County Graveyard Inventory Name of Fieldworker & Date of Audit Jimmy Lennon: July 2005 Name of Graveyard Foxhall Dedication None Townland Foxhall Glebe Parish Legan. (Rathreagh) Diocese & Clonmacnoise RC & Ardagh, Kilmore & Elphin C of I Nearest National Primary National N55 Secondary or Current Status Open Graveyard Description Site of Church Ruin on raised embankment. Box, flat, table & standing memorials as well as wall plaques inside the church Denomination RC & C of I Place of Worship No Pattern Day No Owner Longford County Council Number of inscribed memorials 119 Date of oldest inscription Fox Nathaniel Fox Memorial (Stone Man) Hic Iacet Nathaniel Fox de Rathreogh Armiger, Hujus Templi Fundator Imago; Filius et Hoeres, Patricij Fox de Moyur in Comitau Westmediae Militis Qui Uxorem Habuit Elizabetham Filiam Walteri Hussy de Moyhussy Armigeri ex ea Genuit 8 Filios et Filias , E Quibus 8 Filiij et 3 Fillae Superstiles Sunt; Patricius Praedicti Nath. Filius et Haeres, Uxorem Habjet Barbaram Filiam Nobilissimi Domini Patricij Plunket, Baro Sancto Conivgij Statv, 25 An. Vixerunt et obijt Apud Rathreogh, 2 Februarij, Anno Dom. 1634 Aetatis Svae 46. Translation Here lies Nathaniel Fox, of Rathreagh, founder of this church, eldest son and heir of Patrick Fox of Moyvore in Co. Westmeath, who had as wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Hussey of Moyhussey Knight. By whom he had 8 sons and 5 daughters, of whom 8 sons and 3 daughters survived. Patrick, son of the aforesaid Nath. , sole heir, had as wife, Barbara, daughter of Lord Patrick

1 Plunkett, Baron of Dunsany. The same Nath. and Elizabeth, lived for 25 years as man and wife, and he died at Rathreagh, 2nd of Feb. A.D. 1634. Aged 46. Date of latest inscription Declan Boyce died 29th May 2005. R.I.P. Access Public. Access Form Gravel Gateways & Stiles I wrought iron gate, 1 concrete stile with wooden handrail Wheelchair Access Yes Parking Space None Pathways Gravel path to church and a section of the Graveyard Boundary Type Concrete posts with mesh wire Boundary condition Fair Terrain Church & graveyard on raised embankment Growth of vegetation Ivy on the ruins Overall condition Very well maintained Historical Ruins or Artefacts Church & Fox family burials Directional Signage and its condition Yes, at Legan Village. Information Panels and their condition None Signs of vandalism None Area Engineer Longford County Council Sanitary and Environment Dept. Tel. 043- 43356 Recorded in Irish Church Temporalities Yes Commission Report for Period 1869- 80 RMP Number LFO24-003 Church & Graveyard RPS Number Not listed Caretaker & contact number Mel Donnelly, Kinard, Lenamore, Co. Longford. 044 57511 Graveyard Committee & contact number Rev. Peter Brady. P.P. Lenamore. 044 -57404 Clergy & contact number Rev. Peter Brady. P.P. Lenamore. 044 -57404 Burial registers & their location and dates 19/4/1926 to 30/9/2003. Available at Local Studies Section Longford Library HQ. Published references & location The Buildings of {North } Casey & Rowan

History of the County Longford By James P. Farrell. 1891

The Foxhall Estate John Greene 1924.

The O’Ferralls of Mornin Castle

2 {Last Will and Testament of Nathaniel Fox} Lennon. {Extract from Keenan Papers}

Parish of Kilglass Rev. Joseph Lennon P.P.

An Irish Parish: Kilglass, Rathreagh, Agharra, Legan and Ballycloughan. 1951.

Available at Local Studies Section Longford Library HQ.

Memorial inscription documentation Jimmy Lennon (Rough Proof Only) Location of transcripts Curracreehan, .

3 Foxhall Cemetery

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4 Stone-man Memorial

Part of Boundary

5 Overview

RMP Map.

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