Obituaries – Limerick Local Studies

We have compiled all notices of deaths contained in the Limerick Chronicle (and other local newspapers) from 1781 to 1951. The database consists of death notices, obituaries, funeral reports and news stories pertaining to the death of Limerick persons.

This is the most detailed and labour-intensive of the projects we have undertaken for the website and is also the one about which we have received the most positive feedback from visitors to the site. We have compiled all notices of deaths contained in the Limerick Chronicle (and some other Limerick newspapers) from 1781 to 1951 (a range of 170 years). It consists of not only death notices but also obituaries, funeral reports and any news stories pertaining to the death of a Limerick person and all deaths that occurred in Limerick city or county.

Researchers have unearthed much hidden history from this resource. For example, a Norwegian person got in touch to say they had finally found a lost ancestor about whom they could previously find no information, whose death is recorded in our project as he had accidentally drowned at Limerick Docks.

Please note also that while we have made every effort to be thorough we cannot guarantee that these listings are complete – there may be reports of deaths, obituaries, etc. which we have accidentally omitted. If you wish to receive a scanned copy of the newspaper extract(s) relating to entries of interest contact localstudies@limerick.ie

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newid	Surname	Forename	Address	Newspaper	Date	Notes
2	Kelly	Mary	Nelson Street (court off)	Limerick Chronicle	17/02/1880	accidental death by fire
3	Walker	Archibald	Glasgow	Limerick Chronicle	19/06/1880	distillery proprietor
4	De Vere	Vere, Sir		Limerick Chronicle	28/09/1880	funeral report
5	Gavin	George O'Halloran, Major	Kilpeacon	Limerick Chronicle	23/10/1880	M.P. for Limerick (funeral report, 26/10/1880) (tribute, 20/11/1880)
6	Dore	Robert, Rev.		Limerick Chronicle	11/01/1881	ex-Superior of the Augustinians in Limerick
7	Fitzgerald	?	Carrigoran	Limerick Chronicle	08/02/1881	son of Sir Augustine Fitzgerald
8	O'Callaghan	Eugene, Alderman		Limerick Chronicle	02/06/1881	former mayor
9	Gelston	Ringrose	George Street	Limerick Chronicle	10/09/1881
10	Gelston	Ringrose	George Street	Limerick Chronicle	15/09/1881	funeral report
11	Mullock	Luke		Limerick Chronicle	04/10/1881	(death notice, 4/10/1881)
12	Laffan	Robert Michael, Sir		Limerick Chronicle	13/05/1882	Governer & Commander in Chief, the Bermudas
13	O'Hea	James		Limerick Chronicle	30/05/1882	Crown Prosecutor for Counties Cork & Limerick
14	Long	John, C.E.	Clapton, near London	Limerick Chronicle	03/06/1882	engineer
15	Welsh	James Patrick	Sexton Street	Limerick Chronicle	17/06/1882	Christian Brother
16	McNamara	John		Limerick Chronicle	10/10/1882	died after being in police custody
17	Wren	George	Kilfinane	Limerick Chronicle	28/12/1882	Rector of Kilfinane; obituary (funeral report, 30/12/1882)
18	Kiely	Michael	Balltcommon	Limerick Chronicle	10/02/1883	mysterious drowning
19	Jacob	Benjamin, Archdeacon	Kyleglass, North Circular Road	Limerick Chronicle	26/06/1883	(funeral report, 28/6/1883)
20	Hunt	Maria	George Street	Limerick Chronicle	27/11/1883	funeral report
21	Sheehy	Thomas	Canal	Limerick Chronicle	23/02/1884	accidental drowning
