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Stephenson Mausoleum

The Stephenson family mausoleum is an unusual monument which has been described as resembling a 'miniature granite Mogul tomb'.

It was erected in 1837 and commemorates four Ulster medical men along with other members of their family. Samuel Martin Stephenson, who died in 1834, was 'Superintending Surgeon' in the Madras Presidency. 'The architecture owes something to the spirit of the Brighton Pavilion as well as to the funerary buildings of Moslem India.'

The right-hand tombstone to the back of the mausoleum is that of William Gault, the schoolmaster of Doagh, who was a United Irishman and is believed to have started one of the earliest Sunday schools in Ireland in 1770. Rowan actually made the doors of the mausoleum and they carry his name.

The white stone near the mausoleum marks the grave of Florence Mary McDowell (1886-1976), celebrated local author, who wrote 'Other Days Around Me' and 'Roses and Rainbows'.

From Doagh Main Street, head in the Kilbride direction onto Mill Road. Shortly after passing Doagh Mill, turn left over a stone bridge and travel about 1 mile to Kilbride crossroads (passing Kilbride Church of Ireland on the left). At the crossroads turn right into Moyra Road and the graveyard is on the left just after the Presbyterian church.