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adb41
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 Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:49 pm Post subject: Balrothery (St Peter) Church of Ireland Churchyard |
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This cemetery is a very old burial ground in Balrothery village, 15 miles north of Dublin, off the M1 motorway in Ireland.
I have not personally visited this graveyard, but was sent images of one of the two CWGC graves |
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adb41
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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Image courtesy David James of Skerries Co. Dublin
Leading Deckhand John Macaulay
Son of Donald and Peggy MacAulay, of 7, Islivig Miavig, Stornoway, Lewis; husband of Catherine MacAulay, of Breanish, Islivig, Stornoway
Last address in Lewis: 7 Islivig
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, SS Kenmare
Date of death: 2 March 1918 at the age of 37
Was lost in torpedoing of ship northwest of Anglesey
Interred: Balrothery, St Peter's Churchyard, Ireland |
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adb41
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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| For the record: both images in this thread were supplied courtesy David James of Skerries Co. Dublin. |
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Adam Brown
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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And very clear images they are too. I notice this grave is fenced. Is there a reason for that?
Thanks
Adam |
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adb41
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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In his email to me, Mr James wrote:
| Quote: | | Curiously John's grave is surrounded by a metal railing with a gate at the grave's foot, this is not standard CWGC. There is a text on the base of the stone, which indicates his family would have been involved and perhaps that explains the railing. |
I have found several CWGC gravestones within fenced enclosures in some of the island cemeteries here in Lewis as well.
I need to add the following: John Macaulay's name is spelled incorrectly both on the gravestone and on the CWGC entry on-line. The on-line spelling, John Maccaulay (note the TWO c's) make it virtually impossible to find this casualty in a search. I have requested Comann Eachdraidh Uig (which covers John Macaulay's home township of Islivig) to apply for an amendment to the CWGC entry on-line. |
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adb41
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:52 am Post subject: |
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| The location of the church is marked on this Panoramio link. |
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