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Haynestown Church, Co.Louth

Haynestown Church, S of Dundalk, Co.Louth. See street view.
Burial place of Fortescue.

• References:
  • Gravestone Inscriptions in Haynestown, Timothy J. McCarthy and Noel Ross, Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 23, No. 1 (1993), pp. 127-133.

• Things to see:
  • Fortescue tablet on S wall of church.
    Photos here and here suggest the tablet is inside the church.

Fortescue tombs at E end of Haynestown church, Co.Louth.
Left is S tomb.
Right is N tomb.
Photo 2020. See full size.
See wider shot.

Fortescue tomb inscriptions at Haynestown church, Co.Louth.
From [McCarthy and Ross, 1993].

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The N tomb

The (illegible) inscription for Thomas Fortescue (died 1769).
Photo 2020. See full size.

Inscription for Elizabeth Hamilton (died 1756), wife of Thomas Fortescue.
Photo 2020. See full size.

Fortescue arms on the end of the N tomb.
Photo 2020. See full size.

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The S tomb

Inscription for James Fortescue, MP (husband of Mary Henrietta Hunter).
Calls him "Thomas James Fortescue".
Photo 2020. See full size.
See other shot.

Inscription for the two sons of James Fortescue, MP.
Photo 2020. See full size.
See other shot.

The S side of the S tomb.
Photo 2020. See full size.