{"id":465013,"date":"2026-05-24T16:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465013\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T16:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:38:09","slug":"death-notice-of-chris-houlihan-jnr-rahoon-galway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465013\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Notice of Chris Houlihan (Jnr.) (Rahoon, Galway)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center\">Bishop O\u2019Donnell Road, Rahoon, Galway City and formerly of Monagea, Co. Limerick<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday 21st May, Chris died peacefully in his 45th year, after a short illness which was bravely borne. He was surrounded by his adoring wife and family, in the wonderful care of Galway University Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Deeply missed by his heartbroken family. Loving husband of Jocelyn, son of Chris (Snr.) and Kathleen, brother of Michael, brother-in-law of Peace, and God-father of Bonnie. Chris will be lovingly remembered by all, especially his many great friends and extended family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">May his gentle soul rest in peace<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u2014 \u2726 \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 27th May &#8211; Conneely&#8217;s Funeral Home, H91 A786.<\/p>\n<p>Chris\u2019s life will be celebrated on Wednesday 27th May, in Conneely\u2019s Funeral Home. Friends and family are welcome to gather from 11.00 &#8211; 12.00. A Memorial service will begin at 12.30.<\/p>\n<p>A private cremation will take place at Shannon Crematorium on Thursday 28th May. Chris\u2019s ashes will be interred in Monagea at a later date, to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Donations, if desired, can be made in Chris\u2019 memory to Madra \/ Dog Trust \/ to a charity of your choice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u2014 \u2726 \u2014<\/p>\n<p>An online book of condolence is available below for those who wish to leave a message of sympathy and support for the family. The family would like to thank everyone at this sad time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bishop O\u2019Donnell Road, Rahoon, Galway City and formerly of Monagea, Co. Limerick On Thursday 21st May, Chris died&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-465013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}