TS-EMOG-0329

Record Date: 
19 May 2015
Graveyard: 
Emly
Exact wording of epitaph: 

I.H.S.

 THY WILL BE DONE.

 ERECTED BY

MICHAEL  O’CALLAGHAN, 

LACKELLY,

IN MEMORY OF

HIS FATHER,

PATRICK  O’CALLAGHAN,

DIED   JAN  17TH 1929

AND  HIS MOTHER 

MARGARET  O’CALLAGHAN,

DIED  JUNE  16TH 1931.

MICHAEL  O’CALLAGHAN 

DIED  NOV  29TH 1961.

Memorial Type: 
Celtic Cross
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.462708333333
Longitude: 
-8.3514416666667
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
O'Callaghan
Date of death - day: 
29
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1961
Address: 
Lackelly
Name: 
Patrick
Surname: 
O'Callaghan
Date of death - day: 
17
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1929
Relationship with first person: 
Father
Name: 
Margaret
Surname: 
O'Callaghan
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1931
Relationship with first person: 
Mother
Notes: 

A kerbed  Celtic cross.

Lackelly  borders the Co. Limerick parishes of Knocklong  & Galbally and the parish of Emly, Co. Tipperary. It is in the Co. Limerick District Electoral Division of Duntryleague. See  memorials  0327  to  0329.

NB. The Michael  O’Callaghan  who had the stone erected and the one who died in 1961 are one and the same person. 

Patrick ( Pat ) O’Callaghan, son of Jeremiah O’Callaghan 1843-1921 & Catherine O’Dwyer 1866-1954 of Ballyhone, Emly, Co. Tipperary, married Margaret Fitzgerald 1852-1931, daughter of Michael Fitzgerald of Lackelly West, Duntryleague, Co. Limerick on Feb 3rd 1887 in Emly RC.

Children born to them at Lackelly West were Catherine O’Callaghan 1887-1980, Michael 1889-1961, Jeremiah ( Jerry ) 1891 & William 1894-1894.

Catherine O’Callaghan 1887-1980. married Thomas Burke 1884-1952, son of James Burke & Ellen Ryan of Drumcomogue, Emly on Aug 20th 1918 in Emly RC. Their daughter Margaret Burke 1922-1970, married Thomas ( Tommy ) Purcell. See memorial 0451 in this cemetery.

Catherine’s brother Jeremiah ( Jerry ) O’Callaghan, married Ellen Hayes 1904 - , daughter of Hospital, Co. Limerick publican & shopkeeper Thomas Hayes and his wife Kate Power on Aug 21st 1930 in Hospital RC.

Their brother William O’ Callaghan was a week old when he died of acute bronchitis on Jun 27th 1894.