CV-MOOL-0199

Record Date: 
14 July 2017
Graveyard: 
Moybologue Old
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Here Lies the BODy
of the Reverend Luke
Moynagh Pastor
of Killmore Who
Departed this life
the 26th of october
1781 Aged 54 Years

R.I.P.

erected by his Bro
ther James Moynagh 

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cavan
Latitude: 
53.871805555556
Longitude: 
-6.9501555555556
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Reverend
Name: 
Luke
Surname: 
Moynagh
Date of birth - year: 
1727
Date of death - day: 
26
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1781
Age: 
54
Notes: 

From:O’Connell, Phillip. 1923. Moybolge and its Ancient Church. The Breifny Antiquarian Society's Journal,  Vol. II, pp. 190-226, 1923-6. 

P.217

"Near the south corner of the graveyard is an upright slab of slate marking the grave of a Father Moynagh (or Mooney) P.P., of Kilmore. The inscription is as follows: -

Here lies the body of the
Reverend Luke Moynagh, Pastor
of Killmore, who Departed
this life the 26th of October, 1781,
aged 54 years.

R.I.P.