Headstone in Tawnagh (tirerrill By.)

In Tawnagh graveyard (SL034-085002-). Located 4m N of the porch of Tawnagh church (SL034-085001-) is a low memorial, (present H 0.56m; Wth. 0.62m; D 8cm), now standing upright, aligned N-S. The base is set in a concrete. On the E face is a lengthy inscription. The earliest identifiable date is 1701 (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney). It bears the following inscription: 'Robert Folliott Dyed Infant 1701 Katerin Folliott Daughter to Mary Dyed amaid y 12 of Novr 1701 Mary Folliott ag ed 75 years dyed August ye 4 1719 Babara Folliott Daughter of Mary Dyed maid ye 10th of April 1723' Published in M.B. Timoney, Had me made. A study of grave memorials of Co. Sligo from c. 1650 to the present. (Keash, 2005), 166, fig. 164. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 25 August 2011