Portlaoise 3 (This is the
third of five Portlaoise Memorials)
OS Map Ref. S 444
973 Road: R445 County
Laois
On the old Limerick road out of Portlaoise town, which joins
the N7 at the end of the Portalaoise by-pass. This memorial is 0.4 miles from
the junction with the N7
Aoife Carroll, Matthew Peters and Ray Cuddy
died at the scene on Sat 13th June Lorraine Bowe and Fergal Hanlon died of
their injuries in a Dublin hospital on Wed 17th June
Matthew
Peters, Castletown
Died 13th June
1998
Time goes by without you and days turn into years Memories of
you stay with us and thoughts turn into
tears All friends along the path of
life you took that road together And
it led you straight to God Now with him you'll be forever
Aoife
Carroll, Camross
Raymond
Cuddy, Kilbricken
William Donoghue's memorial is located
along this same margin at about the level of the white vehicle in the distance
as show in this photo.
Read
extracts from published account of this accident
