Born in New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Francis McInerney
and Mary Josephine (Lehane) McInerney
Wife of
John Paul Gallagher
— married
1946 in New South Wales, Australia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 90
in New South Wales, Australia
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Mon (McInerney) Gallagher DBE DCSG is Notable.
Dame Monica Gallagher DBE DCSG CEP was an Australian community worker and Roman Catholic Church activist.
Mon (McInerney) Gallagher DBE DCSG was born in New South Wales, Australia
Mon (McInerney) Gallagher DBE DCSG has Irish ancestors.
Monica Josephine McInerney was born on 5th April 1923 in Sydney's western suburbs, New South Wales, Australia. She was the second daughter of James McInerney and Mary Lehane. [1]
Monica married Doctor John Gallagher, a Willoughby physician, in 1946 in Sydney's western suburbs. [2] The couple subsequently had four children: Paul, Brian, Julia and Mary-Louise.
Monica was:
- associate member of the New South Wales division of Australian Church Women
- member of the advisory committee of the Festival of Light
- chairperson of the Friends of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney from 1983 to 1987 and again from 1998 to 2000
- chairperson of the Appeal Committee, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
- board member of Save the Children Fund, New South Wales from 1992 to 1994
- executive director of the Flower Festival Committee from 1996 to 1997
In the Queen's Birthday Honours 1976 Monica was created Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). [3]
She was awarded a Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice papal honour in 1981 and named Dame Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great (DCSG) in 2001.
John, who received a Papal knighthood in 1976, predeceased his wife. Aged ninety years, Monica passed away on 18th September 2013. Pontifical Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial was conducted in the St Leonards Catholic Church, Naremburn, following which her remains were interred in Macquarie Park Cemetery, North Ryde. [4]
Sources
- ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #14960/1923; registered at Ashfield
- ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #2091/1946; registered at Burwood
- ↑ [https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1067282 Australian Honours: DBE; accessed 18 Dec 2023
- ↑ obituary; accessed 18 Dec 2023
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