Survey Data
Reg No
15704238
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1895 - 1900
Coordinates
301662, 116503
Date Recorded
17/07/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Private cemetery, consecrated 1896. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Johnstown Castle with piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.
Appraisal
A private cemetery 'consecrated by the Rt. REVd. W.P. WALSH D.D. [Right Reverend William Pakenham Walsh (1820-1902), Bishop of Ossory and Ferns (fl. 1878-97)]' contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Johnstown Castle estate. NOTE: Markers commemorate Lord Maurice Fitzgerald (1852-1901) and Lady Adelaide Jane Frances Fitzgerald (née Forbes) (1860-1942); Major Michael Laurence Lakin (1881-1960) and Kathleen Lakin (née Fitzgerald) (1892-1930); Captain Ronald Ferdinande Forbes (1879-1960); and Captain Gerald Michael Lakin (1916-43) '[who] died of wounds and [was] buried at Enfidaville Tunisia'.