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Close to the last is a second small headstone, also reversed, which 



tells :- 



" The Greatest 



loss the publick 



here has know" 



John O'Leary 



lying beneath 



this stone who 

 Died 10 br ye 27 ne 



1763 Aged 78 

 Years." 



One can only speculate as to the public services rendered ; the inscription 

 unfortunately records no more, though we feel that having made so bold a 

 claim it ought to have gone further. Five yards or so to south of choir, and 

 in line with east gable of the latter, is an inscribed stone in testimony that : — 



" From This 



Stone to ye Wall 



is ye Burying Place 



of James Sarsfield 



and his Family. 



W. D. Mar. 23, 1736. 



Aged 96." 



W. D. probably stands for " who Died," and refers to James Sarsfield ; for 

 it is not likely that the whole family died on the same day. Finally, a reserved 

 headstone towards west side of the graveyard marks the burial-place of : — 



^ " Ben Griffin 



Ju 1 ' who Departed This 

 Life ye 17 Day of X b " Ann. 

 Dom. 1723. Aged 24 years." 1 



Windele refers to a peculiar cross-inscribed stone in Carrigtwohill grave- 

 Cotter is said to have beeu an Irish scholar ; anyhow lie, or his father, was the patron of 

 Irish poets and, as may be presumed, he was lamented in many Irish elegies. (Windele 

 mss. K.I.A.) 



1 Only inscriptions likely to be of some general interest are noted. The student of 

 Irish graveyard lore will doubtless have noticed how the general form of inscription varies 

 with locality. Throughout Barrymore, for instance, direct request (other than R.I. P.) 

 for prayers is not common. The most frequent formulas are : "Here lies (or lyeth) the 

 Body of," and " This is the Burial place of." 



