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THE legacy left by Clare Haven Services co-founder Mary Fitzgerald was remembered at her funeral mass last week as family and friends said their goodbyes to the woman described as “the best of us”. Speaking at her funeral mass in Kilnamona Church, family friend Fr Tom Hogan recalled, “She was always dreaming dreams, always saw new possibilities and wanted to do the very thing that came natural to her. She was a doer and she achieved so much and so many people are the better because Mary Fitz lived.” Originally from Maghera in Inagh, Mary later lived at Ballymacahill in Ennis with her loving family. Husband Martin Feerick paid tribute to his loving wife describing her as “always a character”, “wonderful” and the “best person you could ever give a job to do, but along with that she was just full of craic and fun”. He said they were both very different people, acknowledging, “we were a bit of an …
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