LI-TMBN-0081

Record Date: 
22 March 2022
Graveyard: 
Templebredon
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN  LOVING  MEMORY  OF

EDMOND  O'DONNELL

GARRYDOOLIS,  PALLASGREEN

DIED  MARCH  1944

HIS  WIFE  BRIDGET

DIED  FEB  1968

THEIR  DAUGHTER

HANNAH   WHELAN

DIED  20  DEC  2003,  AGED  73  YEARS

THEIR  DAUGHTER

MARY  ANN  DARMODY

DIED  17  JULY  2016,  AGED  77  YEARS

R  I  P

ERECTED  BY  THEIR  DAUGHTER  HANNAH

Memorial Type: 
Celtic Cross
Grave location
County: 
Limerick
Latitude: 
52.515207889882
Longitude: 
-8.3392332700386
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
4
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Edmond
Surname: 
O'Donnell
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1944
Address: 
Garrydoolis , Pallasgreen
Relationship with first person: 
Self
Name: 
Bridget
Surname: 
O'Donnell
Date of birth - month: 
February
Date of birth - year: 
1968
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Hannah
Surname: 
Whelan (nee) O'Donnell
Date of birth - year: 
1930
Date of death - day: 
20
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
2003
Age: 
73
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Name: 
Mary Ann
Surname: 
Carmody (nee) O'Donnell
Date of death - day: 
17
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
2016
Age: 
77
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Notes: 

John O'Donnell, a shopkeeper & publican in Knockane and son of Edmond O'Donnell, married  Margaret O'Donnell, daughter of Maurice O'Donnell on the 20th Feb 1878 in Templebredon RC, Co. Limerick.

Their son Edmond O' Donnell 1879-1944, of this memorial, was born on St. Stephen's Day, Dec 26th 1879. He married Bridget  Moore 1898-1968, daughter of  Thomas Moore & Hanora Connors of Gurtnakisteen, Pallasgrean, Co. Limerick on the 10th Feb 1923 in Templebredon RC, Co. Limerick.

Their daughter Hannah O'Donnell 1930-2003, of this memorial, married  Denis Whelan in 1950. They had one son, Edmond (Neddy). Hannah had a shop and a six day publican's licence at Knockane Cross.

Hannah's sister, Mary Ann O'Donnell 1938-2016  (recorded here), emigrated to the UK and married Co. Tipperary man Aloysius Darmody in 1959 in Preston, Lancs, UK. They had three sons, Michael J, Edmond, Anthony and a daughter Bridget. Mary Ann died in Preston.

NB. See Torpey family memorial 0065 in this cemetery for relevant information.