Sadness following the passing of 'great family woman' Margaret Conway in road accident

A WOMAN who died tragically in a road accident has been remembered as 'a great woman and a great neighbour and a great friend'.

Margaret Conway, of Drimcoggy, Srah, Tourmakeady, died after she was fatally injured in a two-car collision at Culmore, at the Charlestown side of Swinford on Monday at approximately 4.30pm. 

Her husband Padraig, who was driving the car Margaret was travelling in, was taken to Mayo University Hospital where he is currently receiving treatment for serious injuries.  

The male driver of the second vehicle was also seriously injured during the collision and was taken to University Hospital Galway.

Ballinrobe-based county councillor Michael Burke, who is a relative of Margaret's through marriage, described her as 'a great family woman'. 

"She was an absolutely fabulous woman so she was, and reared a mighty family and everything like that. She was a hard worker. That’s what you’d definitely call her, a really hard worker," Cllr Burke told The Mayo News this morning (August 23).

"She was a great woman and a great neighbour and a great friend. That’s what she was. It’s so tragic what happened to her at the end, just when she was starting to enjoy a bit of life."

 Margaret was 78 and was the mother of five children. 

Her remains will be reposing at Halla Tuar Mhic Éadaigh (F12 C6F2) on Thursday evening at 5.30pm with removal to her home at 7.30pm.

Her Funeral Mass takes place on Friday at 12 noon in St Mary’s Church, Tourmakeady, with burial afterwards in adjoining Tourmakeady Cemetery.

Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling on the N5 between Swinford and Charlestown this afternoon between 4pm and 4.45pm, is asked to make this footage available to Gardaí.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Swinford Garda Station on 094 925 2990, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.