TS-EMOG-0079

Record Date: 
25 May 2015
Graveyard: 
Emly
Exact wording of epitaph: 

TO  THE  MEMORY  OF

JOHN  LONERGAN,  EMLY,

DIED  25TH  APRIL  1980, AGED  84  YRS.

HIS  WIFE, MARY  ( NEE O’REILLY),

DIED  2ND  JULY  1944, AGED  48  YRS,

INTERRED AT  KNOCKANEY.  

THEIR  DAUGHTER,  ELLEN   RYAN

DIED 24TH  JULY  1983,  AGED  49  YRS.

THEIR  SON,  PATRICK, DIED  5TH  JAN  1966 ,

LATE  OF  CORK. 

MICHAEL  RYAN, KILROSS,

(HUSBAND  OF   ELLEN)  

DIED   8TH  JUNE  2013, AGED  84  YRS.

 REST  IN  PEACE.

 OUR LADY OF KNOCK PRAY FOR THEM

 ERECTED BY THEIR FAMILY.

Memorial Type: 
Kerbed stone/memorial
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.462918305556
Longitude: 
-8.3519283055556
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Hanley - Emly
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
5
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Lonergan
Date of birth - year: 
1896
Date of death - day: 
25
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1980
Age: 
84
Address: 
Emly
Relationship with first person: 
Self
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Lonergan (nee) O'Reilly
Date of birth - year: 
1896
Date of death - day: 
2
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1944
Age: 
48
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Ellen
Surname: 
Ryan ( nee ) Lonergan
Date of birth - year: 
1934
Date of death - day: 
24
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1983
Age: 
49
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Name: 
Patrick
Surname: 
Lonergan
Date of death - day: 
5
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1996
Address: 
Cork
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Ryan
Date of birth - year: 
1929
Date of death - day: 
8
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
2013
Age: 
84
Address: 
Kilross
Relationship with first person: 
Son - in - law
Notes: 

NB.  Knockaney, Co. Limerick.

NB.  Kilross, Co. Tipperary.

NB.  Cork City, Co. Cork.

Ailbe  (Elly) Lonergan  married Mary Farrell in Emly RC, Co. Tipperary on the 13th Nov 1889. Their children included  Johanna Lonergan 1890, Ailbe 1892-1981, John 1895-1980 ( of this memorial ) & James 1897-1973.

John Lonergan 1895-1980, a shopkeeper, butcher & postman  married  Mary O’Reilly 1893-1944, daughter of Patrick O’Reilly 1866-1938 & Mary Riordan 1854-1937 of Ballinscaula, Bulgaden, Co. Limerick on the 14th Apr 1926 in Emly RC, Co. Tipperary.

Their children included Mary ( Maura ) Lonergan 1927-2010, Johanna ( Jo ), 1928-2023, John ( Jackie ) 1932-2003, Ellen ( Nell ) 1933-1983, Patrick ( Paddy ) 1935-1996 & Brigid  (Bridie ) 1939.

Maura Lonergan 1927-2010 joined the Presentation Sisters and was known as Sr. Perpetua. She died in Kilcock, Co. Kildare and is interred in Mainham  cemetery in Clane, Co. Kildare.

Jackie Lonergan 1932-2003, a shopkeeper & butcher at Main St. Emly is interred in Emly’s new cemetery.

Nell Lonergan 1933-1983 married Michael Ryan 1929-2013 of Kilross, Co. Tipperary.

Jo Lonergan 1928-2023, married  Patrick Cahill. She died on the 27th Feb 2023 in Rushbrooke, Cobh, Co. Cork. Her obituary reads as follows :

Johanna ( Jo ) Cahill ( née Lonergan ) of  Rushbrooke, Cobh, Co. Cork  / Emly, Co.Tipperary died at  Cobh Community Hospital on the 27th of February 2023. Beloved wife of the late Patrick Cahill.

 Deeply mourned by her sister Bridie O' Connor (Newport, Wales), sons Diarmuid and John, daughters in law Patricia and Margie, grandchildren Jennifer, Fiona, Patrick, Jack, Evelyn and great-grandchildren Elaine, Alison and Diarmúid, her nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews.

 Jo will repose at her home in Rushbrooke, Cobh, Co. Cork on the 28th of February 2023, from 5.30pm to 8pm. Removal from her home at 11.15am on Wednesday, the 1st of March 2023, for Requiem Mass in Cobh Cathedral at 12pm, followed by burial in St Colman's cemetery.

  NB.   See related information for memorial numbers  0018  &  0607 in this cemetery and memorial LI-SMKY-0073 in St Mary's cemetery in Knockainy, Co. Limerick