Stella Gallagher (59) died in Cork University Hospital after a stabbing incident in which her husband Brian was seriously injured. The funeral will take place next week for a “dearly loved” wife and mother who was attacked by a man armed with a knife near her home in Shrewsbury Downs in Ballinlough, Cork City, last Monday night.
Mrs Gallagher was a retired chemical engineer. She was known by her maiden name Griffin at her workplace, Eli Lilly. Her death notice states that she is survived by her husband Brian and her children Ciara, Conor, and Mark. She is also “sadly missed” by her brother Denis, parents-in-law Val and Geraldine, brothers-in-law Alan and Mark, sisters-in-law Erika, Ann, Michele, and Mary, along with nephews, nieces, extended family, and friends.
The “much loved mother,” a native of Ballinspittle, Co Cork, will lie in repose at the Temple Hill Funeral Home on Boreenmanna Road in Cork from 5pm to 6pm next Monday. Her requiem Mass will take place on Tuesday at 11am in the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Ballinlough. The Mass will be live-streamed. Burial will follow at St Michael’s Cemetery in Blackrock, Cork City.
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Author's summary: A respected engineer and mother, Stella Gallagher, died after a stabbing near her Cork home; her funeral arrangements are announced with live-streamed mass and burial details.