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IE CA WA/4/9/48
Title
Riordan Family Memorial, Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny
Date(s)
- 14 Oct. 1921 (Creation)
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Black and white print
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(15 September 1891-1 November 1973)
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Photograph showing a family headstone erected by William Riordan, a member of H.M. Customs & Excise. The monument commemorates his wife, Johanna Mary Riordan, who died in 1918 aged 65; their 30-year-old son, John Francis Riordan, a soldier in the 10th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers who was killed in action at Beaumont-Hamel, France, during World War I in 1916; and their infant daughter, Norah Clare Riordan, who died in Leeds in 1893 aged 4 months. The monument is located in Duiske Abbey Cemetery in Graiguenamanagh.
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Note
For additional information on the memorial see https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/268891136/francis-riordan