The cemetery for Aghaboe is right beside the Priory of Aghaboe........... Stones there vary, some are in perfect condition - people are still being buried there then there aare the older stones this is one location which weather plays havoc with the older steons. You'll find a few dated in the 1800's but the majority are probably gone........ Last tiem I was there the gardener was cutting the grass - a huge area of grass. There may be an older cemetery located beside the Priory but I didn't find it.......... then again - the graveyard is located where the Church of Ireland church is now and I think that was a location for an old RC church. There are a few graveyards in that locality - lots of them in fact. All over the place. Rathdowney itself has one which has gone out of use in the last twenty years and then an older one with a few stones in the middle of the town. Catholics used to be buried in what is now the church of Ireland grounds - or has been since the mid 1800's or there abouts. The Laois Archaeological index sasy somethng about the protestant church being built on the grounds of the old Catholic church but then I can't see why we had another one after that which was then torn down and a new one put up- - three churches in one town over the space of 50-100 years - all RC - not logical. Older locals say the Archaeological project is wrong. Outside Rathdowney - Coolkerry way there is another graveayrd, in Clough another one - then there is I can't remember the name of it - it was restored by FAS before someone made a mistake and put the wrong stonein the wrong place after restoration and so no more of our graeyards are being restored by FAS - or anyone for that matter. Rathsaran is then a few miles from Rathdowney - Church of Ireland - and are you looking for Bolgers or who by any chance? - or Lees - we have them too Jane:-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irene Lee" <Irene_Lee@ngchak.org> To: <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 8:33 PM Subject: Cemeteries > Hi everyone, > > I will be visiting my husband's cousin Jim Bolger in Co. Laois this June and > I am wondering where the cemetery for Aghaboe Parish (Middlemount and > Rathdowney) is located, and what condition it is in. Would this be where the > family was buried back in 1820-1920? > > Any suggestions are welcome! > > > Thanks, > > Irene > Alaska > > > ==== IRL-LAOIS Mailing List ==== > This list is sponsored by the Laois, IrelandGenWeb website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllex/ > > >