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September 13, 2005

MEDLICOTTS RETURN TO KILDARE

A general shot of the Medlicott graves in Dunmurray Graveyard.

On Monday I received a phone call from Kildare Town Heritage Centre to say that there were members of the Medlicott family in the Centre with questions about Dunmurray Graveyard where some of their ancestors were buried. After a little conversation we arranged to meet in the graveyard to check out the condition of the graveyard. I am currently working on compiling the graveyard inscriptions of the three Kildare Abbeys and I had intended to take the inscriptions at Dunmurray in 2006 so it was a good opportunity to see the condition of the graveyard firsthand. The graveyard is in surprisingly good condition thanks to the owners of Dunmurray.

The Medlicott party was headed up by Philip Medlicottand and as well as including his sister and brother it included his mother whose husband is buried in the graveyard.

 

 

The Medlicott family originally owned Tully also but were most closely associated with Dunmurray and were in Kildare since around 1712. When the family vault in Kildare Cathedral became full members were buried in Dunmurray. Philip maintains a website on the family and has promised to send me on details which I will post on the web. Meanwhile why not try googling MEDLICOTT but make sure to click web and not simply pages from Ireland.

Posted by mariocorrigan at September 13, 2005 08:45 PM