Inis Cealtra (Holy Island)Headstones, Lough Derg, Co. Clare, Ireland
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INIS CEALTRA (HOLY ISLAND)HEADSTONES, LOUGH DERG,
COUNTY CLARE, IRELAND

Photo No.0
View of island

Photo No.1
Plaque for St. Caimin's Church

Photo No.2
Tower and church St Caimin's

Photo No.3
Cemetery view

Photo No.4
In | loving memory | of | Mrs BRIDGET BRADY | Derrycon, Mt. Shannon, |
Died 13th Feb. 1947, | Aged 74 years. | Her husband MICHAEL | Died 5th
March 1958, | Aged 85 years. | And their son JOHN | Died 20th April
1939, | Aged 39 years. | R.I.P. | Erected by | their daughter DELIA, |
and son-in-law | THOMAS KENNEALLY.

Photo No.5
In Loving Memory of | JAMES CAROLAN, | Glenvonish, Mountshannon | Died
17. Dec. 1981 | His parents | JOHN & ELLEN CAROLAN | And his sister |
MARY NASH | His wife ANNIE | Died 27 March 1986 | Rest in peace |
Erected by his wife ANNIE

Photo No.6
In Loving Memory Of | TONY CAROLAN | Born 11 Nov. 1911 in Glenvanish |
Died 14 Mar. 1994 (?) | In Chelsea London | His wife MOLLIE nee LAVAN |
Born 29 June 1916 in Mayo | Died 18 Dec 1995 in Chelsea | R.I.P.

Photo No.7
In | loving memory | of | MARY CLEARY | Beloved wife of | MICHAEL CLEARY
| of | Clounty | Who died Nov 16th 1905 | Aged 52 years

Photo No.8
MICHAEL | CLEARY | Ireland | Sgt | U.S. Army | World War I | October 8
1889 | October 8 1969

Photo No.9
In loving memory of | JOHN CONROY | Who died 8th Feb 1919 | And his wife
| WINIFRED CONROY | Who died ... 1922

Photo No.10
In Loving Memory Of | MARY ANNE DELANEY (nee McNAMARA) | Mountshannon |
Died 19 March 1950 aged 50 yrs | Her husband MICHAEL | Also of
Mountshannon | Died 11 May 1954 aged 68 yrs | Their sons | MICHAEL |
Mountshannon, New York & Dublin. | Born 2 Jan 1926 died 1985 aged 59
yrs. | WILLIAM (Billy) | Mountshannon, Birmingham-England | and
Castlebar | Born 23 Jan 1924 died 3 June 1997 | Aged 73 yrs | R.I.P. |
Erected by BILLY's family | (DIANNE BREEN, Castlebar) | DELANEY

Photo No.11
In Loving Memory | of Our Parents | JOHN FRANCIS DOOLEY | Cappaduff and
London | 21 July 1927 - 11 March 1996 | By His Side | '?Bridie' | BRIDGET
ANNE nee O'ROURKE | Lissycasey and London | 12 May 1930 - | 19 December
2008 | Forever in Our Thoughts | and Prayers | Rest In Peace | DOOLEY

Photo No.12
In Loving Memory of | MICHAEL DOOLEY | Sellernane | Died 17th August
1982 | Aged 52 years | His wife MAI | Died 20th May 2003 aged 72 yrs |
Rest In Peace | DOOLEY

Photo No.13
In | loving memory of | dear brother | PADDY DOOLEY | Sellernane |
Mountshannon | Died 14th Aug. 1950 | Our Precious mother | ELIZABETH
DOOLEY | Died 5th Jan. 1961. | Our beloved father | TIMOTHY DOOLEY |
Died 19th Sept. 1975 | R.I.P. | Erected by | their loving family |
DOOLEY

Photo No.14
In loving memory | of | TIMOTHY DOOLEY | Cappaduff Mt. Shannon | Who
died 28th Dec. 1953 | Aged 81 years | And his wife | ANASTATIA | Died
2nd May 1977 | Aged 82 years

