the third one 800 years old the Crusader
top of the morning from Dublin this is day two of my Island trip and we're at Saint Michael's Church
James King the burial place founded by their father
in here with his siblings by the looks of it 1817.
so I'm here to show you guys the crypts in the church
um I just thought I'd give you a little tour of the graveyard
just so you get your bearings I've done the crypto already by the way Elizabeth Ward 1847 I think
so most
most of the stones here aren't very legible quite warm
we'll have a little look on our way to the Crypt
look at this I'm not sure how a big crack like that can happen
guessing vandalism
it's more often the case isn't it
so the Crips here um I think there's about five entrances all in all and during the tour
I went down two of them the other ones are sealed up due to break-ins and just general vandalism
the most famous acts of vandalism was on the
on the Crusader I guess he's the main sort of attraction
the main one people come to see um his head was stolen
his legs were pushed into his torso during a break-in what's this
just read Mary Ann on that one
his head was recovered it's soon after
one of the other Crips is sealed because in I think it was 1996
um some teenagers broke into the crypts and dragged out bodies and
um they played football here with the head of a little girl so
lovely children
oh God it is a chilly morning here
unusual tabletop tomb there broken again
so I did read online before I came here that you could well you used to be able to shake the hand
they said that leathery hand of the Crusader mummy
um for good luck but but um that wasn't offered on the tour
that I just had I'm not sure I'd do it anyway I've never I've never touched another human bone oh
so I'm not sure I'd um I wouldn't do it anyway so this is a typical entrance to the Crips here
this one um we didn't go down
I don't know if it's the one where the um whether played football with the little girl's head on up
there's two more here
we did go down this one
so let's head down and take a look
the figure against the right hand wall alabaretria resting on top of the coffin is about 400 years
old quad proteus she's female which she is the most damaged so she is anonymous and on him
anonymous beside her on the ground again 400 years old Quattro campus he has no feet
also no right hand and the third one 800 years old orchard the Crusader La quasi El cruzado one
of the traditions of the Crusades is being buried with your feet crossed to indicate the crucifix
in his case he is crossed at the five bones the lower legs broken pushed underneath again
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are the Lords of Leitrim aristocrats
you could see that they are aristocrats because some of the coffins have a crown
but the one at the front to the left all on its own solo
is very simple no problem it contains lordly from the Third he was killed assassinated in 1878
nobody liked him Como Manchester United
Madame Le Pen
not even his own family like to so they gave him a simple coffee
when he was buried the rest of the family disowned him although they do still exist
they have not been buried here since that's why we can illuminate this room
the importance thing in this room is the dish
the death date is the same in each case 1798. it is a famous date in our history
and the mask at the back is of wolftone famous name usually we don't say Theo boiled because
in Europe the date is close to
wolfstone and his friends tried to emulate the French Revolution here
break the connection with England
he was sent away in Exile and he ended up in France
so he asked France for help they did send two expeditions but they were not successful
so in 1798 Ireland decided to go ahead with the revolution without France and there was a meeting
but at the meeting there was a spy with a spear espion the leaders were all arrested
after that these brothers took over John and Henry shears
that was another spy thought this beer sbm
the brothers were arrested and this document is a copy of their execution order
if you use these blobs as your guide this is the important part
each of them the two brothers Los Dos Hermanos each of them behind me
but not until they be dead
for once they are yet alive
they are to be taken down their entrails are to be taken out of their body and while stare yet alive
they are to be burned in front of their faces
bend their heads where and their bodies into Quattro birthday
in public in case any of you were thinking of having your own Revolution next week
there's a little irony to the execution was scheduled for the 14th of July
Julio yeah Bastille Day
I feel like the whole thing has finished unsuccessfully one month later the French arrived
Joan comes home he was arrested and as sentenced for the same execution
in prison he cut his own throat yeah and that's why we don't speak French
so that's it for the cryptos it's um really interesting
this one here we didn't go down again not sure why I saw a guy didn't say
the church from the front is it's not really much to look at is it thing of beauty
sorry about the traffic noise it surrendous it's a rush hour
this little house here is the sexton Lodge
now the sexton would do the bell ringing grave digging
and he'd look out for grave robbers as well
this looks like it says Walter Sweetman Esquire of Mary Street in the city of Dublin 1868.
another house here connected to the Earth Church probably uses offices
what does it say on the door
mother's Union
the table top two
it's interesting how there's a like three houses in here if you just drove past you'd
never know that there's so many buildings it doesn't look interesting at all from the front
not sure why you'd be
inclined to um paints on the headstones like this
why
so just check out this right hand side of the graveyard
I'm not sure I'll be too interesting but we'll go take a look
let's say some G Turner Maybe
let's see or Captain rice eighteen eleven
I wonder if they're interred in the wall as well or whether it's um grave marker
called cherborough versus cherwood chair of the face is there cherub I can't speak
blame in my frozen lips
is our friend again
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nope not interested I'll even be
I think we've seen everything now um so I'll wrap it up
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