Pump Lane Graveyard – Society of Friends (Quakers) 1823 – 1833
The 1812-1822 burials
The following are extracts from the burial records for the Limerick Society of Friends, covering those buried in Pump Lane Graveyard which was once situated at the end of Pump Lane in English Town. You can read the original registers for this graveyard at Society of Friends Burial Papers.
Following the death of Rebecca Mark Harvey on Christmas Day 1831, Joseph Massey Harvey her husband donated a portion of his land in Ballinacurra as a burial ground for the Society of Friends. Rebecca was the first to be interred there on the 8th of July 1833, this would become the main graveyard for the Society of Friends from 1834 onwards.
Pump Lane is now known as St. Francis Place and the graveyard is located under St. Mary’s Girls Primary School.
*not a member of the Society but asked permission to be buried in the Pump Lane Graveyard
#previous member disowned mostly due to marrying outside the faith.
| Name | Age | Address | Died | Buried |
| Sarah Cantsile | 36 | Clare Street | 26 Apr 1823 | 26 Apr 1823 |
| Amelia Taverner | 74 | New Barrack Road | 31 May 1823 | 1 Jun 1823 |
| Abraham Abell * | 55 | Pennywell | 10 Jan 1824 | 12 Jan 1824 |
| Mary Hannah Phelps (dau. of James & Annie Phelps) | 1y 3m | Upper Cecil Street | 27 May 1824 | 28 May 1824 |
| Hannah Newsom (dau. Thomas & Mary Newsom)* | 10m | Cornmarket Row | 14 Dec 1824 | 14 Dec 1824 |
| George Sheppard (George & Sarah Sheppard)* | 10m | Mary Street | 11 Jan 1825 | 12 Jan 1825 |
| Francis Evans Quin* | 43 | North Strand | 05 May 1825 | 06 May 1825 |
| Susanna Peet | 63 | George Street | 07 May 1825 | 09 May 1825 |
| Rebecca Harvey (dau. Reuben & Hannah Harvey)* | 2y 1m | Francis Street | 13 Jun 1825 | 16 Jun 1825 |
| Deborah Alexander (dau. Samuel & Deborah Alexander) | 22 1/2 | George Street | 30 Jun 1825 | 03 Jul 1825 |
| Sarah Fisher (widow James Fisher) | 71 | Richmond | 03 Dec 1825 | 06 Dec 1825 |
| John Taverner (son. Thomas & Deborah Tavener)* | 18 | Glentworth Street | 01 Dec 1825 | 04 Dec 1825 |
| Thomas Christy (son. James & Sarah Christy)* | 11m | James Street | 07 Apr 1826 | 09 Apr 1826 |
| Mary Newsom (wife. Thomas Newsom) | 36 | Cornmarket Row | 17 Apr 1826 | 20 Apr 1826 |
| Denis Newsom (son. Thomas Newsom) | 11m | Cornmarket Row | 13 May 1826 | 14 May 1826 |
| Samuel Alexander | 64 | George’s Street | 28 May 1826 | 31 May 1826 |
| Edward Henry Hill (son. James & Elizabeth Hill)* | 5y | George Street | 25 Feb 1827 | 27 Feb 1827 |
| Thomas Taverner* | 51 | Glentworth Street | 26 Jul 1827 | 29 Jul 1827 |
| Francis Evans* | 71 | Broad Street | 27 Nov 1827 | 30 Nov 1827 |
| Samuel Banks* | 51 | Old Clare Street | 31 Jan 1828 | 03 Feb 1828 |
| Eleanor Sheppard | 83 | Upper William Street | 24 Apr 1828 | 26 Apr 1828 |
| Thomas Mark Harvey | 28 | Summerville | 14 Aug 1828 | 16 Aug 1828 |
| Alphra Constance Fisher* | 11m | Clareville | 02 Oct 1828 | 04 Oct 1828 |
| Thomas Seymour* | 61 | St. Michael’s Parish | 11 Nov 1828 | 12 Nov 1828 |
| James Fisher* | 45 | Clareville | 16 Nov 1828 | 19 Nov 1828 |
| Peter Moore (son. William & Maria Moore)* | 12m | Roches Street | 16 Dec 1828 | 18 Dec 1828 |
| Joseph Fisher | 55 | Richmond | 08 Jun 1830 | 11 Jun 1830 |
| Mary Hill | 76 | William Street | 10 Jan 1830 | 15 Jan 1830 |
| George Fitt* | 32 | Limerick | 07 Feb 1831 | 10 Feb 1831 |
| Frances Evans | 87 | St. Michael’s Parish | 12 Feb 1831 | 15 Feb 1831 |
| John Alexander | 76 | George Street | 30 Aug 1831 | 01 Sep 1831 |
| Mary Cullinne | 65 | William Street | 28 Oct 1831 | 01 Nov 1831 |
| Sarah Fitt | 45 | Newgate | 05 Jun 1832 | 06 Jun 1832 |
| Jane Seymour* | 45 | George Street | 18 Aug 1832 | 18 Aug 1832 |
| George Sheppard* | 68 | St. Mary’s Parish | 22 Oct 1832 | 24 Oct 1832 |
| William Sheppard | 60 | St. Michael’s Parish | 17 Jun 1833 | 19 Jun 1833 |
| William McAllister | 89 | Glentworth Street | 15 Aug 1833 | 18 Aug 1833 |
| John Hill | 57 | St. Michael’s Parish | 19 Oct 1833 | 22 Oct 1833 |
