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AN 82-year-old woman died af- ter falling and cutting her leg, the Coroner’s Court in Ennis heard last week.
Joanna Talty died at her home near
Kilkee in September 2007. County Coroner Isobel O’ Dea returned a ver- dict of accidental death caused by hy- povolemic shock, due to hemorrhage associated with a cut to the leg.
Ms Talty’s body was discovered near the gate of the garden of her
house by her daughter-in-law, Mary Talty. In her deposition to the court, Mary Talty said she had called to Joanna Talty’s house after she had heard the phone ringing out.
Ms ‘Talty’s son, Patrick Talty, told the court that he had visited his moth-
er the day the incident occurred.
He said, “I remember Friday, De- cember 28. I was with my mother in the garden in her house. I went milk- ing the cows at 2pm. I didn’t see her NA Coy mn o0t- |
Garda Mary O’Neill told the court
that when she was called to the house, she saw the body of Joanna Talty in an enclosed garden. She said Ms Tal- ty had suffered a cut to the leg.
Ms O’Dea and Inspector John Galvin both extended their sympathy to the family of Joanna Talty.