LI-BLGH-006

Record Date: 
8 July 2013
Graveyard: 
Ballinlough
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In
Loving
memory of
Frank (Francie)
Greene
1961-2009
Rest in Peace

Memorial Type: 
Cross
Grave location
County: 
Limerick
Latitude: 
52.514113055556
Longitude: 
-8.4092847222222
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Frank (Francie)
Surname: 
Greene
Date of birth - year: 
1961
Date of death - year: 
2009
Age: 
48
Notes: 

Francis  ( Francie ) Greene 1961-2009, son of Patrick (Paulo) Greene & Teresa Ryan of 1 main St, Kilteely , Co. Limerick, was murdered at Steamboat Quay in Limerick on Nov 28th 2009 but his body was not found until Feb 6th 2010.

Kevin Coughlan, 29, of Avondale Drive, Greystones, had denied murdering Francis Greene at Steamboat Quay on November 28, 2009.The body of the 48-year-old, who was originally from Kilteely but who was living at Hartstonge Street Limerick  was recovered from the river Shannon at Portdrine, Co Clare on February 6th 2010 - three months after he was reported missing.

It was the prosecution case that Coughlan threatened Francis Greene with a knife and forced  him to walk from his apartment at Hartstonge Street to Steamboat Quay where he threw him into the water.The jury of ten men and two women returned with a majority 11-1 verdict after almost three and a half hours of deliberations.Coughlan was also convicted of falsely imprisoning Francis Greene on the same date and he was found guilty of assaulting another man - Roy Finn - who was staying at Greene’s flat at the time. Coughlan was given a life sentence.

Francie Greene’s  mother Teresa, nee Ryan, died on Aug 17th 2015. His father Paulo died on Sep 12th 2025. His obituary reads as follows :

Greene, Patrick (Paulo), 1 Main Street, Kilteely, Co Limerick, peacefully at St. John's Hospital, Limerick on 12th September 2025.Predeceased by his wife Teresa and son Frank. Sadly missed by his sons Ned, Derek, Philip, Pat, John and Tim, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nephews, nieces, relatives, neighbours and friends.

Reposing at Cill Bhríde, Kilteely on Sunday evening from 5.30pm to 7pm. Paulo's Requiem Mass will take place on Monday in St. Patrick and Brigid's Church, Kilteely at 11.30am. Burial afterwards in Ballinlough Cemetery.