Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
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Mary O’Rourke (née Mulhall)
Emo, Laois
Died peacefully at The Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise surrounded by her loving family. Previously in the loving care of the staff of Oakdale Nursing Home, Portarlington. Dearly beloved wife of the late Tom. Deeply regretted by her family Ann (Carthy) (Ballycrystal, Geashill, Co. Offaly), John Joe, Elizabeth Keane (Portlaoise), daughter-in-law Paula, sons-in-law John and Dan, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, brother Jim (Dublin), nieces, nephews, neighbours, relatives and many friends.
Reposing in her home on Thursday. Removal on Thursday evening at 7pm to St. Paul’s Church, Emo arriving at 7.30pm. Requiem Mass on Friday at 12 noon, burial after in the New Cemetery, Emo.
James Butler
Graigueavallagh, Errill, Laois
James Butler, Graigueavallagh, Errill, Co. Laois. January 30th 2018. Peacefully in the wonderful care of the doctors, nurses and staff of St. Vincent’s Hospital, Mountmellick. James, deeply regretted by his brother Fr. Kieran, his sisters Margaret (Duffy), Josephine (Lawlor), nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.
Reposing at O’Sullivan’s Funeral Home, Rathdowney, on Thursday evening from 7pm with rosary at 8pm. Funeral Mass in the Church of Our Lady Queen of The Universe, Errill, on Friday at 12.30pm followed by burial in Rathdowney local cemetery.
Mark Connaghan
Ballyglishen, Abbeyleix, Laois / Clonmany, Donegal
Formerly of Leiter, Urris, Clonmany. Reposing at St. Colmcille’s Oratory. Removal tomorrow, Tuesday, 30th January, at 10.15am to St., Michael’s Church, Urris, Clonmany for Requiem Mass at 11am followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery. Family flowers only please. Donations in lieu, if desired, to St. Luke’s Hospital, Dublin. Oratory private from 10pm to 12 midday.
Margaret Kelly (née Muldowney)
New Rd., Portlaoise, Laois / Paulstown, Kilkenny
Kelly, New Rd. Portlaoise and Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny. Peacefully in the tender care of the staff of Abbey Nursing Home, Gowran. Margaret (Peg), beloved wife of the late Séan and dearly loved mother to Paul and Aidan. Deeply regretted by her loving family, daughter-in-law Lynnette, grandchildren Sarah, Robert, Jenny, Daniel, Lucy, Sam, and Aoife, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.
Reposing at Pauls residence at Kellymount Rd., Paulstown from 3 pm on Tuesday with rosary at 9 pm. Removal on Wednesday morning to arrive at SS Peter and Paul’s Church, Portlaoise for 12 noon Requiem Mass. Interment afterwards in SS Peter and Paul’s Cemetery, Portlaoise.
Jack O’Callaghan
Temperance Street, Abbeyleix, Laois / Clough Village, Laois / Kanturk, Cork
Reposing in the Chapel Of Adoration adjoining the Church Of The Most Holy Rosary, Abbeyleix from 4pm to 6.30pm on Sunday followed by removal to St. Canice’s Church, Clough, Laois to arrive at 7.30pm. Requiem Mass will take place on Monday morning at 11am in The Church Of The Most Holy Rosary, Abbeyleix. Burial afterwards in St. Patrick’s Cemetery.
Mark Conaghan
Ballyglishen, Abbeyleix, Laois
His remains will arrive at St Colmcille Village Oratory on Sunday 28th January @ 5pm.
Funeral leaving from there on Tuesday 30th January @ 10.15am going to St Michael’s Church, Urris, Clonmany for requiem mass at 11am, with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery.
Family flowers only please, donations in lieu if desired to St Lukes Hospital c/o any family member.
Oratory private please from 10pm – 12 noon.
Angela Dunne (née Carey)
Collier’s Lane, Portlaoise, Laois
Died peacefully at home in the loving care of her husband Paddy, son John, grandchildren, neices, nephews, extended family, neighbours and many friends.
Reposing in her from 8pm this Friday evening. Recital of The Rosary at 9pm. Reposing in her home on Saturday untill removal at 4.45pm to Ss Peter and Paul’s Church, arriving at 5.30pm. Burial on Sunday after 12.30 Mass in Ss Peter and Paul’s Cemetery, Portlaoise.
Eileen Sheppard (née O’Toole)
St Fintan’s Tce, Durrow, Laois
Reposing at Phelans Funeral Home, Durrow from 2.00pm on Friday with Rosary at 8.00pm. Funeral prayers on Saturday at 1.15pm followed by removal to Holy Trinity Church, Durrow for Requeim Mass at 2.00pm. Burial immediately afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Family flowers only please.
Sr. Aengus (Eileen) Campion
Drogheda, Louth / Laois
Campion: Sr. Aengus (Eileen), Medical Missionaries of Mary, Drogheda, Co. Louth and formerly from Ballagh, Co. Laois, on Thursday, 25th January, peacefully, in Aras Mhuire Nursing Home, Drogheda. Predeceased by her parents, Ellen and John, her sisters, Sheila (Bree) and Mary Paul (Clancy), her brothers Frs. Pat and Con (Columban Fathers) Michael and Sean. Lovingly remembered by her sisters, Breeda and Sr. Angela O.P., and brother Seamus, CSSR, her sister-in-law, Betty and brothers-in-law John Kirwan and John Clancy, all her nieces, nephews and their families, relatives and many friends and her MMM Community. Funeral Mass in the MMM Convent on Saturday 27th at 12 noon followed by burial in St. Peter’s Cemetery.
James (Jimmy) Lalor Fitzpatrick
Kiln Lane, Mountrath, Laois
James (Jimmy) Lalor Fitzpatrick, Kiln Lane, Mountrath, Co.Laois. – Died 25th January 2018, at his home, following a short illness, surrounded by his loving family. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Anne, children Keith, Rowena, and Dean, grandchildren, brother, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, daughters-in-law, extended family, relatives, neighbours and friends. Reposing at Burke’s Funeral Home Mountrath, on Friday evening from 7pm, with Rosary at 9pm. Removal on Saturday morning at 10.30am to St. Fintan’s Church, Mountrath, for Funeral Mass at 11am followed by Burial in St. Fintan’s Cemetery, Mountrath.
