Stella Gallagher’s funeral mass will take place in Ballinlough next week

14:19, 21 Nov 2025Updated 14:48, 21 Nov 2025

Stella Gallagher (née Griffin) RIP

The funeral details have been announced for a Cork woman who was fatally injured after a violent incident at her home in Ballinlough. Stella Gallagher (née Griffin) will be laid to rest next week.

The mum and retired Eli Lily engineer will lay in repose on Monday and her funeral mass will take place on Tuesday in Ballinlough, her family have announced on RIP.ie. Stella’s funeral notice reads that she will be “sadly missed by her loving husband and family,” as well as a wide circle of loved relatives and friends.

Ballinspittle native Stella (59) will lie in repose at Temple Hill Funeral Home of Jerh. O’Connor on Boreenmanna Road on Monday (November 24th) from 5.00pm to 6.00pm. Her Requiem Mass will take place at 11.00am on Tuesday (November 25th) in the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, followed by funeral afterwards to St. Michael’s Cemetery, Blackrock.

Stella Gallagher, who died in a stabbing incident in Ballinlough(Image: Provision)

Stella died at Cork University Hospital on Monday night after suffering fatal injures during an incident at her family home in the Shrewsbury Downs, a mature residential development in Ballinlough where she lived for over 20 years. She and her husband Brian were injured and suffered stab wounds, the couple were brought to hospital, where Stella was tragically pronounced dead.

The community have been left in a state of sadness following such a shocking and tragic incident. Cllr Honore Kamegni said he knows many residents in the Shrewsbury Downs area and that he is standing with the community following this tragedy. He told CorkBeo this week: “It’s very painful to see this happen. It is not acceptable to carry out an attack on anybody or any community. I know many residents in that ward, and while I have not met Stella and Brian personally, I stand strongly with the community in this difficult time.”

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the attack and is before the courts. Councillor Peter Horgan said the incident has cast a dark cloud over the local community. He said: “It’s an awful tragedy, my prayers are with the victims and the wider family. Gardaí have now begun their investigation and must be given the space to do that, but the incident has cast a dark cloud over the entire parish; it’s a very sad situation.”