On this day in 1780, Stephen Radcliff became vicar of Athleague, Fuerty and Kilbegnet in Cos. Roscommon and Galway. Find out more about the early ministers of this parish in the Journals: https://bit.ly/rad1780
On this day in 1691, Susanna King Blackburne died. The Journals show a rubbing of the coat of arms that was carved on the gravestone of her and her husband, Andrew Blackburne, at Kilmore, Co. Roscommon: https://bit.ly/black1691
10 Aug 1637: Edward King, scholar & friend of John Milton, dies at sea #otd on his way to #Ireland to his father’s grave in #Boyle#Roscommon.
Subsequently immortalised by the #poet in ‘Lycidas’
On this day in 1758, Susanna Lloyd died. See this and other Lloyd family gravestone inscriptions from Aughrim, Co. Roscommon, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/lloyd1758
On this day in 1827, Walter Walsh of Cranagh and Mulhussey, Co. Roscommon, was born. His brother, Patrick Charles, was born exactly four years later. See their family tree in the Journals: https://bit.ly/walshft