Mount Saint Lawrence Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Limerick. The cemetery was officially opened in 1849 to accommodate the rising population and the over flowing graveyards in the city. The first recorded burial took place in March 1855. Burials continue to take place in this cemetery today. Currently there are an estimated 70,000 people buried in this cemetery.
Below are transcriptions of the burial register for Mount Saint Lawrence Cemetery.
To view the original records visit here: Mount St Lawrence burial ground registers 1855-2008
Where possible a link has been added of obituary reports from the Limerick City Library Local Studies directory of Obituaries from The Limerick Chronicle .
1855 – 1856 – 1857 – 1858 – 1859 – 1860 – 1861 – 1862 – 1863 – 1864
January:
Date of Burial | Grave No. | Name | Age | Residence |
05 Jan 1862 | 100 Rc | Gilligan, James | 2y 3m | Athlunkard Street |
05 Jan 1862 | 131 R | Quinn, Peter | 14y 6m | William Street |
06 Jan 1862 | 144 Uc | Daly, Michael | 24 | Vizes Terrace |
09 Jan 1862 | 128 Rc | O’Regan, Mary | 64 | Clare Street |
09 Jan 1862 | 99 Qb | Benn, Edward | 52 | George Street |
11 Jan 1862 | 206 Qa | Colgan, Margaret | 76 | Mary Street |
11 Jan 1862 | 139 Sc | Coleman, Charles | 2y | Athlunkard Street |
14 Jan 1862 | 174 Mb | Barry, James | 40 | South Villa |
14 Jan 1862 | 129 Sc | O’Shea, Bridget | 64 | Market Alley |
14 Jan 1862 | 62 CC | Lynch, Patrick | 90 | Johnsgate |
15 Jan 1862 | 129 T | Sarsfield, John | 60 | Johns Square |
15 Jan 1862 | 128 T | McCarthy, Eugene | 4y | Colloney Street |
15 Jan 1862 | 142 Rb | Hassett, Catherine | 35 | Market Alley |
17 Jan 1862 | 138 Rb | Crowe, Eliza | 17 | Dominick Street |
19 Jan 1862 | 62 CC | Hartigan, Ellen | 11m | Carr Street |
20 Jan 1862 | 195 Qa | Herbert, Mary J. | 5m | William Street |
20 Jan 1862 | 90 Uc | Mahony, Edward | 27 | Blackboy |
20 Jan 1862 | 141 T | Guiren, Ellen | 15 | John Square |
20 Jan 1862 | 110 Sb | Macken, Deborah | 74 | Pennywell |
20 Jan 1862 | 63 CC | O’Sullivan, Mrs. | 60 | John Street |
21 Jan 1862 | 208 Mb | O’Neill, Thomas Rev. | 60 | — |
22 Jan 1862 | 130 Ta | Donegan, Edward | 3d | George Street |
23 Jan 1862 | 64 CC | Whealon, Mary | 60 | Palmerstown |
25 Jan 1862 | 138 Ra | Johnson, Margaret | 56 | Nelson Street |
26 Jan 1862 | 65 C | Halpin, Patrick | 50 | Asylum, Clare |
26 Jan 1862 | 70 Wb | Gillimore, George | 1w | 17th Regiment |
27 Jan 1862 | 71 Wb | Feeney, Mary Anne | 4m | 17th Regiment |
28 Jan 1862 | 139 S | Cummins, Rebecca | 18 | Garryowen |
28 Jan 1862 | 129 Sc | Scanlan, Catherine | 60 | Mungret Street |
29 Jan 1862 | — Uc | Cremin, Philip | 70 | Cecil Street |
30 Jan 1862 | — CC | McCarthy, Michael | 54 | — |
31 Jan 1862 | — CC | Kennedy, Ellen | 7y | — |
