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B2.5   MATHERS
     Mottled polished grey granite obelisk on double plinth surmounted by urn.
     Lettering incised; good condition. In double grave marked by 4 granite corner
     pillars receiving squared metal bars with twists.
     Height 3000
     Width:    550
                                  IN MEMORY OF
                                 JAMES MATHERS
                                OF MAGHERAMASON,
                       WHO DIED 15TH SEPTEMBER 1897.
                              ALSO HIS SISTER
                                     NANCY
                                WHO DIED MAY 1887
                                 ALSO HIS BROTHER
                                      JOSPEH[sic] JOSEPH
                                WHO DIED JUNE 1890.
                                 ALSO HIS BROTHER
                                      ROBERT
                                WHO DIED APRIL 1894.
                                 ALSO HIS BROTHER
                                   ALEXANDER
                                WHO DIED JUNE 1840.

B,2.6   MCELHINNY
     Sandstone headstone broken from plinth lying face down within grave surround
     in 2 pieces. Surround of concrete kerb 400 high with cast iron railing 550 high,
     half of which survives. Stumps of two ash trees within grave. Lettering incised
     and lichen encrusted but legible. Headstone has heavy floral and leaf decoration
      in relief below which was a recess containing mourning figure in marble, now
      broken in pieces. Inscription incised on shield below figure.

                                 JAMES MCELHINNY
                               WHO DIED 7TH MAY 1876,
                                   AGED 88 YEARS.
                                 MARY MCELHINNY
                               WHO DIED 26TH JUNE 1873
                                   AGED 77 YEARS.

                      Plinth
                               HERE LIETH THE BODY OF
                       JAMES MCELHINNY OF PROSPECT
                     WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 5TH MAY 1798.
                                   AGED 66 YEARS.
                             ALSO THE BODY OF
                       SARAH MCELHINNY HIS DAUGHTER                          Contd......