"The crash happened on the R495 Nenagh to Dromineer Road, near Nenagh, at about 9pm on Tuesday. A section of the road remained closed yesterday. Ms Kennedy was the driver of one of the cars and was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body was taken to University Hospital Limerick, where a post-mortem examination will be carried out."
"Ms Kennedy is understood to have been from the Ballywilliam area. She was widely known as an excellent athlete and enjoyed music. Her grandparents are from the area where the accident happened. Ms Kennedy and her twin, Aishling, excelled at sport, particularly cross country and camogie."
"She played with Burgess Duharra Camogie GAA Club and Tipperary development camogie squads. There was a sense of shock and disbelief in the area, said a local person familiar with the situation. Ms Kennedy was from a family renowned for their athleticism and was related through her mother's side to Tipperary senior hurler Willie Connors."
"Mr Connors, from nearby Killadangan, won an All-Ireland Senior Hurling medal last year when Tipperary recorded a resounding victory over Cork."
A crash occurred on the R495 Nenagh to Dromineer Road near Nenagh at about 9pm on Tuesday, and part of the road remained closed afterward. Ms Kennedy, the driver of one of the cars, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body was taken to University Hospital Limerick for a post-mortem examination. She was from the Ballywilliam area and was widely known as an excellent athlete who enjoyed music. She and her twin, Aishling, excelled at sport, especially cross country and camogie. She played with Burgess Duharra Camogie GAA Club and Tipperary development camogie squads. Her family was known for athleticism, and she was related through her mother’s side to Tipperary senior hurler Willie Connors, who won an All-Ireland Senior Hurling medal last year.
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