22	Lee	(née Gallwey)	Rome	Limerick Chronicle	22/05/1884	daughter of Michael Gallwey, R.M. at Abbeyfeale
23	Millane	Michael	Eden View, North Circular Road	Limerick Chronicle	10/06/1884	(death notice, 10/6/1884)
24	French	Thomas Fitzgerald		Limerick Chronicle	30/12/1884	Archdeacon of Killaloe
25	Myles	Frederick Charles		Limerick Chronicle	14/04/1885	(death notice, 14/4/1885)
26	Klohs	Abraham		Limerick Chronicle	23/05/1885
27	Connery	William		Limerick Chronicle	09/06/1885	accidental death of dock labourer (inquest report 09/06/1885)
28	Hanley	Timothy	Soloheadbeg	Limerick Chronicle	02/07/1885	shooting victim
29	Fudge	Robert, Capt.	London	Limerick Chronicle	06/08/1885	former captain of a Limerick Steamship Co. vessel
30	Hennessy	P., Rev.	Castleconnell	Limerick Chronicle	14/11/1885	parish priest, Castleconnell
31	Enright	William	Castleconnell	Limerick Chronicle	19/01/1886	fishing rod manufacturer
32	Allen	Richard		Limerick Chronicle	26/01/1886	extract from will
33	Butler	George, Bishop	Corbally	Limerick Chronicle	06/02/1886	R.C. Bishop of Limerick (further report, 6/2/1886) (funeral report, 9/2/1886)
34	Apjohn	James, Professor	Blackrock, Dublin	Limerick Chronicle	01/06/1886	from Sunville, Grean, Co. Limerick
35	Russell	Arthur N.	Dooneen House, Kilpeacon	Limerick Chronicle	02/11/1886	son of Arthur Russell, Lemonfield (funeral report, 4/11/1886)
36	Phillips	Richard, Alderman	Little Summerville	Limerick Chronicle	11/12/1886	(death notice, 11/12/1886), (funeral report, 14/12/1886)
37	Butler	William G., Dr.		Limerick Chronicle	24/03/1887	resident physician, Limerick Union, obituary (funeral report, 26/3/1887)
38	Bannatyne	Alexander	Woodstown, Co. Limerick	Limerick Chronicle	28/04/1887	head of Bannatyne & Sons millers; obituary (death notice, 30/04/1887 & funeral report, 05/05/1887)
39	O'Sullivan	William Henry	Kilmallock	Limerick Chronicle	28/04/1887	ex-M.P. for Co. Limerick (tribute, 30/04/1887) and (funeral report, 30/04/1887)
40	Gloster	Charles, Dr.	Parteen	Limerick Chronicle	19/07/1887	(death notice, 19/7/1887 & funeral report, 21/7/1887)
41	Synan	Edward J.	Ashbourne	Limerick Chronicle	08/09/1887	ex-M.P. for Co. Limerick; (funeral report, 13/9/1887)
42	Morgan	Henry, Major	Old Abbey	Limerick Chronicle	04/02/1888	went to Canada in 1832 (death notice 4/2/1888
43	McCarthy	Peter	George Street	Limerick Chronicle	16/02/1888	obituary (funeral report 18/2/1888)
44	Lyddy	Daniel R.	New York	Limerick Chronicle	16/02/1888	native of Limerick
45	Lenihan	Maurice Jnr.		Limerick Chronicle	25/02/1888	(funeral report, 28/02/1888) youngest son of proprietor of Limerick Reporter and Tipperary Gazette
46	O'Sullivan	William Henry	Kilmallock	Limerick Chronicle	11/02/1888	report re fund for erecting a memorial to O'Sullivan (further report 10/4/1888) (memorial 13/3/1888)
47	Keys	T.W.Moore	8 Mallow Street Upper	Limerick Chronicle	03/05/1888	death notice,son of Robert Keys, Barrington St. (further report 3/5/1888)
48	Leahy	William		Limerick Chronicle	15/05/1888	attack and death of Law Messenger at Doon, Co. Limerick (inquest report17/5/1888)
49	Barrington	Jessy	Glenstal	Limerick Chronicle	02/06/1888	death notice (funeral report 5/6/1888)
50	Blackall	Jonas	93 George Street	Limerick Chronicle	24/07/1888	death notice, (funeral report 24/7/1888) (further report 28/7/1888), solicitor
51	Power	R. P.		Limerick Chronicle	16/10/1888	funeral report
