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KK-CONA-241
Record Date:
14 January 2013
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
ERECTED BY
THOMAS DOWNEY OF CONAHEY IN
MEMORY OF HIS FATHER NICHOLAS DIED
JUNE the 22nd 1858 AGED 60 YEARS
ALSO HIS WIFE MARGARET DIED
MARCH the 6th 1878 AGED 35 YEARS
HIS SON NICHOLAS DIED MARCH 30th
1880 AGED 16 YEARS
ALSO HIS DAUGHTER CATHERINE DIED 3rd
MARCH 1884 AGED 23 YEARS
R. I. P.
J. Coffey Ballyragget
Number of people commemorated:
5
People commemorated:
Name:
Thomas
Surname:
Downey
Address:
Conahey
Name:
Nicholas
Surname:
Downey
Date of death - day:
22
Date of death - month:
June
Date of death - year:
1858
Age:
60
Relationship with first person:
FATHER
Name:
Margaret
Surname:
Downey
Date of death - day:
6
Date of death - month:
March
Date of death - year:
1878
Age:
35
Relationship with first person:
WIFE
Name:
Nicholas
Surname:
Downey
Date of birth - day:
14
Date of birth - month:
November
Date of birth - year:
1863
Date of death - day:
30
Date of death - month:
March
Date of death - year:
1880
Age:
16
Relationship with first person:
SON
Name:
Catherine
Surname:
Downey
Date of birth - day:
21
Date of birth - month:
April
Date of birth - year:
1858
Date of death - day:
3
Date of death - month:
March
Date of death - year:
1884
Age:
23
Relationship with first person:
DAUGHTER
Notes:
These Downeys lived just below Conahy Church. They were known as the "Downey Nicky's"
Thomas Downey had an earlier son Nicholas Baptised 23/4/1858. Catherine was Christened Kate, there was also a Mary & Joseph and twins Annie and Joanna. The only one to survive into adulthood was John, or "Jack Thomas" as he was known, was Baptised 30/7/1861. He wasn't married. The land was acquired by his 1st cousin James Downey, Nicky, Lower Conahy. The hill at Conahy Church was known in 20th Century as Jack Thomas' Hill.
Thomas' wife Margaret, was a Dunphy, believed from Cullohill.
