Nenagh Parish · Co. Tipperary
Kenyon Street Graveyard
The old Church of Ireland churchyard in the heart of the town, marked by its fine square bell-tower dated 1700.
- Established
- Pre-1615; tower dated 1700
- Townland
- Nenagh Town
- Memorials online
- 295
History
About this graveyard
Known locally as Barrack Street and, until 1965, so styled in law, this is the older of the town's two Church of Ireland burial grounds. It is distinguished by a fine square stone bell-tower bearing the date 1700 on a stone in its eastern face. Documentary evidence records a church here in a partly ruinous state as early as 1615; a new church incorporating the tower was built in 1809 and served as the parish church until St. Mary's on Church Road was completed in 1860, after which the old building was dismantled but for a small standing section. The graveyard holds many eighteenth-century stones, the oldest a flat ground slab to Shusana Hean, dated to the 1750s.
Map of the grounds
Where the stones lie
39 of 295 transcribed memorials located so far. Positions are taken from headstone photographs and added as the survey continues — select a pin to read its inscription.
The Memorials
Recorded inscriptions
All 295 recorded memorials from this ground are transcribed here. Select one to read its full inscription.
295 memorials
Elizabeth Arnold
1800 – 1811 · 1 other remembered
Here lieth the body of Eliz:th, daughter of John & Mary Arnold, died Nov[—] aged 3 Yrs. Also John Arnold, infant, died [—]. The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh. Blessed be the Name of the Lord.
Read inscriptionLindahl J. O'D. Atkinson
1894
Sacred to the memory of Lindahl J. O'D. Atkinson, the beloved child of Martha & Richard Atkinson, Esq., Nenagh, who died Dec the 4th 1894 aged 2 Yrs and 6 months. “Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for such is the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Read inscriptionPatrick Barron
1899
Erected by Daniel Barron in memory of his dearly beloved son Patrick Barron, who died June 14th 1899 aged 19. May he rest in peace. Amen.
Read inscriptionJohn Bennett
1862
John Bennett of Riverston, Esq. 29 December 1862.
Read inscriptionMaria Elizabeth Bennett
1847
Maria Elizabeth Bennett of Riverston, died 30th March 1847, aged 50 years.
Read inscriptionSusan Delap Bennett
1842
Susan Delap Bennett, died June 19th 1842, aged 22 years.
Read inscriptionWilliam C. Bennett
1851
William C. Bennett, 6th January 1851.
Read inscriptionBridget Bourke
1963
In loving memory of Bridget Bourke, St. Joseph's Park, Nenagh, died 17th July 1963. R.I.P. Erected by her husband and family.
Read inscriptionPeter Bourke
1870
Peter Bourke, died 13th January 1870. R.I.P.
Read inscriptionWilliam Bourke
1947 – 1953 · 1 other remembered
In loving memory of William Bourke, William St., Nenagh, died Feb. 3, 1953, and his wife Margaret, died April 3, 1947. Erected by their daughter Nora & family.
Read inscriptionJohn Edward Bourne
1799
John Edward Bourne, Esq., died August 22nd 1799, aged 38 years. Monument erected by his beloved wife Martha Bourne.
Read inscriptionGeorge Bracken
1967
In loving memory of George Bracken, died 24 July 1967, aged 67.
Read inscriptionDenis Brett
1934 – 1976 · 2 others remembered
In loving memory of Denis Brett, Barnfield St., Nenagh, died 5th July 1934; and his wife Mary, died 8th March 1958; their son Jimmy, died 10th Oct. 1976.
Read inscriptionMary H. Brimsmade
Mary H. Brimsmade.
Read inscriptionJohn Brundley
1828
Erected by [Ann] Jane Brundley to the memory of her deservedly beloved husband Mr John Brundley, late of Nenagh and native of Suffolk in England, who departed this life the 28th of December 1828, aged 56 years.
Read inscriptionWilliam H. Bull
1876 – 1922 · 4 others remembered
Sacred to the memory of William H. Bull, who departed this life the 13th day of April 1876, in the 66th year of his age. Also his beloved wife Ellen Bull, died August 11th 1892 aged 70 years. Also his son Fred C. Bull, died April 19th 1895 aged 36 years. Erected by all who knew him. Also Susan, beloved wife of William Harkness, Nenagh, and second eldest daughter of the above, died April 14th 1922. Fred H. Bull died 2nd Feb 1904 aged 48 yrs. “Asleep in Jesus.”
