In a quiet and mostly forgotten corner of Coolshannagh Graveyard on the outskirts of Monaghan Town stands an ornate weathered headstone with well-faded inscriptions. This is the final resting place of a once influential family who walked the street of old Monaghan many years ago.
William Temple who was born in 1788 and later qualified as a doctor, spent most of his working life developing an extensive medical practice throughout Co. Monaghan and was also retained as a physician at Monaghan Co. Infirmary which was then situated just off Old Cross Square. In the late 1820s William married Ann Hamill who was born and reared in Rooskey and in time they had three daughter, Annie(b.1832), Jane(b.1835), Bessie(b.1836), and one son William(b.1833). Tragically Ann died from complications after the birth of Bessie in 1836 leaving William to rear his young family. While William was developing his extensive medical practice in and around Monaghan Town, his brother John was the Governor of Monaghan Gaol. Interestingly John's wife Isabella was the only daughter of John Roland who was also Governor of Monaghan Gaol at the beginning of the 1800s.
John Temple was Governor of Monaghan Gaol in May 1841 when Mary Anne McConkey perished on the Gallows, and again in 1851 when Neil Quinn, Bryan Grant and Patrick Cooney were publicly executed for the murder in Castleblaney of a Mr.Bateson who was a Landlord's agent.
The Temple family lived for many years in Laurel Lodge on Hill Street(Barry Healy Solicitors) before moving to a country house in Tullybryan, just a few miles out the Clones Road.
The Temple sisters never married, spent all their lives in and around Monaghan Town and were commonly referred to as the Miss Temples.
Their brother William however followed his father into the medical profession, qualifying as a doctor in Trinity College Dublin in 1858, and almost immediately enlisting in the British Army as an Assistant-Surgeon. He was posted to New Zealand with the Royal Artillery Regiment and in September 1864 he was awarded the Victoria Cross for outstanding valour in a battle which occured in Rangiriri, New Zealand in November 1863. In time he rose to the rank of Lieut. Colonel, becoming Secretary to the Surgeon General of H.M. Forces in India from 1884 to 1889, and was also Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy of India, Lord Dufferin, from 1886 to 1889.
William found time to marry Anne Mould in Auckland, New Zealand on Oct. 21st 1862 and together they had nine children. William died in Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England on February 13th 1919 at the age of 85 years, the last surviving member of his family.
His father Dr. William Temple had passed away in Monaghan in1872 having been predeceased by his youngest daughter Bessie aged 27 years in 1863.
Annie, the oldest of the Temple siblings passed away in 1908 aged 76 years, while Jane died in 1914 aged 79 years.
Source:
Old Monaghan Society
William Temple who was born in 1788 and later qualified as a doctor, spent most of his working life developing an extensive medical practice throughout Co. Monaghan and was also retained as a physician at Monaghan Co. Infirmary which was then situated just off Old Cross Square. In the late 1820s William married Ann Hamill who was born and reared in Rooskey and in time they had three daughter, Annie(b.1832), Jane(b.1835), Bessie(b.1836), and one son William(b.1833). Tragically Ann died from complications after the birth of Bessie in 1836 leaving William to rear his young family. While William was developing his extensive medical practice in and around Monaghan Town, his brother John was the Governor of Monaghan Gaol. Interestingly John's wife Isabella was the only daughter of John Roland who was also Governor of Monaghan Gaol at the beginning of the 1800s.
John Temple was Governor of Monaghan Gaol in May 1841 when Mary Anne McConkey perished on the Gallows, and again in 1851 when Neil Quinn, Bryan Grant and Patrick Cooney were publicly executed for the murder in Castleblaney of a Mr.Bateson who was a Landlord's agent.
The Temple family lived for many years in Laurel Lodge on Hill Street(Barry Healy Solicitors) before moving to a country house in Tullybryan, just a few miles out the Clones Road.
The Temple sisters never married, spent all their lives in and around Monaghan Town and were commonly referred to as the Miss Temples.
Their brother William however followed his father into the medical profession, qualifying as a doctor in Trinity College Dublin in 1858, and almost immediately enlisting in the British Army as an Assistant-Surgeon. He was posted to New Zealand with the Royal Artillery Regiment and in September 1864 he was awarded the Victoria Cross for outstanding valour in a battle which occured in Rangiriri, New Zealand in November 1863. In time he rose to the rank of Lieut. Colonel, becoming Secretary to the Surgeon General of H.M. Forces in India from 1884 to 1889, and was also Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy of India, Lord Dufferin, from 1886 to 1889.
William found time to marry Anne Mould in Auckland, New Zealand on Oct. 21st 1862 and together they had nine children. William died in Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England on February 13th 1919 at the age of 85 years, the last surviving member of his family.
His father Dr. William Temple had passed away in Monaghan in1872 having been predeceased by his youngest daughter Bessie aged 27 years in 1863.
Annie, the oldest of the Temple siblings passed away in 1908 aged 76 years, while Jane died in 1914 aged 79 years.
