Tuesday, April 9, 2013

So, Who is Buried in the Athenry Dominican Abbey? by Ronan Killeen


Author's Collection.


This is from an article by the archaeologist R. A. S. MacAlister who did a graveyard survey when he wrote about the Athenry Dominican Priory in 1913. Some of you may find an ancestor here. I decided to chop down the article and just get straight to the buried ancestors of Athenry descendents.


  1. 1615 Mario De Burgo.
  2. 1627 John Burke
  3. 1670 Matthew Spencer
  4. 1676 Fr. Thomas and John Burke
  5. 1677 Bridgid and Mary Bermingham
  6. 1682 Thomas Tannian
  7. 1683 Sir John Burke
  8. 1684 Hugh Higenn
  9. 1686 Owen Crawley
  10. “  “ “  Oliver Browne
  11. “ “ “   Bryn Vaughan
  12. 1697  William Boyne
  13. 1700 Daniel Nolan
  14. “ “ “ William Burke
  15. 1713 Patrick Morsy
  16. 1784 McDonnell family
  17. 1786 James Quinn
  18. “ “ “  Lady Matilda Bermingham
  19. 1789 Rev. William Burke
  20. “ “ “ Daniel Connelly
  21. 1791 Patrick Ryan
  22. 1792 Mary Kennamore (I wonder is she a relation to the Kennamore men who were apart of the Athenry 1798 rebellion in Galway).
  23. 1793 Burke
  24. “ “ “ John Hanly
  25. 18th Century – Daniel Higgins
  26. 1809 the Donnel Family
  27. 1810 Dominick Green
  28. 1836 Earl of Clanricarde
  29. 1841 Alice Higgins
  30. 1847 Murty Hanly
  31. 19th century - Egan Family.





I have written about the Bureau of Military History 1913-1921 one before but I am adding more content in this article. An aspect of oral ...