The history of the ordinary person
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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Part 4 our journey through Athboy Times Past.
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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A complete list of all surviving monuments and headstones in St. James Church of Ireland, Athboy as of June 2016.
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 …
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 Freeman's Journal Obituary for Fr. Thomas McCullagh Athboy Parish Priest who died in 1872.
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 …
Public transport, temperance and dead hens in this second installment of Athboy Times Past.
Bernard Walsh provides a transcription of a lecture from the 1950s which details the history of Athboy from 1022-1845.
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