TS-EMOG-0351

Record Date: 
19 January 2016
Graveyard: 
Emly
Exact wording of epitaph: 

ERECTED TO

THE MEMORY OF

 WILLIAM  DWANE, 

HOSPITAL, DIED  APRIL  21ST

1892,  AGED  38  YEARS.

ALSO, THE CHILDREN

OF HIS BROTHER  THOMAS,

VIZ,  MICHAEL, JOSEPH,

JOHN AND MARY  KATE,

DIED 1894.

 R.I.P.

 MARY  LEE  DIED  MAY  5TH 1959.

HER SON, WILLIAM LEE, DOONMOON,

DIED  JANUARY  11  2001, AGED  79 YEARS. 

HER  GRANDSON, 

PATRICK  JOSEPH  ( P.  J .)  GRAHAM 

DIED  NOV  27  2004,  AGED  62 YEARS.

Memorial Type: 
Cross
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.462471666667
Longitude: 
-8.3512916666667
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
9
People commemorated: 
Name: 
William
Surname: 
Dwane
Date of birth - year: 
1854
Date of death - day: 
21
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1892
Age: 
38
Address: 
Hospital
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Dwane
Relationship with first person: 
Brother
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Dwane
Relationship with first person: 
Nephew
Name: 
Joseph
Surname: 
Dwane
Relationship with first person: 
Nephew
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Dwane
Relationship with first person: 
Nephew
Name: 
Mary Kate
Surname: 
Dwane
Date of death - year: 
1894
Relationship with first person: 
Niece
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Lee
Date of death - day: 
5
Date of death - month: 
May
Date of death - year: 
1959
Relationship with first person: 
Niece
Name: 
William
Surname: 
Lee
Date of birth - year: 
1922
Date of death - day: 
11
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
2001
Age: 
79
Address: 
Doonmoon
Relationship with first person: 
Grandnephew
Name: 
Patrick Joseph
Surname: 
Graham
Date of birth - year: 
1942
Date of death - day: 
27
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
2004
Age: 
62
Relationship with first person: 
Great grandnephew - in - law
Notes: 

A kerbed  cross.

NB. Viz  is an abbreviation  used  for the word “Namely”.

NB. Hospital, a  village in  Co.  Limerick. 

Doonmoon,  a  townland  in Knocklong  parish,  Co.  Limerick.

William Dwane 1799- 1875, married Mary Mara 1817-1908 in Knocklong RC, Co. Limerick on Feb 7th 1837. This memorial was initially erected to their son William Dwane of Hospital, Co. Limerick 1853-1892.

NB. Thomas  Dwane 1857-1931, son of  farmer  William  Dwane & Mary Mara was a shopkeeper and grocer in Hospital, Co. Limerick.

He married Margaret  Mulcahy, daughter of Iohn Mulcahy, in Meanus  RC, Co. Limerick  on Feb 12th 1888.

Their daughter, Mary Kate Dwane, aged  2,  died of  scarlatina  on May 3rd 1894 as did their 3yr old son John on Apr 6th 1894. Their son Michael 1893-1894 died aged 5 months on Feb 14th 1894.

Surviving children of Thomas Dwane 1856-1931 & Margaret Mulcahy 1860 -1933, who were born in Hospital, Co. Limerick included William Dwane 1889-1935, Catherine 1894, John Joseph 1896, Patrick 1898 & Joseph 1902.

William Dwane 1889-1935, was a publican & grocer in the 1926 census for Hospital Town. He married Bridget Callanan 1875-1942, daughter of James Callanan & Bridget McCormack of Castlefarm, Hospital on Feb 18th 1917 in Hospital RC. They had no family.

Catherine Dwane 1846-1933, daughter of William Dwane 1799-1875 & Mary Mara 1817-1908, married Laurence Ryan 1822-1907, son of Richard Ryan of Laurencetown North, Particles, Ardpatrick, Co. Limerick on Feb 4th 1875 in Knocklong RC, Co. Limerick.

Their daughter Mary Ryan 1877-1959, of this memorial, was born in Laurencetown North on Jan 21st 1877. She married Patrick Lee 1874-1933, son of William Lee & Ellen English of Knockadea, Ballylanders, Co. Limerick on Feb 11th 1909 in Knocklong RC, Co. Limerick.

Children born to them at Doonmoon, Knocklong included Ellen Lee 1909, William 1910-1910, Mary 1913, Patrick 1915, Maurice 1917, Catherine P 1919 & William 1922-2001 ( of this memorial )

Catherine P Lee 1919 - ? married Patrick Joseph Graham 1918 - ?, son of Mulgrave St, Limerick storekeeper Patrick Joseph Graham & his wife Anne Magner in Hampstead, London in 1940. Their son, Patrick Joseph ( P J ) Graham 1942 -2004 ( of this memorial ) was born in Hendon, London in 1942.

PJ's  wife Pam Stapleton ( nee ) Graham, died in Maesteg, Bridgend, Wales on Aug 8th 2o26. She was cremated at Coychurch crematorium on Sep 3rd 2026. Their daughter Lee - Ann Graham 1967-2026 died on Oct 9th 2026 and was interred at this memorial on Tues 13th Oct 2026. Her obituary reads as follows :

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Lee-Ann Graham, Sliabh Riadh, Raheenamadra, Knocklong, Co. Limerick, and formerly of The Old Stand, Henry Street, Limerick, who passed away on 9th October 2026. Predeceased by her beloved parents PJ and Pam, and her aunt Josephine.

Deeply regretted and sadly missed by her loving partner Danny, her brothers Paul, Niall and Oliver, her sister Lisa, Nuala, who Lee-Ann considered as another mum, adored nieces and nephews Chelsie, Emma, PJ, Nathan, Kayla and Paul, extended family, relatives, neighbours and her many friends.

 Lying in repose in St. Joseph's Church, Knocklong on Monday, 12th October from 5 to 7pm, followed by private removal to her residence. Requiem Mass on Tuesday, 13th October in St Joseph's Church, Knocklong at 11.30am after which Lee-Ann will be laid to rest in Emly cemetery, Emly, Co.Tipperary.

NB. See Laurence Ryan family memorial LI-BLGY-0150 in Ballingarry cemetery, Glenbrohane, Co. Limerick on the historicgraves website.

NB. See Patrick Lee 1874-1943 family memorial CO-LBMG-0010 in Labbamolaga cemetery, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork on the historicgraves website