CO-CRCH-0002

Record Date: 
10 November 2020
Graveyard: 
St. Mary's, Castletownroche
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Pray for
T.P.Keenan
(stage name
Tommy Conway)
1866 - 1927
R.I.P.
Author, Composer,
Hello Patsy Fagan
Boys from Co. Armagh
Old Rustic Bridge by
The Mill.etc .etc. 
Erected by
local friends
and nephews,
nieces in Dublin

Memorial Type: 
Open book
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
52.173205249992
Longitude: 
-8.4618183100036
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Hickey's Fermoy Co. Cork
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
T.P.
Surname: 
Keenan
Date of birth - year: 
1866
Date of death - year: 
1927
Age: 
61
Notes: 

''The Old Rustic Bridge by the Mill,''composed by T P Keenan is synonymous with Castletownroche. Keenan was an all round performer, providing all all his own material when he toured the country doing the circuits of music halls. While in Castletownroche with his company in 1927, Tommy got pneumonia and died.