31 Jan 1862 | 39 Qc | Locke, Mary | 1d | Carr Street |
31 Jan 1862 | 87 Rc | Hourigan, Annie | 40 | Mary Street |
February:
Date of Burial | Grave No. | Name | Age | Residence |
01 Feb 1862 | — — | O’Brien, Margaret | 56 | Wickham Street |
03 Feb 1862 | 130 Rc | O’Brien, Mary | 67 | Athlunkard Street |
05 Feb 1862 | 126 Ub | Egan, Timothy | 66 | Charys Lane |
06 Feb 1862 | 105 S | Lynch, Mary | 3y 9m | Mary Street |
06 Feb 1862 | 39 Wc | Moyan, Patrick | 22 | 3rd Buff |
07 Feb 1862 | 109 Pa | Duggan, Mrs. | 56 | Castle Street |
12 Feb 1862 | 129 Tb | Ryan, John P. | 18 | John Street |
12 Feb 1862 | 68 CC | McGrath, Mrs. | 60 | Curry Lane |
12 Feb 1862 | 69 CC | Finucane, Bridget | 40 | Sir Harry’s Mall |
16 Feb 1862 | 70 CC | O’Gorman, Catherine | 3y | Cornwallis Street |
20 Feb 1862 | 130 S | Price, Thomas | 40 | Prospect Hill |
26 Feb 1862 | 140 T | Donnelly, Thomas | 41 | William Street |
26 Feb 1862 | 130 Sa | Casey, Catherine | 56 | Little Barrington Street |
28 Feb 1862 | 130 R | Walsh, Bridge | 21 | Cornwallis Street |
28 Feb 1862 | 142 Tc | Hartigan, Mary | 70 | Killcoolan |
March:
Date of Burial | Grave No. | Name | Age | Residence |
02 Mar 1862 | 67 CC | Kennedy, Mary | 1y | Markey Alley |
03 Mar 1862 | 130 Sc | Muldoon, Eliza | 70 | North Strand |
04 Mar 1862 | 71 CC | Whealon, James | 84 | Edward Street |
07 Mar 1862 | 137 Rc | Clare, John | 64 | Military Road |
08 Mar 1862 | 145 Qa | Hayes, Mary | 2y 4m | Bridge Street |
08 Mar 1862 | 40 CC | Massey, Jane | 44 | Asylum |
10 Mar 1862 | 132 Rb | Halpin, Robert | 80 | Maradyke |
13 Mar 1862 | 129 Tb | Flynn, Michael | 55 | Pennywell |
14 Mar 1862 | 141 Tc | Hartigan, James | 40 | John Street |
14 Mar 1862 | 129 T | Moloney, John | 35 | — |
14 Mar 1862 | 38 CC | Lynch, Margaret | 40 | — |
15 Mar 1862 | 39 Wb | Regan, William | 6m | — |
17 Mar 1862 | 130 T | Bradshaw, John | 33 | — |
17 Mar 1862 | 136 Q | Owens, Christina | 54 | (Upper Mallow Street) |
19 Mar 1862 | 126 R | Bourke, Hanora | 80 | — |
20 Mar 1862 | 141 U | Baxter Braxton, Robert | 68 | (Cecil Street) |
21 Mar 1862 | 70 CC | Donnelly, John | 70 | — |
21 Mar 1862 | 130 Rb | Gleeson, Patrick | — | — |
22 Mar 1862 | 39 Wb | Brinn, Jar- | — | — |
29 Mar 1862 | 39 CC | Keane, Ste- | — | — |
30 Mar 1862 | 40 CC | O’Brien, – | — | — |
— Mar 1862 | 40 Wb | O’Neil – | — | — |
— Mar 1862 | 126 Sc | Quirke – | — | — |
April:
Date of Burial | Grave No. | Name | Age | Residence |
Names missing = 01 April 1862- 16 April 1862 |
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16 Apr 1862 | 41 CCb | Tobin, Michael | 5y | Courthouse Lane |
18 Apr 1862 | 126 U | Collins, Patrick | 42 | Little Barrington Street |
18 Apr 1862 | 198 Rc | Kennedy, James | 5y | Mungret Street |
18 Apr 1862 | 42 CCb | O’Connell, Ellen | 42 | Hunts Lane |
