Index to Gravestone Inscriptions - County Antrim (ref U/A BME 929 5)
Having visited Ballymena Library in January 2010 I came across an index to Gravestone Inscriptions for County Antrim. Family history suggested that my particular line of McShane's originated from Ahoghill Area. There are 3 pages of McLaughlin names from Page 440-442 of the names index and unfortunately I didn't have time on my visit to research these. I did however get a listing of the McShane and McPeake entries and these are summarised below. I also note that there are a number of Bells buried in plots 120 & 130at Ahoghill, Brookside, Ballymena.
Surname |
Name |
Church |
Plot |
Death |
Age |
| Page 457 | |||||
| McPeake | ? |
Ballymena | 2 | ? | |
| McPeake | ? | Ballymena | 1411 | ? | |
| McPeake | Ann | Ballymena | 2253 | 9th Oct 1947 | 4 Years |
| McPeake | Charles | Ballymena | 3 | 12th Feb 1921 | |
| McPeake | Elizabeth | Ballymena | 2253 | 6th Nov 1989 | 90 Years |
| McPeake | Henrietta | Gracehill Moravian | 902 | 28th Feb 1987 | |
| McPeake | Margaret | Ballymena | 3 | 22nd May 1959 | |
| McPeake | Robert | Ballymena | 1145 | 21st July 1990 | 80 Years |
| McPeake | William | Ballymena | 2253 | 27th Aug 1947 | 45 Years |
| Page 460 | |||||
| McShane | Male | Ahoghill Brookside | 133 | ? | Infants |
| McShane | Arthur | Glenravel RC | 61 | 19th Apr 1858 | 80 Years |
| McShane | David | Ballymena | 1770 | 4th May 1984 | |
| McShane | Elizabeth | Ahoghill Brookside | 133 | 6th May 1960 | |
| McShane | Ellen | Ballymena | 1770 | 2nd Feb 1991 | 79 Years |
| McShane | James | Ahoghill Brookside | 133 | 27th Mar 1927 | |
| McShane | Joseph | Ahoghill Brookside | 133 | 28th Jan 1970 | |
| McShane | Robert | Ahoghill Brookside | 133 | 5th March 1917 | |
| McShane | Robert, Joseph | Ahoghill Brookside | 134 | 5th Sept 1982 | |
| Other | |||||
| Cunningham | Elizabeth | Ahoghill Brookside | 133 | 14th Jan 1980 | |
| McCrea | Jane | Ahoghill Brookside | 133 | 12th March 1916 | |
| McCrea | Arthur | Ahoghill Brookside | 132 | 8th May 1871 | 81 Yrs |
| McCrea | Joseph | Ahoghill Brookside | 132 | 12th March 1916 | |
| McCrea | Nancy | Ahoghill Brookside | 132 | 21st Jan 1874 | 75 Yrs |
There is a listing for St. Mary's RC Church however there are no McShane or McPeake listed in the document. I did check the plot numbers and searched the indexes for other burials. The only plot to have other names listed against it from the list above was plot 133 at Ahoghill. I noted that there is an Elizabeth Cunningham and a Jane McCrea buried in plot 133. This appears to be approximately 10 years after the burial of Joseph McShane. There may be a family connection. There is also a Jane McCrea buried in 1916, however this was a joint funeral as Joseph McCrea also died on the same day. There are McCrea's buried in the adjoining plot, nr 132 and therefore there may not be a family connection.
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