RO-KLBG-0192

Record Date: 
14 May 2016
Graveyard: 
Kilbegley
Exact wording of epitaph: 

CENTRE SLAB IN FRONT OF TABLET ON WALL

I.H.S. 

IN MEMORY OF

WILLIAM DUFFY

WHO DIED JUNE 1 ST 1859

ERECTED BY HIS GRATEFUL NIECE

MARY A MANNION

"HE WAS A LOYAL HEARTED MAN

AND TRUE TO THE DUTY OF LIFE".

HERE IN ALSO INTERRED HIS

FATHER AND MOTHER

EDMOND AND WINIFRED DUFFY

OF KIDLAWN

AND HIS BROTHER JOHN EDWARD

LORD JESUS HAVE MERCY ON THEIR SOULS

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SLAB TO THE LEFT OF CENTRE SLAB

BLESSED ARE THOSE DEAD WHO

DIE IN THE LORD.

THAT THEY MAY REST FROM

THEIR LABOURS.

FOR THEIR WORKS ALLOW THEM.

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF 

MARIA DUFFY

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

15 SEPTEMBER 1823

EREC D  BY HER FATHER EDMOND DUFFY

MAY SHE REST IN PEACE

AMEN

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TABLET ATTACHED TO CHURCH WALL

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 

MARGARET MANNION

DAUGHTER OF EDWARD DUFFY

OF KIDLAWN

WHO DIED APRIL 24 TH 1874

AND OF HER SON REDMOND 

WHO DEPARTED DEC 10 TH 1874.

HE WAS DEVOTED TO HER DURING LIFE

AND WAS NOT SEPARATED FROM HER IN DEATH

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AND PLOT ENCLOSED 

IN MEMORY OF THEIR MANY VIRTUES:

BY HER DAUGHTER MARY A. MANNION

WHO DIED AT DUNMORE ON THE

5 TH JUNE 1878

R.I.P.

SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON THEM

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Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Roscommon
Latitude: 
53.321701944444
Longitude: 
-8.1430977777778
Additional details
Erected by: 
Headstone 1 Erected by his grateful niece Mary A Mannion. Headstone 2 Erected by her father Edmond Duffy.Headstone 3 Erected by her daughter Mary A Mannion Dunmore.
Number of people commemorated: 
8
People commemorated: 
Name: 
William
Surname: 
Duffy
Date of death - day: 
1
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1859
Address: 
Kidlawn
Name: 
Edmond
Surname: 
Duffy
Relationship with first person: 
Father of William Duffy
Name: 
Winifred
Surname: 
Duffy
Relationship with first person: 
Mother of William Duffy
Name: 
John Edward
Surname: 
Duffy
Relationship with first person: 
Brother of William Duffy
Name: 
Maria
Surname: 
Duffy
Date of death - day: 
15
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1823
Relationship with first person: 
Appears to be sister of William Duffy as both William's and Maria's father was Edmond
Name: 
Margaret
Surname: 
Mannion (nee Duffy)
Date of death - day: 
24
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1874
Age: 
67
Address: 
Dunmore
Name: 
Redmond
Surname: 
Mannion
Date of birth - day: 
27
Date of birth - month: 
August
Date of birth - year: 
1826
Date of death - day: 
10
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1874
Age: 
48
Address: 
Dunmore
Relationship with first person: 
Son of Margaret Mannion nee Duffy, Dunmore
Name: 
Mary A.
Surname: 
Mannion
Date of death - day: 
5
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1878
Age: 
45
Address: 
Dunmore
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter of Margaret Mannion nee Duffy Dunmore.
Notes: 

Three Duffy gravestones are listed here. The address associated with these headstones is Kidlawn,Parish of Moore.

This enclosure is in the ruins of the old church at Kilbegley.

The tablet stone on the wall reveals that this plot was enclosed by Mary A Mannion of Dunmore, grand-daughter of Edward Duffy of Kidlawn & daughter of Margaret Duffy Mannion in the period between 1874 - 1878.

Civil records shows Margaret Duffy, Kidlawn married Thomas Mannion Dunmore. In the records their son Redmond Bartholomew Mannion was born 27th August 1826 and died 10th December 1874 aged 48 years, a batchelor.

Mrs Margaret Mannion was registered as being 67 years at death.

Miss Mary Ann Mannion was registered as being 45 years at death.

Relatives in Kidlawn informed us that Walter E. Duffy Kidlawn is buried here. His memorial card states that he died 12th March 1900 aged 75 years. Civil records show that Walter Duffy of Kidlawn was married to Hanoria Jennings, Cottage Hill, Civil Parish of Killian, Galway in 1864. Hanoria (Nora) Duffy died 1st July 1917 at Kidlawn & her death was recorded by her son, Edward Duffy. Walter and Hanoria's (Nora's) daughter, Nora Duffy, died in Kidlawn on 11th March 1958 aged 86 years. Walter E. Duffy, his wife and daughter are all believed to be buried inside the enclosure. 

According to Civil Records, Edward Duffy from Kidlawn died 29th April 1948 aged 66 and status was batchelor.  

Census record 1901:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Roscommon/Ballydangan/C...

Census record 1911: 

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Roscommon/Ballydangan/C...