Photo No.15
In Loving Memory | Of | EDWARD FINNERTY | Cappaduff, Mountshannon | Died
3rd June 2013 | Aged 77 years | Rest In Peace | Forever in our Thoughts
| FINNERTY

Photo No.16
In loving memory | of | NED FINNERTY | Capanduff | Died 16 July 1938,
aged 78 | His wife MARY | Died 20 March 1932, aged 65 | Their son JAMES
| Died 6 June 1970, aged 73 | His wife MARY | Died 3 March 1984, aged 83
| PADDY FINNERTY | Died 5 Feb 1977 aged 76 | R.I.P. | Erected by their
family

Photo No.17
Erected by | DENNIS FLANNERY | In memory of his father | JOHN FLANNERY |
Who died June 1843 | Aged 75 years | His brother JAMES FLANNERY | Who
died May ... | Aged 21 years | And of his grandfather | HUGH FLANNERY
died 1825 | May their souls rest in peace

Photo No.18
In loving memory | of | PATRICK FLANNERY | Who died June 4th 1951. | His
wife MARGARET | Died Feb. 3rd 1977. | And their daughter | PHILOMENA |
Died Aug. 1st 1949 | Their son P. J. | Died April 29th 1997

Photo No.19
In Loving Memory | Of | MARY FORDE | Sellernane, Mountshannon | Died
14th July 1941, Aged 79 Yrs. | Her husband PATRICK FORDE | Died 20th
September 1947, Aged 93 Yrs. | Daughter-In-Law HELENA FORDE | Died 30th
September 1969, Aged 67 Yrs. | Her Husband JAMES FORDE | Died 14th April
1986, Aged 90 Yrs. | And Their Baby Son In Infancy, Died 1939. | Rest In
Peace | FORDE

Photo No.20
In Loving Memory | of | DENIS GILDEA of Boathea | Who died October 14th
1912 | Aged 31 years

Photo No.21
Erected To The Memory Of | The GOONAN Family | Glenvaunish | JAMES
GOONAN | Died 4-09-1941 aged 84 yrs. | SARAH GOONAN | Died 31-05-1042
aged 70 yrs. | JAMES GOONAN | Died 1-11-2003 aged 94 yrs. | R.I.P. |
Erected by their son JAMES | GOONAN

Photo No.22
Erected by | MARGARET GORMAN | In memory of her beloved father | JAMES
BOUCHIER | Who departed this life | April 9 1839 | Aged 66 years |
R.I.P.

Photo No.23
In | loving memory of | Baby BRIDGET HIGGINS | Died 29 Jan 1982 | R.I.P.
| Erected by her loving parents | HIGGINS | Limerick

Photo No.24
Erected | by PATRICK HOGAN | of Derrycon Mountshannon | As a tribute of
affection | to the memory of his father | JOHN HOGAN | Who died June
11th 1870 aged 75 years | And his mother | MARY HOGAN | Who died Jany.
12th 1889 aged 78 years | Also his son | JOHN HOGAN | Who died May 25th
1907 aged 29 years | Also remember | MARTIN HOGAN Whitegate | Died 29
Jan 1964 | His wife MARGARET 24 Apr 1975 | Daughter MAUREEN 26 Oct 1957
| Son DESMOND 4 Feb 1970 | Sweet Jesus give them eternal rest

Photo No.25
In loving memory | of | TIMOTHY HOGAN | Dellernane, Mt. Shannon | Died
Aug. 19th 1920 aged 74 | & of his wife MARY | Died Oct. 13th `931 aged
77. | And their sons | JOHN & MICHAEL | Died Oct. 22nd 1919 aged 33. |
Died July 24th 1957 aged 72. | MICHAEL's wife ANNIE | Died Feb. 3rd
1986, aged 86

