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A 21ST birthday celebration ended in tragedy as two friends lost their lives in a horrific road smash close to Kilmihil in the early hours of Sun- CEMA
Eoin Glynn (21) from Shanaway, Miltown Malbay and Shane Donnel- lan (17), from Kilmore, Knock, were OU UTSTOMA YG ateseMmUsComm Vc OMBEO MUON Ce OM D SAY were travelling veered out of con- trol. It hit a ditch, before crossing the road and plunged into a field close to Goldburn Bridge, on the main Ennis/ Kilrush road, shortly before 5am.
The other two occupants of the car – Enda O’Leary (24), from Kilmihil and Mike Morrissey (20), from Kil- murry McMahon – sustained injuries in the crash and were taken to hos- pital. Mr O’Leary sustained multiple fractures to his leg while Mr Morris- sey sustained serious internal inju- ries and was taken to Limerick Re- gional Hospital where his condition is described as serious.
The four had attended a friend’s 21st birthday party in Knock earlier that night and were understood to have been travelling from Kilmihil, in the direction of Knock, when trag- Ohana (ele
The young men had gone home to Kilmihil after the 21st party and de- cided to venture out again at a later stage. Gardai say none of the four
men — who were all in the front of the van — were wearing seatbelts. Shane Donnellan is survived by his parents, Tommy and Jenny and young brother Thomas. He was edu-
cated locally in Killimer and was working in Dublin.
Eoin Glynn is the only son of Michael and Una Glynn. He has three younger sisters, Tara, Lisa and
Deirdre. His parents returned home at the weekend after a short break overseas. The heartbreaking loss of young Eoin follows a recent serious illness suffered by a family member.
The scene of the crash was exam- ined by the forensic accident exam- iner and gardai are waiting his re- eke) ay
The van travelled a distance of 180 metres from where it went out of control, to the point where it stopped. Emergency services spent a consid- erable amount of time at the scene of the crash on Sunday morning and the road was closed for most of the day.
Superintendent Noel Clarke is ap- pealing for anyone who may have seen the black Volkswagen trans- porter van in the lead-up to the ac- cident to come forward.
“We are hoping that people will come forward, people who may have been travelling on that road between 4.45am and 4.50am,” he said.
Those who knew the two young men say they were well regarded and were hard workers.
Kilmurry McMahon parish priest Fr John Kelly said everybody’s thoughts were with the families of the young men.
“It is a very sad time for the fami- lies and for the entire community that these young men were killed in such an accident” he said.