ERECTED BY
MRS JOHN McGRATH,
IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND,
JOHN McGRATH,
MONEMORE, EMLY,
WHO DIED 4TH JULY 1901,
AGED 69 YEARS.
WILLIAM McGRATH,
FARRANASSA,
DIED 14TH MARCH 1945,
AGED 51 YEARS.
HIS SON, JOHN JOE McGRATH,
DIED 14TH JANUARY 2000, AGED 74 YEARS.
R.I.P.
A kerbed Celtic cross.
Monemore & Farranassa, Emly.
NB. Mrs John Mcgrath, nee Anne O’Brien.
Marriage in Emly RC on the 31-1-1856. Died 15-9-1920.
NB. William McGrath, who died in 1945, was the son of William McGrath & Amelia Ryan.
Amelia was a native of Commanealine, Doon parish, Co. Limerick. Marriage was in Doon RC on the 9-10-1876.
The 1911 Census records that there were 10 surviving children out of a total of 12 that were born to William & Amelia McGrath.
See memorials 0322 & 0325.
William Ailbe McGrath 1892-1945, son of William McGrath & Amelia Ryan, married Mary Hanley 1900-1959, of memorial 0325, daughter of John Hanley 1840-1909 & Mary Anne Ryan 1868-1951 of Farranassa, Emly in St James RC, Dublin on the 29th Nov 1922.
Their family included Amelia ( Amy) McGrath 1923-2005, John Joe 1925-2000, of this memorial , Mary Angela 1927-2003, William Ailbe ( Liam ) 1931-1994 & Donie 1939-1992 who are interred in Emly’s new cemetery.
John Joe McGrath 1925-2000, married Catherine ( Kitty ) McCarthy 1930-2022, daughter of William ( Bill ) McCarthy 1894-1977, also known as The Yank & Kate McCarthy 1897- 1975 of Ballyhoulihan, Emly, Co. Tipperary.
Siblings of Kitty McGrath, nee McCarthy 1930-2022 included Thomas McCarthy 1924-2000, Mary 1927-2016, Nancy 1928-2015, William 1936, Brenda & Joseph (Joe ) 1938-1991. The McCarthy family burial plot is in Cullen cemetery, Co. Tipperary.
Kitty McGrath , nee McCarthy 1930-2022, died on the 10th Dec 2022 and was interred at this memorial on Tues 13th Dec 2022.