Margaret Walsh McIntyre (nee Mulligan) died peacefully at home in Merchantville, NJ, surrounded by family on January 6, 2025. She was 84 years old.
Margaret and her twin sister, Kathleen, were born at home in Madogue, Swinford, County Mayo, Ireland on June 11, 1940, to Thomas and Margaret Mulligan. Margaret graduated from Swinford Vocational School in 1956, and emigrated from Ireland to the US in 1959. On October 10, 1963, Margaret married Patrick Walsh of County Galway, Ireland, and Kathleen married Bernie Gallagher in a double wedding at St. James Church in Charlestown, County Mayo. Word of their wedding made the Irish newspaper, “Twins Travelled 3500 Miles To Be Married.”
Margaret and Pat started their family and Walsh Landscaping in Camden, NJ. They moved to Pennsauken, NJ in 1972. While raising five children and running the business with Pat, Margaret was an active member of St. Peter Church, Merchantville, NJ. She volunteered with St. Peter’s School PTA, Meadowbrook Swim Club, and the Cathedral Kitchen. Margaret was a member of the St Peter’s School PTA Bowling League. She loved hosting holiday dinners, parties, and barbecues. Her legendary potato salad, trifle and Jewish apple cake live on through family recipes. After 28 years of marriage, Pat passed away in December 1991.
Margaret married Paddy McIntyre of Corthoon, Charlestown, County Mayo on New Year’s Day 1996. Margaret and Paddy split their time between Corthoon and Merchantville each year, enjoying family and friends on both sides of the pond. Margaret and Paddy are parishioners of St. James Catholic Church in Charlestown, County Mayo, as well as St. Peter Roman Catholic Church in Merchantville, NJ. For many years they volunteered together at Knock Shrine, County Mayo. Margaret also volunteered at the Hospice Shop in Swinford, County Mayo. Margaret and Paddy prayed the rosary together daily, adding special intentions for family or friends in need.
Margaret is survived by her husband, Paddy McIntyre, and all their children: Marie Walsh (Steve DiVito), Cathy Hinkley (Jim), John Walsh (Lynn), Carolyn Walsh, Kevin Walsh (Rosemary), John McIntyre (Anne), Mary O’Connor (Tommy), and Jacinta McIntyre (Martyn Pike). She is also survived by their grandchildren, Elizabeth (Scott), Austin, Patrick, Owen, Collin, Ethan, Daniel, Declan, Gavin, Eamonn, Cillian, Liam, Cael, Owen, Oisín, Aoife, and Conor. Margaret is predeceased by her brother, John Mulligan, and survived by her sister-in-law, Theresa Mulligan. She is survived by her sisters, Mary Smith (the late Jim) and Kathleen Gallagher (the late Bernie), as well as her brothers, Father Thomas Mulligan and Gerard Mulligan (Brid). Margaret is also survived by brother- and sisters-in-law Brendan and Una McIntyre and Peggy Finlon. Margaret treasured her many loving nieces and nephews, as well as her dear friends and neighbors in Ireland and the US.
The family thanks Margaret’s wonderful caregivers in Ireland and the US for their compassionate care over the past year.
Margaret’s family will receive visitors on Friday, Jan. 10, from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at Gaskill-Brown Funeral Home, 33 West Maple Avenue, Merchantville, NJ. Visitation will continue at Gaskill-Brown Funeral Home from 8:30am until 9:30am on Saturday, January 11, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00am at St. Peter Roman Catholic Church, 43 West Maple Avenue, Merchantville, NJ. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, NJ. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Margaret’s memory to The Cathedral Kitchen or Samaritan Hospice or Mayo Roscommon Hospice.
