St. Brendan's

Stoneyford,
Kilkenny,
Ireland

Coordinates: 52.535281, -7.226064

Summary
Graveyard Code: 
KK-BRST
Townland: 
Stoneyford
County: 
Number of Memorials: 
89

Description

St Brendan’s Church Stoneyford
Stoneyford is in the townland of Cotterellsboley (formerly Hammonds boley) is in the barony of Knocktopher. Stoneyford developed at the time and directly as a result of the building of the Merino Factory in Ennisnag.
The village of Stoneyford was built by William Perry who was an absentee Landlord.
Stoneyford was called after the ford stream which flows through at the end of the village and joins the Kings river at Ennisnag.
The name locally is pronounced in Irish as Auch- Sthooin, i.e. Ath Stuin Fort of the Stang.
Prior to the building of the first Bridge, a humped backed bridge in 1810 this stream was crossed by large footstones placed in the stream. The old bridge replacing the present bridge in 1927 was built by Edward Long and Sons of Ballyhale.
The Church was built in 1815 and dedicated to St Brendan. It replaced a wooden thatched Church dating from approximately 1788 which stood to the rear of what is now O’Dwyers Garage in the main street. It belonged to the Knights Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem. The ford river formed the boundary of Aughavillar parish until 1857 when Lawcus was added from Danesfort and Aughavillar parish was thus extended to the Kings river.
Stoneyford prior to 1801 consisted of very few houses it gets no mention from William Tighe’s Survey
In 1839 it consisted of 74 houses and had a population of 445.
In 1849 Griffiths Valuations records Stoneyford as having a Fever Hospital and a Dispensary, a Roman Catholic Church, and National school, an Infant School a Male and Female Adult School and a charitable loan Bank, and a Petty Sessions House (court House) and A Constabulary Barracks.
The Flood Memorial School was built in 1820 and The Old National School was built in 1840.
With the closing of the Merino Woollen Mill in the 1820’s, emigration, and the famine in 1847, Bassets Guide of 1884 show that the population for Stoneyford was now 200.

A great many of the houses were unroofed but those standing were slated.
Stoneyford was approximately seven miles from Kilkenny and approximately three and half miles from three railway stations, Thomastown Ballyhale and Bennettsbridge.
The land in the area was of good quality for both tillage and pasture.
Stoneyford was surrounded by the Estates of Henry Meredyth at Norelands Lord Carrick at Mount Juliet, the Floods of Flood Hall , the de `Mont Morency and the Wemyss estate of Danesfort.
The Reverend James Graves, Mrs Meredyth, Mr Jeremiah Nolan and Mr A M Murphy were the proprietors of handsome private residences in the neighbourhood.
Stoneyford had neither fair nor market. The Petty Sessions were held on the second Thursday of each Month. The Petty Session House is now Brennans Garage.

The Parish Priest was Rev. John Walsh, Rev. Patrick Hoyne C.C
Church of Ireland Minister was Rev. James Graves
National School Teachers, James Murphy Master
Margaret Donnell Mistress.
Church of Ireland Flood Memorial School
James Murphy Master
Margaret Wylie Mistress
Petty Sessions Clarke, Alex J Mc Creery Kilkenny
Post Master, William Davis
Dispensary Doctor, Robert Sterling
Sub-Registrar of Births & Marriages William Davis
Royal Irish Constabulary, John Mc Manus Sergeant
Relieving Officer, Edward Maher
Civil Bill Officer, Michael Conroy.
Trade s
Boot makers Thomas Beatt, Matthew Dermody, Martin Spellan
Carpenters, Patrick Brennan, Michael Kenealy.
Coal merchants, Wm Davis, Michael Grady, Dennis Purcell.
Corn merchants, Michael Grady, Dennis Purcell.
Coopers Richard Raggett and Richard Raggett
Drapers, Wm Davis, Margaret Wylie.
Dressmakers, Ann Mc Guire, Kate Purcell.
Flour dealers Michael Grady, Ellen Loroghan, Dennis Purcell.
Grocers Wm Davis, Martin Grady, Michael Grady, Ellen Loroghan, Dennis Purcell.
Hardware dealer Michael Grady
Lime Burner John Barry
Millers, Mark Bradley, Arthur Murphy.
Provision dealer Ellen Loroghan Dennis Purcell
Black Smith, Martin Peters
Spirit dealers, John Dwyer Bridget Keeffe Martin Grady
Taylor, James Kearney
Wool merchants Wm Davis, Margaret Wylie
The present population is approximately 600. The village consists now of a National School opened in 1948 replacing and older school built originally in 1840.
The Church of Ireland Flood Memorial School closed in the 1970’s.
The village now supports one Grocery Store, a Coffee Shop and Cheese making facility, one Public House, a Garda barracks, an Engineering works, Steel fabrication facility, A Physiotherapist, Dispensary, and a Community centre. Stoneyford Hugginstown and Newmarket today are the parish of Aughaviller. The Priests of the Parish are very Rev Father Liam Cassin and very Revd Peter Hoyne.

