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SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH
KILLYBEGS, CHURCH OF IRELAND
St. John's Church, completed
in 1828, replaced the old St. Catherine's for the protestant Church of
Ireland Congregation. There are many Hamilton graves here.
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The Hamilton plot at St.
John's
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The inscription on the top
of the
main Hamilton monument.
It appears to say:
ERECTED
BY HIS AFFECTIONATE WIFE
ANNE
TO THE MEMORY OF
JAMES HAMILTON
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
SEPTEMBER THE 5[6?]th 1849
AGED 47 YEARS
ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER
CAROLINE MARIA
WHO DEPRTED THIS LIFE
20TH OF MARCH 1849
AGED 14 YEARS
OF FINTRA HOUSE IN THIS COUNTY
ALSO
TO THE MEMORY OF
ANNE
WIFE OF THE ABOVE JAMES HAMILTON
WHO DIED 29th OCTOBER 1881
AGED [7?]8 YEARS
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The inscription on the base
of the monument says:
IN MEMORY OF
JAMES DOUGLAS HAMILTON
SECOND SON OF THE ABOVE
JAMES AND ANNE HAMILTON
WHO DIED [3] DECEMBER 1860 AGED
[..]YEARS
AND OF
ELIZABETH HAMILTON HIS DAUGHTER
.....20 NOVEMBER 18[--] DIED....
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