Pump Lane Graveyard – Society of Friends (Quakers) 1812 – 1822
The 1823-1833 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.
Pump Lane Graveyard marked by red X.
*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 |
| Jane Mark (wife of John Mark) | 36 | George Street | 13 Apr 1812 | 2 May 1812 |
| Richard Desmanoiss (son of Jas. Desmanoiss, French Teacher) .* | 10m | — | 2 May 1812 | 3 May 1812 |
| Sarah Toomey | 84 | Francis Street | 19 Oct 1812 | 21 Oct 1812 |
| Joseph Mayne (Son of Thomas & Bridget Mayne, shopkeeper)* | 3m | — | 16 Aug 1813 | 16 Aug 1813 |
| Louisa Tauerner (daughter of Thomas Tauerner)* | 6w | — | 23 Sep 1814 | 24 Sep 1814 |
| George Alleyn (Master Cooper)# | 56 | Old Clare Street | 23 Nov 1814 | 25 Nov 1814 |
| Maria Hill (daughter of James Hill) | 2w | — | 02 Feb 1815 | 03 Feb 1815 |
| William Hill (Tanner) | 62 | Irish Town | 17 May 1815 | 19 May 1815 |
| Elizabeth Kendal (wife of Tho Kendal, a woollen draper)# | 77 | George’s Quay | 04 Oct 1815 | 06 Oct 1815 |
| John Thomas Thacker (Grocer) | 36 | George’s Street | 11 Oct 1815 | 13 Oct 1815 |
| Rebecca Murphy (widow) | 81 | Mungret Street | 08 Nov 1815 | 10 Nov 1815 |
| Henry Hill | 19 | William Street | 28 Oct 1816 | 30 Oct 1816 |
| John Newsom (Ironmonger) | 35 | Anne Street | 22 Jan 1817 | 24 Jan 1817 |
| Joshua Dudley (Clerk)*Drown in the Canal going home, came from Cork aged about 50. | 60 | The Canal Brewery | 10 Feb 1817 | 13 Feb 1817 |
| Sarah Mayne (daughter of Thomas & Bridget Mayne)* | 3m | — | 31 Mar 1817 | 01 Apr 1817 |
| Samuel Beale (Shopkeeper) | 45 | Rutland Street | 15 Jun 1817 | 17 Jun 1817 |
| William Richard Unthank (Shopkeeper) | 34 | George’s Quay | 21 Dec 1817 | 24 Dec 1817 |
| William Phillips (Apothecary) | 37 | Mary Street | 27 Dec 1817 | 30 Dec 1817 |
| William Mayne (son of Thomas and Bridget Mayne)* | 3 1/2 years | — | 29 May 1818 | 30 May 1818 |
| Robert Evans * | 38 | Broad Street | 21 Nov 1818 | 23 Nov 1818 |
| Edward Phillips (Grocer) | 31 | George’s Street | 29 Nov 1818 | 01 Dec 1818 |
| Mary Lister | 39 | George’s Street | 21 Jun 1819 | 23 Jun 1819 |
| Hannah Banks | 18 | Cecil Street | 27 Jun 1819 | 30 Jun 1819 |
| Samuel Taverner (son of Thos. & Deborah Taverner)* | 1y | Upper Glentworth Street | 06 Jan 1820 | ? Jan 1820 |
| Rebecca Fisher (daughter of James and Mary Fisher) | 2y | George’s Street | 13 Jan 1820 | 15 Jan 1820 |
| Anne Unthank (daughter of Isaac & Harriett Unthank)* | 13 | Anne Street | 7 Feb 1820 | 9 Feb 1820 |
| Elizabeth Fitt (daughter of Matthew & Catherine Fitt)* | 4m | Clare Street | 8 Feb 1820 | 10 Feb 1820 |
| George Fitt (son of Matthew & Catherine Fitt)* | 2y | Clare Street | 09 Apr 1820 | 11 Apr 1820 |
| Mary Fisher Untank | 4y | George’s Street | 06 Jun 1820 | 08 Jun 1820 |
| Catherine Fitt (wife of Matthew Fitt)# | 29 | Clare Street | 29 Jun 1820 | 02 Jul 1820 |
| Thomas Mayne# | 36 | Catherine Street | 12 Oct 1820 | 22 Oct 1820 |
| Susanna Banks | 76 | Clare Street | 21 Dec 1820 | 24 Dec 1820 |
| Rebecca Harvey (daughter of Joseph & Rebecca Harvey) | 16 | Summerville | 06 Jan 1821 | 10 Jan 1821 |
| Thomas Taverner | 29 | Thomondgate | 23 Jan 1821 | 26 Jan 1821 |
| Isaac Unthank | 34 | Rutland Street | 24 Jan 1821 | 26 Jan 1821 |
| Mary Fisher (wife of James Fisher) | 25 | Clareville, Castleconnell | 05 Mar 1821 | 08 Mar 1821 |
| Anna Hill (wife of John Hill)* | 56 | Nicholas Street | 10 May 1821 | 13 May 1821 |
| Francis Taverner (widow of Tho.) | 75 | Glentworth Street | 08 Sep 1821 | 09 Sep 1821 |
| Eliza Newsom (daughter of Thos. & Mary Newsom)* | 15m | Corn Market | 01 Apr 1822 | 02 Apr 1822 |
| Mary Woods (wife of John Woods) | 56 | William Street | 22 Jun 1822 | 25 Jun 1822 |
| James Fisher | 77 | Richmond | 19 Jul 1822 | 21 Jul 1822 |
| Mary Unthank (George Unthank)# | 64 | Anne Street | 25 Nov 1822 | 28 Nov 1822 |
I agree, the one remaining in Limerick in Ballinacurra is a calm oasis in the city.
Quaker graveyards tend to be the most peaceful and simple of places.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=quaker+graveyards+ireland+photographs&qpvt=quaker+graveyards+ireland+photographs&FORM=IGRE
I bet, but it is a very small niche. Irish people will have no problem finding it. I bet you do well in Ireland.
This is Limerick, the city after whom the limerick poem was named. It is quite confusing when it comes to search engines.
I hate to sound non informed but can you explain the concept of a limerick and the graveyard. Not being Irish, I have no idea. thanks
It is located under what is now the St. Mary’s Girls Primary school. I am not positive as whether the bodies were moved to another location before building work began.
Is this graveyard still located there and is it possible to visit?