Seán Mac an tSíthigh tweetz:
Emma Mhic Mhathúna, 37 year old mother of five, begins her final journey & leaves the small fishing village of Baile na nGall #CervicalCheck
Previously: Emma
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Why is that this nations greatest heroes always have to be (through no fault of their own) poignant, lamentable victims. A nations heroes should not be created in such a manner. They’re supposed to be joyousness, momentous almost fictional characters to be celebrated for all things good. Why are we sitting here -yet again – today with another hero that never should have been . What a woman. That I have to feel so much pride in her genuinely upsets me. You’re not supposed to be such a hero for simply living your life or at least simply trying to. She was only ever supposed to be a mother and what a mother. Rest in peace.
Well said. Very well said.
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Wonderfully said. RIP
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Well said.
Powerful image.
Beautifully said. R.I.P
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis
Nice photograph.
Incredibly sad. I honestly wonder how people, such as her family, can deal with the experience they’re going through. For what it’s worth, I wish them every possible happiness the rest of their lives and conjure.
I’m not sure I’ve seen a more poignant or loaded photograph. Simultaneously tragic, beautiful, portentous, hopeless and yet absolutely representative of Ireland as a place.
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Agreed, it’s such an evocative picture; desperately sad but beautiful too. Kudos to the writer of the tweet and this comment – There’s a phrase as Gaeilge when someone passes away- “Tá sí imithe ar shlí na fírinne”, meaning “She is gone on the way of the truth”. If that doesn’t describe what Emma Mhic Mhathúna stood for, I don’t know what does.
Poignant photo. May she rest in peace. Fup cancer. We need better screening, less mis-diagnoses, and zero screening mis-management.
Beautiful and moving photograph as if nature itself is lamenting this lady’s passing. May Emma rest in peace.
Suaimhneas síoraí go raibh ag Emma chaoin agus faoiseamh ag a muintir go léir
SO SAD TO LOOK AT THIS PICTURE.