{"id":397783,"date":"2026-04-14T10:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/397783\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:59:08","slug":"frank-mcswiggan-gortnasillagh-glenties-highland-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/397783\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank McSwiggan, Gortnasillagh, Glenties – Highland Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Frank McSwiggan, Gortnasillagh, Glenties, Co Donegal.<\/p>\n

On Sunday 12th April 2026, peacefully in Galway University Hospital, surrounded by his loving family.<\/p>\n

Predeceased by his parents, John & Mary Kate, sisters, Mary and Nora and brother-in-law Tony.<\/p>\n

Frank will be sadly missed by his wife Rose, daughter Michelle (Pauric), son Francis (Kiera), his five beautiful grandchildren, C\u00e1ra, Ava, Darragh, Emily and Shane. Brothers, Jimmy (Maura) & John, sister Annette, nephews & niece, neighbours and many friends.<\/p>\n

May his gentle soul Rest in Peace.<\/p>\n

Frank\u2019s remains will repose at Shovlin\u2019s Funeral Home, Sandfield, Ardara F94 A250 on Tuesday 14th April 2026, from 3pm to 8pm.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Frank will rest in his family home.<\/p>\n

House STRICTLY PRIVATE PLEASE for family members, close family friends and neighbours.<\/p>\n

Funeral Mass, Thursday 16th April 2026, at 11am in St. Connell\u2019s Church, Glenties, with burial afterwards in the local cemetery https:\/\/www.churchservices.tv\/glenties<\/a><\/p>\n

Family flowers only. Donations in lieu, if wished, to Cro\u00ed Heart & Stroke charity (non-profit organisation),c\/o James McGuinness, Funeral Directors, Main Street, Glenties.<\/p>\n

Cro\u00ed provided Frank\u2019s family with accommodation in Galway, which enabled them to be with him during his final days comfortably.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frank McSwiggan, Gortnasillagh, Glenties, Co Donegal. On Sunday 12th April 2026, peacefully in Galway University Hospital, surrounded by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-397783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}