KK-KLMR-133

Record Date: 
19 October 2013
Graveyard: 
Kilmacar
Exact wording of epitaph: 

William Carroll
Swiftsheath

Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Latitude: 
52.769166666667
Longitude: 
-7.2722222222222
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
WILLIAM
Surname: 
CARROLL
Date of death - day: 
2
Date of death - month: 
December
Address: 
SWIFTS HEATH
Notes: 

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kilkenny/Coolcraheen/Sw...
In The Kilmacar Burial Ledger
William Carroll Swiftsheath, died 2-12-????, Farmer.
Patrick Carroll, Conahy Married, Farmer. (no date of death or age recorded)
Katie Carroll, aged 68, died 29-12-1953, Single, Housewife.
With the name William and the fact that they were buried in Kilmacar instead of Conahy, it is reasonable to assume that they were connected with the Carrolls of Coolnambrisklaun and Maudlin. Kilmacar graves 032 & 033
William Carroll, Swiftsheath, married Mary Knaresborough, 18/8/1875. Recorded children, Mary 1875, Catherine 1877, Patrick 1879, Mary 1881, Thomas 1883, Bridget 1885. 
They lived at the bottom of Lochandharrig. Their place was purchased by Jimmy Ryan, (George's Tree) Knockroe, around 1954.