Photo No.26
In Loving Memory Of | JOHN KEANE | Middleline | Who Died on April 20 -
2004 | Aged 84 Years | And his beloved wife | EILEEN (nee SALMON) | Who
Died on June 23 - 2003 | Aged 82 Years | Also their Adored daughter |
KATHERINE KEANE | Who Died on October 2 - 2003 | Aged 50 Years

Photo No.27
[bottom of Number 28, KEANE] PAKIE JOHN KEANE | Cloonamirren | Died 13th
June 2003 | Aged 90 years

Photo No.28
In loving memory of | PATRICK KEANE | Cloonamerrin | Died 8 May 1949 |
His wife JOHANNA | Died 10 June 1960 | Their daughter MARGARET | Died 6
Dec 1980 | Their son JAMES | Died 6 May 1986 | Their son WILLIE | Died
11th Nov 1997 | R.I.P.

Photo No.29
Erected | by PATRICK KEANE | of Mountshannon | In memory of his wife |
MARGARET | Who died March 28 1892, aged 57 years. | And his sons |
THOMAS KEANE | Died Feb. 1st 1894 aged 25 years | CHARLES E. KEANE |
Died May 24th 1895, aged 17 years | PATRICK KEANE | Died 17th Dec. 1949
| His wife BRIDGET | Died 14th July 1958 | His sister MARGARET KEANE |
Died 21st June 1964

Photo No.30
In | loving memory of | PATRICK KEANE | Mountshannon | Died 5 April 1982
| His daughter VALERIE | Died 29 April 1988 | His wife MARGARET | Died 1
April 2004 | Both are interred in | Shanganagh Cemetery Dublin | Rest in
Peace

Photo No.31
In loving memory | of | JAMES KEENAN | Connaught Road Scariff | Died 27
Oct 1988 | Aged 84 yrs | R.I.P. | Erected by his wife | ELIZABETH and
family | KEENAN

Photo No.32
In Loving | Memory | of | ELIZABETH | KEENAN | nee PROCTOR | 1922 - 2002
| Resurgam | Always | Remembered | By Your Family

Photo No.33
THOMAS M | KEENAN | US Army | World War II | 1907 | 1998 |

Photo No.34
In loving memory | of WILLIAM KEENAN | Mountshannon | Who died 29th Dec
1937 | Mrs MARY KEENAN | Died 16th Dec 1960 | Also my grand-mother |
BRIDGET DALY | Died 16th Oct 1925 | JAMES KEENAN | Died 27th Oct 1988

Photo No.35
In loving memory | of | JOHN KENNEALLY | Who died Jan. 1951 | His son
FRANK | Died May 1946 | His grand-children | PATRICK & DEIRDRE | His
wife BRIDGET | Died 18th March ...

Photo No.36
In loving memory | of | PATRICK KENNEALLY | Cappaduff | Who died 20th
May 1948 | Aged 84 years | MARY KENNEALLY | Died 7th July 1956 | Aged 76
years | PATRICK KENNEALLY | Died 30th March 1974 | Aged 64 years.

Photo No.37
In loving memory | of | JOHN and MARY KEOGH | JOHN and MARY MURPHY |
Their son | HARRY MURPHY | Died 12. Aug. 1991 | JOSEPH MURPHY | Died
24th Jan. 1991

Photo No.38
Left stone: In Loving Memory Of | Capt. W. J. KNIGHT O.B.E., | Born 1912
died 9th Sept 1993 | His wife GABRIELLE | (Bunty) DONAGHUE KNIGHT | Born
1916 died 14th Nov. 1995. | KNIGHT Right stone: The KNIGHT | Family |
May The Waves Rock You Gently | And The Wind Be At Your Back | May The
Sun Shine Be Warm | Upon Your Face | And The Falling Rain Bring | You
Both Refreshment | And Until We Meet Again | May God Hold You Safely In
His Hand. | KNIGHT

Photo No.39
In loving memory of | MARY LEAHY (nee MURPHY) | Mountshannon | Who died
6th Feb. 1996 | Aged 62 years. | Rest In Peace | Erected by her sons,
daughter | in-law & grandson | MURPHY | LEAHY

