Ballybrennan Cemetery, Bree, Wexford

In Cantwell's Memorials of the Dead, a transcription of a head stone located in the Ballybrennen Cemetery, Townland of Bree, Wexford reads:

Erected by Thomas and Catherine Connor

of Bree in memory of their parents

James Connor

who died May 2nd 1848 aged 72 years

and Bridget Connor

who died July 7th 1850 aged 62

Although I have no proof the inscription was written by Thomas and Katherine Connor, siblings of James Connor, some facts seem to support the possibility.

• Bree is about 10 miles from Taghmon, the town that was named in a Connor obituary
• Thomas and Catherine were twins who never married and lived together for their entire life
• James and Bridget's ages would be consistent with the ages of their children - Thomas bc1810, Katherine bc1810, James bc1818 and Patrick bc1823.
• The Connor siblings came to America in the early 1850s
• All the other "Connor" inscriptions in the surrounding cemeteries use "O'Connor."  This is the only inscription which uses simply "Connor."

To view the transcription of grave #80 click on Ballybrennan Cemetery.

Although this is a long shot, it is intriguing.  More work needs to be done.