ERECTED BY
JOHN C BOURKE , COOLBOY ,
IN MEMORY OF
HIS PARENTS ,
BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
JOHN C BOURKE
DIED SEPT 16 1971.
HIS BROTHER , EDMOND C
DIED MARCH 4 1965.
HIS WIFE , HELENA BOURKE
DIED JAN 6 1990.
THEIR CHILDREN ,
EDMOND , JOAN , ANNE.
ALSO, HIS SISTERS ,
HANNIE DIED 1922.
BRIDGET C LYNCH
DIED MARCH 26 1941.
R.I.P.
Coolboy, Emly.
NB. The John C Bourke who had the stone erected and the John C Bourke who died in 1971 are the same person.
John C Bourke , (1875-1971) , known as Johnny (Mun) Bourke , born on the 12-07-1875 at Colboy, Emly to parents Edmond Bourke (1829-1903) & Mary Crowe (1839-1905) . John's siblings included William Bourke 1860, David 1863, Bridget 1866-1941, Mary 1868, Johanna 1869, Ellen 1872, William1874, Catherine 1877 & Edmond 1879 -1965.
Bridget Bourke (1866-1941) referred to here, married George Crean Lynch (1847-1939) in Rathmines RC, Dublin on the 02-04-1913 and resided at 40 Iona Crescent, Glasnevin, Dublin.
John C Bourke ( 1875-1971) married Helena Daly (1895-1990), daughter of Patrick Daly & Maria McCarthy of Ballygeagogue, Kilfinane, Co. Limerick on the 04-03-1919 in Kilfinane RC.
Their daughter Bridget Bourke, aged 95, died on the 23-11-2017 at the Shrewsbury nursing home, Clonliffe Rd, Dublin and was interred in this plot on Saturday the 25-11-2017, having been recently predeceased by her sister Theresa (Terry) who died in New Zealand.
Bridget Bourke,, at the time of her death, was survived by her sisters Helen , Sheila & Maisie ( Sr. Theresa)
A new headstone was erected to Bridget (1922-2017) to the left of this memorial some time after the cemetery survey was completed in 2016.
See memorials 0578 & 0579.