ARDAMINE.

Ardamine is a medieval parish church built on early Christian ecclestical sites. An ancient stone cross in the graveyard marks the site of the original church, believed to have been built by St. Aidan, the founder of the Diocese of Ferns around 598 AD
The Church of St John’s which is located in the graveyard was consecrated in 1862. It was designed by George Edmond Street, an English Gothic Revival architect for the Richards Family, who were local landlords. Street was responsible for the restoration of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
The Richards family connection with Ardamine comes through Solomon Richard bought the Ardamine Estate in 1818 using the sum of £10,000 that he won in a lottery. also purchased lands from Abel Ram of Clonattin. . A celebrated Surgeon he served four terms as the President of the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1790 he became Surgeon to the Meath Hospital and retained that position until his death.
Among those buried in Ardamine is Sean Etchingham. He was born in Ballinatray in 1870. He was a member of the Irish Volunteers, Sinn Fein, the Gaelic League and the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He was jailed for part in the 1916 rising in Enniscorthy. As a Sinn Fein candidate he was elected for the constituency of Wicklow East in common with the other elected Sinn Fein MPs, he did not take his seat in the House of Commons and sat instead in the revolutionary First Dail in 1919. He was appointed as Secretary for Fisheries in the Government. He was re-elected in the `1921 General election for the Wexford constituency but retired from politics at the next election. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty. He was jailed in 1923 during the Civil War. He died in prison of natural causes in 1923 aged 53 years.

Name
Address
Graveyard
Date of death
Age
none
5/12/1899
58
none
4/05/1765
65
Killiane
1/05/1846
66
none
15/06/1769
57
Ferns
26/03/1840
62
Crandaniel
27/06/1845
75
none
12/?/1792
none
Ballinatray upper
24/07/1936
63
Ounavarra
31/10/1818
39
none
2/03/18?6
72
Tinnock
26/10/1838
73
Riverchapel
27/11/1857
8
none
22/11/1922
none
Ballinagran
13/03/1962
63
none
30/10/1757
80
none
13/02/1845
41
Bruce
10/10/1950
57
Ballywaltermore
31/05/1914
5
Ardamine
13/04/1846
62
Ardamine
5/12/1925
none
none
4/06/1798
22
none
28/02/1811
27
Kilmichael
1/01/1814
62
Aragurton
19/09/1846
79
none
7/01/1852
62
none
17/11/1859
64
Ballinagran
12/07/1873
4
Ballaughna
3/10/1850
13
Ballinagran
5/05/1951
none
Ballinageelogue
none
none
Ballinagran
none
none
none
26/05/1750
19
none
8/02/1755
28
Ballycomclone
31/07/1869
64
Mangan
27/02/1867
68
Courtown
22/04/1879
68
Ballynahorna
26/02/1876
33
Ballinacur
30/01/1859
83
Ballinagam
11/1919
none
Riverchapel
19/09/1912
27
none
14/09/1934
20
Gorey
29/03/1861
62
Glynn
8/06/1901
70
Mangan
05/1907
62
Duckenfield England
4/03/1914
none
none
none
none
none
4/03/1800
7
none
12/02/1803
75
Garrynew
9/02/1861
68
Seamount Courtown
10/10/1915
none
none
29/03/1747
28
Monmore
20/01/1918
78
Monmore
1/06/1871
77
Killiney Co.Dublin
27/07/1947
none
Garrynew
30/08/1850
65
Ardamine Forge
none
none
Riverchapel
31/12/1902
76
none
27/06/1787
56
none
7/02/1780
70
Hillview Killena
24/11/1905
52
Moneycross
1/03/1707
82
none
?/08/1808
none
none
29/04/1787
39
Ballincor
13/06/1903
75
Killegran
6/01/1855
63
none
21/02/1775
77
Ballyscarton
15/11/1936
71
none
8/07/1801
78
none
1/06/1770
45
none
8/05/1766
80
Rathnew Co.Wicklow
30/12/1943
78
none
15/05/1781
57
none
16/9/1968
none
none
2/02/1771
66
Tinnock
3/08/1891
89
none
29/08/1917
none
Poulshone
none
none
Kingsbridge Devon
16/04/1877
21
none
10/10/1921
37
none
27/11/1798
60
none
7/01/1890
84
none
21/12/1806
25
Courtown Harbour
1/02/1889
68
Corbetstown House
25/06/1947
22
Ounavarra
13/09/1909
80
none
12/09/1903
84
Ballybracken
3/02/1909
60
Cranacrower Lodge
24/12/1993
83
Ballinagran
19/12/1968
87
Courtown
11/03/1902
47
Rugby England
22/03/1907
15
Blackrock Co.Dublin
20/11/1918
68
Ardamine
14/11/1946
71
Cookstown
28/11/1933
65
Ardamine
2/05/1871
75
none
5/03/1794
67
none
5/05/1959
94
none
11/03/1848
60
none
12/10/1749
54
none
15/05/1810
52
none
5/05/1754
48
none
7/03/1764
84
none
11/10/1742
25
none
22/02/1777
46
Monmore
24/02/1885
62
Killenagh
3/01/1919
63
Bruce
22/10/1875
79
none
1/06/1770
45
none
13/07/1803
69
Killenagh
21/07/1950
24
none
15/06/1784
56
none
10/12/1817
78
none
7/02/1753
52
none
31/07/1796
53
Gorey
27/10/1815
70
none
4/02/1805
80
none
15/12/1878
80
Courtown Harbour
8/09/1907
57
none
11/02/1941
none
Ballywalterbeg
13/05/1852
72
none
17/06/2010
90
Courtown Harbour
21/08/1908
none
none
22/08/1818
55
none
18/02/1808
72
Courtown Harbour
18/03/1846
71
Riverchapel
14/08/1965
none
Knockana
13/12/1867
70
none
17/12/1756
47
none
9/04/1812
66
none
4/03/1778
81
none
23/04/1923
none
none
21/04/1781
57
Boley
21/09/1882
66
none
24/03/1814
23
none
24/04/1762
39
none
3/03/1875
58
Garrynew
21/10/1865
44
none
19/02/1889
75
Ballywalter
18/02/1791
none
Moneylawn
3/05/1854
70
Ferns
21/07/1842
5 and 8 months.
Ballywaltermore
16/10/1831
52
Ballycarney
2/04/1855
38
Milebush
11/09/1852
65
none
11/09/1954
none
none
19/04/1922
none
Brookeville Wexford
2/04/1883
70
Gorey
29/07/1879
55
Tomsilla
27/11/1777
32
Tomsilla
20/10/1920
73
Killegran
30/04/1944
65
Monmore
24/03/1972
62
none
27/07/1841
44
none
11/1804
31
Banogue
27/06/1918
51
Ardamine
11/02/1912
63
Ballinakill
20/06/1939
63
Ballinacur
20/12/1954
none
none
14/02/1787
64
Ardamine
14/11/1946
71
Sunnymeade Courtown
19/06/1994
none
Ardamine
2/02/1871
75
none
8/07/1801
78