[Leica] IMG: Gone 296 years and counting

[Mister Guy]

Nice and moody!


Curt


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From: LUG <lug-bounces+bliss64=hotmail.com at leica-users.org> on behalf of Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2018 4:48 PM
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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Gone 296 years and counting

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
Tuite 1722<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Meath/Tuite+1722.jpg.html>
gallery.leica-users.org
Grave from 1722 in Loughcrew Church, near Oldcastle, Co. Meath. Can be seen larger.




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



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