Tubbercurry

MICHAEL MCCARRICK R.I.P.

There was much sadness in the Tubbercurry/Cloonacool areas as news filtered through over the May Bank Holiday weekend that Michael McCarrick of Ballina and originally Doomore, Tubbercurry had died in a flying accident just outside Ballina.

Michael was a well known and highly respected man who worked all his adult life with ESB. As well as a good worker and great family man, Michael was also a well known traditional musician who played in many an Irish music session around Tubbercurry.

Although living in Ballina, the Cloonacool and Tubbercurry areas were always very close to his heart, and it was ironic that during his final flight prior to his death, he had flown over the South Sligo area which formed him as a man and musician.

A past pupil of Banada Abbey Secondary School, Michael