Ray Presbyterian Church Graveyard, Raymoghy, Co Donegal
(2nd Ray Meeting House)
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Inscriptions
In Memory of
Clarke Houston Allen
18 years Government C.E. India
Died while on a visit with
His sister Mrs. Aiken, Manorcunningham
31st Oct 1895 aged 39 years
Also John Houston
Son of J. F. & the above M. J. Aiken
Died 3rd May 1906 aged 18 years
Also John Floyd Aiken
Died 14th April 1918 aged 65 years
Also his wife Margaret Jane
Died 24th March 1925 aged 71 years
Erected in Memory of
Elizabeth Armour
Who departed this life
24th February 1870 aged 75 years
71666 Private
J. Barnhill
27th Bn. Canadian Inf.
14th August 1916 age 27
Thy will be done
(stone worn)
John Barnhill
Who died 30th May 1868 aged 80 years
Also Joseph Barnhnill of ?
Who died 22nd Feby 1867 aged 21 years
Also in Loving Memory of
Alexander and Margaret Barnhill, Ballylawn
Also their son David……
In Memory of
William Barnhill aged 61 years
Also Eleanor Hamilton his wife aged 47 years
Both departed this life May 1st 1846
Alexander Barnhill
Who died 13th September 1873 aged 37 years
Bell
In Loving Memory of
A Dear Father
John Alexander
Died 3rd Feb 1969 aged 67
And a loving mother
Elizabeth Chambers
Died 12th Jan 1996 aged 83
The Lord is my Shepherd
Erected by
John Birnie
In Memory of his
Beloved wife Eliza Ann
Who died 22nd January 1894 aged 29 years
Boal
(no further details)
*****
In Loving Memory of the
Brooks – Lyons families
Erected by James Brown, Drumadoan
In Memory of his beloved wife Jane
Who died 4th February 1868 aged 68 years
Also the above named James Brown
Who died 28th November 1876 aged 73 years
Nancy Brown
Who died 29th February 1908 aged 73 years
David Brown
Who died 22nd November 1913 aged 82 years
Erected in Loving Memory of
William A. Campbell, Balleighan
Who died 24th June 1898 aged 74 years
Also his wife Jane Park
Who died 28th Aug 1896 aged 76 years
Until the day break and
The shadows flee away
A few more years shall roll
A few more seasons come
And we shall be with those
Doth rest asleep within the tomb
Erected by Matthew Chambers, Galdonagh
In Memory of his beloved wife
Sarah Chambers
Who died 20th Nov 1904 aged 75 years
Also the above
Matthew Chambers
Who died 30th June 1909
Clarke
Carricknamart and Glenmaquin
In Loving Memory of
Samuel Clarke,
Who died at Kenaghin Cottage, Manorcunningham
15th January 1884 aged 75 years
Also his wife
Fanny Gibson
Who died 16th November 1902
Clyde
(no further details)
In Loving Memory of
Samuel Cochrane
Died 1st Feb 1955
William A Cochrane
Died 29th Dec 1956
Elisabeth M Cochrane
Died 19th Sept 1974
(flat stone)
Here Lieth the remains of
James Colhoun
Late of Lismoghery
Who departed this life
April the 8th 1852
In the 78th year of his age
In Memory Of
Robert Cunningham
Of Drumbarnett
Who Died 23 Feb 1916
Aged 89 Years
Also Of His Father
Samuel Cinnungham
Of The Forth
And Other Members Of His Family
In Memory of
Saml Cunningham
Late of Dunduffs Fort
Formerly of Tullybogley
Who died 27th May 1893
In Loving Memory of
David George Davis
Died 16th July 1968 aged 66 years
Also his wife Sarah
Died 12th February 1974 aged 71 years
“The Lord is my Shepherd”
In Memory of
William Alexander Davis
Son of James Davis, Letterkenny
Who died at Portview Cottage
25th Febuary 1875 aged 11 years
To the Memory of
The Davis Family
Montclink and Drumbarnett
1938
The Devenney Family
Errity, Manorcunningham
The Lord is my Shepherd
Duncan
Ballyholey
The Duncan Family
Balleighan
The Lord is my Shepherd
Duncan, Doorable
In Loving Memory of James
Died 26th Dec 1993 aged 91 years
His wife, Susan
Died 5th Jan 1994 aged 90 years
Their daughter Mollie
Died 23rd Jan 2006 aged 79 years
Duncan
In Loving Memory of
John James
Died 27th April 1983 aged 87 years
And his wife Christina
Died 11th Jan 1993 aged 87 years
In Loving Memory of
William Fletcher, Aughlihard
Who died 6th October 1870
Also his wife
Margaret Reed Cunningham
Who died 12th January 1903
And their son Robert (no dates)
Also their daughter
Martha Fletcher, Castletorrison, Convoy
Who died April 1935
Galbraith
Ballyboe and Carrick
In Heavenly Love Abiding
(flat stone in front of above)
Underneath are deposited the remains of
Samuel Galbraith of Ballyboe
Who died 14th December 1854 aged 85 years
Gallagher, Fahan
John Gallagher
Died 28th June 1976 aged 84 years
His wife Matilda Mary
Died 29th October 1978 aged 84 years
Gamble, Castlethird
“In Heavenly Love Abiding”.
