Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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