"Mark (54), his wife Louise (56), and their son Evan (27) were described as a family so deeply loved and so highly regarded, not just in their local community, but far beyond it. Delivering his homily, Fr Gerry Campbell said it was a week since news of a "terrible family tragedy" had begun to filter through about the events in the townland of Drumgowna near Louth Village."
""When Evan was first diagnosed with autism, my dad, who worked in a factory in Dundalk TSM at the time, took the courageous step to go back and pursue education," he said. "He started from scratch, he retrained, and eventually graduated from DKIT, and there he was awarded the president's gold medal," he said. "He did this so he could provide a better life for his family. While he faced challenges, both at home and in his studies, he excelled and made it look easy.""
Mark (54), his wife Louise (56), and son Evan (27) were a deeply loved family, highly regarded locally and beyond. Fr Gerry Campbell delivered a homily noting a week had passed since news of a terrible family tragedy began to filter through about events in Drumgowna near Louth Village. Cian O'Connor, Evan's brother, expressed profound hurt, shock, sadness and disbelief while urging celebration of the family's rich lives and memories rather than allowing the tragedy to overshadow them. Cian spoke with love and pride about his parents and about Evan, who had autism; their father retrained, graduated from DKIT with the president's gold medal and became an advocate for people with intellectual disabilities.
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