Caitriona O’Donnell McFadden (née McConnell) was remembered as a friend to all who knew her at her funeral Mass in St Eunan’s Cathedral.

Caitriona from 47 Thorndale, Letterkenny, passed away peacefully at Letterkenny University Hospital on Friday last. Reverend Kizito Kalameera, who celebrated the funeral Mass on Monday morning said Caitriona was a loving wife to George.

“For 33 years they shared their life together in their lovely home in Thorndale, Letterkenny,” he said.

He said Caitriona was a woman who we can all learn a lot from.

“As a wife and a mother Caitriona had a special role within her family,” Rev Kalameera said.

“Through her love, her example and the way she lived.

“Indeed we can learn from people simply by the way they live their lives.

“Caitriona also had a special interest in music and was a great fan of the Bay City Rollers.

“These simple details of her life remind us of the person who we knew and loved, and of the memories that remain with us,” he said.

He also spoke of how her great faith and love of life was reflected in the love Caitriona had for everyone in her life.

He said: “She had been a devotee of Saint Padre Pio – active and reflected in the love for her family, friends and the community.

“A woman of a good heart and a great friend, and a friend to all.”

In a reflection at the end of the Mass on Monday, her nephew, Seamus Boyle said: “She was kind, fun, loyal, stubborn at times, but to us, she was Caggy.”

Caitriona will be deeply missed by her loving husband, George, sons , Keith, Kyle and Shane (Roxy), grandchildren, Katelyn, Alanna and Oliver, brothers, Danny and Laurence, sisters, Mary, Fiona and Siobhan, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, cousins and a wide circle of family, friends and neighbours.

She is predeceased by her parents, Laurence and Muriel McConnell.