Read inscriptionJohn Burns
1962
John Burns, 8 Aug. 1962. R.I.P.
Read inscriptionThomas Burns
1968
In loving memory of Thomas Burns, Fintan Lalor St., Nenagh, died Sept. 2, 1968, aged 64. Erected by his wife and family.
Read inscriptionJohn Burr
1804
In sacred memory of John Burr, who departed this life Nov.r 7 [1804], aged [64] Yrs.
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No. 20Bridget Butler
1941 – 2023 · 6 others remembered
In loving memory of Bridget Butler, died 26 March 1941; and her husband Denis, died 8 Jan 1962; their daughter Margaret, died 8 April 1948; their grandson John, died 20 Sept 1953; their son Paddy, died 29 May 1994, aged 72; and his wife Tess (Teresa), died 2 Aug 2015, aged 94. R.I.P.
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No. 21Sean Butler
1970
Sean Butler, age 33, 16 Oct. 1970.
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No. 22Jimmy Butler
1970
Jimmy Butler, age 10, 31 October 1970.
Read inscriptionEliza Byron
1886 – 1893 · 1 other remembered
In loving remembrance of Eliza Byron, who died August 17th 1886 aged 41 years. Trusting in Jesus. And of her husband Francis J. Byron, who died December 17 [1893] aged 47 years. Reunited.
Read inscriptionElizabeth Byron
1893 – 1897 · 2 others remembered
In loving memory of Elizabeth Byron, who died October 27th 1893 aged 15 yrs; and of William Byron, died May 9th 1895 aged 10 yrs; also Emily Byron, died July 23rd 1897 aged 14 yrs. “A bitter grief, a shock severe, to part with those we loved so dear; their loss is great, we'll not complain, but trust in Christ to meet again.”
Read inscriptionJames Byron
1822 – 1823 · 1 other remembered
Here lieth the body of James Byron, who departed this life June 30 1822 aged 64 years. Also the body of Esther, his wife, who died July 30 1823 aged 42 years. “In sure and steadfast hope to rise and claim their mansion in the skies; two Christians here their flesh lay down, the cross exchanged for a crown.”
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No. 26Kathleen Mary Byron
1910 – 1935 · 2 others remembered
In loving memory of Kathleen Mary Byron, who died 10th Dec 1910 aged 2 years and 9 months; also of Richard Mervyn Byron, who died December 1912 aged 2 months, beloved children of Richard and Annie Byron. Jesus called little children unto Him. Also to the memory of the above Richard Francis Byron, who died 13th June 1935 aged 63.
Read inscriptionAlice Cambridge
1829
Beneath this tomb lieth the remains of Alice Cambridge, who died at Nenagh on the 1 day of Jan 1829 aged 67; the greater part of which life hath been usefully spent, both in public and private, by patiently following the Saviour of Mankind, and was enabled to apply to her these words of St. Paul: “Oh death, where is thy sting? Oh death, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin, and the [strength] of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who [saveth] all the nations through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Read inscriptionWilliam Cantrell
1830 – 1871 · 5 others remembered
This tomb erected by Phoebe Cantrell, alias Howard, to record the memory of her husband William Cantrell of Nenagh, Esqr., who died 19th July 1847 aged 49 years; and Joshua, who died 24th Oct.r 1852 aged 60; of John Cantrell, their father, who died 11th Jan.y 1830 aged 74 years; and Elizabeth Cantrell, alias Smith, their mother. Was restored in 1873 by Mary Anne Howard, in grateful remembrance of the above named and of her beloved sisters, Frances Corcoran, who died 18th Feby 1867, and Phoebe Cantrell, who, trusting the merits of her Redeemer, died on the 8th day of January 1871 aged 73 years.
Read inscriptionChillion Cantrill
1811
Here lyeth the body of Chillion Cantrill, departed this life the 25 August [1811] aged 15 yrs. She lived beloved and died regretted. This monument was erected by her uncle E. P. Leake as a token of his understandable affection for her.
Read inscriptionJ. Carroll
1919
6583 Private J. Carroll, Connaught Rangers, 18th January 1919.
Read inscriptionSource: Ormond Historical Society — Gravestone Inscriptions, Co. Tipperary, Section B (Barony of Upper Ormond), Vol. 5: Parish of Nenagh (1982). Compiled by Nancy Murphy.