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TS-EMOG-0177
Record Date:
19 May 2015
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
SANCTE ABBE ORA PRO EO
ERECTED BY
MARGARET PURCELL
OF MONEMORE,
IN MEMORY OF HER
BELOVED HUSBAND,
JOHN PURCELL,
WHO DIED 20TH JAN 1875,
AGED 58 YEARS.
DENIS PURCELL DIED APRIL 12TH 1939.
MARY PURCELL DIED AUG 11TH 1948.
HAVE PITY ON ME, HAVE PITY ON ME
AT LEAST YE MY FRIENDS,
FOR THE HAND OF THE LORD HATH TOUCHED ME,
AS IT HATH PLEASED THE LORD, SO IT IS DONE,
BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD. JOB 19-2-21.
JOHN PURCELL DIED JULY 7TH 1951.
HIS SON, WILLIAM, DIED FEB 21ST 1963.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE
Memorial Type:
Celtic Cross
Number of people commemorated:
6
People commemorated:
Name:
Margaret
Surname:
Purcell
Address:
Monemore
Name:
John
Surname:
Purcell
Date of birth - year:
1817
Date of death - day:
20
Date of death - month:
January
Date of death - year:
1875
Age:
58
Relationship with first person:
Husband
Name:
Denis
Surname:
Purcell
Date of death - day:
12
Date of death - month:
April
Date of death - year:
1939
Relationship with first person:
Son
Name:
Mary
Surname:
Purcell
Date of death - day:
11
Date of death - month:
August
Date of death - year:
1948
Relationship with first person:
Daughter - in - law.
Name:
John
Surname:
Purcell
Date of death - day:
7
Date of death - month:
July
Date of death - year:
1951
Relationship with first person:
Son
Name:
William
Surname:
Purcell
Date of death - day:
21
Date of death - month:
February
Date of death - year:
1963
Relationship with first person:
Grandson
Notes:
A kerbed Celtic cross with an iron railing.
Monemore, Emly.
See Purcell family memorials 0175 to 0179 inclusive.
NB. Sancte Abbe Ora Pro Eo translates as Saint Ailbe Pray For Him.
Margaret Purcell, nee O’Brien, died 16-03-1907. Age recorded at death was 80..
John Purcell of Monemore, Emly, married Margaret O’Brien of Duntryleague, in Galbally RC, Co. Limerick on the 24-02-1852. Family included Anne Purcell (1853-1936), Philip (1855-1933), William (1857-1941), Denis (1861-1939) & John (1866-1951)
Anne Purcell (1853-1936), daughter of John Purcell & Margaret O’Brien, married Richard Hourigan of Ballynadruckilly, Lattin, Co. Tipperary, in Emly RC on the 26-02-1884. Their children included Edmond Hourigan 1885-1886, Mary 1886, Margaret 1887, Anne 1889, Edmond 1890 & Bridget 1893.
Philip Purcell (1855-1933), late of Mount Bruis, Co. Tipperary, son of John Purcell & Margaret O’Brien, married Bridget Leahy (1866-1947), daughter of Thomas Leahy & Bridget McGrath of the Red Bog, Martinstown, Co. Limerick, in Templemore RC, Co. Tipperary on the 19-02-1898.
Children born to Philip Purcell (1855-1953) & Bridget Leahy (1866-1947) were John Purcell (1900-1983), Margaret 1901, Bridget 1902, Anne (1903-1903), Anna ( 1905-1941) and Thomas Joseph (1908-1989).
William Purcell (1857-1941) was ordained a priest in Rome in 1883, was PP of Kilcommon, Co. Tipperary 1911-1922 and then PP and Canon in Murroe, Co. Limerick.
His brother, Denis Purcell (1861-1939) died unmarried.
John Purcell (1866-1951), son of John Purcell & Margaret O’ Brien of Monemore, Emly, married Mary Merrigan (1881-1948), daughter of William Merrigan & Johanna Quirke of Ballinahow, Bruis, in Templemore RC on the 10-02-1909. Mary Merrigan’s address was recorded as Ballinleenty, Clonpet, Co. Tipperary at the time of her marriage.
Children born to John Purcell (1866-1951) & Mary Merrigan (1881-1948) were John Purcell (1909-1989), William (Willie) 1911-1963, Philip 1913-1995, Margaret Mary 1914, Johana (Josephine) 1915-1991 & James 1919-2008.
John Purcell (1909-1989) married Kathleen Hogan 1912-1985. See adjacent memorial 0176 for details..
William (Willie) Purcell (1911-1963) married Ellen (Nellie) Buckley (1914-2004), daughter of John Buckley & Kate O'Dwyer of Annakisha, Kilavullen, Co. Cork on the 3rd Aug 1949 in Annakisha RC. Willie Purcell died on the 21st Feb 1963 and was interred at this memorial and his widow Nellie, nee Buckley died on the 3rd May 2004 and was interred in Emly's new cemetery. Their youngest son James Noel Purcell (1954-2021) of Murraghboro, Coolbaun, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary died on the 11th Jul 2021 in Milford Hospice, Limerick and was interred in Kilbarron's old cemetery, Coolbaun on Tuesday 13th Jul 2021. At the time of his death, he was survived by his immediate family of his wife Catherine & brothers William Purcell (Dublin) & John (Emly).
Philip Purcell (1913-1995) was ordained a priest in 1938 and served in Middlesborough & Cottingham, Yorks, UK .
Johanna (Josephine) Purcell (1915-1991) married Patrick Leahy (1912-1983) of Balline House, Bulgaden, Co. Limerick in Emly RC on the 26th Jan 1944.
James Purcell (1919-2008), like his brother Philip, was also ordained a priest.
