The Drought tree

[BunyipBluegum]

Has anyone come across Drought graves in Offaly?

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Yes people have!

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E.G.


Someone came across the  Private burial spot of Captain T. A. Drought, which is located on the top of an esker with a view over looking his estate. Grave consists of a table tomb which is very overgrown  enclosed by iron railings. in  Droughtville  Burial Ground  on   05/02/2015

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Thomas Sadlier also came across some in 1907.

[Jack2227]

Aghancon cemetery Offaly;

John Carry Drought;
Kilcreamon House Roscrea
late Aghancon
6/10/1999 (74)
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[Alison55]

Hallmark, In 2011, I crawled up an almost vertical slope to what is left of that hill, now in a sand pit, to see that grave.  It was invisible buried under ancient ivy with the thickest stems I have ever seen. The fence is still there. The local people said he wanted to be buried there to look, not at his land, but at the house of his mistress whom he loved but could not marry--sorry I forget the reason. 

[HughC]

Welcome to RootsChat, BunyipBluegum.

Who was the Maj. Drought who was wounded during the Anglo-Boer war, I think at Spion Kop, and found himself in hospital being nursed by a cousin?
He may not have been a major at the time: I think he was still alive in 1950, so was probably still a youngish man around 1900.

[BunyipBluegum]

No, I haven't heard of that one.

However,  I have visited Offaly and seen the graves at Ballyboy. They are overgrown with ivy, and few are readable.

It was also interesting to see the ruins of Ridgemount, just outside Kilcormac.

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Hallmark, In 2011, I crawled up an almost vertical slope to what is left of that hill, now in a sand pit, to see that grave.  It was invisible buried under ancient ivy with the thickest stems I have ever seen. The fence is still there. The local people said he wanted to be buried there to look, not at his land, but at the house of his mistress whom he loved but could not marry--sorry I forget the reason.

So that was you?

I thought you were trying to fetch a pail of water.....