Funeral details announced for Roscommon woman who died in swimming tragedy
The late Máire Murray.
The funeral details of a Roscommon woman who died after getting into difficulty while swimming in County Donegal have been announced.
Máire Murray, formerly of Harold's Cross, Dublin and Croghan Road, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Roscommon, had been swimming off the coast of Glencolmcille on Friday when the tragedy occurred.
Gardaí were alerted to the incident shortly after 7 p.m.
Ms. Murray, who was in her 50s, was airlifted to Sligo University Hospital where she was subsequently pronounced dead.
It’s understood that she had had just finished a week long Irish language course at the Oideas Gael college and had been a regular visitor to the area over the past 20 years.
Mary and Martin McAleese were among those who expressed their condolences online: “We send our deepest condolences to all Máire’s family on her very sad passing. She was a sister student at Oideas Gael and so happy to be there as were we all until that fateful Friday when the sea took her so cruelly as she took her last swim of the week. It could so easily have been any one of us for the beach is so beautiful and so tempting despite its occasional dangers. The fantastic rescue teams by air, sea and land along with the comforting help of the local community and staff at Oideas Gael and the folk village will stay long in the memory of all who were there. And Máire will be remembered with great fondness and grief too. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam uasal - Mary and Martin McAleese”.
Ms. Murray is pre-deceased by her parents Joe and Nancy and sister-in-law Sylvia.
She will be sadly missed and remembered with love by her sister Catherine [Kate] (Dublin); brothers Tomás (USA) and Kevin (Cork); sister-in-law Allie; nephew Tom, nieces Anna, Alice and Lily; her very wide circle of friends, extended family, neighbours and colleagues at St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire.
Her funeral service will take place on Friday, August 8th in Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Harold's Cross Dublin at 12 noon followed by cremation at Mount Jerome crematorium.
