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THE west Clare village of Carriga- holt was in shock yesterday as news spread that a local teenager was the latest victim of the county’s roads.
Just weeks before she was due to receive her Leaving Certificate re- sults, Tace Gould-Duff died when the car she was driving collided with another vehicle in Dough, Kilkee.
The 19-year-old St Joseph’s second- ary school student was on a break from her job in Hayes Supermarket Kilkee when tragedy struck at 4.15 pm on Sunday afternoon.
It is believed that Tace, who moved to Carrigaholt from England with her family a number of years ago, died instantly. The occupants of the other car – a husband and wife -were removed to the Mid Western Re- gional Hospital Ennis with injuries
described “as not life threatening”. Shocked locals, yesterday paid tribute to the well-respected young woman they described as “popular”, and “a girl with a great personality”. Mayor of Clare Madeleine Taylor Quinn said the sympathy of the com- munity was with Tace’s family. “Tt is an unnecessary loss of a life that had a huge potential,” she said. Her grieving parents Kate and Sean were in England on holiday at the time of the tragedy and were due back in the country yesterday after- noon. She is also survived by her two brothers, Davis and Brennan. Friends of the Carrigaholt girl were being contacted yesterday and of- fered assistance and counselling. Gardai are still investigating the circumstances that led to the fatal accident.