52	Moran	James W.		Limerick Chronicle	12/01/1889	death notice, aged 43, Managing Director of Cannock & Co. (further report 12/1/1889) (funeral report 15/1/1889) (condolences 19/1/1889)
53	Gloster	Edward	Parteen House	Limerick Chronicle	26/01/1889	death notice (further report 26/1/1889) (funeral report 29/1/1889)
54	Clery	Josephine	Dundrum	Limerick Chronicle	26/01/1889	death notice (funeral report 29/1/1889)
55	Connolly	John	Dublin	Limerick Chronicle	26/01/1889	death notice (funeral report 29/1/1889)
56	Tinsley	Anna Maria	Castleville	Limerick Chronicle	09/02/1889	death notice, wife of J. R. Tinsley (funeral report 9/2/1889)
57	Spaight	William	Derry Castle, Killaloe	Limerick Chronicle	02/04/1889	death notice (further report 2/4/1889) (funeral report 4/4/1889)
58	Bowler	George G.	Brunswick Street	Limerick Chronicle	07/05/1889	death notice and funeral report, solicitor, son of Mrs Bowler, Brunswick Street, died in Ballinasloe, Buried in Limerick aged 30 years
59	Dalton	David		Limerick Chronicle	30/05/1889	accidental death of railway man (inquest report 1/6/1889)
60	O'Dwyer	Anna	Glentworth Street	Limerick Chronicle	06/06/1889	mother of Bishop Edward O'Dwyer (funeral report 8/6/1889) (vote of sympathy 13/6/1889)
61	Hartigan	Michael	46 George Street	Limerick Chronicle	06/06/1889	auctioneer (further report 6/6/1889) (funeral report 11/6/1889)
62	Joyce	Tom		Limerick Chronicle	31/10/1889	death notice aged 37 years, buyer in Todds, sudden death (further report 31/10/1889) (funeral report 2/11/1889)
63	Hoey	Ellen Mary	Rathmines, Dublin	Limerick Chronicle	06/11/1879	late of Limerick
64	Blennerhassett	John Frederick	Rockfield	Limerick Chronicle	27/11/1879	Lieut. 88th Connaught Rangers, son of John Brooke Blennerhassett
65	Carte	John Elliott		Limerick Chronicle	27/11/1879	aged 31; son of T. E. Carte, solicitor, late of Limerick
66	Brown	Henry Fitzgerald	Henry Street Cork	Limerick Chronicle	29/11/1879	aged 58; son of late William Brown, Wilton House, Co. Limerick
67	Hanrahan	Bryan	Florence Villa	Limerick Chronicle	18/02/1879	wife died 3 days before
68	Rogers	Jane Mary	Great Charles Street, Dublin	Limerick Chronicle	14/01/1879	aged 78; dau of late Rev. Henry Ivers Ingram, Rector of Kilmurry
69	Boyd	Alexander	Buenos Ayres	Limerick Chronicle	31/01/1879	of Limerick Boyd family?
70	Moloney	Edmond	Blackboy	Limerick Chronicle	04/01/1879	aged 16; son of William Moloney
71	Parsons	Richard	Pimlico, London	Limerick Chronicle	18/07/1878	aged 81; son of Richard Parsons, formerly of Cragbeg, Co. Limerick
72	Cavanagh	James		Limerick Chronicle	22/06/1878	aged 78; Librarian, Chamber of Commerce
73	Lynch	Mary		Limerick Chronicle	18/04/1878	widow of late Denis Lynch, provision merchant
74	Danaher	Daniel P.	Athea	Limerick Chronicle	02/01/1877	aged 42
75	Mulrenan	Capt.	Gibraltar	Limerick Chronicle	02/01/1877	son of late Bernard Mulrenan of Limerick
76	Ledger	Fanny	27 George Street	Limerick Chronicle	28/09/1875	wife of Z. J. Ledger; death notice
77	Pardy	Robert	21 Patrick Street	Limerick Chronicle	28/09/1875	aged 4?; son of the late Henry Pardy; death notice
78	Wilson	Isabella	25 Mallow Street Upper	Limerick Chronicle	30/09/1875	illness, youngest daughter of late Thomas Maunsel Wilson, of Cahirconlish House, Co. Limerick
79	Seymour	Joseph T.	Carrick-on-Suir	Limerick Chronicle	05/10/1875	aged 76; late of Limerick; death notice