Source:
Old Monaghan Society
In a quiet and mostly forgotten corner of Coolshannagh Graveyard on the outskirts of Monaghan Town stands an ornate weathered headstone with well-faded inscriptions. This is the final resting place of a once influential family who walked the street of old Monaghan many years ago.
William Temple who was born in 1788 and later qualified as a doctor, spent most of his working life developing an extensive medical practice throughout Co. Monaghan and was also retained as a physician at Monaghan Co. Infirmary which was then situated just off Old Cross Square. In the late 1820s William married Ann Hamill who was born and reared in Rooskey and in time they had three daughter, Annie(b.1832), Jane(b.1835), Bessie(b.1836), and one son William(b.1833). Tragically Ann died from complications after the birth of Bessie in 1836 leaving William to rear his young family. While William was developing his extensive medical practice in and around Monaghan Town, his brother John was the Governor of Monaghan Gaol. Interestingly John's wife Isabella was the only daughter of John Roland who was also Governor of Monaghan Gaol at the beginning of the 1800s.
John Temple was Governor of Monaghan Gaol in May 1841 when Mary Anne McConkey perished on the Gallows, and again in 1851 when Neil Quinn, Bryan Grant and Patrick Cooney were publicly executed for the murder in Castleblaney of a Mr.Bateson who was a Landlord's agent.
The Temple family lived for many years in Laurel Lodge on Hill Street(Barry Healy Solicitors) before moving to a country house in Tullybryan, just a few miles out the Clones Road.
The Temple sisters never married, spent all their lives in and around Monaghan Town and were commonly referred to as the Miss Temples.
Their brother William however followed his father into the medical profession, qualifying as a doctor in Trinity College Dublin in 1858, and almost immediately enlisting in the British Army as an Assistant-Surgeon. He was posted to New Zealand with the Royal Artillery Regiment and in September 1864 he was awarded the Victoria Cross for outstanding valour in a battle which occured in Rangiriri, New Zealand in November 1863. In time he rose to the rank of Lieut. Colonel, becoming Secretary to the Surgeon General of H.M. Forces in India from 1884 to 1889, and was also Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy of India, Lord Dufferin, from 1886 to 1889.
William found time to marry Anne Mould in Auckland, New Zealand on Oct. 21st 1862 and together they had nine children. William died in Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England on February 13th 1919 at the age of 85 years, the last surviving member of his family.
His father Dr. William Temple had passed away in Monaghan in1872 having been predeceased by his youngest daughter Bessie aged 27 years in 1863.
Annie, the oldest of the Temple siblings passed away in 1908 aged 76 years, while Jane died in 1914 aged 79 years.
Source:
Old Monaghan Society
William Temple who was born in 1788 and later qualified as a doctor, spent most of his working life developing an extensive medical practice throughout Co. Monaghan and was also retained as a physician at Monaghan Co. Infirmary which was then situated just off Old Cross Square. In the late 1820s William married Ann Hamill who was born and reared in Rooskey and in time they had three daughter, Annie(b.1832), Jane(b.1835), Bessie(b.1836), and one son William(b.1833). Tragically Ann died from complications after the birth of Bessie in 1836 leaving William to rear his young family. While William was developing his extensive medical practice in and around Monaghan Town, his brother John was the Governor of Monaghan Gaol. Interestingly John's wife Isabella was the only daughter of John Roland who was also Governor of Monaghan Gaol at the beginning of the 1800s.
John Temple was Governor of Monaghan Gaol in May 1841 when Mary Anne McConkey perished on the Gallows, and again in 1851 when Neil Quinn, Bryan Grant and Patrick Cooney were publicly executed for the murder in Castleblaney of a Mr.Bateson who was a Landlord's agent.
The Temple family lived for many years in Laurel Lodge on Hill Street(Barry Healy Solicitors) before moving to a country house in Tullybryan, just a few miles out the Clones Road.
The Temple sisters never married, spent all their lives in and around Monaghan Town and were commonly referred to as the Miss Temples.
Their brother William however followed his father into the medical profession, qualifying as a doctor in Trinity College Dublin in 1858, and almost immediately enlisting in the British Army as an Assistant-Surgeon. He was posted to New Zealand with the Royal Artillery Regiment and in September 1864 he was awarded the Victoria Cross for outstanding valour in a battle which occured in Rangiriri, New Zealand in November 1863. In time he rose to the rank of Lieut. Colonel, becoming Secretary to the Surgeon General of H.M. Forces in India from 1884 to 1889, and was also Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy of India, Lord Dufferin, from 1886 to 1889.
William found time to marry Anne Mould in Auckland, New Zealand on Oct. 21st 1862 and together they had nine children. William died in Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England on February 13th 1919 at the age of 85 years, the last surviving member of his family.
His father Dr. William Temple had passed away in Monaghan in1872 having been predeceased by his youngest daughter Bessie aged 27 years in 1863.
Annie, the oldest of the Temple siblings passed away in 1908 aged 76 years, while Jane died in 1914 aged 79 years.
Source:
Old Monaghan Society
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