TS-EMOG-0175

Record Date: 
19 May 2015
Graveyard: 
Emly
Exact wording of epitaph: 

THY WILL BE DONE

 IN MEMORY OF

 MARY  PURCELL,

NEE  QUILTY,  GORTEEN, 

DIED  MARCH  22ND 1948.

AND OF HER HUSBAND

AILBE PURCELL,

DIED  JAN  17TH 1953.

THEIR SON, JOHN,

DIED APRIL  23RD  1963

AND  DAUGHTER  

ELIZABETH  O’CONNELL,

DIED  DEC  24TH  1967.

WILLIAM  DIED  JULY  8TH 1976.

JOSEPHINE  PURCELL  

DIED  MARCH  2ND 1979.   

R.I.P.

 

Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.462781666667
Longitude: 
-8.3517166666667
Number of people commemorated: 
6
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Purcell
Date of death - day: 
22
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1948
Address: 
Gorteen
Name: 
Ailbe
Surname: 
Purcell
Date of death - day: 
17
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1953
Relationship with first person: 
Husband
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Purcell
Date of death - day: 
23
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1963
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Elizabeth
Surname: 
O'Connell
Date of death - day: 
24
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1967
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Name: 
William
Surname: 
Purcell
Date of death - day: 
3
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1976
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Josephine
Surname: 
Purcell
Date of death - day: 
2
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1979
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Notes: 

A kerbed Celtic cross.

Gorteen, Emly.

See Purcell family memorials 0175 to 0179 inclusive.

NB.  Mary Purcell, nee Quilty, born 14-5-1867 at Bruff Hill, Bruff, Co. Limerick to parents John Quilty, a farmer, and Johanna Quinlan. Marriage to Ailbe Purcell in St. Saviours, Limerick on the 9-2-1895.

Ailbe Purcell, affectionately known as Elly, was born in Oct 1859 at Knocklara, Knocklong, Co. Limerick to parents William Purcell, a farmer, and Elizabeth (Eliza) Leane. This branch of the Purcell  family came to Gorteen, Emly, in 1879.

William Purcell, aged 79, died at Gorteen on the 31-5-1888. His wife, Eliza, aged 84, died there also on the 19-12-1900.

Children of Ailbe Purcell & Mary Quilty were as follows :

William Ailbe  Purcell,  born 8-9-1897. A bachelor, died, aged 78 on the 8-7-1976.

Elizabeth  Purcell, born  19-1-1899. Married Davy O’Connell , a farmer in Glenbane. Had no family. Died, aged 68 on the 24-12-1967.

John  Purcell, born 20-12-1900. Emigrated to the UK. Died, aged 62, on the 23-4-1963.

Johanna  Purcell, born 10-10-1905. Known as Josephine. A spinster.  Died, aged 73, on the 2-3-1979.

Mary  Teresa  Purcell, born 25-9-1908. Died, aged 2, of scarlitina, on the 9-11-1910.