Grave of Bernard MacDonnell

[Colla MacDonnell]

To anyone in Armagh,

I am looking for the grave of my great-grandfather named Bernard McDonnell.  He was born 1795 in the County of Armagh , Poor Law Union of Newry, Barony of the Lower Fews, Diocese of Armagh, Parish of Loughgilly, Townland of Carrowmannon, Division of Belleek, and on the estate of the Earl of Gosford, better known as the Acheson Family of Scotland.  He was a life long Catholic, who attended mass in Belleek, Bernard died on March 20, 1873 in the home he was born.  My Uncle Patrick may have placed a new stone on his grave in 1910.  Bernard may be buried on the grounds of St. Laurence O'Toole Roman Catholic Church in Belleek.  If so, there is said to be an 1872 historical account of the Church, a list of those buried in the yards from 1871 to 1876, and a list of those who subscribed to the Church's building work from 1846 to 1872.  However, this is a new church, and my family lived in Carrowmannon from 1664, and in this region of the Fews since 1542.   So Bernard may have been buried with "his own kind" elsewhere.  Any help is appreciated

Colla

[Colla MacDonnell]

In Response to a personal e-mail from the McShanes and Johnsons.

Yes it was my family (my great.....grandfather Gillepic) who slew Feidim Caech O'Neill, son of Conn O'Neill in 1542.  The Annalists of the various Irish Annals strongly suggest that Feidim provoked this attack upon himself.  In justification of his killing, we also accompanied our cousins, the Antrim MacDonnells, in slaying Feidim's half-brother, Shane the Proud O'Neill, and placed his head on a pike at the gates of Dublin in 1566.  In further justification, my family shed its blood in defense of the O'Neills from 1366 to 1651 with no qualms.

Colla