TS-EMOG-0468

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

IN  LOVING  MEMORY  OF

 MICHAEL  O’BRIEN ,  BALLYVISTEA , 

DIED  APRIL  1914. 

MARGARET   B  O’BRIEN  

DIED  OCT  1922. 

THOMAS   O’BRIEN,   LOUGH , 

DIED   NOV  1922. 

MICHAEL   B  O’BRIEN  

DIED  JULY  1943. 

THOMAS  J  O’BRIEN  

DIED  IN  KOREA   OCT  26TH  1950, 

AGED  23  YEARS. 

SARAH  O’BRIEN 

DIED  NOV   5TH  1957. 

ANNIE   RYAN,  LOUGH ,  

DIED  DEC   21ST  1959. 

DENIS  O’BRIEN 

DIED   JUNE   25TH  1964.

MICHAEL  JOSEPH  O'BRIEN

BALLYVISTEA ,  EMLY   AND   U.S.A.

DIED  JANUARY  22  2014

BRIDGET  F.  O'BRIEN

JAN 17, 1927 - SEPT 3, 2023. DIED USA

BELOVED WIFE,  MOTHER  AND  NANA

R.I.P.

 

 

 

, 

Memorial Type: 
Celtic Cross
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.462443333333
Longitude: 
-8.3511016666667
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Hanley - Emly
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
9
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
O'Brien
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1914
Address: 
Ballyvistea
Relationship with first person: 
Self
Name: 
Margaret B
Surname: 
O'Brien
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1922
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
O'Brien
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1922
Address: 
Lough
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
O'Brien
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1943
Name: 
Thomas J
Surname: 
O'Brien
Date of birth - year: 
1927
Date of death - day: 
26
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1950
Age: 
23
Address: 
Korea
Name: 
Sarah
Surname: 
O'Brien
Date of death - day: 
5
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1957
Name: 
Annie
Surname: 
Ryan
Date of death - day: 
21
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1959
Address: 
Lough
Name: 
Denis
Surname: 
O'Brien
Date of death - day: 
25
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1964
Name: 
Michael Joseph
Surname: 
O'Brien
Date of death - day: 
22
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
2014
Address: 
Ballyvistea, Emly & U.S.A.
Notes: 

A  kerbed   Celtic  cross.

NB.  Lough,  Pallasgrean  parish ,  Co.  Limerick.

Ballyvistea,  Emly

NB.  Two  inscriptions  were  added  to  this  memorial  after  it  was  photographed  on  the 19-06-2015,  namely  that  of  Michael  Joseph   O’Brien 1922-2014, formerly  of  Ballyvistea,  Emly,  who  died  in Valencia, Los Angeles, U.S.A.  on  the  22-01-2014  and  whose  ashes  were  interred  in  this  burial  plot  on  June  19th  2014. The seond was that of his wife Bridget Frances ( Bridie ) O'Brien 1927-2023

NB.  Michael   O’Brien  died   April  22nd  1914,  aged   78  yrs.  He  was  born  Sept  1835  to  parents  John  O’Brien   &  Anne  Conway.  On  the  12-02-1872,  he  married  Margaret  Batters 1838-1922 ,  daughter  of   Thomas   Batters  of  Longstone,  Cullen. 

Their  children  were  John  1873,  Anne  1874-1969,  Thomas B  1876-1971  and  Michael  07-09-1881.

Anne O' Brien 1874-1969, married  Denis Quinlan 1872-1965, son of Maurice Quinlan 1830-1876 & Mary Waters 1832-1874 of Ballyhone, Emly on the 23rd Feb 1909 in Emly RC. See Quinlan family memorial 0367 in this cemetery.

Thomas B O'Brien 1876-1971 was ordained a priest in 1902 at All Hallows College Dublin. He emigrated to the USA in 1902. Served as Pastor at St Jarlath RC in Chicago, Illinois. He was appointed Monsignor. He died on the 24th April 1971 and was interred at All Saints Catholic cemetery in Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois.

Michael  O’Brien  (1881-1943)  married  Sarah  O’Dea  (1886-1957),  daughter  of  Thomas  O’Dea   &   Winifred  Baggott   of  Scart  in  Kilteely  RC ,  Co. Limerick  on  the  06-03-1916. Their children included  Margaret O'Brien 1917-2012, Winifred Mary 1918-1918, Anne 1919-1993, Mary 1921-2006, Michael Joseph O'Brien 1922-2014, Winifred Una 1923-2001, Thomas Joseph 1927-1950 & John ( ( Sean ) 1928-1983.

Michael  Joseph  O'Brien 1922-2014, aged 91, died in Valencia, Los Angeles, California, USA  on the 22nd Jan 2014. His wife Bridget Frances ( Bridie ) O'Brien1927-2023 died there on Sep 3rd 2023. Her obituary reads as follows :

Bridget O'Brien  January 17 , 1927 - September 3rd 2023
Bridget O'Brien was born in Dublin on January 17 , 1927 and passed away surrounded by family on September 3rd 2023 in Valencia, Los Angeles, California.

Bridget was a loving wife to Michael O'Brien (decd), mother to Owen O'Brien (decd), Terre Calmelat, Pat Oakley, Shivaun O'Brien, grandmother to Jennifer Cox, Jessica O'Brien, Sean Oakley, Sarah Calmelat, Michael Calmelat and great grandmother to Connor Cox, Brandon Cox, Sophia Sisler, Deklan Calmelat.

Private services for Bridget will be held on December 7 , 2023 at Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Church in Valencia, Los Angeles, California and Bridget will be brought back to her beloved Ireland at a later date to be buried next to her husband of 69 years Michael in Emly cemetery, Co. Tipperary.

Michael O' Brien's  brother,Thomas  Joseph  O’Brien  (1927-1950) was  killed  in  action by tank fire at the Taeryong river  in  North  Korea   on  the  26-10-1950.  He  was  a  sergeant master  in  the  US  army,  90TH  Field  Artillery  Battalion /  25TH  Infantry  Division. His mother Sarah was notified that he was MIA and presumed dead. Before she died in 1957, she had his name engraved on this memorial in anticipation of the return of his remains. Eventually, his remains were positively identified through his brother Michael's DNA and his ashes were interred at this memorial on Mon Jun 29th 2026

Their  brother, Sean  O’Brien (1928-1983)  of  Ballyvistea,  was  the  first  person  interred  in  the  new  cemetery  in  Emly  when  he  died  aged  54  on  the  18-06-1983.

Sean O'Brien's wife , Margaret  P ( Peggy ) , nee Schofield , aged 86, a native of Newtown North, Donohill, Co. Tipperary , died on the 06-08-2017 and was interred with her husband in Emly's new cemetery on Wednesday 09-08-2017. She was survived by her immediate family of sons Mike, Tom Joe, Sean, Liam and by daughters Sarah & Cora.

Margaret P ( Peggy ) Schofield ( 1931-2017)  was a daughter of Michael Schofield  & Margaret O'Brien who were married in Cappawhite RC, Co. Tipperary on the 09-11-1921.

Her paternal grandparents were John Schofield & Margaret Collins of Newtown North, Donohill  and her maternal grandparents were William O' Brien & Mary Allis of Leenane West, Donohill.

 NB. See  adjacent memorial  0469.& Quinlan family memorial 0367 in this cemetery