LI-KLFN-0073

Record Date: 
16 May 2012
Graveyard: 
Kilfinnane Old
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In Loving Memory Of
ROSE MARY DOWNES
WEST END, KILFINANE
DIED DEC. 2-1973.
HER HUSBAND JOHN DOWNES
DIED APRIL 6-1976.
CATHERINE MARSHALL
DIED 20. JAN. 1994, AGED 73 YRS.
MICHAEL DOWNES
DIED 17. NOV. 1995, AGED 62 YRS.
R.I.P.

DOWNES

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Limerick
Latitude: 
52.359771944444
Longitude: 
-8.4677747222222
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Rose Mary
Surname: 
Downes
Date of death - day: 
2
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1973
Address: 
West End, Kilfinane
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Downes
Date of death - day: 
6
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1976
Relationship with first person: 
Husband
Name: 
Catherine
Surname: 
Marshall
Date of death - day: 
20
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1994
Age: 
73
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Downes
Date of death - day: 
17
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1995
Age: 
62
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

Rose Mary Hannan (1900-1973), daughter of Timothy Hannan (1874-1936) & Catherine Sullivan (1878-1930) married John Downes (1897-1976) son of Michael Downes (1868-1943) & Henrietta O'Dea (1873-1916) on the 07-01-1933 in Kilfinane RC, Co. Limerick.

John Downes (1897-1976) was a brother of Henry Downes (1901-1964) of the adjacent memorial 0074. Other siblings of John Downes remembered at  memorial 0074 are Michael 1896-1965, Margaret 1908 -1980, Mary 1894-1985 & Ellen ( Nell ) 1903-1986.

Their brother Charles (Charlie) Downes 1899-1990 eloped and married Catherine (Kitty) Condon 1903-1948, daughter of Paul Condon (1860-1911) a tailor and Elizabeth Dunne (1864 -  ) of Kilfinane  on the 07-08-1929 in St Munchins RC, Limerick City.

Charlie Downes was a plasterer by trade. He and his wife Kitty lived at 9 Gibbons Tce, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. They had four children, John Downes 1930-1948. Charles 1931-1996, Elizabeth (Betty) 1933-2019 &  Nuala P  1941-2017.

John Downes (1930-1948) died as a result of a construction accident in Balbriggan. His mother Kitty's death at 44 years old in 1948 was due to meningitis from bowel toxaemia. They and Charlie (1899-1990) were  interred in St Peter & Pauls cemetery, Naul Rd, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.

See memorials LI-KLFN-0064, LI-KLFN-0124, LI-KLFN-0125 & LI-KLFN-0126 for siblings  of  Catherine (Kitty) Downes, nee Condon (1903-1948)