(flat stone)
Erected by Prue Clarke
In memory of her father
John Gibson
Who departed this life
28th April 1868 aged 88 years
Erected to the Memory of
Robert Gregg of Galdanagh
Who departed this life
28th Feby 1858
In the 84th year of his age
Also Rebecca his wife
Who departed this life
4th May 1855
In the 73rd year of her age
Also Jane Gregg
Who died 27th March 1856 aged 76 years
In Loving Memory of
The Hamilton Family
Whitehill, Manorcunningham
“The Lord is my Shepherd”
In Loving Memory of
Mary Elizabeth
Widow of James Hay, Trimragh
Died 29th July 1958
Also her son
David Cunningham Hay
Died 6th Jan 1972
And her daughter
Margaret A. M. Hay
Died 13th February 1990
Erected in Loving Memory of
Robert Hay
Who entered into rest on Sabbath
18th Aug 1912 aged 84 years
Also his wife Martha Hay
Who died 20th Feb 1915 aged 82 years
And their daughter Jane Wright
Died 16th Nov 1898 aged 26 years
(LHS of above stone)
Annie Martha Montgomery
Died 2nd November 1919
Margaret Knox Laird
Died 22nd July 1944
James W.K. Hay
Died 12th March 1941
William P.D. Hay
Died 4th May 1932
And his wife Jeannie E.
Died 22nd January 1925
Hetherington, Errity
The Lord is my Shepherd
In Loving Memory of
Elsie Houston
Who died 31st May 1944
Also her sister
Jane Houston
Who died 28th March 1960
“Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty”
In Loving Memory of
Annie S. Aiken
Wife of Robert Hunter
Who fell asleep in Jesus
6th July 1910
Also his sister Mary A.
Died 20th Jany 1917
And his sister Isabella Baird
Died 28th Nov 1951
Also the above Robert Hunter
Died 11th Sept 1952
Also his wife Elizabeth (Lily)
Died 29th Novr 1954
Good-night and in some fairer clime
Bid us Good-morning
In Loving Memory of
Thomas Thompson Hunter
Leslie Hill, Manorcunningham
Died 15th January 1987 aged 84 years
And his wife Edith Wilhelmina
Died 17th May 1989 aged 90 years
“The Lord is my Shepherd”
21971 Private
A. Hutcheson
Royal Inniskilling Fus.
