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INCHIQUIN, ETHEL JANE, DOWAGER LADY
- Born: 1867 Died: 1940
According to the history of Kilnasoolagh Church of Ireland church, Ethel Jane, Dowager Lady Inchiquin appears to have been responsible for the design of the lych gate at the entrance to the new graveyard behind the churcht, which she erected in memory of her husband, Lucius William O'Brien, 15th Baron Inchiquin, in 1930.(1)
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(1) Edwin R. Bailey, Kilnasoolagh Church: an Appreciation (1992), 13(illus.) for copy of this booklet see http://churchofirelandclare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/PG000022.pdf).
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Building: | CO. CLARE, NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS, CHURCH (CI, KILNASOOLAGH PARISH) |
Date: | 1930 |
Nature: | 'At a special vestry meeting in September of 1930, the Dowager Lady Inchiquin submitted a design for a Lych Gate which she desired to erect to the memory of her late husband, at the entrance to the new graveyard to the rear of the church. The beauty and appropriateness of the Lych Gate was greatly admired by all and permission was immediately granted for her to proceed. The Lych Gate was constructed by master stonemasons the Clancy’s of Moohaun.' |
Refs: | Edwin R. Bailey, Kilnasoolagh Church: an Appreciation (1992), 13(illus.) for copy of this booklet see http://churchofirelandclare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/PG000022.pdf). |