05 Mar 2013The death occurred at Cavan General Hospital, peacefully on Friday, February 1, of Rose Burns (nee O’Reilly) Cortubber, Kingscourt.
The deceased, who was in her 83rd year, had only been ill for a short period, she was predeceased by her husband, James, daughter; Kathleen Kearney (O’Connor) sons–in-law; Billy Kearney and Paul Smyth. A quiet and unassuming person with a smile and greeting for all who new her.
Rose’s mother, Mary Seagrave was a national school teacher, in Kingscourt Boys NS, (now the Matt Talbot Hall) in the 1920s and ‘30s. She came from Coradoagh, Muff, she married John O’Reilly, who...
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