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Mother and Daughter to Be Laid to Rest Together After Dying in ‘Devastating’ Road Collision in Ireland
Aisling Moore, 46, and her 8-year-old daughter Abbigael Moore-Tournié died after their car collided with a lorry on July 2
A mother and daughter from Ireland are being laid to rest after dying in a car crash together earlier this week.
On Tuesday, July 2, at approximately 5:45 p.m. local time, Aisling Moore, 46, and her 8-year-old daughter Abbigael Moore-Tournié died in a road traffic collision with a lorry on the N26 in Lismoran, Foxford, County Mayo, the press office of the Garda, Ireland’s National Police and Security Service, confirmed in a statement obtained by PEOPLE. Authorities are continuing to investigate the collision and have requested for witnesses to come forward, the statement also said.
Per the Irish obituary website RIP.ie, funeral details for the late mother-daughter duo, from Cois Coille, Swinford, Co. Mayo, have now been released.
“Reposing in Swinford Cultural Centre, Swinford on Friday, 5th of July, from 5 o’clock to 8 o’clock. Funeral Mass this Saturday, 6th of July, at 12 o’clock in Our Lady Help of Christians Church prior to burial in Swinford Cemetery,” the post read.
Foxford Parish Priest Fr Padraig Costello said, per Irish news outlet, Raidió Teilifís Eireann (RTE), that “it was a devastating scene” when he attended the scene of the crash shortly after it happened.