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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
| Walsh | 136 |
| 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:
| Mary | 164 |
| Ellen | 132 |
| Bridget | 111 |
| Margaret | 97 |
| Catherine | 64 |
| Johanna | 29 |
| Alice | 26 |
| Ann/Anne/Annie | 26 |
Top Boys Names accounting for 748 or 72% (!) or all boy names:
| John | 152 |
| Patrick (inc 4 x Pat; and 4 x Paddy) | 125 |
| James | 114 |
| Michael | 102 |
| Thomas | 87 |
| Richard | 56 |
| William | 44 |
| Edward | 40 |
| Martin | 28 |