80	McDonogh	Henry	8 Colooney Street	Limerick Chronicle	12/10/1875	aged 27; illness, youngest son of late Mr. Michael McDonogh, builder, Limerick; death notice
81	Evans	John D'Arcy	6 St. John's Terrace, Clontarf, Dublin	Limerick Chronicle	14/10/1875	son of late James D'Arcy Evans, Knockaderry House, Co. Limerick; death notice
82	McKiernan	Arthur B.	1 Triton Ville	Limerick Chronicle	23/10/1875	aged 27; of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, Limerick, son of John B. McKiernan, late Medical Superintendent of the Ballinasloe Asylum; death notice
83	Hennesey	Anna Mary	Foynes	Limerick Chronicle	23/10/1875	aged 8 months; dau. of George N. Hennesey, Clerk of Petty Sessions; death notice
84	Westropp	Emma?	Lisdoonvarna	Limerick Chronicle	28/10/1875	aged 64; illness, widow of George Westropp, Limerick, and mother of Dr. Westropp, Lisdoonvarna; death notice
85	Purcell	James	24 Glentworth Street	Limerick Chronicle	06/11/1875	ilness; death notice
86	Willis	Charles Edward	Rhenoster Poort, Middleburg (Nazareth), Transvaal	Limerick Chronicle	11/11/1875	aged 20; in South Africa, youngest son of late Rev. Wm. Willis, sometime rector of Kilpeacon, and prebendary of Limerick; death notice
87	Taylor	Eliza, Miss		Limerick Chronicle	16/11/1875	aged 82; at The Cottage, the residence of Robert Roger, Esq; death notice
88	Hall	Ellen	Beverly Cottage, Limerick	Limerick Chronicle	18/11/1875	fourth daughter of the late William Henry Hall; death notice
89	Boohan	James	Gurrane, Co. Limerick	Limerick Chronicle	18/11/1875	aged 5; son of James Boohan; death notice
90	Boohan	Dan	Gurrane, Co. Limerick	Limerick Chronicle	18/11/1875	aged 4; son of James Boohan; death notice
91	Ferguson	David	Rathkeale, Co. Limerick	Limerick Chronicle	23/11/1875	aged 74; at the house of daughter, Mrs. Merrick, in New York; death notice
92	Lynch	Bridget	Windsor, Conneticut	Limerick Chronicle	23/11/1875	aged 47; native of Castleroberts, Co. Limerick; wife of John Noonan, formerly of Ballycahane Police Force, Co. Limerick; death notice
93	FitzGerald	Anne	56 Waterloo Road, Dublin	Limerick Chronicle	25/11/1875	widow of late Henry Bindon FitzGerald, formerly of Limerick city; death notice
94	Lavertine	Isabella	Mallow Street Upper	Limerick Chronicle	25/11/1875	aged 9; dau.of John Lavertine, granddaughter of Captain John James Dwyer, late Ceylon Rifle Regiment; death notice
95	Grimes	Mary	Coonagh	Limerick Chronicle	25/11/1875	aged 74; widow of late Mathew Grimes; death notice
96	Pery	Margaret Jane	55 Upper Brook Street, London	Limerick Chronicle	27/11/1875	Dowager Countess of Limerick, widow of late and stepmother of present Earl of Limerick; death notice
97	Riordan	Sarah		Limerick Chronicle	27/11/1875	aged 49; at the residence of her nephew, 4 Taylor Street; death notice
98	Ellard	Hugh George	26 Roche's Street	Limerick Chronicle	30/11/1875	youngest son of late Rev. James Ellard, vicar of Kilfinane and ?, Co. Limerick; death notice
99	O'Callaghan	Sarah Charlotte	36 Waterloo Road, Dublin	Limerick Chronicle	30/11/1875	wife of William O'Callaghan, dau.of late Henry Bindon Fitzgerald, formerly of Limerick city; death notice
100	Evans	William John Vereker	Newcastle West	Limerick Chronicle	04/12/1875	death notice
101	MacAulay	John	Bellview, Greenock	Limerick Chronicle	04/12/1875	aged 32; of the firm of Thomas MacAulay and Co., grain merchants, formerly of Limerick city; death notice
	Surname	Forename	Address	Newspaper	Date	Notes