Old Drung, Church of Ireland

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It was located at SA5699572672 (Lat/Lon 54.035577, -7.240835). You can see this on maps provided by:

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'In this old churchyard there is a curious monument to the Reilly family, which bears a coat-of-arms, viz. :-
'Argent, on a mount vert, an oak-tree with a snake descending the trunk proper, supported by two lions rampant gules.
'Below the arms is the motto :-- "Fortitude & Predentia."
[From R. Hope, Esq. Cavan in Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, v.7, 1907-08, p.6]

 

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED 1768 BY THE REVND DOCTOR JOHN REILLY M-- LUKE & PHILLIP REILLY IN MEMORY OF THEIR FATHER CAPT OWEN REILLY WHO DIED MAY 18TH 1728 AGED 52 YEARS.