"over on the other side of the cemetery, on battle hill, from which the bay and the city can be viewed, sleeps barney williams, almost the first actor in the line of irish comedy. his monument is a rich and costly one, of the gothic order. it is adorned with a marble bust of the comedian. on the base of the monument is the name "bernard flaherty," which was the real name of barney williams. this plot is kept in splendid order by the actor's widow, still a handsome woman, whose snowy hair seems like a crown upon her shapely head. historic long island, 1902, rufus rockwell wilson"