This page has transcriptions and photos of Hanlon headstones for cemeteries in Ireland, mainly in County Donegal. The majority of these were personally surveyed whilst some photos were kindly submitted (see individual credits).
There are a total of three pages with death/burial related records on this site:
- Hanlon Headstones (this page): photos and transcriptions from cemeteries in Ireland.
- Hanlon Headstones Online: a collection of online headstone transcriptions compiled by other people. Also has a list of further links for headstone search websites, e.g. interment.net, etc.
- Hanlon Vital Records: transcriptions of written records, i.e. church and civil registers of birth/baptism, death/burial and marriages.
- St. Crone's (CoI), Dungloe, County Donegal
- Templecrone (RC), Dungloe, County Donegal
- St. Mary Star of The Sea (RC), Annagry, County Donegal
- Maghery (RC), County Donegal
- St. Crone's (ruin), Termon, County Donegal - no Hanlons
- St. Columba's (RC), Burtonport, County Donegal - no cemetery
- St. Bridget's (RC), Lettermacaward, County Donegal
- St. Cholmcille (RC), Fintown, County Donegal - no Hanlons
- Conwal Parish (CoI), Letterkenny, County Donegal
- Bohermore Cemetery (RC/CoI), Galway Town, County Galway
- Glasnevin Parish (RC/CoI), Dublin City, County Dublin
- St. Begnet's (RC), Dalkey, County Dublin
Having found a concentration of Hanlon families around the Dungloe area of County Donegal, Ireland we felt it was worth documenting to see if we could later link these families together. If you are - or think you might be - related to any of the people listed below, we would love to hear from you. (Click here to send an email to the author.)
Notes in Italics are not given on headstones but were found from other sources.
Click on thumbnail to get larger image of headstone.
RC = Catholic cemetery CoI = Church of Ireland cemetery -- = data missing or illegible
1: St. Crone's |
St. Crone's Church of Ireland is at the bottom of Dungloe main street, just before the bridge. It has a small walled churchyard surrounding it with only a few headstones. It is striking that over half the headstones are for the Hanlon family. Surveyed August 2001.
2: Templecrone Cemetery |
Templecrone, better known as Ionad Teampall Chroine in Gaelic, was a good sized Catholic Church with an extensive old churchyard from 1781. It is located near the top of the hill on Main Street, corner of Chapel Road. The old churchyard remains in use today but the old church is now the town library. A new St. Crona's church was built nearby (1980). The churchyard surrounds the old church on all sides and also has a second section across the street. The last three headstones listed below - as of Wiliam Hanlon of Cullion - were found in the section across the street. Templecrone and St Crona's are a part of the Parish of Templecrone, Diocese of Raphoe. Surveyed August 2001.
3: St. Mary Star of The Sea |
St. Mary Star of The Sea is a small Catholic church from 1895 with a large surrounding churchyard which opened in 1914. (Older burials took place at Kincasslagh.) This church is the only one in the Parish of Annagry, Diocese of Raphoe. Surveyed August 2001.
4: Maghery Cemetery |
Maghery is a modern walled Catholic cemetery in a rural coastal setting to the West of Dungloe. There is no nearby church today. It was opened in 1974 and is affiliated with St. Crona's in Dungloe, part of the Parish of Templecrone, Diocese of Raphoe. Surveyed August 2001.
5: St. Crone's (ruin) |
Past the Catholic cemetery in Maghery, a short distance further out along the Termon peninsula are the ruins of a very old church with its own churchyard. It is roofless and very overgrown. This is said to be the old St. Crone's church which the Parish of Templecrone was named after. If true, this would date the building to the late 1700's or even earlier. It was difficult to say if the ruined church was Catholic or Church of Ireland. Although there were a few modern headstones amongst the ancient ones we found no (legible) Hanlon headstones. Surveyed August 2001.