19 Apr 1862 | 122 Qa | Dutson, Mary | 2y | Colloney Street |
19 Apr 1862 | 136 Pb | Hegarty, Mary A. | 37 | Croom |
19 Apr 1862 | 119 Qa | Mannix, — | 1y 3m | Cornwallis Street |
20 Apr 1862 | 130 Sc | McMahon, Mary | — | Carr Street |
21 Apr 1862 | 43 CCb | Kelly, Patrick | 9y | Quin Street |
23 Apr 1862 | 44 CCb | O’Loughlan, Anne | 5y 6m | Pump Lane |
25 Apr 1862 | 127 P | O’Farrell, James | 58 | Carey’s Road |
25 Apr 1862 | 136 Rc | Murphy, Paul | 30 | George Street |
28 Apr 1862 | 130 Ta | Hurley, John | 64 | Boherbuoy |
29 Apr 1862 | 123 P | Hynes, Mary | 29 | Carey’s Road |
30 Apr 1862 | 210 Pb | Curtin, Mary (Catherine) | 56 | Robert Street |
May:
Date of Burial | Grave No. | Name | Age | Residence |
01 May 1862 | 130 Sa | Noonan, Daniel | 60 | Prospect Hill |
03 May 1862 | 130 Sb | Keane, Ellen | — | Cornwallis Street |
05 May 1862 | 126 Ua | Murphy, William | 30 | Cornwallis Street |
07 May 1862 | 45 CCb | Murphy, John | 1y | Vizes Fields |
07 May 1862 | 210 Q | O’Brien, Matthew | 26 | Upper Denmark Street |
10 May 1862 | 65 CC | Johnson, Mary | 20 | Palmerstown |
12 May 1862 | 141 Tb | Purtall, Michael | 2y 3m | Athlunkard Street |
12 May 1862 | 109 Rc | Toomey, Anne | 40 | Mungret Street |
12 May 1862 | 103 Qb | O’Halloran, Mary | 1y 1m | Denmark Street |
— May 1862 | 66 CC | Gavin, Harriet | 22 | Clare Street |
— May 1862 | — CC | Bourke, Mary | 50 | Broadford, Co. Clare |
— May 1862 | — CC | Thompson, — | 40 | Good Sheppard Convent |
— May 1862 | — — | Moylan, Daniel | 43 | Henry Street |
— May 1862 | — — | Keatinge, Johanna | 64 | Mary Street |
— May 1862 | — — | Fitzgerald, Frances | 28 | Kilmallock. (murdered) |
— May 1862 | — — | O’Mara, — | 25 | Garryowen |
— May 1862 | — — | –, Patrick | 10 | Bedford Row |
— May 1862 | — — | –, Mary | 40 | Boherbuoy |
Names missing, unknown May 1862 – 21 June 1862 |
June:
Date of Burial | Grave No. | Name | Age | Residence |
Names missing, unknown May 1862- 21 June 1862 |
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21 Jun 1862 | 190 — | Ryan, Angela | 6m | Patrick Street |
23 Jun 1862 | 140 Ua | Ryan, John | 42 | Queen Street |
24 Jun 1862 | 109 Sb | Warren, Cornelius | 15 | Mungret Street |
26 Jun 1862 | 223 Sb | Kelly, Michael | 1m | Arthurs Quay |
29 Jun 1862 | 174 R | Hewson, George | 36 | Cecil Street |
30 Jun 1862 | 53 CC | Fitzgerald, Mary | 25 | Clare Street |
30 Jun 1862 | 128 Ua | Lyons, John | 40 | Chapel Street |
July:
Date of Burial | Grave No. | Name | Age | Residence |
03 Jul 1862 | 116 Oc | Fitzgerald, Charles | 72 | Victoria Terrace |
04 Jul 1862 | 106 Rb | Real, Mary | 62 | Bruff |
04 Jul 1862 | 54 CCb | O’Regan, Joseph | 40 | John’s Square |
08 Jul 1862 | 131 S | Quinn, Edward | 54 | Boherbuoy |
10 Jul 1862 | Family Vault | Naughton, Joseph (Augustin) | 8y 8m | Henry Street |
