I.H.S.
ERECTED BY DANIEL KIRBY
IN MEMORY OF
HIS BELOVED FATHER ,
MAURICE KIRBY OF EMLY ,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MAY 1ST 1864, AGED 60 YEARS.
JOHN KIRBY DIED 1916.
MARGARET DIED 1944.
MAURICE DIED 1958.
MARY DIED 1966.
R.I.P.
NB. Inscription on back of stone is Maurice Kirby.
Recorded in the 1901 & 1911 censuses for Emly village , are widow Mary Kirby and her family.
In 1901 , her son John is a victualler , Maurice is a postman and her daughters Margaret & Mary are dressmakers. The deceased father, Daniel Kirby was also a victualler.
This premises , later became a drapery business under Mary Kirby (1880-1968).
Daniel Kirby, son of Maurice Kirby (1804-1864) & Mary Ryan, married Mary Barry in Knocklong RC, County Limerick on the 23-02-1865.
Children born to them were John Kirby 1866-1921, Maurice 1867-1958, Daniel 1869-1938 , Margaret 1871-1944, twins Patrick 1880-1880 & Mary 1880-1968. None of them married.
Daniel Kirby (1869-1938) was ordained a priest in France on Oct 28th 1893 and emigrated to the USA in November 1904 and was pastor of the Holy Rosary Church in Lowellville, Ohio. He died on the 3rd December 1938 and was interred in Calvary cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mary Kirby, nee Barry, died on the 17-11-1912. Age recorded at death was 69.
Children of Maurice Kirby (1804-1864) & Mary Ryan who emigrated to the USA and settled in Cleveland, Ohio included John Kirby (1830-1919) who married Bridget Woods, his sister Margaret Kirby (1836-1918) who married James Hayes & their sister Catherine Kirby (1838-1931) who married firstly to Laurence Mulligan and secondly to John H Murphy.