ERECTED BY
KATIE KEATING , NEE RYAN ,
IN MEMORY OF
HER HUSBAND
WILLIAM KEATING
OF EMLY CROSS,
DIED 20TH SEPT 1917
AND HIS WIFE
KATIE KEATING
DIED OCT 1ST 1923.
A kerbed & railed Celtic cross.
NB. The Katie Keating referred to twice is the same person and was the daughter of farmer William Ryan & his wife Johanna Ryan of Gurteen, Emly. She was born in 1873.
NB. William Keating had a pub in Tulla in 1911 Census. This premises was later owned by Bradshaws, Mick Hanly and the current owner is Billy O’Donnell of O’Donnell Engineering.
William Keating was the son of farmer Edmond Keating and his wife Bridget Humphries of Cullen, Co. Tipperary.