School: Árd Fhionáin (B.)
- Location:
- Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Áine Ní Fhoghludha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0571, Page 244
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- This is an inscription that is on a tombstone in the graveyard attached to the Protestant Church in Ardfinnan and where Catholics as well as Protestants are buried. It is dated 1870.
"This burial ground was enclosed by Richmond Allen - son of Maurice and Maurice Abraham, sons of Philip and grandsons of Gerald Fitzgibbon of Castlegrace, who was great grandson of David Fitzgibbon, Governor of Ardfinnan Castle for Charles II, when besieged by Cromwell in February 1649. In memory of their ancestors the Fitzgibbons of Knocklong called the old Knights, being an elder branch of the family of the White Knights.
This churchyard is in the village of Ardfinnan, quite close to Ardfinnan Castle.There is another tombstone in the(continues on next page)
