PRAY FOR THE SOUL
OF
JOHN CREAGH OF EMLY,
DIED 12TH SEPT 1903,
AGED 70 YEARS.
ALSO, HIS WIFE,
MARY CREAGH, NEE DALY,
DIED 29TH NOV 1902,
AGED 58 YEARS
AND THEIR THREE DAUGTERS ,
JOHANNA, KATE AND HANORA.
NB. John Creagh (1833-1903) was a publican & blacksmith in Emly village. His wife was Mary Daly (1844-1902). They were married in Emly RC on the 23rd Jan 1861.
Their children included Johanna Creagh (1862-1874), Kate (1864-1865), Lawrence (1866-1932), Maryanne 1868, Hanora (1870-1871), Edmond (1872-1936), John 1874 & Bartholomew (1884-1942).
The youngest son, Bartholomew (Bart) Creagh 1884-1942, a priest, was PP in Swords, Co. Dublin during the 1930’s.
His brother, Edmond Creagh (1872-1936) married Margaret Coffey, daughter of Cornelius Coffey & Mary Allen of Newport, Co. Tipperary on the 8th Jan 1913 in St Joseph's RC, Limerick City.
Children born to them in Emly included Bartholomew Creagh 1915, Cornelius Joseph 1918 & Lawrence 1920.