10 Jul 1862 | 117 Pc | Wallace, Mary E. | 8m | Bridge Street |
13 Jul 1862 | 55 CC | Doyle, John | 40 | Ennis, Co. Clare |
15 Jul 1862 | 141 Tb | Purtall, John | 41 | Athlunkard Street |
16 Jul 1862 | 118 Qa | Tippings, Thomas | 83 | Prospect Row |
16 Jul 1862 | 123 Sb | Griffin, Patrick | 16 | Sexton Street |
17 Jul 1862 | 56 CCb | Daller, Gertrude | 80 | John’s Square |
17 Jul 1862 | 101 U | Ryan, Mary | 4y | John Street |
19 Jul 1862 | 214 Pb | O’Brien, Mrs. | — | Carey’s Road |
21 Jul 1862 | 174 R | O’Neill, Mary | 6y | Cornwallis Street |
22 Jul 1862 | 43 CC | Kelly, Patrick | 9m | Queen Street |
29 Jul 1862 | 133 P | Hanlon, Sarah Jane | 1y 9m | Victoria Terrace |
30 Jul 1862 | 131 Sa | Dalton, Edward | 54 | Denmark Street |
August:
Date of Burial | Grave No. | Name | Age | Residence |
05 Aug 1862 | 174 N | Fitzgerald, Vincent | 13 | Garryowen |
06 Aug 1862 | 206 Pb | Sheehy, John | 28 | William Street |
10 Aug 1862 | 121 Sa | O’Loughlin, Patrick | 2y 1m | Pump Lane |
11 Aug 1862 | 117 V | Hogan, Michael | 3y 4m | Convent Street |
12 Aug 1862 | 114 Q | Fahy, Rodger | 66 | Thomas Street |
17 Aug 1862 | 214 Q | Ellis, Mary | 8y | Clare Street |
19 Aug 1862 | 131 Sb | Cantton, William | 23 | Boherbuoy |
29 Aug 1862 | 144 V | Payne, Mary A. (Marianne) | 31 | George Street |
29 Aug 1862 | 190 M | McNamara, Bedelia | 18 | Thomas Street |
31 Aug 1862 | 58 CCb | O’Leary, Daniel | 40 | John Street |
September:
Date of Burial | Grave No. | Name | Age | Residence |
04 Sep 1862 | 59 CCb | Sheehy, Mary | 60 | Asylum |
05 Sep 1862 | 125 Qa | Bourke, James | 5y | Vizes Fields |
06 Sep 1862 | 42 Wb | White, Michael | 24 | 9th Regiment |
06 Sep 1862 | 126 Qa | Phelan, Denis M. | 2y | Boherbuoy |
08 Sep 1862 | 132 Ta | Hewatt, Ellen | 84 | Watergate |
09 Sep 1862 | 113 Sb | Fogarty, Mary | 70 | Market Alley |
10 Sep 1862 | 157 Pb | Culican, Mary A. (Mary Ann Cooligan) | — (20) | Clonlara |
10 Sep 1862 | 60 CCb | Lynch, Patrick | 72 | John Street |
10 Sep 1862 | 131 Q | Moloney, Ellen | 74 | Blackboy |
10 Sep 1862 | 131 T | Donnelly, Laurence | 62 | Wickham Street |
11 Sep 1862 | 131 Sc | Liston, Mary | 56 | Henry Street |
17 Sep 1862 | 146 Sb | Spillane, James | 3y | Mary Street |
17 Sep 1862 | 132 Tc | O’Sullivan, Catherine | 60 | Athlunkard Street |
19 Sep 1862 | 43 Wb | Muldoon, Charles | 36 | 3rd Regiment |
22 Sep 1862 | 145 Qb | Spillane, Mary | 5y 6m | Mary Street |
October:
Date of Burial | Grave No. | Name | Age | Residence |
02 Oct 1862 | 131 Rb | Bridgeman, John J | 8y | Clare Street |
03 Oct 1862 | 103 U | Reddan, John | 15 | Old Francis Street |
05 Oct 1862 | 134 Sb | Keane, Martin | 11 | Arthurs Quay |
06 Oct 1862 | 138 Tc | Collins, Catherine | 14 | John’s Square |
08 Oct 1862 | 61 CCb | Kelly, Mary | 1y 6m | Griffins Row |
