There used to be a Franciscan Abbey that was sponsored by Giolla Iosa O’Reilly in 1300. All that remains of it is the Bell Tower and the grassy green. The website doesn’t mention the pile of headstones that I saw although it does mention that Owen Rua O’Reilly, who was killed by Oliver Cromwell, was buried at the Abbey in an unmarked grave. I like to think that I am somehow related to Giolla and Owen Rua but given the plethora of O’Reillys in Cavan it is probably a VERY distant connection both in time and line. Val > On Jun 21, 2015, at 9:58 PM, Dave H via <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > The park in Mary St in Dublin is an old cemetery, they just laid the > g/stones down for paths... > > DH > > On 22/06/2015 03:33, Valerie Ackroyd via wrote: >> A very sad sight I saw in Cavan town in the park where St Marys Abbey used to stand was a trough filled with shattered headstones. They looked like pieces of a jigsaw but that jigsaw represented people's lives:( >> >> Val > >

Yes it was turned into a builder's yard, plus if one looks at the contracts of old for church renovations one sees they were allowed use g/stones and removed "any of danger" so one does come across window sills in cottages which were once g/stones. DH On 22/06/2015 06:07, Valerie Ackroyd wrote: > There used to be a Franciscan Abbey that was sponsored by Giolla Iosa O’Reilly in 1300. All that remains of it is the Bell Tower and the grassy green. The website doesn’t mention the pile of headstones that I saw although it does mention that Owen Rua O’Reilly, who was killed by Oliver Cromwell, was buried at the Abbey in an unmarked grave. I like to think that I am somehow related to Giolla and Owen Rua but given the plethora of O’Reillys in Cavan it is probably a VERY distant connection both in time and line. > > Val --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus