{"id":511367,"date":"2026-06-21T17:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/511367\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:04:10","slug":"kenneth-kirwan-no-1-new-line-road-letterkenny-formerly-kildare-highland-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/511367\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Kirwan, No. 1, New Line Road, Letterkenny, formerly Kildare – Highland Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Kenneth Kirwan, No. 1, New Line Road, Letterkenny (F92 K26D), formerly Kildare, in the loving care of the Donegal Hospice.<\/p>\n

Ken is predeceased by his beloved son Patrick and his parents Patrick and Bridget Kirwan and sister Peg.<\/p>\n

Kenneth will be sadly missed by his devoted family, wife Celine, son Gareth (Miranda), daughters Karen (Scott), Rhona (Eddie), Edel (Jason) and Aisling (Andrew), grandchildren and great-grandchildren, brothers Joseph, John and sister Mary, nephews, nieces, extended family, many friends and neighbours and members of the CYMS Snooker Club.<\/p>\n

Reposing at his late residence today, Sunday 21st June from 4pm to 10pm and on Monday 22nd June from 12 noon to 9pm, concluding with Rosary on both nights.<\/p>\n

Family time, please, on the morning of the funeral.<\/p>\n

Requiem Mass at 1.00pm in St. Eunan\u2019s Cathedral on Tuesday 23rd June, which can be viewed at www.churchservices.tv\/letterkenny<\/a>, followed by burial in the family plot in New Leck Cemetery.<\/p>\n

Family flowers only, please, donations in lieu, if wished, to the Donegal Hospice, c\/o Paschal Blake, Funeral Director, Stoney Arch, New Line Road, Letterkenny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Kenneth Kirwan, No. 1, New Line…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-511367","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\/511367","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=511367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}