I.H.S.
ERECTED BY
JOHANNA KENNEY
OF HOSPITAL ,
IN MEMORY OF
HER MOTHER , MARY O’BRIEN WHO
DIED JUNE 24TH 1867, AGED 60 YEARS.
ALSO, HER SISTER ,
ELLEN COLLINS , ALIAS O’BRIEN ,
DIED DEC 26TH 1874, AGED 28.
DAUGHTER , MARY KENNEY
DIED APRIL 3rd 1878, AGED 10 YEARS
NB. Hospital , Co. Limerick.
This stone is lying flat on the ground and is broken in two sections.
NB. Johanna Kenney / Kenny . nee O’Brien (1835-1888), daughter of Emly shopkeeper Laurence O’Brien & Mary Sheehan , married Hospital butcher Bonaventure Kenny (1827-1895) , son of Bonaventure Kenny & Mary Regan in Emly RC on the 22-02-1862.
Children born to Bonaventure Kenny & Johanna O’Brien in Hospital , Co. Limerick , included, Patrick Kenny 1864-1868, Mary (1867 -1876), recorded here, Catherine 1869-1877, Johanna 1873-1873, Ellen 1875-1879, Robert 1877-1957, Joseph 1878 & Mary Johanna 1880-1891.
Ellen O’Brien (1846-1874), ), daughter of Emly shopkeeper Laurence O’Brien & Mary Sheehan , married Emly shopkeeper Jeremiah Collins on the 15-02-1873 in Emly RC and died some eleven months later of consumption. Jeremiah Collins remarried on the 21-01-1875 in Emly RC to Mary Anne Crowe.
Robert Kenny (1877 - 1957 ) , a hardware shop assistant and son of Hospital butcher Bonaventure Kenny (1827-1895) & Johanna O’Brien (1835-1888), married Julia Murphy (1876 - 1939 ) , daughter of Ballynaveen , Emly farmer Timothy Murphy & Bridget Ryan in St. Saviours RC Limerick City on the 18-01-1905. Children born to Robert Kenny and Julia included James 1908, Johanna 1910, Timothy Joseph 1914 & Joseph 1917.
Joseph Kenny (1878 - ) , a carpenter and son of Hospital butcher Bonaventure Kenny (1827-1895) & Johanna O’Brien (1835-1888), married Ellen (Helena) Lavery (1882 - ) , daughter of Ballinard , Herbertstown , Co. Limerick farmer Philip Lavery & Bridget Carmody in Herbertstown RC on the 21-06-1905. Children born to Joseph Kenny and Helena included Michael Joseph 1907, Philip Francis 1908 , Robert Anthony 1910 , Patrick Gerard 1912 , Bridget Teresa 1913 & Johanna 1914.
Hospital butcher , Bonaventure Kenny (1827-1895) had a younger brother John , born 1830 and he was also a butcher . He married Bridget Connell. Children born in Hospital to John Kenny & Bridget included Patrick 1861, Bonaventure 1863, Mary 1866, Margaret 1869, Elizabeth 1871 & Bridget 1875-1880.
Death record for Bridget Kenny , nee Connell at Millfarm , Hospital on the 11-01-1910, states that she was a married butcher’s wife, aged 85. Informant of her death was her son -in-law, Timothy Ryan , husband of her daughter Elizabeth (1871 - ). Timothy Ryan , was a hawker and a son of tailor Timothy Ryan and he married Elizabeth Kenny in Hospital RC on the 15-06-1895. Children born to them included Timothy Ryan 1897 & Bridget 1899.