LI-KLFN-0074

Record Date: 
16 May 2012
Graveyard: 
Kilfinnane Old
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In Loving Memory Of
HENRY DOWNES
LOWER MAIN ST. KILFINNANE
DIED MARCH 21, 1964
HIS WIFE
MARGARET née MORRISSEY
DIED JULY 30, 1977
(INTERRED IN TIPPERARY)
HIS BROTHER MICHAEL
DIED AUGUST 12, 1965
HIS SISTERS
MARGARET DIED JUNE 19, 1980
MARY DIED JAN. 26, 1985
NELL DIED JUNE 3, 1986
HIS SON WILLIE (INTERRED IN LONDON)
AND HIS GRANDDAUGHTER
MARGARET DOWNES AGED 2 DAYS

May They Rest In Peace.

DOWNES

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Limerick
Latitude: 
52.359733888889
Longitude: 
-8.4677883333333
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
8
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Henry
Surname: 
Downes
Date of death - day: 
21
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1964
Address: 
Lower Main Street, Kilfinane
Name: 
Margaret
Surname: 
Née Morrissey
Date of death - day: 
30
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1977
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Michael
Date of death - day: 
12
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1965
Relationship with first person: 
Brother
Name: 
Margaret
Date of death - day: 
19
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1980
Relationship with first person: 
Sister
Name: 
Mary
Date of death - day: 
26
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1985
Relationship with first person: 
Sister
Name: 
Nell
Date of death - day: 
3
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1986
Relationship with first person: 
Sister
Name: 
Willie
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Margaret
Surname: 
Downes
Age: 
0
Relationship with first person: 
Granddaughter
Notes: 

Henry Downes (1901-1964) of Lower Main St Kilfinane, son of Michael Downes (1868-1943) & Henrietta O'Dea (1873-1916) married Margaret Anne Morrissey (1907-1977) daughter of William Morrissey & Johanna Dillon of Donohill, Co. Tipperary on the 19th Jan 1926 in Sologhead RC, Co. Tipperary.

Siblings of Henry Downes remembered at this memorial are Michael 1896-1965, Margaret 1908-1980, Mary 1894-1985 & Ellen (Nell) 1903-1986. Their brother John Downes (1897-1976) is remembered at the adjacent memorial 0073 .

Their brother Charles (Charlie) Downes 1899-1990 eloped and married Catherine (Kitty) Condon 1903-1948, daughter of Paul Condon (1860-1911) a tailor and Elizabeth Dunne (1864-  ) of Kilfinane  on the 07-08-1929 in St Munchins RC, Limerick City.

Charlie Downes was a plasterer by trade. He and his wife Kitty lived at 9 Gibbons Tce, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. They had four children, John Downes 1930-1948. Charles 1931-1996, Elizabeth (Betty) 1933-2019 & Nuala P 1941-2017.

John Downes (1930-1948) died as a result of a construction accident in Balbriggan. His mother Kitty's death at 44 years old in 1948 was due to meningitis from bowel toxaemia. They and Charlie (1899-1990) were  interred in St Peter & Pauls cemetery, Naul Rd, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.

See memorials LI-KLFN-0064, LI-KLFN-0124, LI-KLFN-0125 & LI-KLFN-0126 for siblings  of  Catherine (Kitty) Downes, nee Condon (1903-1948)