Eamonn Coyle looks back on a time when wakes and funerals bound a community together. I GREW up in the townland of Bun-a Leaca, Gaoth Dobhair, in the 1970s and 1980s. My first memory of a major national and international event is Bloody Sunday, January 30, 1972. That event led to 14 unnecessary wakes and […]
Beloved mother and daughter laid to rest in Carndonagh
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By Dionne Meehan HUNDREDS of mourners came together in a deeply emotional gathering at Sacred Heart Church in Carndonagh today to pay their final respects to a beloved mum and daughter. Natalie and Ella McLaughlin, from Pound Street in Carndonagh, tragically lost their lives in a devastating two-vehicle collision in the town last Wednesday, leaving the […]
Mother and daughter killed in collision to be laid to rest today
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By Dionne Meehan A YOUNG mother and her six-year-old daughter who tragically lost their lives in a two-vehicle collision in Carndonagh last Wednesday will be laid to rest in their hometown today (Monday). Natalie McLaughlin (20s) and her daughter Ella McLaughlin, from Pound Street in Carndonagh, were travelling with two other family members when their car […]
Funeral of mother and daughter killed in Carndonagh collision to be held on Monday
A MOTHER and daughter who passed away as a result of a tragic two vehicle collision in Carndonagh earlier this week will be laid to rest on Monday. Natalie McLaughlin and her six-year-old daughter Ella, of Pound Street, Carndonagh will repose at the home of Natalie’s parents Joanne and Danny McLaughlin, Church Road, Carndonagh (F93 […]
Funeral to take place today of Letterkenny man John Hanlon
THERE was much sadness locally following the sad passing of Letterkenny man John Hanlon earlier this week. Mr Hanlon passed away peacefully in the caring hands of the staff in the Donegal Hospice on Monday, June 30. Requiem Mass will take place today at 11am in St Columba’s Church, Glenswilly with burial afterwards in Conwal […]
Kind natured Kathleen McCafferty is laid to rest
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LETTERKENNY woman Kathleen McCafferty was remembered for her kind nature during her requiem Mass yesterday. Kathleen, of Oldtown, Letterkenny, passed away peacefully at the Donegal Hospice earlier this week. Requiem Mass took place in St Eunan’s Cathedral yesterday, Wednesday, June 18, where large crowds gathered to say their final goodbyes. Kathleen was born to parents Peter […]
Susan Hamilton to be laid to rest on Inch Island today
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By Dionne Meehan DONEGAL’S latest road victim, Susan Hamilton, will be laid to rest on Inch Island later this morning. Ms Hamilton (74), from Manorcunningham, tragically lost her life when the car she was driving collided with a van on the R245 at Bunlin Bridge, Milford last Friday. Advertisement Her body was removed to Letterkenny […]
Susan Hamilton to be laid to rest on Friday
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By Dionne Meehan DONEGAL’S latest road victim, Susan Hamilton, will be laid to rest on Friday. Ms Hamilton (74), from Manorcunningham, tragically lost her life when the car she was driving collided with a van on the R245 at Bunlin Bridge, Milford last Friday. Advertisement Her body was removed to Letterkenny University Hospital where a […]
Drowning victim was a “credit to his mother”, funeral hears
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by Louise Doyle A TEENAGE boy who died after getting into difficulty in water close to Ned’s Point in Buncrana was remembered as “a credit to his mother”, and as a person who brought a “wealth of joy” to the hearts of his mum and family. Emmanuel Familola (16) had gone into the water to […]
Ellen Keogh: Letterkenny woman remembered for her selfless nature
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LETTERKENNY woman Ellen Keogh was remembered for her selfless nature at her requiem Mass last Friday. Ms Keogh, of Currarevagh, Gortlee, passed away at St Eunan’s Nursing Home in Letterkenny on Tuesday, April 29. Requiem Mass took place in the Church of the Irish Martyrs on Friday, May 2. Advertisement Growing up in Dublin, Ms […]