PaulaKeville, 27, was beautiful, funnyandkind
PAULA Keville, of Ballaghablake, Curracloe, sadly died on January 13, at the young age of 27.
Originally from Dublin, Paula moved to Wexford with her family in 1996 when she was eight years old.
She attended St Margaret’s School in Curracloe and then the Loreto in Wexford town.
While mischievious at heart, Paula was very much loved by her teachers. She was never a fan of sitting still too long, but was always kind and always friendly.
Growing up in Wexford, Paula naturally tried her hand at camogie, but it was ice hockey that she really enjoyed, heading to the ice rink with fiancee Keith whenever she had the chance. She would sit up and wait for any of the big games no matter what time they aired.
She was also a big fan of MMA, spearheading the campaign to arrange a homecoming celebration for Colin McGreggor. The petition garnered 20,000 signatures and she was asked to go on the radio to talk about it. Paula had a great mind for technology. She had a computing diploma from Dublin Institute of Technology and was intending to return to study for degree. She was the go-to person at home for any technology questions, from phones to computers, greatly helping her nephews and nieces whenever she could.
Her other big passion, and arguably her biggest, was music. Paula was a self-taught guitarist, playing almost every day and always trying to better herself and learn new things. She was so musically talented, she could turn her hand to many instruments.
Her favourite band was by far Metallica and she travelled the world to see them, attending concerts in Russia, Latvia, France and the Netherlands to name but a few.
She even got to achieve one of her lifetime goals of meeting her hero James Hetfield who signed her guitar for her.
Paula was from a big family whom she loved very much and was loved very much in return.
Her mother Marian and father Brendan are both volunteers in the Wexford Coast Guard and have been for years.
She has two sisters, Anne and Emma and two brothers Alan and Edwin, and sevem nephews and nieces who she loved to spend time with. Paula and her family all live quite near each other and because of this were extremely close.
Among her favourite past times were to go out to the park, go to concerts, gigs and go on trips with her sisters and the kids. They loved their Auntie Paula and have great memories of times spent together.
Paula’s passing was suddent and a huge tragedy for the whole family. But some solace can be had from the many amazing memories they had with her.
She was funny and witty and wasn’t afraid to stand out.
Paula was very popular around Wexford due to her friendly, outgoing attitude and remarkable personality, which was illustrated by the outpouring of support from her friends, near and far.
Her family said they wanted to extend a huge thanks to everyone who had helped Paula over the years and to those who reached out over the past couple of weeks and said they wanted to say a special thanks to the doctors and nurses at Wexford Hospital and at St James’.
They said they were ‘ blown away’ by the support and love of the community at Curracloe and by all those who came to pay their respects, share fond memories and say a final farewell to Paula.
She very much loved her friends and would have loved to see everyone who came together in such a way.
‘She was a beautiful, funny, kind girl, whose memory will always be carried in our hearts,’ they said.