# John Ireland (1827–1919)

Tayport Auld Kirk Cemetery, Tayport, Fife, Scotland. Stone 1489.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/tayport-auld-kirk-cemetery/1489

```text
ERECTED
IN
MEMORY OF
JOHN IRELAND
WHO DIED 30TH APRIL 1869
AGED 71 YEARS
ALSO HIS DAUGHTER
HELEN
WHO DIED 23RD FEBRUARY 1827
AGED 1 YEAR 11 MONTHS
AND OF HIS SON
GEORGE
WHO DIED 19TH DECEMBER 1842
AGED 2 YEARS 2 MONTHS
ALSO HELEN GIBSON
WIFE OF THE ABOVE JOHN IRELAND
WHO DIED 20TH APRIL 1872
AGED 72 YEARS
AND GEORGE, THEIR YOUNGEST SON
WHO DIED 2ND JULY 1872
AGED 28 YEARS
ALSO MARY IRELAND
WHO DIED 4TH JULY 1879
AGED 56 YEARS
ALSO HELEN IRELAND
WHO DIED 18TH AUGUST 1919
AGED 84 YEARS.
```

![Photograph](https://storage.googleapis.com/kirkyards-photos/scotland/fife/tayport/auld_kirk_cemetery/monument/image/S7002215.JPG)

Square brackets mark uncertain readings. The title is guessed from the inscription.

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