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Headstone

Townparks North, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Headstone, Townparks North, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Townparks North
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.55847, -6.79003
SMR number
ME036-048074-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Just outside the S wall of the chancel of St Patrick’s parish church (ME036-048012-) is a headstone (H c. 0.6m; Wth c. 0.3m) with an illegible inscription in false relief. It is the headstone of Margaret Boyle and has been described by FitzGerald (1921-5, 74) as: Fixed against the south wall of the ancient chancel is a headstone bearing this inscription: HERE LY / ETH THE BOD / Y OF MARGARET / BOYLE ALIAS PO /VGE WIFE TO MIC / HAEL BOYLE OF / TRIM WHO DEPAR / TED THIS LIFE T / HE FIRST DAY OF A / VGVST IN THE YEA / R OF OUR LORD / GOD 1731 AGED - / YEARS

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 4 March, 2015

References

FitzGerald, Lord W. 1921-5 Trim: St Patrick's Churchyard. Journal of the Associateion for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland, 11, 71-6; 219-23.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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