Parish Graveyards

Background to the recording of People buried in the Lavey Parish Graveyards

by Liam Mulholland.

There are two burial grounds at Lavey Chapel known as the old graveyard and the new graveyard.

The Lavey Parish burial records were compiled from two main sources, the actual headstone inscriptions and the official Parish records. However in the past a lot of details were either not recorded or lost and thus many people are buried without trace. There are also a few instances whereby those named on headstones are buried outside the parish.
The official Parish burial records date back to the 19th century but there are many gaps. The official records were computerised by Brian Clarke under the direction of Father O'Donnell PP. I in turn combined this information with the data I personally collected from the headstones and transferred it to the WEB.

Unfortunately the original software used by Brian Clarke recorded only the year in 2 digit format and thus I was unsure at times as to whether a year was 1960 or 1860. (The dreaded millennium bug scenario). However most official records had the current serving priests recorded and with the help of James Moore and the parish baptismal computer records I was able to put a century to most of the official records. Someday perhaps I will check the original books in the Parochial house to verify the dates. Spellings are copied exactly as recorded in the Parish records and graveyard headstones.
Some priests such as Fr Bernard McGurk, Fr J McGoerty, Fr J O'Brien and Fr P O'Kane recorded the townland from where the person originated which will be useful to anyone researching their family or area. However at this moment I have only published the name, date and age on the web.
The data probably contains some duplicates and errors. The official Parish records did not specify where the person was buried. I could not at times be sure if a name in the official record and the headstone inscription were the same person. The fact that family Christian names are often repeated makes this more difficult and so I will leave it to the discretion of the viewer as to whether adjacent names on my listing are really the same person. (8 duplicate names were removed from these listings on the 27th of January 2002 AD after investigation). There are also a very few cases were names are repeated where families have more than one headstone or plot.
Please note that some headstones do not have all recorded names inscribed.

Please note that details and dates are under constant review and are subject to correction at any time.

Viewing the names of people buried in the Lavey Churchyards

The names of people buried in the graveyards have been put in alphabetically grouped listings. Please click on the appropriate letter to inspect a listing of names beginning with that letter.

Names index - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Map of burial plots in Lavey Parish Old Graveyard.

Map of burial plots in Lavey Parish New Graveyard.

Experimental - Headstone details using hotspots on a photograph

If you are doing genealogical research or are tracing your family history and you found the information on this section of the website helpful then please consider sometime making a donation to either this Parish Renovation Project, any Church or a Charity of your own choice.

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please note that the names of those baptised in Lavey during the nineteenth century is now online as of August 2002. Also a list containing names of parishioners in the 1870s who contributed money to the building of Lavey Chapel was added to this website during February 2002.

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This page was last updated on Tuesday, 11 September 2007 AD

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Parish Graveyards

Background to the recording of People buried in the Lavey Parish Graveyards

by Liam Mulholland.

Viewing the names of people buried in the Lavey Churchyards

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