Aughaboy Cemetery
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County Longford Graveyard Inventory Name of Fieldworker & Date of Audit Jimmy Lennon: July 2005 Name of Graveyard Aughaboy Dedication None Townland Aughaboy Parish Killoe Diocese Ardagh & Clonmacnoise County Longford Nearest National Primary National R194 Secondary or Regional Road Current Status Open Graveyard Description Planned sections. Upright memorials Denomination RC Place of Worship No Pattern Day No Owner Longford County Council. Number of inscribed memorials 156 Date of oldest inscription Patrick Shaughnessy, Corneddan, died March 7th 1943. {Oldest inscription, but not necessarily the first memorial erected} The oldest memorial could be the one to the memory of Thomas Mahon, Aughaboy, who died 12th March 1963 aged 47 years. Date of latest inscription Thomas McGoldrick, Ennybegs, died 7th May 2005 Access Public Access Form Gravel Gateways & Stiles 1 large and one smaller wrought iron gates Wheelchair Access Yes Parking Space None Pathways Gravel Boundary Type Concrete Walls Boundary condition Fair condition; plaster falling off in some places. Terrain Flat Growth of vegetation No trees or shrubbery plots well maintained. Overall condition Good Historical Ruins or Artefacts None Directional Signage and its condition None Information Panels and their condition ‘No dumping’ signs in good condition. Signs of vandalism None Area Engineer Longford County Council Sanitary and Environment Dept. Tel. 043- 43356 Recorded in Irish Church Temporalities No Commission Report for Period 1869- 80 1 RMP Number Not listed RPS Number Not listed Caretaker & contact number Mrs Celine Prunty, Clonee, Killoe, Co. Longford. 086 1597760 Graveyard Committee & contact number Ms. Ann Hughes, Ennybegs, Co. Longford. Clergy & contact number Rev. Sean Casey, P.P. 043-23119 Burial registers & their location and dates 14th March 1963 to present. Available at Local Studies Section Longford Library HQ. Published references & location Cill Eó ‘The Church of the Yew’ Kathleen Morgan Killoe. History of a County Longford Parish Rev. Owen Devaney Available at Local Studies Section Longford Library HQ. Memorial inscription documentation Jimmy Lennon (Pictorial Database) Location of transcripts Curracreehan, Moydow, Co. Longford. 2 Aughaboy Cemetery Entrance Gate Boundary 3 Boundary Overview 4 Sign Pathway 5.