http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 23 December 2010 COOGAN Death Notices extracted from the "Deaths Reported", "Deaths", "Died" and "Obituaries" pages of the "Meath Chronicle" [Meath, Ireland] [Date listed is publication date]: ***Note - not a complete listing*** 20 MAY 2009 RONNIE COOGAN - Navan - The regretted death occurred at his home on 18th May last of Mr. Ronnie Coogan, Woodview, Trim Road, Navan. Mr. Coogan, who was 62, was predeceased by his wife, Mary, in 1999. A native of Hurdlestown, Kells, he was a carpenter and was very well- known in Navan town where he was well-respected for his craftmanship in carpentry. Deceased is survived by his sons, Declan, Patrick, John and Mark; daughter, Rosemary; brothers, Ollie and Dan; sister, Grainne; grandchildren, Katelyn and Mia; nieces, nephews and other relatives. The funeral took place from St. Mary's Church, Navan, to Martry Cemetery. 26 SEP 2009 MARY COOGAN (10th Anniversary, 22nd September 1999) [and] RONNIE COOGAN (recently deceased, 18th May 2009) - Just a prayer from the family who loved you, Just a memory fond and true, In our hearts you will live forever, Because we thought the world of you. Greatly missed by your sons and daughter. Coogan, Mary, Woodview, Navan. 10th Anniversary 22nd September. How I wish that I could say - I'll go to see my friend today, To hear her voice, to see her smile, To sit and talk to her for a while. Sadly missed by Kathleen and family. 03 OCT 2009 MARY COOGAN (10th Anniversary, 22nd September 1999) [and] RONNIE COOGAN (recently deceased, 18th May 2009) - Just a prayer from the family who loved you, Just a memory fond and true, In our hearts you will live forever, Because we thought the world of you. Greatly missed by your sons and daughter. Coogan, Mary, Woodview, Navan. 10th Anniversary 22nd September. How I wish that I could say - I'll go to see my friend today, To hear her voice, to see her smile, To sit and talk to her for a while. Sadly missed by Kathleen and family. 17 JUL 2010 MICHAEL COOGAN - Dunderry / Trim - Large crowds attended the removal and funeral over the weekend of one of south Meath's best known and most successful businessmen, Trim butcher Michael Coogan. Mr. Coogan passed away on Wednesday last, aged 65, having taken ill in the previous week. A native of Tullaghanstown in Dunderry parish, deceased was eldest son of the family of nine of the late Jimmy and Molly Coogan, and began his working career with the late Trim butcher, Jimmy Reynolds, before going to work in Leixlip. He cycled from Leixlip to the family home at weekends. Later, while working with Michael Tuite at the Bullring, Drogheda, he bought a car along with colleague Dermot Maher, and they shared the expense of running the car between them, using it for travelling into dances in Dublin amongst other things. In the mid-1960s, Mr Coogan decided to go to Canada, intending to go to Hamilton, but getting as far as Toronto where he met with Dermot Maher's brother, Joey, a legendary hand- baller. Here, deceased worked in the butchery department of the large supermarket chain, Steinbergs, and also on the building of underground tunnels and subways using the compressed air method. While in Toronto he met his wife, Kerry native Ann. They wed in 1968 and returned to Ireland in 1971, originally living at Tullaghanstown before moving to Newtownmoynagh, Trim, in the mid 1980s. Mr Coogan's first butchers shop in Trim was on High Street, in a premises rented from Maisie Keogh, and when a premises came up for sale on the junction of High Street and Haggard Street, he purchased it. It was a residential premises which he converted into a shop. Later in the 1970s, he acquired the former Hatton's Butchers premises on Emmet Street. Deceased always bought and reared his own stock, maintaining his own abattoirs. With the shops trading strongly in 1992, they were set out as Mr Coogan wanted to concentrate more on his whole- sale business, supplying local butchers and meat processors. This enterprise also became very successful and family members continue to run both the shops and the wholesale business. In recent weeks, they had taken over the running of the High Street premises again, and Mr Coogan was very enthusiastic about this. His interest in breeding bloodstock also led to success, but he always preferred the breeding aspect of this rather than the racing aspect. He had always kept a brood mare, and it was an interest inherited from his late father, who had worked with Joe Clarke. Horses he enjoyed success with included Chapel Crescent, which saw him in the winners' enclosure at the Curragh with the Aga Khan and Coolmore, an occasion which was often recounted. He also enjoyed success at Galway. Mr Coogan was involved in the Dunderry Fair in his native village. He is remembered as a generous man whose door was always open to anybody seeking help or advice, and was also a popular personality in Trim and further afield. His venture into the publicans' trade in 2002 when he bought a licensed premises in Kildalkey also proved successful over the two years of his ownership. Mr Coogan is survived by his wife, Ann; family Michael, Tracy, Danny, Tara and Declan; grandchildren Soricha and Allanah; son-in-law; daughters-in- law; brothers, Patsy, James, Johnny, Tony, Gerry and Christy; sisters, Mary and Betty; in-laws, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends. His funeral took place on Sunday from St Patrick's Church, Trim, to Dunderry Cemetery. ____________________________________________________________________ *** (2005-2005) http://www.hoganstand.com/meath/years/2005.aspx *** (2009-2010) http://meathchronicle.ie