Encased in the wall that abuts
Remember this was in penal times when to be a Catholic Bishop was to be a hunted man with a price on one’s head.
Anthony Garvey came from a well-to-do family that owned vineyards in
It is not certain that the entire Garvey lineage descends from French forebears. An interesting aside is that in the recent Millennium year a French ‘Count’ called to the Cathedral in Newry seeking to trace his ancestry, perhaps back to the said Bishop.
He was directed to Aghnagun near Mayobridge where there are at least three surviving lines. He met at least one representative.
There are more Garveys in South Armagh and