TS-EMOG-0178

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

I.N.R.I

 IN

PIOUS MEMORY OF

 PHILIP  PURCELL,

MOUNT BRUIS,

DIED  30TH  APRIL  1933.

HIS WIFE, BRIDGET  PURCELL,

DIED 2ND AUG  1947.

THEIR SON, JOHN,

DIED  21ST  FEB  1983.

JOHN’S WIFE, ELIZABETH,

DIED  FEB  19TH 1988.  

 R.I.P.

 

SIDE OF STONE : 

 HIS  DAUGHTER,

ANNA  PURCELL,

DIED  APRIL  8TH 1941.

Memorial Type: 
Cross
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.462858333333
Longitude: 
-8.3517166666667
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
J. Maguire - Tipperary
Number of people commemorated: 
5
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Philip
Surname: 
Purcell
Date of death - day: 
30
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1933
Address: 
Mount Bruis
Name: 
Bridget
Surname: 
Purcell
Date of death - day: 
2
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1947
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Purcell
Date of death - day: 
21
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1983
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Elizabeth
Surname: 
Purcell
Date of death - day: 
19
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1988
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter - in - law.
Name: 
Anna
Surname: 
Purcell
Date of death - day: 
8
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1941
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Notes: 

A kerbed cross with an iron railing.

Mount Bruis is in Lattin / Cullen parish, Co. Tipperary, near Kilross.

See Purcell family memorials 0175 to 0179 inclusive.

NB.  Anna  Purcell who died in 1941, was a daughter of Philip Purcell of Mount Bruis.

John Purcell of Monemore, Emly, married Margaret O’Brien of Duntryleague, in Galbally RC, Co. Limerick on the 24-2-1852.  Family were Anne Purcell 1853, Philip (1855-1933), William 1857, Denis (1861- 1939) & John  (1866-1951)

Philip Purcell ( 1855-1933), son of John Purcell & Margaret O’Brien, married BrIdget  Leahy  in Templemore RC, Co. Tipperary on the 19-2-1898.

 Children born to them were John Purcell (1900-1983), Margaret 1901, Bridget 1902, Anne (1903-1903),

Anna ( 1905-1941) and Thomas Joseph (1908-1989).

John Purcell (1900-1983), son of Philip Purcell (1855-1933) & Bridget Leahy, married Elizabeth Joyce (1904-1988), daughter of William Joyce in Dublin on the 30-12-1941. Their daughter was Bridget Stella Purcell (1944 - 2007), known as Stella of  adjacent  memorial 0179.

Stella Purcell's sibling, Philip G Purcell, of Glenbane Lodge, Emly, was born in 1946 and died on the 07-05-2019. He was an auctioneer at Golden Vale Marts in Kilmallock, Co. Limerick up to the time of his retirement. He was interred at this memorial on Saturday 11-05-2019.

At time of his death, he was survived by his wife Maura (nee) Hayes, daughter Sonia & sons  Kenneth & Nigel, niece Rachel, daughters-in-law Melanie & Fernanda and his grandchildren, Jonty, Georgia, Ruairi, Charlie & Clementine.