placenamesKilbride
A granite dome and inscribed memorial panels distinguish a family tomb in the elevated cemetery near Doagh.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Kilbride · English · main form
Place & story
A domed tomb dated 1837
The Stephenson mausoleum in Kilbride Cemetery bears the date 1837 on its iron door. The Historic Environment Division records a rectangular granite building with a central bulbous dome, small finials and pointed recesses. Its cast-iron entrance door has six panels and branching tracery. The survey identifies Rowan as the maker whose name appears on the doors, while leaving the building’s architect unknown. [2]
A surgeon remembered in stone
One memorial panel commemorates Samuel Martin Stephenson, superintending surgeon in the Madras Presidency, who died in July 1834 aged fifty. His overseas medical career is recorded on the monument itself. The survey describes the mausoleum as commemorating four Ulster medical men and members of their family. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Antrim Upper
- Civil parish
- Kilbride
- Coordinates
- 54.75087, -6.05057
- Mapped area
- 1.95 km²
- Logainm ID
- 61532 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilbride. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Stephenson Mausoleum, Kilbride Cemetery: HB21/02/006, survey16October2008 · Historic Environment Division, Department for Communities
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.