1st May 1918
He gave himself for Freedom
In Loving Remembrance of
Frederick James Irwin
Errity House, Manorcunningham
Who died 18th October 1922
And his father
Dr. William Irwin
Who died 7th January 1924
Also Margaret Augusta Irwin
Who died 31st May 1934
and was laid to rest in Belfast City Cemetery
In Loving Memory of
John Keatley, Strabane
Who died 20th April 1947
Also his sisters
Charlotte Elizabeth Keatley
Who died 5th October 1961
Florence Gertrude Keatley
Who died 5th November 1961
Kilgore
Magherabeg
In Memory of
James King
Died 7th Dec 1896 aged 88 years
Also Margaret his wife
Died 17th March 1863
And their children
Catherine died 10th Oct 1868
Sarah Maria died 21st May 1884
Rebecca died 13th May 1913
William died 10th Dec 1927
Margaret died 6th August 1928
The Family Burying Ground of
William Laird
Red Brae
Lecky, Pluck
The Lord is My Shepherd
In Loving Memory of
William Leckey
Who died at Woodside
September 1852 aged 46 years
Also his wife Jane Clarke
Of Carricknamart
Who died at Strabane
16th August 1877 aged 74 years
And his brother
Andrew Leckey
Who died at Woodside
23rd November 1869 aged 52 years
Also his wife
Margaret Fletcher of Lurgy
Who died at Londenderry
29th August 1881 aged 52 years
And their youngest daughter
Grace Clarke
Who died at Londonderry
19th November 1882 aged 20 years
(stone in front of above)
Isabella Porterfield
4th Feb 1936
John Porterfield
1st Aug 1936
Annie Porterfield
3rd Sept 1941
Samuel A. McClintock
22nd May 1962
Mary Isabella McClintock (Maybelle)
Died 5th Dec 1989 aged 85 years
Erected by
Andrew Logan
In Memory of his beloved wife Isabella
Who died 17th April 1893 aged 36 years
Also his father James Logan
Who died 29th Oct 1883 aged 66 years
And his mother Jane
Who died 11th May 1873 aged 46 years
Also Andrew Logan
Who died 10th April 1912 aged 57 years
Also his son James Logan
Who died 14th Dec 1918 aged 31 years
Also Rachel
Wife of the above
Andrew Logan
Who died 30th November 1933 aged 69 years
Mary Jane McCandless
Wife of Leslie McCandless of Corkey
Who died 24th April 1873 aged 30 years
Also his infant son Thomas Leslie
Also the following children
Isabella H. McCandless
Died 6th April 1884
Leslie H. McCandless
Died 6th January 1885
Margaret G. McCandless
Died 14th September 1888
Annie G. McCandless
Died 6th April 1893
Also the above Leslie McCandless
Died 29th August 1909
And his second wife
Annie J. McCandless
Died 26th September 1914
Notes:
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Thomas McCandless
Died 12th September 1937
McClintock
Sallybrook
In Loving Memory of
John McClean
Died 27th May 1953 aged 63 years
His wife Annie
Died 6th February 1982 aged 76 years
Their son Jim
Died 13th February 2005 aged 77 years
In Memory of
The McConnell family
Moneyhaughley, Manor
At Rest
In Loving Memory of
Our dear Father
Alexander McConnell
Died 4th Dec 1943
Also our dear mother Matilda
Died 31st July 1977
Their infant sons
Andrew, Frederick, James, Andrew
Mabel McConnell
Died 3rd June 1981
Alex McConnell
Died 11th December 2006
Willie John McConnell
Died 4th October 1985
The Lord is my Shepherd
McConnell, Manorcunningham
Also Frank A. McNutt, “Swillymount”,
Called home 11th April 1969
In thy Presence is fullness of Joy
In Memory of
Fred & Gavin & Adam
(flat stone)
Sacred to the memory of
Thomas McCrea
Son of John McCrea of Rylands
Who died April 18th 1852
In the 10th year of his age
Also his father
John McCrea
Who died April 30th 1884
In the 77th year of his age
Also his mother Isabella
Who died May 20th 1895
In the 87th year of her age
In Loving Memory of
William McCrea of Aughliard
Who died 28th May 1920 aged 76 years
Also his wife
Catherine Noble
Who died 24th Oct 1911 aged 56 years
McElhinney
Magherabuoy
“The Lord is my Shepherd”
In Loving Memory of
McElhinney family
Manorcunningham
The Lord is my Shepherd
Erected by the family
In Loving Memory of
John (Jack) McGirr, Trimragh
Died 10th June 1984 aged 75 years
Also his wife Rebecca (Ruby)
Died 28th June 2002 aged 92 years
At Rest
In Loving Memory of
Rachel W. McGirr
Who died 4th February 1922
And her husband