Photo No.40
In loving memory | of | JAMES (Jimmy) LEONARD | Mountshannon | Died 1st
March 1983 | Aged 62 years | Rest In Peace | LEONARD

Photo No.41
In loving memory | of | MARGARET LYONS | Whitegate | Died 7th Dec. 1973
aged 92 | Her husband JAMES | Died 8th July 1976 aged 94 | Their
daughter AGGIE | Died 18th Nov. 1993 aged 81 | Their son JOHN | Died
19th March 1997 aged 81

Photo No.42
In Loving Memory of | PATRICK LYONS | Mountshannon | Died 12 - Jan. 1952
| His wife ELLEN LYONS | Died 25 - Oct. 1979 | their daughter ELIZABETH
| Died 16th June 1997 | TOM LYONS | Died 25 Sept 2004 aged 90 | R.I.P.

Photo No.43
In loving memory | of | MICHAEL McCARTHY | Sellernane Mountshannon |
Died 23 Nov 1932 | His wife MARY | Died 2 May 1939 | Their sons MICHAEL
| Died 4 April 1966 | MATT died 24 Dec 1967 | DENIS died 31 March 1982
(?) | Their daughter | MARY RODGERS | Died 1 Jan 1970. | MARGARET
McCARTHY | Died 23 Dec 1991 | R.I.P.

Photo No.44
Erected | by JOHN McNAMARA | of Coogypark | In Loving Memory of | His
father | THOMAS McNAMARA | Who died April 22nd 1880 | Aged 65 years. |
And his mother | MARGARET McNAMARA | Who died March 28th 1878 | Aged 56
years. | Also his brother | THOMAS McNAMARA | Who died July 25th 1889 |
Aged 36 years | The above JOHN McNAMARA | Died March 14th 1922 | His
wife ELIZABETH McNAMARA | Died March 21st 1936 | WILLIAM McNAMARA | Died
5th Nov. 1961 | May they rest in peace | MICHAEL McNAMARA | Died 31st
July 1979 | His brother THOMAS, died 15 May 1988 | SUSAN McNAMARA died 3
Aug 1989

Photo No.45
In Loving Memory Of | MICHAEL McNAMARA | Mountshannon | Died 3rd May
1984 aged 70 yrs | His son GERARD | Died 30th Sept. 1956 aged 3 yrs |
And his infant sons | THOMAS and PATRICK | His grandson GERARD | Died
23rd July 1987 aged 6 yrs | His loving wife CARMEL | Died 27th Oct 1993
aged 69 yrs | Rest in peace | Erected by his loving family

Photo No.46
In loving memory | of | MICHAEL MINOGUE | Middleline, Mountshannon |
Died 12 March 1972 | His wife ANNIE | Died 16 April 1922 | Their
daughter MARGARET | Died 8 June 1969 | JIMMY "Crock" MINOGUE | Died 3
June 2005 aged 95 yrs

Photo No.47
In loving memory of | WILLIAM MULGANNON | Who died 31 March 1960 | And
his brother JOSEPH | Who died 16 April 1961

Photo No.48
In Loving Memory of | CATHERINE NASH | Mountshannon | Died Sept 7 1978 |
Her husband STEPHEN | Died Oct. 1 1992 | R.I.P.

Photo No.49
In Fond Remembrance | of | JOHN NASH | Who Died On 13th of April 1981
Aged 79 | His Beloved Wife | GRETA NASH | Who Died On 25th of April 2011
Aged 92 | Their Son | JOSEPH NASH | Who Died On 15th of February 2009
Aged 63

Photo No.50
Memoria In Aetrena | MICHAEL NASH Died November 1873 | KATHERINE NASH
Died December 1876 | MICHAEL NASH Died April 1936 | MARY NASH Died
October 1947 | Their Family | MARGARET, MARY KATE, MARTIN, | MICHAEL,
JOSEPH & JOHN | Ave Atque Vale

