TS-EMOG-0494

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

ERECTED   BY

 THOMAS   MITCHELL 

OF   BARTOOSE , 

  IN  MEMORY  OF  HIS   FATHER  

DANIEL   MITCHELL   

DIED   13TH   MARCH   1900, 

AGED   70  YEARS  

AND  HIS  MOTHER 

ELIZA ,  NEE   SHEEHAN , 

DIED  19TH  MARCH   1902 , 

AGED   68  YEARS.

 

 R.I.P.

Memorial Type: 
Cross
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.462851666667
Longitude: 
-8.3511316666667
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Mitchell
Address: 
Bartoose
Name: 
Daniel
Surname: 
Mitchell
Date of birth - year: 
1830
Date of death - day: 
13
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1900
Age: 
70
Relationship with first person: 
Father
Name: 
Eliza
Surname: 
Mitchell
Date of birth - year: 
1834
Date of death - day: 
19
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1902
Age: 
68
Relationship with first person: 
Mother
Notes: 

Bartoose,  Emly.

Daniel Mitchell  (1828-1900), son of  James Mitchell  &  Ellen Ryan, married  Eliza Sheehan (1833-1902) in  Knocklong  &  Glenbrohane  parish , Co.  Limerick  on  the  04-3-1862.  

Their  children  were Bridget Mitchell  1863-1931,  James (Jim) 1864- 1921,  Ellen  1865,  Thomas  (Tom)  1867-1924,  William  (Bill) 1868-1943,  Elizabeth  (Lizzie) 1872  &   John  1873-1946.

Ellen Mitchell (1865 - )   married Cornelius Hanly, son of Denis Hanly, of Sologhead Beg, Co. Tipperary on the 20-04-1907 in St. Saviours RC in Limerick City.

Her sister, Elizabeth (Lizzie)  Mitchell  (1872 -  )  married  Timothy Kirby, son of Timothy Kirby of Mohane, Holycross, Co. Limerick on the 20-02-1912 in Emly RC.

NB. James Sarsfield (Jim) Mitchell ( 1864-1921)  was  a  renowned  athlete  and weight thrower.  He stood at over six feet and weighed sixteen stones.  

He was the original Irish Whale and a member of the Irish Invasion athletics team to the USA in 1888, where within four days of arriving there, he had smashed American bests for the hammer.

During his career, he won a total of 82  weight- throwing championship titles, including 17 Irish, 5 English, 20 US outdoor, 6 US indoor, 20 NY Metropolitan and 14 Canadian.

He was past his prime, when, at 40 years old, he won a bronze medal in the 56lbs hammer, representing the USA at the St. Louis Olympic Games in Sep 1904.

A fellow Irishman, John Flanagan (1868-1938), also representing the USA, won the silver medal in the same event. John also won the gold medal in the hammer in 1904, having done so at the 1900 Olympics and won  his third gold medal at the 1908 Olympics. John Flanagan was born in Kilbreedy East, Martinstown, Co. Limerick on the 28-01-1868 and died there on the 03-06-1938.

Jim Mitchell later became a sports writer with the New York Herald. He was born at Bartoose Emly on the 26-01-1864 and he died in NY on the 3rd July 1921. He was interred in the 1st Calvary cemetery, Greenpoint Avenue, Woodside, Queens, New York in Section 56, Plot 3, Grave 3.