Patrick O'Keefe (1899 - 1954)

Born 26 Sep 1899 in Lower Fathom, County Armagh, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Catherine (Chambers) O'Keefe — married 4 Aug 1926 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1954 at age 54 in Newry, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Patrick was born on 26 September 1899 in Lower Fathom. He was the son of John O'Keefe and Catherine King.

He died on 27 April 1954 in Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry aged 54. His cause of death was Uraemia Malignant Hypertension. He was buried in St Mary's Cemetery, Newry.

Newry Harbour Master’s death

REGRET is felt wherever he has been known at the death of Captain Patrick O’Keeffe, Harbour Master, which has taken place after a brief illness and at a comparatively early age.

Deceased was for about twenty years a captain on the line of cross-Channel vessels sailing for Messrs. Joseph Fisher and Sons, Newry, and about two years ago, on the death of the previous harbour master of Newry, Mr. Simon Casey, he was appointed to that position by the Newry Port and Harbour Trust.

Captain O’Keefe, by his ability in his calling, his conscientious attention to duty and his friendly and courteous manner, won the admiration and friendship of all with whom he came in contact, and whose heartfelt sympathy goes forth to his wife and family in the great loss they have sustained.

His death took place in Daisy Hill Hospital, following which the remains were removed to his residence, “Bonvista,” Dromalane Road. On Wednesday they were brought to the Church of the Sacred Heart, Cloughoge, where Requiem Mass was celebrated on Thursday morning.

The funeral subsequently took place to St. Mary’s Cemetery, Newry, the large and representative cortege including members and officials of the Port and Harbour Trust and many sea-faring folk of the past and present who held Captain O’Keeffe in the highest esteem and deeply mourn his death.

Very Rev. P. J. Canon Toner, P.P., Upper Killeavy, and Rev. K. Mahon, C.C., do., officiated in the church and at the graveside.

In addition to his wife, Captain O’Keeffe is survived by three sons –Michael, Pat and Brian-two daughters-Mrs. James Hall, Glasgow, and Miss Kathleen O’Keeffe, Newry-two brothers and other relatives.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Frontier Sentinel and Down, Armagh and Louth Advertiser, Saturday, May 1, 1954. page 1.

• Birth Registration, Ballybot, Newry, Armagh: Image
• 1901 Ireland Census, Fathom Lower (Ballybok, Armagh): Transcript/Image
• 1911 Ireland Census, Fathom, Lower (Ballybot, Armagh): Transcript/Image
• Irish Graveyards, St Marys Newry Graveyard, Plot No. 840 Section New A: Link