Stories in Stone
Into the Wider World
Some who rest in these grounds carried the name of a small Tipperary parish far beyond it — into the Church, across oceans, into the service of others. Gathered here are those whose lives reached out into the wider world.
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Archbishop Michael Courtney
1945 – 2003
Archbishop and Vatican diplomat; Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi, where he was assassinated in December 2003 while working for peace.
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William Kelly
1820 – 1909 · 2 others remembered
Denis Kelly, Lord Bishop of Ross — raised from a Kilnaneave farming family to a bishopric, he set this stone over his parents.
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Martin Gleeson
1884 – 1977 · 4 others remembered
Rev M.J. Gleeson, P.P. of Holy Trinity Church, Kansas City — a Kilnaneave family carried to the American Midwest.
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Kate Kennedy
1951 · 4 others remembered
Rev Sister M. Dympna Ryan — a daughter of the parish who served in Johannesburg.
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