Tombstone of Matthias O’Malley and Bridget McDonough
located next to the old chapel
The inscription at the base of this Celtic Cross is:
PRAY FOR THE SOUL
OF MATHIAS O’MALLEY
WHO DIED 29TH OF DEC
19** AGE 77 YEARS
ERECTED BY HIS WIFE
BRIDGET
RIP
Mathias O'Malley was born about 1848. An Irish Civil death registrations recorded
Matthias O'Malley's death on March 18, 1926. He would have been 76 years old.
Irish records are famously inconsistant. There were several O'Malley (aka Ó Maille, O Míille, Mealia, Malia, Malley) families on Gorumna. But only one Mathias and Bridget in this age range so I am reasonably certain
this is the final resting place of my great grandparents
road marker for Seanbhaile cemetery
Entrance to Seanbhaile cemetery. The top of the old Chapel is in the middle of the picture
View from back of Seanbhaile cemetery
Seanbhaile cemetery (aka Ballynakill cemetery) on Gorumna is on the road before the bridge leading to Lettermullin. There is a store on the lefthandside of the road, just before the store there is a road, mostly hidden. Driving on the road it seems at times you are driving in a field, but follow the path and it will lead to the entrance of the cemetery where my great grandparents Matthias O’Malley and Bridget McDonough (Maitiú Ó Maille agus Brid Nic Dhonnacha) were laid to rest.
It is a difficult site to find, but a very pretty venue overlooking Ballinakill Lough. There is another entrance with the Reilig a' t - Seanbhaile road marker, but I've never found it.
The coordinates from Google maps: 53.23699077985376, -9.699405314825032
