Tipperary Memorials
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In Memory

William Courtney

1919 – 1939 · St. Mary's of the Rosary Church

This window has been erected to the memory of William Courtney, M.D. (N.U.I.), 50 years Medical Officer of Nenagh Dispensary, who died 2nd March 1936. And of his children — Lily, who died 10th May 1919, aged 25 years; James Lynch, who died 24th Aug. 1920, aged 24 years; Ellen, died 22 Nov. 1928, aged 20 years; and of his wife Kathleen (née Lynch), who died 8th April 1939, aged 73 years.
Full transcribed inscription

Note: The same Courtney family commemorated at St. John the Baptist Church, Tyone; the survey records slightly different ages/dates on the two memorials.

Those remembered here

  • William Courtney

    M.D. (N.U.I.); Medical Officer of Nenagh Dispensary for 50 years

    d. 1936

  • Lily Courtney

    his daughter

    d. 1919aged 25

  • James Lynch Courtney

    his son

    d. 1920aged 24

  • Ellen Courtney

    his daughter

    d. 1928aged 20

  • Kathleen Courtney

    née Lynch, his wife

    d. 1939aged 73

Record details

Survey record
No. 5
Memorial type
Stained-glass window — baptistry
Condition
Legible
Location
Church interior
Recorded
1989 survey
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Source: Ormond Historical Society — Gravestone Inscriptions, Co. Tipperary, Section A (Barony of Lower Ormond), Vol. 18: Parish of Nenagh (1989). Compiled by Denise Foulkes & Nancy Murphy.