William McGirr
Who died 25th August 1947
Safe in the arms of Jesus
McKinley
Ballylawn
D. McKinley
(no further details)
In Loving Memory of
My dear husband
Samuel David McKinley
Who died 1st May 1938
“At Rest”
In Loving Memory of
John McKinley
Died 11th March 1961
Also his beloved wife Mary Jane
Died 4th Oct 1965
The Lord is my Shepherd
McKinley, Veagh
In Loving Remembrance
In Loving Memory of
Mabel McKinney
Died May 1939 aged 24 yrs
John died 12th Nov 1960 aged 84 yrs
Isobel wife of John
Died 21st June 1963 aged 76 yrs
Jim died 12th Aug 1979 aged 66 yrs
William died 20th Aug 1979 aged 59 yrs
David died 1st Jan 1983 aged 72 yrs
Annie Elizabeth wife of William
Died 19th Sept 2000 aged 73 yrs
In Loving Memory of
David McNair, Lisclamerty
Died 5th June 1962
His daughter
Agnes Tinney
Died 22nd December 1974
His son
David Alexander (Alex)
Died 23rd August 1983
Maude Josephine
Wife of Alex
Died 5th June 1994
To the Memory of
The McNair Family
Moneyhaughley
McNair, Veagh
The McNutt Family
Tullybogley
The day thou gavest Lord is ended
(flat stone)
Sacred to the Memory of
Hugh Montgomery of Ballybegley
Who died 12th July 1851aged 94 years
Also of Margaret Montgomery
His beloved wife
Who died 21st August 1852 aged 70 years
Also of Elizabeth Holmes
who died 1st June 1857 aged 2 years
Also of John Holmes of Ballybegley
Who died 13th July 1918
(flat stone beside above)
Sacred to the Memory of
Eleanor Montgomery of Ballybegley
Who died 2nd September 1847 aged 84 years
Also of Doctor Montgomery of Ballybegley
Who died 20th April 1848 aged 27 years
Also his sister Jane Holmes
Who died 31st January 1873
Beloved wife of Charles Holmes of Rossgier
Who died 18th May 1895
Also members of their family
Mary Crammond 28th July 1866
Ellen Shaw 14th August 1928
Rebecca Jane Houston
Who died 6th November 1931
Annie Foster Keatley of Strabane
Who died 9th March 1938
Hugh Montgomery Holmes of Rossgier
Who died 17th July 1938
In Loving Memory of
A Dear Wife
Mary Moore, Ballyboe
Died 19th September 1967
Safe in the Arms of Jesus
Erected in Memory of
The Moore Family
Labadish
In Loving Memory of
William Morrison of Aughliard
Who died 6th Dec 1892 aged 60 years
Also Elizabeth his wife
Died 20th December 1912 aged 69 years
(flat stone)
Here lieth the remains of
Samuel Noble
Who died 28th May 1856 aged 50 years
Also Prudence his wife
Who departed this life on the
17th August 1867 in the 46th year of her age
Also John Noble, their son
Who departed this life
8th May 1870 aged 19 years
Erected by Samuel Park, Drumerdagh
In loving memory of his father
William Park died 15th Jany 1853
Also his mother
Martha Park died 15th Nov 1873
Also his sister
Eliza Park died 10th June 1847
And his brothers
William Park died 11th Jan 1850?
Hugh Park died 15th August 1872
James Park died 27th August 1897
Also the above Samuel Park
Died 2nd August 1899
The Patterson Family,
Drumoghill
Here lie the remains of
John Patterson
Late of Galdenagh
Who departed this life
The 8th of January 1851
In the 75th year of his age
Patterson
Tullybogley
Erected In Memory of
Elizabeth Hammond Phillips
Who died at Drumcairn
23rd January 1930
Also her son Alexander
Who died 9th November 1973
And his wife Margaret
Who died 21st June 1971
Platt, Drean
Platt, Ray
Ramsay
(no further details)
In Loving Memory of
Joseph Rankin, Magherabuoy
Died 5th April 1931 aged 57 years
Also his wife Sarah Mary
Died 12th August 1926 aged 51 years
Also their daughter Isobel Matilda Rankin
Died 14th April 1984 aged 70 years
And daughter Elizabeth Maud
Died 11th June 1999 aged 84 years
“Until the day break”
Erected by
Samuel Reed of Ellistron
In memory of his wife
Isabella P Clarke
Who died Nov 15th 1861 aged 28 years
The Revd Alexr Rentoul
In memory of
Jane Thompson his wife
Who died March 2nd 1848 aged 36 years
Here is also interred the body of
Revd Alexr Rentoul M.D., D. D.,
For 25 years minister of
2nd Ray Presbyterian Church
Who died January 26th 1864 aged 68 years
Underneath this Stone rest
The remains of
The Rev. James Rentoul
Who departed this life
May 30th 1839 in the 78th year of his age
And 50th of his Ministry
