TS-EMOG-0607

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

IN  

LOVING   MEMORY   OF

 AILBE    BEBE   LONERGAN , 

EMLY   VILLAGE ,  

 DIED  APRIL   8TH   1946 , 

AGED   18  YEARS.  

ELLEN  NELLIE  LONERGAN  

DIED   JAN   1ST  1970, 

AGED  65  YEARS. 

HER   HUSBAND ,  JAMES  

DIED   OCT   25   1973,  AGED   75   YRS. 

THEIR   DAUGHTER ,  BETTY  

DIED   DEC   15   2011. 

BELOVED   SISTER   AND   FRIEND.

 

 ON   WHOSE   SOULS , 

SWEET  JESUS ,   HAVE  MERCY.

 ERECTED   BY   HIS   PARENTS , 

BROTHERS   AND    SISTERS

Memorial Type: 
Celtic Cross
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.462661666667
Longitude: 
-8.350885
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Hanley - Emly
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Ailbe
Surname: 
Lonergan
Date of birth - year: 
1928
Date of death - day: 
8
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1946
Age: 
18
Address: 
Emly village
Name: 
Ellen
Surname: 
Lonergan
Date of birth - year: 
1904
Date of death - day: 
1
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1970
Age: 
65
Relationship with first person: 
Mother
Name: 
James
Surname: 
Lonergan
Date of birth - year: 
1898
Date of death - day: 
25
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1973
Age: 
75
Relationship with first person: 
Father
Name: 
Betty
Surname: 
Lonergan
Date of death - day: 
15
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
2011
Relationship with first person: 
Sister
Notes: 

A  kerbed  Celtic  cross.

NB.  James  Stephen  Lonergan   (1897- 1973), youngest   son  of  Ailbe  Lonergan   &   Mary   Farrell , married   Ellen  (Nellie)  Troy  (1904-1970),  daughter   of   Stephen Troy  (1881-1966)   &  Anastasia   Ryan  (1878-1923)   of  Ballygammane,  Rahelty , Co.   Tipperary  in Thurles  Cathedral on the 20-07-1927. In the 1926 census for Emly village, Ellen Troy is recorded as an employee of publican Edmond Creagh.

 Ailbe  (Bebe)   Lonergan 1928-1946 was their eldest   child. 

Their daughter Joan Lonergan 1934-1985, married Leslie Joseph Lynch  1935-1985, son of Garda James Lynch & his wife Annie Tobin. Both Joan & her husband Leslie, died in a car accident in England on the 20th Jul 1985. They are interred in Emly's new cemetery. Their son Patrick Joseph ( PJ) was seven years old  at the time of  his parents deaths and was subsequently raised by his aunt Christina  ( Ina ) O'Toole, nee Lonergan, in Drumsally, Cappamore, Co. Limerick.

Another  son , Martin   Lonergan  (1932-2012)  and  his  wife  Joan , nee  Scully  are  interred  in  the  new  cemetery  in  Emly.   

Their  daughter   Elizabeth   ( Betty)   1942-2011  is  interred   at  this  burial   plot.

Their  daughter ,  Theresa  Steed  ( nee  Lonergan ) ,  died  in  Kent ,  UK  in  Sept  2012,

 Their  son  Timothy  John  Lonergan ( Timmy ),  aged  75 years,  died  on  the  11th  August  2016 in  Watford, UK .  He was  cremated  on  Friday  26th  August  2016  at  West  Herts  Crematorium,  High  Elms  Lane, Watford. 

Their son  James  S  lonergan , (1938-2021) of Riverside, Emly village, died on the 21-01-2021 and was interred  at this memorial on Sunday 24-01-2021. He was survived at the time of his death by his wife Breda, nee O'Toole, son James, daughter-in-law Michelle  and by his sibling  Ina. His funeral took place during Covid 19 restrictions.

Their daughter Christina  ( Ina )  O'Toole, nee Lonergan 1945-2023, died on the 5th Aug 2023 and is interred in Emly's new cemetery. Her obituary reads as follows :

O’Toole, (nee Lonergan), Christina ( Ina ) Drumsally, Cappamore, Co. Limerick and formerly of Emly, Co. Tipperary. Adored wife and mother, passed away peacefully on 5th August 2023 at the University Hospital Limerick surrounded by her loving family.

Predeceased by her parents and family. Deeply regretted by her devoted and loving husband Tom, children Ellen, Katrina, Martina and P.J and P.J's  partner Eilis, sons-in-law Robert Holmes and Bryan Regan, grandchildren, granddaughter Grace, grandsons Dylan, Jack, Robbie, David, Brian and Charlie, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces, cousins, relatives and friends.

Reposing at her home Drumsally on Friday, 11th August, from 4 to 8 p.m. Arrival on Saturday, 12th August, to St. Michael’s Church, Cappamore, for Requiem Mass at 11.30 a.m. and burial afterwards in Emly cemetery.

Siblings   of   James   Lonergan   (1897-1973)  were   Johanna   Lonergan  1890,  Ailbe  Lonergan   1892-1981, ( married   Bridget  Mitchell  1899-1984)  &   John   Lonergan  1895 -1980 , ( married   Mary  O’Reilly  1896-1944).

 NB.   See  related   information  for  memorial  numbers   0018  &  0079.