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LI-BLGY-0276
Record Date:
13 August 2013
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
In Loving Memory Of
William Dinneen
Glena House Ballylanders
Who Died on Sept 21 1970
his brother Nicholas Dinneen
Died July 20 1974
Mary M (Mamie) Dineen
(wife of William)
Who died Jan 3 1999 aged 81 yrs
R . I P.
D I N N E E N
Memorial Type:
Headstone
Number of people commemorated:
3
People commemorated:
Name:
William
Surname:
Dinneen
Date of death - day:
21
Date of death - month:
September
Date of death - year:
1970
Address:
Glena House , Ballylanders, Co. Limerick
Name:
Nicholas
Surname:
Dinneen
Date of death - day:
20
Date of death - month:
July
Date of death - year:
1974
Relationship with first person:
Brother
Name:
Mary M ( Mamie )
Surname:
Dinneen
Date of death - day:
3
Date of death - month:
January
Date of death - year:
1999
Age:
81
Relationship with first person:
Wife
Notes:
Nicholas Dineen (1807-1886), a widower remarried to Mary Brazil . Children born to them included Margaret Dineen 1860, Francis Brazil Dineen 1862-1916, William 1864-1900, Helena (Ellen) 1866, Johanna 1868 & Kate 1872.
Margaret Dineen married Patrick Meade in Ballylanders RC on the 09-02-1892.
Her sister , Ellen Dineen , married John Power in Bansha RC on the 30-04-1898.
William Dineen 1864-1900, married Johanna ( Hannah ) Lewis 1869-1931, daughter of Michael Lewis & Bridget Power of Knockcarra, Bansha, Co. Tipperary on the 11th Apr 1894 in Bansha RC. Children born to them at Glennahaglisha, Ballylanders, Co. Limerick were Nicholas Augustine Dineen 1896-1974, of this memorial, Bridget Mary 1898 & William Joseph 1900-1970, of this memorial also.
Nicholas Augustine Dineen 1896-1974, married Ellen Maguire , daughter of Bryan Maguire & Mary Daly of Glennahaglisha, Ballylanders on the 14th Feb 1926 in Thurles Cathedral, Co. Tipperary.
His brother William Joseph Dineen 1900-1970, married Mary Margaret ( Mamie ) Walsh 1917-1999, daughter of David Walsh on the 11th Feb 1941 in Thurles Cathedral also. Mamie is also recorded at this memorial
Francis Brazil Dineen (1862-1916) , known as Frank, is the only man to have been President of the GAA ( 1895-1898 ) and General Secretary of it (1889-1901). In his youth, he was an accomplished athlete. He purchased a site on Jones' Road in Dublin in 1908 and donated it to the GAA in 1913, which became the present day Croke Park. Hill 16, was renamed The Dineen Hill 16 when Croke Park was renovated in 2006.
Frank was a sports journalist in Dublin in later life. He died unmarried, aged 54 from a cerebral haemorrhage in St. Vincents Hospital, Dublin on the 18-04-1916. He was interred in St Paul's section of Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin.
NB. See relevant information at memorial TS-EMOG-0316 in Emly cemetery, Co. Tipperary on the historicgraves website.
