LI-SMKY-0236

Record Date: 
29 March 2016
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN  MEMORY  OF

CHRISTOPHER  HEFFERNAN

GORTACLOONA

DIED  FEB  17th  1941

HIS  SON  EDMOND  ( NED )

DIED  OCT  17  1990

AGED  64  YRS

INTERRED  AT

WINCHCOMBE   CHELTENHAM

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Latitude: 
52.472853055556
Longitude: 
-8.4731380555556
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Christopher
Surname: 
Heffernan
Date of death - day: 
17
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1941
Address: 
Gortacloona
Relationship with first person: 
Self
Name: 
Edmond ( Ned )
Surname: 
Heffernan
Date of death - day: 
17
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1990
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Notes: 

Christopher  Heffernan  was  born  on the 15th Jan 1901 in Monemore, Emly, Co. Tipperary to parents  Edmond  Heffernan (1838-1909) a farm labourer  and his wife  Catherine  Kelly (1855-1924). He was the youngest of eight boys and six girls.

He married  Catherine O'Brien  (1903-1993)  on the 27th Jan 1926 in Ballylanders RC, Co. Limerick. Catherine was born on the 8th Aug 1903 in Kilgarriff, Ballylanders, Co. Limerick to parents William O'Brien & Margaret O'Gorman.

Their son  Edmond  (Ned) Heffernan (1926-1990), who is recorded at this memorial was born on the 8th Sep 1926. 

Christopher  Heffernan  died , aged 40 of tuberculosis.  His widow  Catherine remarried  to Denis  Hinchy  in  Ballylanders  RC, Co. Limerick  on the 30th Sept 1945. She is interred at the adjacent memorial 0235.