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RO-KLBG-0237
Record Date:
14 May 2016
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN FLYNN LIBERTY
DIED 12 APRIL 1921 AGED 85 YRS
HIS WIFE BRIDGET
DIED 3 FEB 1918 AGED 79 YRS
HIS SON PATRICK DIED
JUNE 14 1900 AGED 22 YRS
ALSO JAMES FLYNN DIED
13 MARCH 1963 AGED 82 YRS
HIS WIFE EMILY DIED
19 MARCH 1960 AGED 75 YRS
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-BASE OF STONE-
THEIR SONS
DONEY DIED 24 APRIL 2002
FR. JAMES DIED 18 JUNE 2001
(INTERRED IN PHILIPPINES)
Memorial Type:
Celtic Cross
Number of people commemorated:
7
People commemorated:
Name:
John
Surname:
Flynn
Date of death - day:
12
Date of death - month:
April
Date of death - year:
1921
Age:
85
Address:
Liberty
Name:
Bridget
Surname:
Flynn [née Daly]
Date of death - day:
3
Date of death - month:
February
Date of death - year:
1918
Age:
79
Relationship with first person:
Wife
Name:
Patrick
Surname:
Flynn
Date of death - day:
14
Date of death - month:
June
Date of death - year:
1900
Age:
22
Relationship with first person:
Son
Name:
James
Surname:
Flynn
Date of death - day:
13
Date of death - month:
March
Date of death - year:
1963
Age:
82
Relationship with first person:
Son
Name:
Emily
Surname:
Flynn [née Murphy]
Date of death - day:
19
Date of death - month:
March
Date of death - year:
1960
Age:
75
Relationship with first person:
Daughter in law
Name:
Doney
Surname:
Flynn
Date of death - day:
24
Date of death - month:
April
Date of death - year:
2002
Relationship with first person:
Grand-son
Title:
Fr
Name:
James
Surname:
Flynn
Date of death - day:
18
Date of death - month:
June
Date of death - year:
2001
Address:
Interred in the Philippines
Relationship with first person:
Grand-son
Notes:
The address for this headstone is Tobberaheen & Liberty.
John Flynn, Tobberaheen born 1836 to parents Michael & Betty Flynn. John married Bridget Daly, Camcloon-born 1839. They married about 1857 & moved to Liberty. They were parents to 12 children: Mary, Elizabeth, Daniel, Kate, John, Anne, Margaret, Thomas, Patrick, James, Michael & Bridget.
James Flynn's wife Emily was nee Murphy from Mountbolus, Co. Tipperary. They got married on the 6th Sept 1917. They were parents to five children: Jackie, Donie, Fr. Jimmy, Bridget & Mary.
Fr. Jimmy Flynn was son of James Flynn & Emily Murphy born on the 8th January 1915.He was ordained on the 15th August 1948 in the Columban Order and assigned to the Phillipines where he ministered for the rest of his life in Mildanao. Fr Jimmy died 18th June 2001 and is interred in Cagayan de Oro, Phillipines.
Bridget Harvey nee Flynn (Daughter of James & Emily Murphy), England died in 2020.Her ashes were interred in the family plot on the 2nd June 2023.
1901 Census:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Roscommon/Ballydangan/L...
1911 Census:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Roscommon/Ballydangan/L...
