Gladys ‘Gla’ MathewsAge: 75 years1901–1976
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- Gladys ‘Gla’ Mathews
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- Gladys
- Surname
- Mathews
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- Gla
 Birth | 22 November 1901 47 26 |
 Death of a mother | Mary Clare ‘Minnie’ Byrne 13 April 1905 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Byrne 31 January 1912 (Age 10 years) Address: 62 Henry Street
Limerick |
| Marriage of a half-sibling | Francis J ‘Frank’ O'Sullivan — Mary Mathews — View this family Type: Religious marriage 29 June 1915 (Age 13 years) Husband: "Full" Wife: "Full"Address: Denmark St. Limerick |
| Death of a father | Michael Dutton Mathews 12 June 1917 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Jane … 1 August 1926 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Mary Mathews Type: Y 25 September 1973 (Age 71 years) |
 Death | 30 December 1976 (Age 75 years) Address: St Camillus' Hospital.
Limerick |
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Birth: 1875 32 20 — Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Death: 13 April 1905 — 66 Henry Street, Limerick City |
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Marriage: 16 August 1900 — St Michael's R.C.. Church, Limerick |
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15 months herself |
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Marriage: 19 February 1884 — Limerick, Limerick, Munster, EIR |
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22 months half-sister |
Mary Mathews Birth: 1885 31 33 Death: 13 July 1885 — Limerick |
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| Note | Only daughter from fathers 2nd marriage, never married herself. Lived in Maryville with sister Mary & family.
Mother's maiden name was Mary . |
| Note | Yarn aficionado extraordinaire - especially those told by Harry Harty (as per Mary Harty)
Major composer of memorable one liners in her own right.
Incomparable entertainer of two generations of small children.
Never happier than when playing cards in a smoke-filled basement with her friends, relying on her nephew, "Frankie" to ferry several of them home afterwards to places as convenient as the Ennis Road, Patrickswell etc. |
| Note | Extract from 1990 memoir of Mick O'Sullivan (Jack/Daniel):
“She was a lovely, unworldly, good-humoured, jolly, maiden-lady who acted as housekeeper for Aunt May. Very unlike her two half-sisters (May and Madge), she had quite a strong effect on both families, even into late life, by her irrepressible, rotund-figured good humour – which “mocked†her sisters’ propriety but (both of whom) loved her very much.
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| Note | Gla's birthday, Nov 22, 1901, as per Mary Harty |
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