DU-STWE-0165

Record Date: 
12 December 2025
Graveyard: 
St. Werburgh's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN MEMORY OF
THE REVEREND WILLIAM JOHN McCREERY B.D.,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON 16TH NOV. 1939.
AS CURATE, CURATE-IN-CHARGE, AND RECTOR,
HE MINISTERED IN THIS PARISH FOR OVER 40 YEARS,
AND BY HIS WISE FORESIGHT, CONSTANT THOUGHT, AND PRACTICAL EXERTIONS,
CONFERRED UPON IT MANY LASTING BENEFITS.
THIS HISTORIC CHURCH WAS THE OBJECT OF HIS SPECIAL AFFECTION,
AND HE LABOURED UNCEASINGLY TO IMBUE OTHERS
WITH HIS OWN IDEALS OF REVERENCE AND DEVOTION.
"Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thy House, and
the place where Thine Honour dwelleth."

Grave location
County: 
Dublin
Latitude: 
53.342987299989
Longitude: 
-6.2696448799986
People commemorated: 
Name: 
William John
Surname: 
McCreery
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1939