712. The graveyard is still in use today and is well cared for by families who have plots there. In …
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Headstones & Monuments at St. James Church of Ireland (Old Cemetery).
A complete list of all surviving monuments and headstones in St. James Church of Ireland, Athboy as of June 2016.
The Carmelite Monastery of Athboy
The following article was taken from a publication called “The Gentleman’s Magazine” of December 1785, published by a Mr. Sylvanus Urban. This article describes the ruins of The Carmelite Monastery at Athboy and includes a sketch which dates from about 1765. The author simply signed the article as A.M.T. These ruins have undergone many changes …
Athboy Times Past – Vol. 3
Sad Fatality at Athboy Man Falls from Church Roof The above is the heading of a story from The Meath Chronicle, 31st October 1914, which describes an unfortunate accident at St. James's R.C. Church, Athboy in which a workman fell to his death while working on the roof. It appears that the Church roof was …
The Athboy Railway Station
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the neighbourhoods of both Trim and Athboy in June of 1846, the motion was brought up that both towns would benefit from the construction of a railway line connecting the towns to Dublin. Athboy was, in the 1830s and 1840s, a place of very little trade and improvements …
The Late Father Thomas McCullagh
The Freeman's Journal Obituary for Fr. Thomas McCullagh Athboy Parish Priest who died in 1872.
Life In Athboy In 1916
The following is a synopsis of a talk given by Bernard Walsh on 17th April, 2016 on the life of the ordinary person in Athboy one hundred years ago in 1916. The year of 1916 was a momentous year in Irish history. The events of that year, popular with some and very unpopular with others …
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