TS-EMOG-0403

Record Date: 
19 January 2016
Graveyard: 
Emly
Exact wording of epitaph: 

PRAY   FOR   THE   SOUL 

OF

 JOHN  CREAGH  OF  EMLY,

DIED  12TH SEPT 1903,

AGED  70 YEARS. 

ALSO,  HIS  WIFE, 

MARY  CREAGH,   NEE  DALY, 

DIED  29TH NOV  1902,

AGED   58  YEARS 

AND  THEIR  THREE  DAUGTERS , 

JOHANNA,  KATE  AND   HANORA.

Memorial Type: 
Celtic Cross
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.46294
Longitude: 
-8.3514333333333
Number of people commemorated: 
5
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Creagh
Date of birth - year: 
1833
Date of death - day: 
12
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1903
Age: 
70
Address: 
Emly
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Creagh
Date of birth - year: 
1844
Date of death - day: 
29
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1902
Age: 
58
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Johanna
Surname: 
Creagh
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Name: 
Kate
Surname: 
Creagh
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Name: 
Hanora
Surname: 
Creagh
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Notes: 

NB. John  Creagh  (1833-1903) was a publican & blacksmith  in  Emly village.  His wife was Mary Daly (1844-1902). They were married in Emly RC on the 23rd Jan 1861.

Their children included  Johanna Creagh (1862-1874), Kate (1864-1865), Lawrence (1866-1932), Maryanne 1868, Hanora (1870-1871), Edmond (1872-1936), John 1874 & Bartholomew (1884-1942).

The youngest  son, Bartholomew  (Bart) Creagh 1884-1942, a priest, was PP in Swords, Co. Dublin  during  the  1930’s.

His brother, Edmond  Creagh  (1872-1936) married Margaret  Coffey, daughter of  Cornelius Coffey & Mary Allen of Newport, Co. Tipperary on the 8th Jan 1913 in St Joseph's RC, Limerick City.

Children born to them in Emly  included  Bartholomew Creagh  1915, Cornelius Joseph 1918 & Lawrence 1920.