ME-ARCH-0366

Record Date: 
2 October 2021
Graveyard: 
Ardcath
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF 
ELLEN GALLAGHER
BULLRING, DROGHEDA
WHO DIED 1 FEB 1917
AND HER GRANDSON
CHRISTOPHER DWYER
WHO DIED 24 MARCH 1919

Memorial Type: 
Celtic Cross
Grave location
County: 
Meath
Latitude: 
53.607433333333
Longitude: 
-6.3937138888889
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Moss
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Ellen
Surname: 
Gallagher
Date of death - day: 
1
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1917
Address: 
Bullring, Drogheda
Name: 
Christopher
Surname: 
Dwyer
Date of death - day: 
24
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1919
Relationship with first person: 
Grandson
Notes: 

Ellen Gallagher ( nee McGee) is buried in Ardcath , with a grandson Christopher Dwyer who was burned to death , as a child.       

Ellen & her husband lived & had the public house in the Bull Ring , Drogheda ( it’s beside the present Tuites butchers).  Mr. Gallagher was related to the Gallagher family from Mannonston, Ardcath.