I.H.S.
ERECTED BY
MICHAEL WALSH , BALLINAMONA ,
IN SACRED MEMORY OF
HIS BELOVED FATHER ,
THOMAS WALSH ,
DIED 28TH MARCH 1879,
AGED 49 YEARS.
ALSO, HIS BELOVED SISTER ,
MARY FINN , ALIAS WALSH ,
DIED 1ST JULY 1901, AGED 34 YEARS.
ALSO, HIS DEARLY LOVED SISTER ,
BRIDGET CRANLEY , ALIAS WALSH ,
DIED 21ST MARCH 1910, AGED 40 YEARS.
MICHAEL FINN , BOHERNORE ,
DIED JUNE 26 1951.
HIS SON ,
MICHAEL, DIED DEC 21 1989.
MAY GOD REST ALL THEIR SOULS.
A kerbed cross.
NB. Ballinamona, a townland in both Galbally & Hospital, Co. Limerick parishes.
Bohernore , Knocklong parish.
Thomas Walsh married Ellen McAuliffe in Bulgaden RC on the 09-02-1861. Their son , Michael Walsh who had this headstone erected, was born in 1862.
Their daughter Mary Walsh (1866-1901) married John Finn (1862-1938) , a railway miles man. Children born to them were Margaret Finn 1889, Thomas 1891, James 1892, Michael 1894-1951, John 1895, Ellen 1897, William 1899 & Mary 1901. This Finn family lived in Knocklong West , Knocklong, Co. Limerick.
Bridget Walsh (1868-1910) married Co, Cork born farm caretaker James Cranley in St. Augustine RC , Limerick City on the 30-04-1907.
Children born to them were Anne Cranley 1908 & Thomas 1910. This Cranley family lived in Dromin North , Dromin , Co. Limerick.
James Cranley was born in 1858 in Killaclug , Ballyarthur , Mitchelstown , Co. Cork to parents Timothy Cranley & Anne Corbett.
NB. Michael Finn (1894 - 1951) was recorded as being a turf accountant ( bookmaker ) at the time of his death.