CO-CCCF-0021

Record Date: 
4 July 2013
Graveyard: 
Christchurch
Exact wording of epitaph: 

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

Memorial Type: 
Celtic Cross
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.909892660009
Longitude: 
-8.7930509399127
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
O'CONNELL, CORK
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Lieutenant
Name: 
Henry Tresilian
Surname: 
Hayes
Date of death - day: 
20
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1904
Age: 
23
Title: 
Reverend
Name: 
Richard Babington
Surname: 
Hayes
Date of death - day: 
19
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1906
Age: 
28
Title: 
Reverend
Name: 
Richard Thomas
Surname: 
Hayes
Date of death - day: 
6
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1911
Age: 
62
Notes: 

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).