TS-EMOG-0425

Record Date: 
19 January 2016
Graveyard: 
Emly
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN 

LOVING  MEMORY  OF

 JOHN  HEELAN, 

CLASHDRUMSMITH, 

DIED  AUGUST   22ND  1929. 

ABINA   HEELAN 

DIED  SEPT   30TH  1960. 

MICHAEL  HEELAN 

DIED  MARCH   2  1962. 

MARY  HOURIGAN 

DIED  JAN  9  1968 

AND  HER  HUSBAND 

MICHAEL  HOURIGAN 

DIED  MAY  14  1970. 

JOSEPHINE   HEELAN 

DIED  JAN  3 1986. 

PAULINE   ( JOHANNA )   MULLINS   

DIED  11  NOV   2004.

 MARY  McKNIGHT  

DIED  2  DEC  2005.

 

 R.I.P.

 

Memorial Type: 
Kerbed stone/memorial
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.462688333333
Longitude: 
-8.351225
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Hanley - Emly
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
8
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Heelan
Date of death - day: 
22
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1929
Address: 
Clashdrumsmith
Relationship with first person: 
Self
Name: 
Abina
Surname: 
Heelan
Date of death - day: 
30
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1960
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Heelan
Date of death - day: 
2
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1962
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Hourigan
Date of death - day: 
9
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1968
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Hourigan
Date of death - day: 
14
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1970
Relationship with first person: 
Son - in -law
Name: 
Josephine
Surname: 
Heelan
Date of death - day: 
3
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1986
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter - in - law.
Name: 
Pauline
Surname: 
Mullins
Date of death - day: 
11
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
2004
Relationship with first person: 
Grand - daughter
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
McKnight
Date of death - day: 
2
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
2005
Relationship with first person: 
Grand- daughter
Notes: 

Clashdrumsmith ,  Emly.

Abina   ( Abby )   Heelan’s   age  was  recorded   as  86  at  the  time  of  her  death  in  St. Vincent’s  Hospital  in  Tipperary  Town.

Both  the  1901  &  1911 censuses  for  Clashdrumsmith ,  Emly ,  record   her  birthplace  as  Co.  Kerry.   Her  maiden   name  was  Casey.

Both  Abina  and  her  husband   John  Heelan   were  living  at  Caherbarnagh ,  Drishane , when  their  son  Patrick  Heelan  was  born  on  the  19-04-1897.  The birth  was  registered  in  Millstreet,  Co. Cork    registrars  district.

They  were  living  at  Clashdrumsmith ,  Emly ,  when  their  son  Michael  Heelan  was  born  on the  28-03-1901.

Michael   Heelan  ( 1901 –  1962)  married   Josephine   Murphy   (  1903 – 1986 ),  daughter  of  Patrick  Murphy   &   Ellen   Gleeson   of   Cromhill ,  Kilteely ,  Co.  Limerick  on  the  06-01-1929  in  Kilteely   RC.

Michael   Heelan’s   brother ,  James  Heelan ,  married  Mary  Foley ,  daughter   of   William  Foley  &  Ellen  Hogan  of  Lodge,  Hospital ,  Co. Limerick  on  the  12-04-1925  in  Hospital  RC. 

Thomas  ( Tommy )  Heelan  1945-2022, son  of  Michael  Heelan  1901-1962  &  Josephine  Murphy  1903-1986  died  on  the  18th  Dec  2022.  His  obituary  reads  as  follows :

Tommy Heelan, of Ballyhone, Emly, Co. Tipperary died on December 18th 2022. Formerly of Dan O’ Connor Farm Feeds of Limerick. Predeceased by his brother Jack, sisters  Eileen, Mary & Pauline. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Joan (nee)  Nugent , son  Kieran, daughter Sandra  & their  partners Iwona & Michael, brother Michael  (Micky),  brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, grandchildren Nathan, Mary-Anne, Luke & Cillian, nephews, nieces relatives neighbours & friends.

Reposing at his residence at Ballyhone on Wednesday evening Dec 21st from 3.30pm to 6pm. His funeral cortège will arrive at Emly Church on Thursday morning Dec 22nd at 11.15am for 11.30am Mass followed by cremation at Shannon Crematorium,  Co. Clare at 2pm.