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TS-EMOG-0374
Record Date:
19 January 2016
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
ERECTED
BY
TOBIAS BURKE,
COULBEE,
IN MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED WIFE,
MARGARET BURKE,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
APRIL 13TH 1873,
AGED 64 YEARS.
TOBIAS BURKE
DIED 8TH SEPT 1877,
AGED 71 YEARS.
DELIA BARRY
DIED MARCH 9TH 1954.
WILLIAM H BURKE
DIED OCT 16TH 1954.
MOLLIE KEOGH
DIED JUNE 22ND 1921.
JULIA ENGLISH
DIED JUNE 7TH 1963.
R.I.P.
Memorial Type:
Cross
Number of people commemorated:
6
People commemorated:
Name:
Tobias
Surname:
Burke
Date of birth - year:
1806
Date of death - day:
8
Date of death - month:
September
Date of death - year:
1877
Age:
71
Address:
Coulbee
Relationship with first person:
Self
Name:
Margaret
Surname:
Burke
Date of birth - year:
1809
Date of death - day:
13
Date of death - month:
April
Date of death - year:
1873
Age:
64
Relationship with first person:
Wife
Name:
Delia
Surname:
Barry
Date of death - day:
9
Date of death - month:
March
Date of death - year:
1954
Relationship with first person:
Grand-daughter
Name:
William H
Surname:
Burke
Date of death - day:
16
Date of death - month:
October
Date of death - year:
1954
Relationship with first person:
Grandson
Name:
Mollie
Surname:
Keogh
Date of death - day:
22
Date of death - month:
June
Date of death - year:
1921
Relationship with first person:
Grand-daughter
Name:
Julia
Surname:
English
Date of death - day:
7
Date of death - month:
June
Date of death - year:
1963
Relationship with first person:
Grand-daughter
Notes:
Headstone / cross enclosed by an iron railing.
NB. Coulbee / Coolboy, Emly parish.
David Tobias Burke (1842-1919) , son of Tobias Burke (1806-1877) married Kate Heelan, daughter of Patrick Heelan of Elton, Co. Limerick in Knockaney RC on the 20-02-1879.
Their son , William Heelan Burke (1887-1954) married Mary C Byrnes (1896-1968), daughter of Laurence Byrnes (1861-1898) & Johanna Conway of Garryheakin, Cullen, Co. Tipperary in St. Josephs RC Limerick City on the 28-02-1922.
Delia Barry (1885-1954) , nee Burke, daughter of David Tobias Burke (1842-1919) of Coolboy , Emly , married William Barry , son of William Barry & Catherine English of Elton, Co. Limerick on the 08-02-1921 in Emly RC.
David Tobias Burke, aged 77 died on the 14-12-1919 at Coolboy , Emly.
Mary (Mollie) Keogh , nee Bourke, born 24th Mar 1877 at Lisobyhane, Emly to parents William Bourke & Sarah Moroney married John Keogh of Ballylahiff, Oola, Co. Limerick in Emly RC on the 8th Feb 1910.
Her sister Julia English, nee Bourke , born 18th Nov 1874 at Lisobyhane married Patrick (Pakie) English of Sunglen, Pallasgrean, Co. Limerick in Emly RC on the 6th Mar 1905.
Pat (Foxy) Burke, son of William Heelan Burke (1887-1954) and Mary C Byrnes (1896-1968) died on the 24-01-2013 and was interred in Emly's new cemetery.
His sibling, Danny Burke (1927-2018), died on the 02-06-2018 and was interred at memorial 0518.
Their sibling Rita Maher, wife of Matt Maher, of Glenbane, Lattin died on the 12-10-2019 and was interred in Shronell cemetery.
Her sibling, Fr. Timmy Burke (1924-2020) died in Birmingham UK on the 05-04-2020 and was interred in the grounds of St. Ailbe's Church, Emly on Monday 18-05-2020.
His obituary reads as follows :
Burke, Rev. Fr. Timothy (Tim), (Birmingham, England and formerly of Coolboy, Emly, Co. Tipperary.) Fr. Tim (aged 96 years) passed away peacefully on April 5th 2020 in the much appreciated and loving care of Robert Harvey House Care Home, Birmingham.
Fr. Tim was ordained to the priesthood in 1948 in St. Patrick's College, Thurles. Retired parish priest of Stone Cross, West Bromwich where he served for 49 years.
Fr. Tim was predeceased by his brothers David, Danny, Toby, James and Pat and his sisters Rita (Maher) and Joan (Quish). He is also predeceased by his nephews John (Burke), Brendan (Quish) and Willie (Burke), his niece Marie (Burke) and grandniece Ciara (Burke). Deeply regretted and sadly missed by his sister-in-law Aileen (Burke), his nephews, nieces, grandnephews, grandnieces, relatives, many wonderful friends, Archbishop Bernard Longley and brother Priests of the Birmingham Archdiocese along with former parishioners of Holy Cross Parish, Stone Cross.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
A Celtic cross and kerb was erected to Fr Tim Burke on Christmas week 2021 in the grounds of St Ailbe's Church. The inscription reads as follows :
In Loving Memory of
Fr. Timothy (Tim) Burke
1924-2020
Born in Coolboy, Emly
Ordained in St Patricks College
Thurles on 11th July 1948
Ministered for 69 years in UK
P.P Stone Cross, West Bromwich
1968-2017
Died 5th April 2020
Aged 96 yrs
Requiescat in pace
See memorials 0373, 0518 & 0519
