Old Graveyards
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Hollyfort Church is called Saint John's. There are several vaults in the churchyard and Hunter Gowans is among them. He lived in Mount Nebo (which is now Mount Saint Benedict) about half a mile from Hollyfort village.
He was noted for his great cruelty during the rising of 1798 and was killed by a fall from his horse at Kilmichael Bridge. Our churchyard is shaped like a rectangle and there are trees in it also a well.There is a very old churchyard in Kilnahue about a mile and a half from Hollyfort. There are graves in it from the Famine time. Sometimes old people are still buried in
He was noted for his great cruelty during the rising of 1798 and was killed by a fall from his horse at Kilmichael Bridge. Our churchyard is shaped like a rectangle and there are trees in it also a well.There is a very old churchyard in Kilnahue about a mile and a half from Hollyfort. There are graves in it from the Famine time. Sometimes old people are still buried in