CO-BMNO-0055

Record Date: 
13 March 2015
Graveyard: 
Bawnmore North (Kilmacow)
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
52.238248055556
Longitude: 
-8.9159163888889
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Colonel
Name: 
Sankey
Notes: 

According to local information this is the grave of Colonel Sankey, an English military man who was landlord of Lismire. Colonel Sankey so loved his tenants that his final wish was to be buried among them at Kilmacow. Legend has it that his drumming, as he marches with his army, is perceived as an omen of death for families who's traditional burial ground is Kilmacow.