Mother and daughters killed in Mayo collision to be buried in Donegal next week

Stephen Maguire

A mother and her two daughters who were killed in a collision in Co Mayo are to be buried in her native Co Donegal.

Una Bowden (47) and her two daughters, Ciara (14) and Saoirse (nine), died when their car was involved in a collision with a truck on the N17 near Claremorris on Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs Carlin Bowden's husband and the girls' father, David Bowden, had been working abroad with the United Nations when the tragedy took place.

It is understood that the mother and daughters were travelling home from visiting Una's father in Raphoe, Co Donegal.

The family had been living in Moycullen, Co Galway for a number of years.

Una, Ciara and Saoirse's remains will be taken from Mayo University Hospital on Monday afternoon, and a wake will be held from Monday through to Wednesday at the home of Una's family in Miltown, Raphoe.

The funeral procession will leave the home at 11am on Wednesday, for their funeral Mass at St Eunan's Church in Raphoe 12pm.

The service will be followed by their burial at the old graveyard in Convoy.