TO THE MEMORY OF
HENRY TRESILIAN HAYES
LIEUTENANT R.N.
DIED 20TH APRIL 1904 AGED 23 YEARS.
REV. RICHARD BABINGTON HAYES. BA
DIED 19TH MAY 1906 AGED 28 YEARS.
REV. RICHARD THOMAS HAYES M.A.
RECTOR OF THIS PARISH FOR 30 YEARS
DIED 6TH JANUARY 1911, AGED 62 YEARS.
WE LOOK FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD
AND THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME
Lieutenant 'R.N.' stands for Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.
Rev Richard Thomas Hayes, M.A., was Rector of Magourney parish for over 30 years, and it was he who oversaw the laying out of Christchurch graveyard. His son Henry, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, who had joined the Navy as a midshipman in 1895, was fated to become the first to be buried in the graveyard. Also in the grave is another son, Rev. Richard Babington Hayes, who was curate in Myross, and like his brother died at an early age. Their father, Rev. Richard Thomas Hayes is also here buried, and the Cork Examiner carries an interesting account of his funeral, which was attended by all classes and creeds in the parish in 1911. (Source: ACR Heritage).