[Leica] IMG: Gone 296 years and counting

[Douglas Barry]

The grave of Thomas Tuite who died in 1722. The headstone is in 
Loughcrew estate graveyard near Oldcastle, Co. Meath. The wall on the 
right belongs to the ruined and roofless Loughcrew church where my son 
is getting married in May. "Roofless, ruined??" I bleated. To no avail, 
the couple think it's romantic. Wait 'til it rains.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Meath/Tuite+1722.jpg.html

By the way, the roof was ripped off the church in about 1650 by Oliver 
Cromwell during his bloody Irish campaign during which he slaughtered 
over 3,500 defenders and civilians in the nearby town of Drogheda.  The 
estate was owned by a catholic family - the Plunketts. Their son Oliver 
became an archbishop and was falsely named in the fake Popish plot in 
1678. Caught, he was executed by being hung, drawn and quartered at 
Tyburn, London in 1681 - the last catholic martyr in England. He was 
eventually canonised a saint in 1975. His head is in a glass case in a 
church in Drogheda.

Douglas