SWEET JESUS
HAVE MERCY ON THE SOULS OF
PATRICK FITZGERALD,
EMLY,
WHO DIED 23 APRIL 1879, AGED 47 YEARS.
HIS WIFE,
HELEN,
DIED 12 MARCH 1904, AGED 62 YEARS
AND THEIR SON
JAMES
DIED 12 MARCH 1904, AGED 36 YEARS.
R.I.P.
PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF
WINIFRED DUHIG,
DIED 30TH MARCH 1947.
ALSO HER SISTER,
MARY HENNESSY
DIED 23RD AUGUST 1932.
R.I.P.
A kerbed Celtic cross.
NB. Ellen (Helen) Fitzgerald was the sexton of St. Ailbe’s church in Emly. Both she and her son James Fitzgerald died on the same day..
Helen's daughter, Winifred Fitzgerald married Thomas Duhig, son of Denis Duhig & Mary Treacy of Knocklong, Co. Limerick in Emly RC on the 22-10-1903.
Thomas Duhig was employed as a coachman and servant by Canon Maurice Power P.P of Emly.
Patrick (Paddy) Duhig (1910-1978), son of Thomas Duhig & Winifred Fitzgerald, married Margaret (Maggie) Ferns (1914-1998), daughter of William Ferns & Bridget Flynn of Hospital, Co. Limerick in 1955.
Both, Paddy & Maggie Duhig served as Church sexton in Emly.
See related information for Duhig family memorials 0604 , 0605 & 0629.
See also adjacent memorial 0389.