ERECTED
BY
JAMES REORDAN ,
EMLY ,
IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER ,
WILLIAM REORDAN,
DIED JANY 1839, AGED 48 YRS.
HIS MOTHER,
MARY REORDAN , ALIAS RYAN ,
DIED JANY 1867, AGED 86 YRS.
ALSO , HIS CHILDREN ,
BRIDGET , JOHANNA ,
WILLIAM & MARY.
LUCY HENNESSY 1902-1904,
ANNIE HENNESSY 1905-1926,
JOHANNA HENNESSY 1869-1964,
KATHLEEN HENNESSY 1909-1967,
DENNIS HENNESSY 1904-1981.
R.I.P.
NB. Reordan / Reardon / Riordan.
This family lived next door to James Higgins’s Hotel in Emly which later became the Golden Thatch, owned by the Mulhall family.
James Reardon (1829-1905), son of William Reardon & Mary Ryan , married Johanna Carroll (1828-1902) in Emly RC in 1854. Their children were Ellen Reardon 1855, Bridget 1857, Mary 1859, Anne 1864, William 1866 & Johanna (1869-1964).
Johanna Reardon (1869-1964), married Patrick Hennessy in Emly RC on the 19-01-1895. Patrick Hennessy, a painter , was born in Cullen, Co. Tipperary in 1872 to parents James Hennessy , a tailor and his wife Mary Lovett. Patrick Hennessy, like his father-in-law, James Reardon , became an egg dealer .
Children of Patrick Hennessy & Johanna Reardon were Mary Hennessy 1897, James 1897, John 1898-1966, Johanna 1899, William 1901, Lucy 1902-1902, Patrick 1903, Dennis 1904, Annie 1905, Kathleen 1909 & Timothy 1910.
John Hennessy (1898-1966) married Mary O’Carroll and their daughter Mary Ann , known as Marian (1929-2013) married John O’ Kelly (1934-1980), son of Ailbe O’Kelly & Lucy Crowe of Drumcomogue, Emly.
NB. The Johanna Reordan and the Johanna Hennessy (1869-1964) that are recorded are the same person and a daughter of James Reordan (1829 – 1905)
NB. See related information for memorial numbers 0528 & 0567.