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This tomb was erected by the very
Patk O'Reilly P.P. of Cava
in memory of his parents Phillip O'Reilly
and Judith alias MacDonnell and also
in memory of his sister Mary alias
McDermott and her two children
Revd Patk MacDermott and Judith
O'Reilly alias MacDermott all of whom
died young. Dated May the 1st 1839.
The remains of the above named
very Revd Patk O'Reilly lie here also
who died in the year 1843 aged 78 yrs,
being then P.P. of Cavan and V.G.
of Kilmore for 30 years.
Requiescat omnes in pace Christe Amen
2000 Survey Number: MG173
From:
O’Connell, Phillip. 1923. Moybolge and its Ancient Church. The Breifny Antiquarian Society's Journal, Vol. II, pp. 190-226, 1923-6. P.216-217
"Alongside, another tombstone, raised on pillars, marks the grave of the Very Rev. Patrick O'Reilly, P.P., of Cavan, who died in 1843. It has the Inscription:
This tomb was erected by the Very Rev. Patk.
O'Reilly, P.P., of Cavan, in memory of his
parents, Philip O'Reilly and Judith, alias
MacDonnell, and also in memory of his sister
Mary, alias McDermott, and her two children,
Rev. Patk. McDermott, and Judith O’Reilly,
alias Macdermott, all of whom died young.
Dated May 1st, 1839.
The remains of the above Very Rev. Patk.
O'Reilly lie here also, who died in the year
1843, aged 78 years, being then P.P. of. Cavan
and V.G. of Kilmore for 30 years."
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