Donal SMYTH

Donal SMYTH obituary

Donal SMYTH

Donal SMYTH Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Jun. 22 to Jun. 28, 2015.
SMYTH (Donal) 20 Tyrawley Tce, Ballina We, Donal's mother Celia, brother's Seamus and Micheal, sister's Mary, Bernadette, Carmel, Loretta, Patricia, Claire and extended family would like to express our sincere appreciation and gratitude to those who sympathised with us on our recent sad loss. Thanks to all those who travelled long distances, telephoned, called to the house, sent flowers, attended the funeral Mass and burial. We take comfort from your heartfelt words and memories of Donal. Thank you to Carr's Supermarket, Michael Carr and Daughters Meats, Corcoran's Pub, Betty Sweeney and Auld Shebeen; to our kind neighbours and friends who brought food and refreshments to Donal's house, Rosann and Aine who helped out in the kitchen and our neighbours who organised the traffic, we are truly thankful. Thanks to Dr. Michael Moffatt, paramedics and the local Gardai. A sincere thank you to Fr. James Corcoran for his beautiful Mass and for all the support he has given to the family. Thanks to Fr. Tom Doherty, Fr. Liam Reilly and Fr. Kieran Holmes who concelebrated Mass, Patsy Doherty and Bob Maye for their wonderful music. Thank you to Fr. Michael Flynn, Fr. Gerry O'Hora and Mons. Patrick Gallagher for their prayers and kind words. Thanks to Ballina Taxi Co-Op for the guard of honour from the church to Leigue Cementary. A sincere thank you to Mick Halloran(Pronto) and members of the Post 30 who carried Donal to his final resting place and performing the military ceremony at the graveyard and Jackie Greham for playing the Last Post. A special thanks to Eugene Barrett, Padraig Lackey and Donal's nephew Stuart who sang at his graveside. Thanks to Gallagher Undertakers for their help and professionalism, the gravdiggers for preparing Donal's final resting place and Mary and her staff of the Broken Jug for the lovely food and service. We are most grateful to our friends, neighbours and work colleagues for all their help and emotional support during and after Donal's sudden death. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individully, please accept this acknowledgement as a token of our warmest appreciation to you all. Month's Mind Mass will be held in St. Patrick's Church, Ballina on Saturday 27th June at 9.30am
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