ERECTED BY
MRS MARY LEAHY
BALLINE
IN MEMORY OF HER LOVING DAUGHTER
BRIDGET PURCELL
WHO DIED DEC 27 1887 AGED 27
R.I.P.
PATRICK LEAHY
DIED 16TH AUG 1942
MARY TAYLOR (NEE LEAHY)
DIED 10TH APRIL 1941
Mary Leahy (née McGrath) (c.1823-1897), possibly from Elton, was married to Patrick Leahy (c.1822-1884) of Balline. Their daughter Bridget Purcell (née Leahy) (1858-1887), of Balline, married James Purcell (c.1861-1935), of Glenbrohane, in 1887. Bridget died following the death of her daughter Elizabeth Purcell (1887-1962). Patrick Leahy (1864-1942), Bridget Purcell's brother, married Julia O'Donnell (1885-?), of Lyre, Galbally, in 1907. Their daughter Catherine Mary Taylor (née Leahy) (1907-1941), commemorated here, married Joseph Taylor (1891-1965), of Monemore, Emly, in 1936. Mary died following the birth of her son Michael Taylor, who also died several days later.