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LI-ARDP-0210
Record Date:
8 November 2012
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
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
Memorial Type:
Celtic Cross
Number of people commemorated:
4
People commemorated:
Name:
Mrs Mary
Surname:
Leahy (née McGrath)
Date of death - day:
28
Date of death - month:
October
Date of death - year:
1897
Address:
Balline
Name:
Bridget
Surname:
Purcell (née Leahy)
Date of birth - day:
22
Date of birth - month:
May
Date of birth - year:
1858
Date of death - day:
27
Date of death - month:
December
Date of death - year:
1887
Age:
27
Address:
Knocklary, Kilfinane
Relationship with first person:
Daughter
Name:
Patrick
Surname:
Leahy
Date of birth - month:
April
Date of birth - year:
1864
Date of death - day:
16
Date of death - month:
August
Date of death - year:
1942
Age:
78
Address:
Balline
Relationship with first person:
Son
Name:
Mary
Surname:
Taylor (née Leahy)
Date of birth - day:
24
Date of birth - month:
December
Date of birth - year:
1907
Date of death - day:
10
Date of death - month:
April
Date of death - year:
1941
Age:
33
Relationship with first person:
Grand-daughter
Notes:
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.
