Margaret Sweeney's relatives-The Cemetery at Moy, gravesite of Hugh Sweeney- born 1760, died 1824, Dangan, Summerhill Parish

               

I had a new discovery this week! Hugh Sweeney.

Hugh Sweeney was most likely the father of our ancestor Margaret Sweeney who married Richard Allen at the church in Dangan, County Meath, on July 10, 1825. This would make him the maternal grandfather of our ancestor Hugh Allen who emigrated to Jerseyville. So- Hugh was likely named after his maternal grandfather, Hugh Sweeney. We have had quite a few "Hugh's" in our family!

The Summerhill Parish records show that Hugh Sweeney from Dangan was buried on March 3, 1824. The record shows him as married, so we know that his wife was still alive at the time of his death. (I need to do more research to find her name.)

                     Summerhill Parish Death Record

The Cemetery at Moy, gravesite of Hugh Sweeney      

Hugh Sweeney died on the 4th of March, 1824. He was buried at the cemetery at Moy, on land that was  once within the Summerhill Demesne.
His son, Patrick Sweeney, had an inscription put on his grave. Based on his age age at death, 64, we know that Hugh was born in 1760.

               Erected by Patr Sweeney
               In Memory of his Father
             Hugh Sweeney who departed
              This life March the 4th 1824
                         Aged 64 years
                    Requiescant in Pace

 There is little trace of the original Catholic church that was there before Cromwellian times, but a circular graveyard still exists, partially surrounded by a wall. There are shady trees within the graveyard, and the headstones date from the mid-eighteenth century to modern times.

The cemetery sits just south of the Knightsbrook River, on the New Moy Road just south of the village of Summerhill. 

 Moy Cemetery on New Moy Road, south of Summerhill

        If you get to visit Ireland someday, maybe you
              can visit the grave of your ancestor, 
                              Hugh Sweeney.