Survey documents

Graves

Photo Grave Name Surname
KK-BRST-001
  • Cornelius
  • Johanna
  • Ryan
  • Ryan nee Egan
KK-BRST-002
  • John
  • Fennelly
KK-BRST-003
  • Paddy
  • Nancy
  • Aylward
  • Aylward
KK-BRST-004
  • William
  • Hurley
KK-BRST-005
  • Michael
  • Anne
  • Gibbons
  • Gibbons nee Cleary
KK-BRST-006
  • Thomas
  • Catherine
  • Thomas
  • O' Hanlon
  • O'Hanlon nee Gibbons
  • O'Hanlon
KK-BRST-007
  • Patrick
  • Naughton
KK-BRST-008
  • Margaret
  • Hamilton
KK-BRST-009
  • Richard (Dick)
  • Roche
KK-BRST-010
  • Revd Martin
  • Fitzpatrick
KK-BRST-011
  • James
  • Catherine
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Fitzpatrick alias Clear
KK-BRST-012
  • Laurence
  • Hanora
  • Clear
  • Clear alias Fitzpatrick
KK-BRST-013
  • James
  • Catherine
  • Patrick
  • James
  • Bridget
  • Michael
  • James
  • John
  • Carroll
  • Carroll
  • Carroll
  • Carroll
  • Carroll alias Brennan
  • Carroll
  • Caroll
  • Carroll
KK-BRST-014
  • Mary
  • John
  • John
  • Alice
  • Margaret
  • Thomas
  • Landy alias Ryan
  • Landy
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Fitzpatrick
  • Landy
KK-BRST-015
  • Catherine
  • Sullivan
KK-BRST-016
  • Edmund
  • Margaret
  • Anastasia
  • Michael
  • Deacon
  • Deacon
  • Deacon
  • Deacon
KK-BRST-017
  • John
  • Judith
  • James
  • James
  • Murphy
  • Murphy
  • O Connell
  • O Connell
KK-BRST-018
  • Johanna
  • Kate
  • George
  • George
  • Anastasia
  • Edward
  • Johanna (Hannie)
  • James (Jimmy)
  • Bridie
  • Lee nee Whelan
  • Lee
  • Lee
  • Lee
  • Lee
  • Lee
  • Lee
  • Lee
  • Lee nee Raggett
KK-BRST-019
  • Matthew
  • Mary ( Mollie)
  • Lawlor
  • Lawlor
KK-BRST-020
  • Unknown information welcome
KK-BRST-021
  • Nicholas
  • Mary
  • Nicholas
  • Raggett
  • Raggett
  • Raggett
KK-BRST-022
  • Edward
  • Kate
  • James
  • Margaret
  • William
  • John
  • Margaret (Ciss)
  • lawlor
  • Lawlor
  • Lawlor
  • Lawlor
  • Aylward
  • Lawlor
  • Hughes
KK-BRST-023
  • Mary
  • John Maurice
  • Thomas
  • Mc Grath
  • Mc Grath
  • Mc Grath
KK-BRST-024
  • Famine burial
KK-BRST-025
  • Mary
  • Catherine
  • John (Jack)
  • Elizabeth (Lizzie)
  • Margaret ( Maggie)
  • Brennan alias Fahey
  • Brennan
  • Brennan
  • Brennan
  • Brennan

Pages