School: St Patrick's, Aughnacliffe (roll number 13283)

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   Remember man as you pass by
   As you are now
   So once was I
   As I am now
   So shall you be.
   Think on death
   and pray for me.
   Both these epitaphs were written in the last
   century and can be seen and read quite
   easily at the present time in Columcille graveyard.
   That of Francis Carey close to the walk leading
   (leading) to the front of the church on the north
   side and that of Thomas Campbell close to the
   style on the South-East side of the graveyard. A
   large marble headstone which must have cost
   hundreds of pounds has been erected to the
   memory of the mulligan family, known as the Captain Mulligans
   of Aughakine in Columcille graveyard. But the old
   captan of '98 fame does not rest beneath it. He
   was interred in the burial place on Inish Mór
   Island. The first corps laid to (rer) rest in Dunbeggan
   graveyard 100 years ago was buried close to the sacristy.
   The ceremony it is said was a very impressive
   one; a strange coincident occured in 1932 owing to the extending of the church. The ashes of the first corps
   was raised and re-interred in a new burial
   plot which was given as a donation by Mr. B.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
            1. graveyards (~2,501)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Hourican

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Address

   Rathmore, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Patrick J. Donohoe

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   49

   Address

   Aghakine, Co. Longford