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Susan McGinley RIP
The death has taken place of
Susan McGinley
Aras Bhride and formerly Tawneylea
Drumkeeran
Susan died in Sligo General Hospital on
Wednesday, 16th January.
She had been a resident
of St Brigid’s Hostel for the last 19 years.
Susan was born in Tawneylea in 1922,
one of a family of ten children born to Frank
and Mary McGinley.
While most of the family emigrated,
Susan lived in Tawneylea over
70 years.
There she delighted in visiting her neighbours and, in turn,
she loved to
see them visiting her own house.
She also enjoyed listening to the music sessions.
And she loved attending the bazaars and winning prizes at them.
Susan’s lifestyle was very plain, very simple.
Susan was a lady of great gentleness.
She
had a lovely sense of humour and jollity about her.
She was a very generous lady who
had a lovely care-
Above all, she had a deep faith in God and in his love and care for her.
She didn’t worry about life. She trusted that God would look after her at all times.
And
because of all these aspects to her personality,
she was a thoroughly delightful person
to know and to befriend.
In 1994 she moved into Drumkeeran
and became a resident in St Brigid’s Hostel.
There
she soon won the love and the affection
of her fellow residents and of the staff.
In
her own quiet and unique way,
she brightened up their lives with her jollity and her
joviality.
And they, in turn, through their affection and care for her,
also brightened
up her life.
She was very happy in St Brigids and later in Aras Bhride.
Susan was pre-
and by her brothers
John Joe, Harry and Frank.
She is survived by her sisters Florence, Jeannie and Margie
all of whom live in the
USA.
Many people attended Susan’s removal on Thursday evening
and the funeral Mass on Friday
morning.
Susan was laid to rest in the family plot
in Drumkeeran Cemetery.