TS-BLNR-0144

Record Date: 
30 August 2012
Graveyard: 
Ballinure
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Erected to the memory of,

Bill Shanahan.

Kilkarney, Ballinure and Dublin castle.

2-3-1897----29-5-1954.

Noted all Ireland Athletics Champion.

And Recipient of

Scott Gold Medal For Outstanding Bravery.

7th May 1940.

Bill brought  Honour and Glory

to his native Ballinure, his county.

And his country.

Interred in this Cemetry.

Memorial Type: 
Wall or mural tablet
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.562718055556
Longitude: 
-7.7696730555556
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Bill
Surname: 
Shanahan
Date of birth - day: 
2
Date of birth - month: 
March
Date of birth - year: 
1897
Date of death - day: 
29
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1954
Age: 
57