Photo No.51
Erected | by MICHAEL O'BRIEN | of Mienrus | In Memory of | His father |
PAT O'BRIEN | Who died June 17th 1879 | Aged 73 (?) years | And his
mother | MARGARET O'BRIEN | Who died Oct 18th 1889 | Aged 73 years | The
above MICHAEL | Died 1 June 1936 | Aged 77 years

Photo No.52
In Loving Memory of | BRIDIE O'BRIEN | (Nee TIERNAN) | [rest illegible]

Photo No.53
In Loving Memory Of | NANCY O'HALLORAN | (nee O'MEARA) | Tuamgraney |
Who died 4th November 2014

Photo No.54
In loving memory | of | FRANK O'ROURKE | Mountshannon | Died 15th March
1942 | BRIDGET O'ROURKE, | Died 15th Aug. 1952. | JOHN O'ROURKE | Died
2nd Feb. 1960. | CHRISTOPHER O'ROURKE | Died 3rd March 1968. | CYRIL
O'ROURKE | Died 12 June 1991

Photo No.55
In loving memory | of | PAT JOE O'ROURKE | Died 27th October 1983 | Aged
72 years | His wife | MAUREEN O'ROURKE | Died 14th June 1980 | Aged 59
years | His sister | MONA O'ROURKE | Died 10 January 1985

Photo No.56
In loving memory of | PATRICK O'SHEA | Kinlo... |  ... Died 1961 aged
52. | His wife | RUTH | Nee HENDERSON | The founder of | St. ... School
| Scariff | Died 25 Sep 1995 | Aged 77

Photo No.57
In loving memory | of | FLORENCE O'SULLIVAN | Died 7th April 1941 | And
of his son DANNIE | Killed in accident May 1913 | And his wife WINIFRED
| Died ... 1959

Photo No.58
Erected In Memory Of | The OWENS Family | Clonmahaun, Whitegate | MARY
ANN (nee KEENAN) | Died 4th Jan. 1995 | her husband MARTIN | Died 16th
March 1995

Photo No.59
In loving memory of | JOSEPHINE REYNOLDS | Mountshannon | Died 14th Oct
1978

Photo No.60
In loving memory of | The SHEEDY Family | Curratubber | And also | ERNST
BERKENHEIER | Rest in peace

Photo No.61
In | loving memory of | JAMES TIERNAN, | Islandmore, | Who died 27th
June 1944. | And of his wife MINNIE, | Died 13th Nov. 1947. | Their son
JOHN | (Boat builder) | Died 16th July 1973. | And his wife ANNE, | Died
2nd Feb. 1979. | Their son DENIS | Died 14th Dec 2003 | Their daughter
ROSE | Died 4th Dec 2013 | R.I.P. | Erected by their loving children

Photo No.62
In | loving memory of | MARY WATERSTONE | Who died 9th Sept. 1949 | And
of her husband | GEORGE WATERSTONE | Died 26th Aug. 1960. | And of their
daughter | GEORGINA MARY (Lillie) | NEVILL | Died 30th Jan 2002

Photo No.63
In Loving Memory Of | SARAH WATERSTONE | Fossamore, Scariff | Died 31
Dec 1987 aged 75 | Her husband JACK | Died 7 Feb. 1990 aged 76 | R.I.P.

Photo No.64
In Loving Memory of | DENIS WOODS | Woodpark | Died 15 - Apr. 1953 aged
83 years | His wife HANNAH | Died 30 - Sep. 1954 aged 92 years | His
brother JOHN died 1 - Jan. 1956 | His sons | TOM died 22 - Feb. 1922 |
JOHN died 20 - Sept. 1968 aged 71 years | His son SEAN died 14 - Oct.
1963 aged 24 years | JOHNs wife MARY died 5 - May 1986 | BRIDIE GREER
died 25 - Apr. 1985 | PATRICK son of JOHN & MARY died 26 - Oct 2006 |
R.I.P. | Erected by their loving family



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