6: St. Columba's |
The church has a plaque on the front commemorating its opening on 15th October 1898. There is a large expanse of tarmac parking around the church, but no cemetery. This is because it is the youngest of three churches which together comprise the Parish of Burtonport, Diocese of Raphoe. The other two churches, St. Mary's of Kincasslagh (1854) and St. Crona's of Arranmore Island (1825) each have their own cemetery. The Parish of Burtonport also has other cemeteries: Cruit (1750), Belcruit Church (1837) and Belcruit (1949). Surveyed August 2001.
7: St. Bridget's |
St. Bridget's Church lies along the main road into Lettermacaward and has a large walled churchyard adjoining it set out on a steep hill. The church dates from 1893 and the adjacent cemetery from 1904. It is a part of the Parish of Templecrone, Diocese of Raphoe. Surveyed August 2001.
8: St. Colmcille |
Fintown has a large grassy old cemetery from 1871, behind a very modern church (1988). The church and cemetery lie along the main road running alongside the River Finn. There were several graves from the late 1800's and several too worn to read as well as many modern ones. No (legible) Hanlon headstones found. St. Colmcille is a part of the Parish of Glenties, Diocese of Raphoe. Surveyed August 2001.
9: Conwal Church of Ireland |
Conwal Parish Church of Ireland stands opposite St. Eunan's Cathedral, high on a hill on the Western side of Letterkenny, County Donegal. Both the church and the small stone walled graveyard surrounding it date from the seventeenth century, though most of the legible headstones date from the nineteenth century. A very worn flat grey stone with the faintest remains of inscriptions upon it lies just outside the vestry door - but there is no mistaking the coat of arms engraved upon it: a boar passant with lizard crest. After much watering down and chalking up, it finally gave us the oldest Hanlon headstone transcription in County Donegal. Surveyed July 2004. With thanks to Chris Hewett.
10: Bohermore Cemetery |
Bohermore Cemetery was previously known as the New Cemetery in Galway Town, County Galway. It is in a populated area and has a vast walled churchyard surrounding twin chapels - I believe one side is Catholic, the other Protestant but have not got confirmation of this. Only a single grave was recorded, the rest of the cemetery was not surveyed.
headstone name died age other details Sgt. Patrick O'Hanlon 21 Sep 1966 63 born 1903 Annie O'Hanlon 23 Feb 1942 33 his wife Sheila O'Hanlon Dec 1938 their daughter
11: Glasnevin Cemetery |
The historic Parish of Glasnevin or Glas Naeidhe in Gaelic, lies some two miles North of Dublin City. Glasnevin Cemetery adjoins St. Mobh�, a Protestant church built in 1707 over an older Catholic one. Originally named Prospect Cemetery at its consecration in September 1831, it was the first of its kind, intended for use by both Protestants and Catholics. This is undoubtedly the cause of its popularity as it grew from a modest nine acres to become the largest cemetery in Ireland: it now comprises 120 acres and has seen over a million burials. Cemetery surveyed by Dolores Sierra in the Summer of 2004 with thanks to Dolores.
12: St. Begnet's Church |
The ruins of St. Begnet's Church are still in remarkably good condition. It is an early christian church built in the eleventh century and dedicated to an obscure virgin Saint said to have lived there in the seventh century. After the restoration, the Parish of Dalkey was merged with the Parish of Monkstown and St. Begnets fell into disuse (around 1689). It lies adjacent to Dalkey Castle in the historic and pictoresque coastal town of Dalkey, some two miles South of Dun Laoghaire and around 8 miles South East of Dublin. The cemetery continued to be used up to the ninenteenth century and is the subject of an article in the Irish Genealogist Volume 5 number 2: "Monumental Inscriptions from St. Begnet's Church, Dalkey, Co. Dublin". Cemetery surveyed by Dolores Sierra in the Summer of 2004. With thanks to Dolores.
headstone name died age other details Patrick Hanlon 9 Jan 1821 16 brother of Bryan Hanlon, Jr. Bryan (father) 14 Feb 1830 87 Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) Catherine (mother) 11 Oct 1834 65
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