Newtown Forbes

Newtown Forbes,
Longford,
Ireland

Coordinates: 53.765230, -7.835871

Summary
Graveyard Code: 
LD-SPNF
RMP/Site number: 
LF008-035001-
Townland: 
Townsparks
County: 
Number of Memorials: 
296

Description

St. Paul’s Heritage church and graveyard are situated on the Main Street of Newtownforbes village, Co.Longford.
 The present church, of cruciform plan was built by John Hargraves in 1820 and has unusual crow-stepped parapets being vaguely Scots Baronial in style and replaced an earlier church on the site, built by the Forbes family of Castleforbes c.1694.   

The large irregular shaped graveyard (LF008-035001) surrounds the church and has been in   use since the late 17th century. The 1st Earl of Granard died in 1696 and is interred in the vault beneath the church, while the oldest known headstone (LF-008-035002) is dated 1st April 1698. Two hundred and ninety five memorials have been recorded for this project - headstones ancient and modern, chest tombs, table tombs, ledger slabs, Neo-Classical monuments, internal church memorials and a Mausoleum (1330-3022) where Beatrice, Countess of Granard (1883-1972) is interred. The script, ornamentation and memorials are a tribute to the skills of our sculptors and craftsmen.

Training for the survey was provided courtesy of Roscommon County Council as part of Roscommon graveyard project. The survey was carried out as a Church and Tidy Towns project by local volunteers under the guidance of Niamh Hanlon, Historic Graveyard Survey and Recording Project Manager [RCC].  The uploading of the material was financed by Longford County Council and supported by Longford Historical Society.
The editors of the site are Doreen McHugh and Des Mooney.

Survey documents

Graves

Photo Grave Name Surname
LD-SPNF-0026
  • David
  • Ann
  • Maguire
  • Maguire alias Thompson
LD-SPNF-0027
  • Lydia Pepper
  • William
  • Mauleverer
  • Mauleverer
LD-SPNF-0028
LD-SPNF-0029
  • Ann
  • Scott alias Ross
LD-SPNF-0030
  • James
  • Ross
LD-SPNF-0031
LD-SPNF-0032
LD-SPNF-0033
  • Catherine
  • Jane
  • William
  • Reed
  • Reed
  • Reed
LD-SPNF-0034
  • Thomas
  • Sarah
  • Cooke
  • Cooke
LD-SPNF-0035
LD-SPNF-0036
  • John
  • Reed
LD-SPNF-0037
  • John
  • Beatty
LD-SPNF-0038
  • Anne
  • Bette
LD-SPNF-0039
LD-SPNF-0040
  • Esther
  • Nowlan
LD-SPNF-0041
  • Gustavus
  • George
  • Charlotte
  • Brooke
  • Bathurst
  • Brooke
LD-SPNF-0042
  • George
  • McCord
  • McCord
LD-SPNF-0043
  • James
  • McCord
LD-SPNF-0044
  • James
  • McCord
LD-SPNF-0045
  • James
  • McCord
LD-SPNF-0046
  • Prudance
  • Butler alias Higgins
LD-SPNF-0047
  • Andrew
  • Higgins
LD-SPNF-0048
  • Elizabeth
  • William
  • Thompson
  • Thompson
LD-SPNF-0049
  • John
  • Crawford
LD-SPNF-0050
  • David
  • Crawford

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