{"id":555090,"date":"2026-07-17T22:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T22:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/555090\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T22:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T22:14:10","slug":"letterkenny-school-pays-touching-tribute-to-late-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/555090\/","title":{"rendered":"Letterkenny school pays touching tribute to late teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heartbroken staff and pupils at a Co Donegal school have paid a touching tribute to a much-loved teacher and colleague.<\/p>\n<p>Miss R\u00f3is\u00edn Mc Kelvey, a teacher at Scoil Cholmcille in Letterkenny, passed away suddenly yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>R\u00f3is\u00edn was a hugely popular member of staff at the primary school, reflected by the huge outpouring of grief and tributes paid to her following her passing.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the school tonight paid a touching tribute to the 29-year-old teacher following her tragic passing.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson said &#8220;It is with profound sadness that the Board of Management, staff, pupils and the entire Scoil Cholmcille community have learned of the passing of our much-loved colleague, Miss R\u00f3is\u00edn Mc Kelvey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this time of immense loss, we extend our heartfelt sympathies to her family, friends and all who knew and loved her. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this very difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;May her gentle soul rest in peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.donegaldaily.com\/prod\/uploads\/2026\/07\/751112476_1568225565090644_7326438550344350725_n-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-642204 in-content-img not-prose w-full\" height=\"1024\" width=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/letterkenny-school-pays-touching-tribute-to-late-teacher.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below is R\u00f3is\u00edn&#8217;s obituary notice. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/sport-lead\/late-knight-goal-for-bray-sends-finn-harps-crashing-out-of-cup-642202\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Late Knight goal for Bray sends Finn Harps crashing out of Cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/late-knight-goal-for-bray-sends-finn-harps-crashing-out-of-cup.png\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Late Knight goal for Bray sends Finn Harps crashing out of Cup\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/hiring-fair-children-to-keep-their-place-in-letterkennys-new-market-square-642157\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Hiring Fair children to keep their place in Letterkenny&#039;s new Market Square\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hiring-fair-children-to-keep-their-place-in-letterkenny-039-s-new-market-square.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Hiring Fair children to keep their place in Letterkenny's new Market Square\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The death has occurred of: R\u00f3is\u00edn McKelvey, Terhillion, Termon (formally Cummeen, Doochary) unexpectedly, on 16 of July, aged 29.<\/p>\n<p>Beloved and cherished daughter of Neil and Eileen, dearly loved sister of Brendan and Megan, fondly valued sister-in-law of Cathal, adored aunt of Hannah, and much-loved granddaughter of M\u00e1ire McGill.<\/p>\n<p>Heartbreakingly missed and forever loved by her family, aunts, uncles, cousins, extended family, neighbours and her many dear friends.<\/p>\n<p>R\u00f3is\u00edn was a truly special young woman whose kind heart, beautiful smile and generous nature touched the lives of so many. She will be remembered with immense love and affection by all who had the privilege of knowing her.<\/p>\n<p>R\u00f3is\u00edns remains will repose at the chapel of rest until Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Viewing Saturday 5pm till 8pm. Viewing Sunday 6pm till 8pm.<\/p>\n<p>Private cremation afterwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heartbroken staff and pupils at a Co Donegal school have paid a touching tribute to a much-loved teacher&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-555090","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\/555090","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=555090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}