Devoted mum Mary was a ray of sunshine to all she encountered
THERE was widespread sadness at the sudden passing of Mary McCabe, from Adamstown in April and her loss and bright smile is still keenly felt within the community.
A devoted mother to Sophie (6) and Patrick (3), Mary was a familiar face to many from her 13 years working at Boland’s in Wexford.
Her death at her Rathsillagh home on April 8 led to deep shock within the area and for her family, colleagues and friends.
Mary spent her early years in Co Meath where her father worked at Woodpark Stud, Dunboyne, before the family later moved to Wexford.
She shared the same love of horses as her parents, Mosie and Queenie, who ran a livery and training yard in Rathsillagh.
A talented sportswoman she represented Wexford in the 100m Athletics in Mosney from u8s to u12s and played basketball, representing Scoil Mhuire,
Trim, and Leinster, before going on to become a qualified coach.
After graduating from college, Mary worked for Aer Lingus as a cabin crew member which meant she had the ideal opportunity to enjoy another of her interests, travel, and visited numerous countries and cities.
More recently, Mary worked in the service department at Bolands Car Sales in Wexford, where she was described as ‘a ray of sunshine on everyone who met her. She had the ability to make everyone feel important’.
She was promoted and started working at Donohoe’s garage in Enniscorthy earlier this year and had plans to travel to Canada to visit her brother Edmund and planned to bring Sophie to New York later this year.
The Roselier mare Silver Prayer, purchased at the Tattersalls November National Hunt Sale in 2004, proved a very lucky broodmare for Mary, producing several winners. Amongst Silver Prayer’s progeny are the Bartlemy point-topoint winner Silver Forever, now trained by Paul Nicholls, and Sopat, named after Mary’s two adored children, Sophie and Patrick.
A passionate jump racing fan, Mary was looking forward to seeing Silver Forever run at Cheltenham, however the mare had a setback beforehand.
Above all Mary was a loving and proud mother. Her children were her pride and joy.
She had a wide circle of friends, all of whom shared beautiful memories and sentiments on RIP.ie following her tragic passing.
She was a fun loving, caring, ambitious, considerate, good humoured woman who always had a warm smile to share with everyone she met.
Remembered for her welcoming smile, honesty and companionship, Mary approached everything with good humour. She will be sadly missed by her parents, children, brothers Mosie and Edmund, sister Joanna and a wide circle of family, friends and work colleagues.
A short funeral service was held for Mary and the people of Adamstown lined the road as she was brought to her final resting place beside her sister Suzanna who died aged only nine months.
May she rest in peace.