In life a faithful laborious and devoted
Servant of Jesus Christ
In death triumphant through his
Beloved Master
The Righteous shall be in
Everlasting remembrance
In Loving Memory of
Andrew Robinson
Died 25th January 1917
His wife Elizabeth Margaret
Died 27th December 1946
Their sons
William John died 24th Sept 1961
Andrew Joseph died 7th Jan 1974
In Loving Memory of
James Rodgers, Mondooey
Died 14th Dec 1962 aged 69 years
His wife Rebecca
Died 29th Nov 1958 aged 61 years
Their sons
George Rodgers
Died 1st May 2005 aged 72 years
And his wife Rebecca (Rae)
Died 12th Dec 2004 aged 67 years
William A Rodgers
Died 16th Jan 2006 aged 76 years
In Heavenly Love Abiding
In Loving Memory of
Joseph Roulston, Manorcunningham
Died 16th Oct 1961
His wife Adelaide Jane
Died 5th May 1977
Their son James Cyril
Died 5th May 2003
Peace Perfect Peace
In Loving Memory of
John Smyth of Manorcunningham
Who died 6th June 1889 aged 69 years
Also his wife Margaret
Who died 24th December 1888 aged 71 years
Also their eldest daughter Annie
Who died 8th June 1912
In Memory of
The Smith Family
Magheramore
The Lord is my Shepherd
In Loving Memory of
James Steele,
Who died 30th April 1885 aged 72 years
Also his wife Elizabeth
Who died 10th February 1909 aged 62 years
Erected by their son James
Stevenson, Aughliard
The Lord is my Shepherd
Stevenson
Erected by the family
In Loving Memory of our dear father
John Erskine Stevenson
Who died at Aughliard 16th August 1923
Also our dear mother
Margaret Baird
Who died 13th October 1951
And their son William John
Who died 18th July 1974
Also their daughter Sadie
Who died 16th May 1991
“Until we meet to part no More”.
In Loving Memory of
William Stevenson, Lower Aughliard
Died 31st May 1968
His wife Maggie
Died 29th Nov 1963
Safe in the arms of Jesus
Stuart, Mondooey
In Loving Memory of
Alexander Stuart
Died 8th April 1954
His wife Sarah Jane
Died 30th December 1955
Their sons
William Joseph Henry
Died 29th February 1922
Frederick George
Died 12th November 1992
The Lord is my Shepherd
The Tinney Family
Drumcairn
The Lord is my Shepherd
In Loving Memory of
William Turner
Died 4th January 1955 aged 84 years
Hester Turner
Died 19th February 1966 aged 84 years
Ellen Turner
Died 22nd July 1987 aged 65 years
William Turner
Died 6th November 1991 aged 75 years
Safe in the arms of Jesus
In Loving Memory of
Mary Jane Walker
Died 20th June 1942 aged 64 years
Her son Robert
Died 3rd December 1947 aged 38 years
Also her husband Adam
Died 27th June 1953 aged 75 years
And her son Andrew
Died 2nd February 2002 aged 79 years
Also her daughter Margaret
Died 7th August 2003 aged 87 years
The Lord is my Shepherd
Wallace
Galdonagh
Wallace
Of Railway View
In Loving Memory of
William Alexander Wilkie
Died 5th September 1968 aged 71 years
His wife Francis Kathleen Wilkie
Died 19th March 1999 aged 86 years
Elizabeth Margaret Wilkie
Died 7th February 1951 aged 10 years
Their daughter Violet Wilkie
Aged 1 year old
And their son
Billie Wilkie aged 6 months
Erected by daughters & sons-in-law
The Lord Giveth
And the Lord taketh away
In Loving Memory of
James Wilkie, Ballyholey
Died 13th July 1991 aged 88 yrs
His son Noel
Died 13th Oct 1949 aged 11 months
And John WiIlkie
Died 1st April 1991 aged 84 yrs
Gertrude Mary Wilkie
Wife of James
Died 25th Jan 1997 aged 80 yrs
“The lord is my Shepherd”
(front of stone)
In Memory of
John Wilson of Errity
Who died 27th Jany 1855 aged 88 years
Also his wife Catherine
Who died 30th March 1841 aged 56 years
Also their son
Robert Wilson
Who died at Ballylawn
21st January 1904 aged 90 years
(RHS of stone)
In Memory of
Alexander Wilson
Elder in 2nd Ray Presbyterian Church
And for over 40 years teacher
In the Congregational
Who died 30th March 1875 aged 62 years
Also his sister
Mary Anne Wilson
Who died 26th Jany 1875 aged 58 years
Blessed are the Dead
Which die in the Lord
In Loving Memory of
John James Wray
Died 15th Dec. 1925
His wife Jane Wray
Died 28th Sept 1937
Their son Alexander
Died 16th Aug 1964
Daughter Janie
Died 12th Jan 1975
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