"She was a joy to be around and great fun. When I asked them what some of the good memories of Stella were, they looked back at me and said: 'They were all good - she was a joy to be around.' She was great fun."
"She was game for anything and would go anywhere and have a good time. Even the cat would make a bee-line for her no matter who else was in the room and jump up on her lap and start purring."
"Stella loved meeting people and chatting with them, whether her many relatives, cousins, second cousins or even someone she had just met. She loved going on outings with people whether for a hike in the country or to a film or on a shopping trip."
"As well as Stella's ability to enjoy whoever she was with, she had an inbuilt generosity and was always doing things for others or giving them things," he said. "If you mentioned in passing that you liked something, the next time you saw her she would have bought it for you or baked them for you."
A requiem mass for Stella Gallagher, 59, was held at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Ballinlough, Cork, with Monsignor Gearóid Dullea as chief celebrant. Ms Gallagher died at Cork University Hospital after being rushed there following critical injuries sustained when she and her husband Brian were stabbed near their Shrewsbury Downs home on Monday, November 17. Mourners were led by husband Brian and children Ciara, Conor and Mark. Son David, 25, was charged with Ms Gallagher's murder and with assault causing harm to his father. A eulogy by her brother-in-law Alan described her as joyful, generous, sociable and adventurous.
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