Dad-of-three killed in tragic workplace accident named locally
The Louth father-of- three killed in a workplace accident on Tuesday morning has been named as Saul McElwain from Ballynamoney, Carlingford.
The close knit community on the Cooley peninsula have been rallying around his family and remembering the 40 year-old as 'an absolute gentleman would do anything for you'.
Saul is survived by loving wife Sarah, daughters Naomi, Abbie and Jessica, parents Richard and Kathleen, brothers Patrick and Ross, sisters Miriam and Vivien, brothers-in-law Benny, Eddie, Mark and Alex, sisters-in-law Pamela, Aideen, Bernadette and Laura, parents-in-law Yvonne and Alec, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, the extended family circle and all who knew him.
A member of a very well-known and respected family, Saul grew up at Killin, Jenkinstown, and attended Dundalk Grammar School, where he is remembered as being 'always kind and helpful.'
He was involved with Macra na Feirme, making friends around the country, and was well-known in farming circles.
He was self-employed and had his own lorry, and was working at a Dundalk business premises when the tragic accident happened on Tuesday morning. The accident is being investigated by the Health and Safety Authority.
As news broke of his death, friends and neighbours have been paying tribute to the popular and hardworking man, who was 'always such a sunny person'.
"Saul was such a kind, gentle soul — we feel so lucky to have known him over the years. There are no words for this kind of loss,' friends wrote on rip.ie while others described him as 'an absolute gentleman and hard worker who adored his family and always willing to help out and advise us all ,he will be sadly missed by all who have had the pleasure of knowing him,' one mourner wrote on rip.ie
Saul's remains are reposing at his parents' home (A91 N8YF) privately on Wednesday evening, July 23 and for public visitation on both Thursday, July 24 and Friday, July 25. Removal on Saturday, July 26 to Dundalk Presbyterian Church, Jocelyn Street, Dundalk arriving for Funeral Service at 2pm.
Burial afterwards at Ballymascanlan Churchyard.
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