Re: Crettyard, Clogh & Castlecomer :

[JackL...@aol.com]

The stone with the Langton surname on it is interesting in that there are so
many surnames on the stone.  It begins with O'Brien from Jenkinstown, then
you have the Campion who were Mr. O'Briens in laws, aftert that it's O'Neill
with no inkling as to how the O'Neills /Campions and O'Briens connect cos
Mrs. O'Neill was a Carroll before she got married and then one of the
O'Neill family married a Langton and another a Bergin.

Hi Jane and all,

 

    Thanks for the pictures, funny thing is I have an O'Brien great-grandfather (but from Enniscorthy), and he married Mary Anne Campton in Pennsylvania (not much of a stretch to Campion, ay?) The map blowup was great, essentially it's my stamping ground when in Ireland. I believe the cross you circled is St. Abban's RC Church and graveyard near Doonane. The shortest sermons in Christendom, I clocked several at under 30 seconds, and so there was always a full House at a Saturday evening Mass, (even though there was many a gate collection.)

 

    The RC churchyard in Clogh (St. Patrick's) would have stones mostly referring to Clogh, Cloneen, Chatsworth (old name Aughatubrid)), Toortane, Coolnaleen and a few others. The one and only Langton grave is there, holding only the Lord knows how many generations of my family on my father's side. I talked to a younger first cousin who helped with a burial there a few years ago, and he said it was like an archaeological dig. Luckily there is still family living locally to give it tender loving care.

 

    Jack

 

    

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