TS-EMOG-0581

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

IN   LOVING   MEMORY   OF

 JOHANNA    BIRRANE ,  

MAIN   ST.   EMLY , 

DIED   MARCH   19   1962.  

HER   HUSBAND ,  GERALD   BIRRANE   

DIED   JUNE   16  1973.  

THEIR  SON ,   GERARD    BIRRANE   

DIED   DECEMBER   21   1988.  

THEIR  SON  – IN - LAW ,  

ROBERT   ( BOBBY )    BOURKE   

DIED    NOVEMBER    20   2013.

 

 MAY   THEY   REST    IN    PEACE.

Memorial Type: 
Kerbed stone/memorial
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.462636666667
Longitude: 
-8.3508716666667
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Hanley - Emly
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Johanna
Surname: 
Birrane
Date of death - day: 
19
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1962
Address: 
Main St. Emly
Name: 
Gerald
Surname: 
Birrane
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1973
Relationship with first person: 
Husband
Name: 
Gerard
Surname: 
Birrane
Date of death - day: 
21
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1988
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Robert
Surname: 
Bourke
Date of death - day: 
20
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
2013
Relationship with first person: 
Son - in - law
Notes: 

Farmer ,  Thomas   Birrane ,  his  wife ,  Hanora   Fitzgerald   and   their  three  surviving  children ,   Thomas   1887,  Gerald  1890-1973  &  Mary  Kate  1892-1981,  were  living  in  Park ,   Galbally ,   Co.   Limerick   in  the   1911   census.   Their  other   child   Johanna  (1888-1891) had   died   of  a  brain   concussion.

Gerald   Birrane  (1890-1973) , married Johanna Leahy in St. Michaels RC, Limerick City on the 25-04-1923. Gerald  had  a  hardware  shop  in   Emly ,  which  was  later  purchased  by  Michael   Reidy  and  is  presently   owned   by   John   McGrath   of   McGrath  Oil.  

 In  the  censuses   of   1901 &  1911 ,   this  premises  was  owned  by  Cappawhite,  Co.  Tipperary   native,   Patrick  H   McGrath  and   his   Donohill ,  Co.  Tipperary   born  wife   Mary   Breen.   Mary   Breen’s   widowed    mother ,   Margaret ,  nee   Lonergan,  remarried  to  John   Adams,  son  of   James  Adams   of   Chancellorsland,  Emly  in  1873. 

John  Adams  died  on the  09-06-1907  and  his  widow   Margaret   went  to  live with  her  daughter   Mary  and  her  son-in-law   Patrick  H  McGrath  at   Main  St   Emly.   The  McGrath  family  were  living  at  Henry  St  Tipperary   in  July  1919, when   Margaret  Adams   died.

NB.   Robert   (Bobby )   Beary   Bourke   was  the  husband   of   Gerald   Birrane’s   daughter   Nora.

See   related   information   for    memorial   numbers   0227   &   0228.

NB.   See  also  related   information   for   memorial   numbers   0655,  0656,  0657  &   0007.