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Delia Garvey RIP


Posted by Joseph on January 07, 2014 at 08:39:18:

It is with sadness we mark the passing of this gracious lady who lived a large part of her life in Lucan Street, who could genuinely claim to be an honorary member of the Castlebar ‘Auld Stock’. Delia ran a small shop selling groceries and sweets near the top of the street, just opposite the rear the building that was to become the Kingsbridge Inn. That triangle of the town with the adjacent Rush St and Upper Charles Street was populated by family owned businesses with numerous pub­grocery style premises, each with their loyal following that served that end of the town and now mostly disappeared. These small family shops were the stalwarts of business in Castlebar in the seventies  where the owners were all known and stood behind the shop counters, where loyalty, custom and respect were earned, something not seen in the modern era. Her shop was a regular port of call for countless school children on their way from school.  

Delia was an unassuming, but quietly determined, gracious lady who coped with adversity when her husband died when her children were relatively young and ran the shop and raised them without much fuss. Her home was ideally placed for the generation of grandchildren, who used it as a bolthole when going out at night, or a as a handy stopover and she maintained that great interest in their well being until just recently.

With her passing, we salute, a long life well lived, a local community well served and the end an era.
Deepest sympathy to daughters Breda, Marie, and Tina, son Michael and all her grandchildren and great grand children. May she rest in peace.

 
 
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