I.H.S.
ERECTED BY
JOHN MACKEY
OF CASTLEFARM,
IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER,
TIMOTHY MACKEY,
WHO DIED MAY 29 1867,
AGED 85 YEARS.
ALSO, HIS MOTHER,
CATHERINE MACKEY,
DIED JUNE 26 1881,
AGED 85 YEARS.
HIS SISTER, MARY MACKEY
DIED OCTOBER 7 1882,
AGED 45 YEARS.
REQUIESCANT IN PACE.
NB. Castlefarm is in Hospital parish, Co. Limerick.
See memorials 0344 & 0345 for possible Mackey family connections.
John Mackey , who erected this memorial was born in Hospital parish, Co. Limerick in Jun 1831 and died at Castlefarm, Hospital on the 8th Sept 1917. He married Ellen Ryan (1834-1903) in Kilteely parish, Co. Limerick on the 29th Jan 1861. Ellen died at Castlefarm, Hospital on the 28th Mar 1903.
Children born to them were Julia Mackey (1863-1875), Mary (1865-1939), Catherine (Kate) (1868 -1947), Timothy (1871-1881) & William (1874-1939).
Catherine (Kate) Mackey (1868-1947) , married farmer & widower William Kiely of Cauteen, Ballykisteen, Co. Tipperary on the 28th Jul 1915 in Hospital RC, Co. Limerick. She was the only one of her siblings that married.