This article is from page 22 of the 2011-12-06 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 22 JPG
A 94-YEAR-OLD woman who lived to be a “great age” died as a result of natural causes, an inquest into her death has found.
Margaret O’Gorman, a retired hotel worker from Newport, Co Tipperary, had been a resident of the Lakes Nursing Home when fire broke out there on August 20 (2010).
County Coroner Isobel O’Dea found that Ms O’Gorman died from natural causes. She said there was nothing to indicate that she had died from smoke inhalation or anything to do with the fire.
Clare Coroners Court heard last week that Ms O’Gorman had been unwell for some time. She received medical attention onsite. The inquest heard that Ms O’Gorman’s niece, Peggy Ryan, later identified the body of her aunt to Gardaí.
Garda Trevor Shannon said that Ms O’Gorman had resided in room 40 which was opposite from room 50 where the fire had inflamed.
Dr Michael Curtis carried out the post mortem. His report was read out in court by State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy.
She said there had been no significant injuries and that Ms O’Gorman was well cared for. Dr Cassidy’s report stated that there was “no evidence that she died from fire”. The report stated that Ms O’Gorman’s death was a “natural death”. He found that death was due to a heart attack.
Ms O’Dea extended her sympathy to Ms O’Gorman’s family. “I hope it is some comfort to you that she died from natural causes.” Ms Ryan said her aunt had lived to a “great age”.