Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee Annual Mass

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The Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee Annual Mass is on Friday 1st December 2017 in St John the Baptist Church, Nobber at 8pm.

The Annual General Meeting will take place - immediately following the Mass - in Nobber Parochial House.

Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee, in Nobber, County Meath, formed in 2004 to maintain and preserve the cemetery and research its history.

The well maintained church structure contains the monument and vault of the Anglo-Norman Cruise family who gave their name to the townland, an early baptismal font, excellent stone carvings and recumbent effigies of family members.

The cemetery includes recorded burials from the 18th century, ancient memorials, the foundations of a bellcote and a carved “Ring” highcross, depicting the Crucifixion on one side with the Virgin and Child on the other.

A newly erected Interpretive Panel provides an interesting genealogical and local history aspect to the event.

Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee has researched 470 burials in the graveyard and members have collected relevant information from relatives of those interred there.

To contact the group email cruicetown@hotmail.com, or here.

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Upcoming Nobber Events

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On Sunday 20th August at 2pm, Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee and St John's Old Cemetery Restoration Group will host - as part of Heritage Week - an illustrated lecture, by Gary Dempsey of Digital Heritage Age, in the George Eogan Cultural and Heritage Centre, Nobber. The lecture will present results of the community 3D imaging project undertaken on medieval tombs of Cruicetown and St John’s cemeteries in Nobber by Gary Dempsey of Digital Heritage Age. 

This project to digitally record some of the ancient monuments in Cruicetown cemetery has been funded by the Heritage Council to the sum of €1000, in the recently released round of Community Heritage Grants.

This work will help digitally preserve such monuments as the 17th century Cruise Tomb and associated ‘high’ cross which are at long-term risk from the effects of weathering.

It is a joint project between Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee and the St. John’s Old Cemetery Restoration Group in Nobber. There, the Balfe Tomb, Priest’s Tomb and Cruise Tomb will also be recorded by the non-invasive method of photogrammetry.

On Saturday 1st July and Sunday 2nd July 2017 volunteers from both groups were instructed in this recording technique by heritage professional Gary Dempsey of Digital Heritage Age. The 3D images of the monuments will be posted online and will be publically displayed at an event in the George Eogan Cultural and Heritage Centre, Nobber, on Sunday 20th August 2017 from 2pm till 4pm, held as part of Heritage Week.

The event, on Sunday 20th August 2017, will include an illustrated lecture, presenting results of the community 3D imaging project undertaken on medieval tombs of Cruicetown and St John’s cemeteries in Nobber.

Included below are some photos from the demonstration held last weekend by Gary Dempsey, in the George Eogan Cultural and Heritage Centre in Nobber, and at Cruicetown Cemetery on Saturday 1st July and in St John's Old Cemetery Nobber on Sunday 2nd July.

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Millmount,
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Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee Events

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The next meeting of Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee is on Wednesday 19th October 2016 at 8pm in Nobber Parochial House.

The Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee Annual Mass is on Friday 4th November 2016 in St John the Baptist Church, Nobber at 8pm. The Annual General Meeting will take place immediately following the Mass in Nobber Community Hall. All are welcome to attend the Mass and AGM.

Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee will hold Church Gate Collections in Nobber and surrounding parish churches at weekend Masses on Saturday 12th November and Sunday 13th November 2016.

Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee, in Nobber, County Meath, formed in 2004 to maintain and preserve the cemetery and research its history.

The well maintained church structure contains the monument and vault of the Anglo-Norman Cruise family who gave their name to the townland, an early baptismal font, excellent stone carvings and recumbent effigies of family members.

The cemetery includes recorded burials from the 18th century, ancient memorials, the foundations of a bellcote and a carved “Ring” highcross, depicting the Crucifixion on one side with the Virgin and Child on the other.

A newly erected Interpretive Panel provides an interesting genealogical and local history aspect to the event.

Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee has researched 470 burials in the graveyard and members have collected relevant information from relatives of those interred there.

To contact the group email cruicetown@hotmail.com, or www.facebook.com/cruicetowncemeteryconservationcommittee

The above photo was taken at the Annual General Meeting of Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee, which was held on Friday 6th November 2015 in Nobber Community Hall.
Back Row:John Corbally, Robert Heuston, Peter Corbally, Henry Cruise, Bartle Clarke, Jean Rock, James Galligan, Fr Seamus Houlihan and Oliver Ward.
Front; Ann Finnegan, Margurita Ward, Renee Clarke, Anne Gogarty, Ann McDowell.

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

0419833097