LI-BFHO-0024

Record Date: 
28 April 2022
Graveyard: 
St. John the Baptist
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In Loving Memory 

Of 

Bridget Woods 

Main Street 

Hospital 

Died May 1942 

Her Son James

Died 3rd August 1972 

Mollie Woods (nee Canty) 

Died 4th July 1985 

Joseph Woods (Maestro) 

Died 28th December 1998 

Aged 50 Years 

Rest In Peace 

Woods 

 

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Limerick
Latitude: 
52.476141666667
Longitude: 
-8.4334555555556
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Bridget
Surname: 
Woods
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1942
Address: 
Main Street Hospital
Name: 
James
Surname: 
Woods
Date of death - day: 
3
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1972
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Mollie
Surname: 
Woods ( nee ) Canty
Date of death - day: 
4
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1985
Relationship with first person: 
Daugter - in - law
Name: 
Joseph
Surname: 
Woods ( Maestro )
Date of birth - year: 
1948
Date of death - day: 
28
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1998
Age: 
50
Relationship with first person: 
Grandson
Notes: 

NB. Patrick McCarthy 1818-1878 was a shopkeeper in Hospital, Co. Limerick and his son John 1852-1889 was a Primary School teacher who died of tuberculosis. Informant of John's death was his sister Bridget McCarthy abt.1858 -1942. See inscription on memorial TS-EMOG-0154 in Emly cemetery, Co. Tipperary on the historicgraves website

Bridget McCarthy, a shopkeeper in Hospital, married  John Woods 1857-1925, a shoemaker in Hospital, son of John Woods 1804-1873 & Ellen Slattery 1814-1900 on Feb 5th 1894 in Hospital RC.

Children born to John Woods and Bridget McCarthy were John Woods 1894, Patrick 1898-1910 &.James 1903-1972, Patrick Woods, aged 12, died of tuberculosis.

James Woods 1903-1972, married Mary ( Mollie ) Canty 1918-1985, daughter of James Canty 1886-1972 & Hannah ( Hannie ) Brogan 1886-1962 of Knocklong, Co. Limerick on Apr 30th 1940 in Glenbrohane RC, Co. Limerick. A son of their's, Joseph Woods died Dec 28th 1998, aged 50 yrs.

NB.Bridget Woods (nee) McCarthy died on May 12th 1942. Age at death was recorded as 87 yrs by her daughter- in - law Mary ( Mollie ) Woods, nee Canty. Bridget's husband John Woods died Feb 27th 1925 in Croom Hospital, Co. Limerick due to complications from a compound fracture of his femur. He was born in Apr 1857.

Siblings of John Woods 1857-1925 were Thomas  1842-1918, Denis 1845 & James 1849-1913