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KK-CONA-125
Record Date:
14 January 2013
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MATTHEW DOWNEY DIED JUNE 1923
HIS WIFE JULIA DIED OCT. 1944
AND THEIR DAUGHTER
MARY CONNERY DIED JUNE 1959
HIS BROTHER JOHN DIED SEPT. 1924
HIS SON JOHN DIED JULY 1978
HIS DAUGHTER BRIDIE DOWNEY
DIED DEC. 1991
R. I. P.
Number of people commemorated:
6
People commemorated:
Name:
Matthew
Surname:
Downey
Date of death - month:
June
Date of death - year:
1923
Name:
JULIA
Surname:
DOWNEY
Date of death - month:
October
Date of death - year:
1944
Relationship with first person:
WIFE
Name:
MARY
Surname:
CONNERY nee DOWNEY
Date of death - month:
June
Date of death - year:
1959
Relationship with first person:
DAUGHTER
Name:
JOHN
Surname:
DOWNEY
Date of death - month:
September
Date of death - year:
1924
Relationship with first person:
BROTHER
Name:
JOHN
Surname:
DOWNEY
Date of death - month:
July
Date of death - year:
1978
Relationship with first person:
SON
Name:
BRIDIE
Surname:
DOWNEY
Date of death - month:
December
Date of death - year:
1991
Relationship with first person:
DAUGHTER
Notes:
THESE DOWNEYS WERE KNOWN AS THE "MATTIES" AFTER MATTHEW DOWNEY. JOHN WAS THE OLDEST SON , KNOWN AS "JOHNNY THE ONE HAND", SO THE PLACE FELL TO MATTHEW.. JOHNNY THE ONE HAND LIVED NEAR THE P.P.'S HOUSE ON THE SHANGANNAGH ROAD.
ON GRIFFITH VALUATION THEY ARE REGISTERED UNDER JOHN DOWNEY, BRACKEN.
JOHN DOWNEY (SON) WAS KNOWN AS "JACK MATTIE", AND THUS THE REST OF THE FAMILY