09 Oct 1862 | 134 Sc | Kerrigan, John | 3y | Colloney Street |
12 Oct 1862 | 62 CC | Guinane, John | 46 | Francis Street |
22 Oct 1862 | 134 T | Hehir, Matthew | 83 | Colloney Street |
25 Oct 1862 | 103 Vc | Tynan, Mary | 6y | Nelson Street |
30 Oct 1862 | 134 S | Bergin, Loucell | 1y 6m | Summer Street |
30 Oct 1862 | 139 U | Hardiman, John | 3w | Cecil Street |
30 Oct 1862 | 112 Oc | Foley, James | 8y 9m | John Square |
30 Oct 1862 | 132 N | Blitvich, Nicholas | 19 | Austria |
31 Oct 1862 | 133 Tc | Lancaster, Francis | 2y 9m | Colloney Street |
31 Oct 1862 | 63 CCb | O’Donnell, Margaret | 44 | Whitewine Lane |
31 Oct 1862 | 181 N | DeLacy, Margaret | 68 | Clare Street |
November:
Date of Burial | Grave No. | Name | Age | Residence |
02 Nov 1862 | 142 Ub | Gough, William | 4y | Nelson Street |
02 Nov 1862 | 107 Vb | Quailey, John | 59 | Jones Lane |
04 Nov 1862 | 64 CC | Maher, Thomas | 25 | Johns Square |
07 Nov 1862 | 103 Vc | Tynan, John | 3y | Nelson Street |
10 Nov 1862 | 65 CC | Cash, Daniel | 4y 6m | Abbey |
10 Nov 1862 | 66 CC | Naughton, James | 50 | Asylum |
11 Nov 1862 | 67 CC | Daly, Anne | — | St. John’s |
11 Nov 1862 | 139 Rc | Russell, Anne | 1m | William Street |
14 Nov 1862 | 130 Qc | Gullimore, Bridget | 27 | Pennywell |
17 Nov 1862 | 133 S | Stapleton, Anne | 6m | Creagh Lane |
17 Nov 1862 | 122 Rc | O’Gorman, Teresa | 5y | Mardyke |
18 Nov 1862 | 68 CC | Quirke, Patrick | 4y 9m | Patrick Street |
19 Nov 1862 | 117 Sb | Lyddy, Bridget | 30 | Mary Street |
19 Nov 1862 | 69 CC | Crolly, John | 23 | Boherbuoy |
20 Nov 1862 | 129 Tb | Joyce, James | 28 | Brunswick Street |
21 Nov 1862 | 142 Uc | Walsh, Mary | 4m | Windmill Street |
22 Nov 1862 | 127 R | Gleeson, Bridget | 29 | Little William Street |
23 Nov 1862 | 131 Rb | Bridgeman, Eliza | 3y 9m | Clare Street |
28 Nov 1862 | 129 Ua | Dwyer, Denis | 1d | Brennans Row |
29 Nov 1862 | 123 Pa | Murphy, William | 78 | Henry Street |
December:
Date of Burial | Grave No. | Name | Age | Residence |
03 Dec 1862 | 37 CC | Driscoll, Daniel | 47 | Glentworth Street |
05 Dec 1862 | 110 Oc | Ryan, Mary | 75 | Queenboro |
06 Dec 1862 | 115 Q | Donnelly, Patrick | 1y 9m | Nicholas Street |
06 Dec 1862 | 127 Ra | Mungeevin, Mary | 54 | Thomondgate |
10 Dec 1862 | 184 Pb | Gleeson, Mary | 11 | George Street |
11 Dec 1862 | 133 Ta | Flanegan, Margaret | 50 | Clare Street |
15 Dec 1862 | 184 R | O’Mulcahy, Timothy | — | Osmington Terrace |
19 Dec 1862 | 130 Rc | O’Brien, John | 38 | Abbey |
22 Dec 1862 | 132 Tb | Gamble, Rodger | 4y | Garryowen |
22 Dec 1862 | 142 Ub | Woods, James | 66 | Nelson Street |
22 Dec 1862 | 122 Uc | Musgrave, Matthew | 46 | Garryowen |
29 Dec 1862 | 38 CCa | Madden, Ellen | 62 | John’s Square |
30 Dec 1862 | 131 Rc | Brazil, Thomas | 22 | Rutland Street |