Name of Person: PJ Gillespie
Date of death: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Area: Belleek, Ballina, Mayo
Notice: PJ peacefully passed away at Mayo University Hospital. He was preceded in death by his wife Elizabeth, parents Martin and Clare, and brother Matt. PJ is survived by his beloved children PJ, Gerry, Jillian, and Fiona. He will be deeply missed by his loving children, brothers Fr. Gerry and Eugene, sister Clare Gillespie, daughter-in-law Edel, sons-in-law Christian and Gerry, grandchildren, brother-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives, and friends.
A funeral service for PJ will be held at McGowan’s Funeral Home in Ballina, with visitation on Thursday evening at 5pm and removal at 7pm to St. Muredach’s Cathedral. A Requiem Mass will take place on Friday morning at 11:30am, followed by burial in Leigue Cemetery, both in Ballina. For those unable to attend in person, the funeral will be live-streamed on the website http://www.ballinaparish.org.
In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations to Croí, either through McGowan’s funeral home or online at https://croi.ie/donate/. The family respectfully asks for privacy at this time.
May PJ rest in peace.