Glenmore, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

Thursday, September 10th, 2020

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Fun Facts Regarding Glenmore Cemetery

The cemetery adjacent to St. James Catholic Church was surveyed in July 2020. Glenmore-History.com volunteer, Louise Walsh drafted the pdf document containing all the photographs and inscriptions of the headstones/markers as well as a map of the graves. This document may be accessed from the home page under the “Roots” drop down menu. Below are some interesting and fun facts Louise uncovered while conducting the cemetery survey. The church was built in 1813 and Danny Dowling said that burials began in the adjacent churchyard about this time. For details regarding local funerals and wakes customs see, https://glenmore-history.com/dying-funerals-wakes/ published in December 2019.

There are 516 headstones/grave markers

10 of these are illegible

3 graves are defined, but have no marker

66 headstones/grave markers are Celtic crosses

1909 persons are referenced on the headstones/grave markers

845 or 45% are female

1041 or 55% are male

Top 10 Surnames accounting for 35% of all persons reflected on headstones/markers

Walsh136
Forristal 75
Power 68
Fitzgerald 65
Murphy 64
Phelan 53
Doherty 48
Aylward 47
Roche 46
Kirwan 35
Gahan 35

Top Girls Names accounting for 649 or 76% (!) of all girl names reflected on headstones/markers:

Mary164
Ellen132
Bridget111
Margaret 97
Catherine 64
Johanna 29
Alice 26
Ann/Anne/Annie 26

Top Boys Names accounting for 748 or 72% (!) or all boy names:

John152
Patrick (inc 4 x Pat; and 4 x Paddy)125
James114
Michael102
Thomas 87
Richard 56
William 44
Edward 40
Martin 28