Laraghbryan facts for kids
Laraghbryan (Irish: Láithreach Briúin) is an ancient and important place near Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It's about 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) west of Maynooth. This site was once a monastery, which is a place where monks lived and prayed a long time ago. Today, it has a very old graveyard and the remains of a church.
The graveyard at Laraghbryan is still used by the local Catholic church in Maynooth. The old church building is mostly ruined now. It was built during the Norman times, many hundreds of years ago. However, this church was built on the same spot where an even older church or religious settlement once stood.
In 1770, a very important person called the first Duke of Leinster helped to fix up another church, Saint Mary's Church of Ireland, in Maynooth. He took a special wooden window from the old church at Laraghbryan and moved it to Saint Mary's, where you can still see it today.
Laraghbryan Cemetery: A Place of History
The graveyard at Laraghbryan is a very old burial ground. Most of the people buried here were laid to rest in the 1800s. In the 1900s, more people from the Maynooth area started to be buried here. There is a wall that separates the very old part of the graveyard from a newer section. However, people are still sometimes buried in the older part too.
Before a special cemetery was opened at the college in Maynooth in 1817, some important teachers from the college were buried at Laraghbryan. These included Reverend Charles Lovelock, Reverend Clotworthy Augustine McCormick (who passed away in 1807), and Reverend Edward Ferris.
Another notable person buried here was Sir William Talbot. He was a Baronet, which is a special title, and a Member of Parliament (MP) for Meath from 1613 to 1615. He was also a "freeman" of Dublin, meaning he had special rights in the city. Sir William Talbot was buried at Laraghbryan in 1634.
More recently, Domhnall Ua Buachalla was buried here in 1963. He was a very important political figure. He served as the last Governor-General of the Irish Free State from 1932 to 1936. The Governor-General was like a representative of the King in Ireland during that time.
