LI-SMKY-0034

Record Date: 
29 March 2016
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IHS

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

JOHN CLEARY, RATHANEY

DIED MARCH 21, 1986

AGED 70 YEARS

also his parents and sisters

his wife, MARGARET,  Maggie

DIED JAN 11, 1996, AGED 75 YRS

his brother,  BOBBIE CLEARY

DIED AUG. 31, 1993. AGED 76 YRS

R.I.P.

ERECTED BY HIS WIFE MAGGIE

CLEARY

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Latitude: 
52.472801388889
Longitude: 
-8.4739730555556
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
JOHN
Surname: 
CLEARY
Date of death - day: 
21
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1986
Age: 
70
Address: 
RATHANEY
Name: 
MARGARET
Surname: 
Cleary
Date of death - day: 
11
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1996
Age: 
75
Relationship with first person: 
WIFE
Name: 
BOBBIE
Surname: 
CLEARY
Date of death - day: 
31
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1993
Age: 
76
Relationship with first person: 
BROTHER
Notes: 

James Cleary (Abt 1818-1881), a tailor, married Catherine Frawley (Abt 1832-1893 in Bulgaden parish, Co. Limerick on the 24-11-1855. Their children included Robert Cleary 1858, Johanna 1864, Mary 1867 & James 1870-1943.

James Cleary (1870-1943) was born in Bottomstown, Knockainy, Co. Limerick on the 06-09-1870. He worked as a groom & gardener for the Rev Michael Hourigan, PP of Knockainy in the 1901 & 1911 census. He married Hannie Healy, daughter of Michael Healy on the 10-02-1915 in Knockainy RC.

Children of James Cleary (1870-1943) & Hannie Healy included  John (Jack) Cleary (1915 -1986), Robert (Bobbie) 1916-1993, both of this memorial, James (Jimmy) 1919-1996 & Mary 1920-1955, who are both recorded at memorial 0016 in this cemetery.

John (Jack) Cleary 1915-1986, married  Margaret (Maggie)  Meade 1920-1996 on the 02-07-1940 in Hospital RC, Co. Limerick. Maggie was born in Elton, Co. Limerick to parents Michael Meade & Bridget Murnane who were married on the 28-02-1911 in Knocklong RC, Co. Limerick

Teresa (Teasie) Brennan, nee Cleary, 1951-2022, of Farran, Emly, Co. Tipperary, a daughter of John (Jack) Cleary 1915-1986 & Maggie Meade (1920-1996) was interred at this memorial on Tuesday 08-02-2022. Her two brothers, who predeceased her, Ronnie Cleary on the 31-07-2010 & Michael (Patsy) on the 28-08-2017 were both interred in the new cemetery, adjacent to St Marys Church in Knockainy.

The obituary of Teresa (Teasie) Brennan 1951-2022 reads as follows :

Teresa  (Teasie) Brennan, née ( Cleary ), Farran , Emly, Co. Tipperary, on the 5th Feb 2022. Predeceased by her parents John and Margaret, by brothers, Patsy and Ronnie. Deeply regretted by her loving husband Paddy, daughters Louise and Nollaig, son Patrick, sisters Bridget, Mary, Joanie, Peggy and Bernie, brothers Jimmy, Bobby and Joe, son-in-law John, daughter-in-law Francesca, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, grandchildren, Amy, Andy, David, Emmet, Teddy, Rosa, nephews, nieces, cousins, neighbours, relatives and friends.

Reposing at her residence at Farran (E34 KW96) Monday evening from 4-6pm. Teresa's funeral cortége will leave her residence Tuesday morning at 11am for 11.30am Mass in St. Ailbe's Church, Emly. Burial afterwards in Knockainy (The Hill ) cemetery, Co. Limerick.

Teasie's  brother James (Jimmy) Cleary 1940-2022, the eldest of the family, died aged 81, on the 2nd June 2022 and was cremated at Shannon Crematorium on the 6th June 2022

Teasie's sister  Mary  McCormack 1950-2023, wife of  Eddie McCormack ( decd  Feb 2019 ) died on the 15th Jan 2023 and was interred in Hospital cemetery, Co. Limerick. Her obituary reads as follows :

Mary McCormack, (nee) Cleary, late of Galtee View, Hospital, Co. Limerick and formerly London died on the 15th of January 2023, peacefully at University Hospital Limerick. Predeceased by her son Paul, sister Teasie, sister in law Rita, brothers Jimmy, Patsy and Ronnie and brother in law Padjo.

Deeply regretted by her son Patrick, daughter Caroline, grandsons Conor and Ruairi, granddaughters Chloe and Ruby, sisters Bridget, Joanie, Peggy and Bernie, brothers Bobby and Joe, brothers-in-law, sisters in law, nephews, nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces, relatives and many friends.

Reposing at her residence on Tuesday evening Jan 17th  from 5-7pm. Funeral Mass on Wednesday Jan 18th  at St John the Baptist Church Hospital, Co. Limerick at 11.30 am, with burial immediately afterwards in the adjoining cemetery.

NB. See memorial LI-SMKY-0016 in this cemetery and memorial TS-EMOG-0046 in Emly cemetery, Co. Tipperary on the historic graves website.