Restoring the headstones

Consultant stonemason Laurie Thomson has recommended the following restoration regime:

• Michael Lahy Sr. and daughter Alice – washing, touch clean; no adjustment for slight lean.

• Mary Anne Lahy – wash clean, reset plinth, reposition

• John Lahy and Michael Lahy – general clean, reset plinth, reset headstone back on plinth

• Catherine Fitzsimmons, Michael Brophy, Mary A Grady – reset base oplinth and second level plinth, reset obelisk, reattach capstone.

• William Lahy – general clean, reset plinth, reassemble pieces

• Catherine Lahy – reset plinth, reset headstone back on plinth

• John Lahy – reset plinth, reset headstone back on plinth

• Amelia Anne Driscoll – remove and reassemble headstone and pin pieces together, remove upper part of base and repin sliver of base, reattach.

• William Driscoll – clean, insert pins in tongue and groove, reset on plinth

• Dennis Driscoll – clean, reset plinth, reset headstone back on plinth

• David Finnamore – clean, re-attach moulding fragments, reattach capstone, reset plinth, reset headstone.

• Frederick Turvey – secure cracking by splints, clean

• Bridget Hunt – reassemble pieces and pin, reset plinth, reset headstone.

• Prendegast, John, and Prendegast, Eliza – clean, leave until correct location decided