LI-TMBN-0012

Record Date: 
22 March 2022
Graveyard: 
Templebredon
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN  LOVING  MEMORY  OF 

GERALD  GRACE ,   CASTLELLOYD

DIED  JUNE  8 ,  1962

his  aunt ,  MARGARET

DIED   JUNE  14 ,  1934

his  wife ,  ELIZABETH  nee  BOURKE

DIED  JUNE  4 ,  1971

their  sons

DANIEL ,  DIED  AUG.  26 ,  1951

LIAM ,  DIED  FEB.  28 ,  1962

and  their  daughter  in  law

BRIGID   ' PHYLLI S '  nee  RYAN

DIED  SEPT.  4 ,  1973

R   I  P

G  R  A  C  E

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Limerick
Latitude: 
52.515168719975
Longitude: 
-8.3398340799735
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Hanley of Emly
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
6
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Gerald
Surname: 
Grace
Date of death - day: 
8
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1962
Address: 
Castlelloyd
Relationship with first person: 
Self
Name: 
Margaret
Surname: 
Grace
Date of death - day: 
14
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1934
Relationship with first person: 
Aunt
Name: 
Elizabeth
Surname: 
Grace (nee) Bourke
Date of death - day: 
4
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1971
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Daniel
Surname: 
Grace
Date of death - day: 
26
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1951
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Liam
Surname: 
Grace
Date of death - day: 
28
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1962
Relationship with first person: 
Son
Name: 
Brigid ( Phyllis )
Surname: 
Grace (nee) Ryan
Date of death - day: 
4
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1973
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter - in - law
Notes: 

Castlelloyd,  Oola,  Co. Limerick

Gerald  Grace  1893-1962,  son  of  William  Grace  1845-1919  &  Bridget  McCormack 1856-1909  ( of  adjacent  memorial  0011 ),  married   Elizabeth  ( Lizzy ) Bourke  1903- 1971,  daughter  of  Edmond  Bourke  &  Ellen  Egan  of  Boherroe,  Dromkeen,  Co.  Limerick  on  the  17th  Apr  1929  in  St  Josephs  RC,  Limerick  City .  Gerald   inherited  the  Castlelloyd   estate  in  Oola,  Co.  Limerick   from  his  uncle  Daniel  Grace  1850-1920  and  his  wife  Margaret  Bourke  1863-1935  ( recorded  here ),  who  had  no  family.  NB.  Margaret  Grace, (nee)  Bourke  1863-1935, actually  died  on  the  14th April 1935.

Children  born  to  Gerald  Grace  1893 -1962  &  his  wife  Elizabeth  ( Lizzy )  Bourke  1903 -1971  at   Castlelloyd,  Oola,  included   Daniel  ( Danny )   Grace  1931 -1951  ( Tuberculosis ),  William  ( Liam )  1932 -1962  ( Heart  disease )  &  twins   Michael  1939  &  Fr.  Gerald  1939 – 2018.

The  obituary  of  Fr.  Gerald  Grace  1939-2018  reads  as  follows :

Grace,  Castlelloyd,  Oola,  Co.  Limerick  and  St.  Lucy  Church,  Highland  Beach,  Florida,  U.S.A.  Very  Rev. Doctor  Gerald  on   August  10th  2018.

Predeceased  by  his  parents   Gerald  and  Lizzy  ( Bourke ),  brothers  Danny,  Liam  and  twin  Micheál  ( Dublin ).

Deeply  mourned  by  his  loving  brother  Edmond,  nephews  Gerald  ( Budapest )  and Micheál  ( Dublin ),  sisters-in-law  Phil  ( Rosie )  née  O' Riordan ,   Anne  ( née )  Mullaville,  nieces-in-law  Adrienne  and  Gráinne,  grandniece   Nóra,  grandnephew  Patrick,  relatives, kind  neighbours  and  many  friends  in  Florida  and  Ireland.

 Father  Gerald  will  be  lying  in  repose  at  the  Church  of  The  Sacred  Heart,  Oola,  Co. Limerick  tomorrow  ( Thursday )  from  5.00pm  with  Rosary  at  8.00pm.  Concelebrated  Mass  on  Friday  at  2.00pm. 

Father  Gerald  will  be  laid  to  rest  in  the  Church  grounds  of  St.  Bridgids  Church, Templebraden,  Pallasgreen,  Co.  Limerick.