What is recorded here
Folkes Court in County Kilkenny holds the burial of John Hely, who died in March 1803 at eighty-five. The grave preserves a life that stretched through most of the eighteenth century, reaching into the dawn of the nineteenth.
Here lies the Body of John Hely late of Folkes Court Esq who Departed this life on the 25th day of March 1803 in the Eighty fifth Year of his Age.
Places near here
Saint Mary's Church (Fertagh)church/chapel · 9 yd
Johnstown Garda Síochána Stationgarda station/constabulary barracks · 145 yd
Enclosure in FoulkscourtEnclosure · 235 yd
Font (present location) in FoulkscourtFont (present location) · 251 yd
DelaneyMemorial · 262 yd
CastleCastle, ringwork and bailey · 1621 yd
Foulkscourt castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.5 mi
Clomantagh HillMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
Street fieldArchaeological place · 3.1 mi
Cnoc SeanrathaMemorial · 3.9 mi
Kildrinagh WoodForest · 4.6 mi
Anker's IslandIsland · 9.4 miOther information
Photo: A.-K. D. · CC0