from the Irish Times: A man (22) was killed when the car he was driving went off the road at Forge Cross outside Rathmore, Co Kerry, on the main Mallow to Killarney Road (N72) at around 10pm last night. Gardaí believe the man – who is from the Ballydaly area near Millstreet – was travelling west towards Killarney when the crash happened. Gardaí and emegency services attended, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and his body was later removed to hospital for a postmortem. The road was closed for several hours for a forensic examination, and gardaí in Kantuck have appealed to anyone who may have travelled the road between 9.30pm and 10pm and witnessed anything to contact them on 029-50002.
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from the Irish Independent
… And gardai are appealing for witnesses to a crash on Saturday night which claimed the life of a 22-year-old man. Don Murphy from Knocknaloman, Ballydaly, Co Cork, died when the car he was driving crashed at Rathbeg in the village of Rathmore, Co Kerry, between 10.30pm and 10.50pm.
Mr Murphy lost control of the car — a dark blue Honda Civic — on the N72 within the 50kmh zone of the village, about 22km from Killarney.
The car veered across the road, hitting a concrete post and plunged about 10 feet before landing on its side in a field. The ESB employee was the sole occupant of the car. Gardai in Kanturk, who are investigating the accident, can be contacted at 029-20680.
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Even echo: 22-year-old loses his life in car tragedy
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from the Corkman:
Cross-community mourning for Don
Communities either side of the Kerry/Cork border are this week coming to terms with the death of a popular 22-year-old who was killed in a single vehicle collision at Rathbeg, Rathmore, on Saturday night.
Don Murphy, Knocknalommon, had been driving westbound on the N72 shortly before 10.30pm when his Honda Civic clipped a newly installed traffic calming measure in the centre of the road. The impact resulted in the loss of control of the vehicle when continued for approximately 70 yards before careering through a barrier and coming to a halt in a nearby field. The deceased was the car’s sole occupant. The youngest of three siblings, the victim is survived by parents Michael and Eileen (nee O’Sullivan), brother Pádraig and sister Siobhan. Countless tributes for the deceased have poured in to the respected family following the tragic incident. Friends formed a guard of honour at the removal on Monday night and Cullen GAA members shouldered the coffin and formed a guard at Tuesdays Requiem Mass.
A former pupil of Ballydaly National School and Rathmore Community college, the deceased had previously worked at Supervalu in Millstreet and had been working as an apprentice network technician for the past two years. Despite being an accomplished underage forward with Cullen GAA and living on the Cork side of the boarder, he was also a keen Kerry GAA supported. “He loved football and could play with both feet but he knew where his loyalties lay”, Don’s uncle, PJ Murphy, recalled this week. “On a club trip to Croke Park with his Cullen team-mates, he was the only one out of the 30 wearing the Kerry jersey, everyone else was in the Cork colours,” he continued. Described as a social person who easily attracted friends, he added that his nephew was “a rogue, a loveable character who had a great smile”.
thoughts to his family