{"id":655793,"date":"2026-10-15T19:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/655793\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T19:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:32:11","slug":"such-a-lovely-person-tributes-paid-to-homeless-woman-who-died-in-tent-in-dublin-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/655793\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Such a lovely person\u2019: Tributes paid to homeless woman who died in tent in Dublin \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tributes have been paid to former library worker who died in a tent in Dublin<\/a>\u2019s city centre last weekend after years of living on the streets.<\/p>\n

Antonia Edgeworth, who was in her early 50s and was originally from Foxrock<\/a>, Co Dublin, was found in an unresponsive state in a tent on Henry Street in the north city centre on Sunday morning. <\/p>\n

The mother of one is understood to have been homeless<\/a> for many years and to have struggled with addiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cGarda\u00ed responded to the discovery of a body on Henry Street in Dublin city Centre on the morning of Sunday 11th October, 2026,\u201d a Garda<\/a> spokesman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA postmortem will determine the course of the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

No foul play is suspected.<\/p>\n

\"AA member of the public looks at the flowers and tributes left for Antonia Edgeworth on Henry Street in Dublin city centre. Photograph: Dara Mac D\u00f3naill\/The Irish Times \"MessagesMessages left in memory of Antonia Edgeworth, on Henry Street. Photograph: Dara Mac D\u00f3naill\/The Irish Times <\/p>\n

D\u00fan Laoghaire<\/a> independent councillor Hugh Lewis led tributes to her at a council meeting on Monday evening.<\/p>\n

In a follow-up post on social media, he said: \u201cTragically, Antonia was found deceased on a Dublin street yesterday morning. She is another victim of the housing crisis<\/a> and demonstrates the vulnerability that our homeless and rough sleepers face each night.<\/p>\n

\u201cAntonia was … a well-known face in D\u00fan Laoghaire town and friend to many.\u201d<\/p>\n

She is understood to have worked also in the now-closed Magic Carpet pub in Cabinteely and in Supervalu. <\/p>\n

A friend, who did not wish to be named for fear of upsetting Antonia Edgeworth\u2019s family, said she had \u201cfond memories\u201d of chatting with her in the old D\u00fan Laoghaire library on Library Road, in the early 2000s. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe was a lovely girl, a genuinely nice girl who would go out her way to help you find a book. She cared deeply about her family, especially her daughter,\u201d said the friend.<\/p>\n

The woman said Antonia Edgeworth had a private rented accommodation in the town which she lost, possibly due to rent arrears. <\/p>\n

\u201cI thought at the time: why did no one intervene to help her get a roof over her head? Anyone could see she was struggling.<\/p>\n

\u201cI met her by chance last year in Dublin, near the Ilac centre. She was so thin. It was freezing cold and I says to her: \u2018What are you doing out here with just a sleeping bag?\u2019 She said she was going to get herself together. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then a couple of weeks ago in D\u00fan Laoghaire this girl [Edgeworth] comes up to me, gives me a hug. I told her to look after herself. I thought to myself though: \u2018She is going to die if she stays out on the streets.\u2019 It\u2019s very sad. She hadn\u2019t a bad bone in her body.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"OneOne of the photos left at a makeshift memorial on Henry Street. Photograph: Dara Mac D\u00f3naill\/The Irish Times \"PeoplePeople pay their respects at the Henry Street memorial. Photograph: Dara Mac D\u00f3naill\/The Irish Times <\/p>\n

Glenda Harrington, who runs the Friends Helping Friends soup kitchen on Tuesday nights in Dublin city centre saw the deceased last week. She described her as \u201cfunny\u201d and \u201cvery well-spoken\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe was loud. You\u2019d hear her coming, but there was no badness in her. The thing you\u2019d always notice was she was so little. She also looked freezing,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe was very much a loner, wouldn\u2019t go into the hostels. She was scared of the hostels and to be honest, she was soft. She wouldn\u2019t have done well in the hostels.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another tribute posted on social media, a former colleague said: \u201cI worked with Antonia in SuperValu many years ago, she was such a lovely person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another said she thought Antonia Edgeworth was \u201cone of the nicest\u201d she had ever met and that she had \u201cthe pleasure of having many chats with her; absolutely heartbreaking the way she passed away on our streets when she should have had a home\u201d. <\/p>\n

Antonia Edgeworth\u2019s father Michael died in April 2024. He was described on his death notice as \u201cbeloved husband of Siobhan, loving dad of Ross and Antonia and a much-loved grandad of Breanna, Jake and Casey\u201d.<\/p>\n

Funeral details for his daughter are yet to be announced. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tributes have been paid to former library worker who died in a tent in Dublin\u2019s city centre last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,615,16089,41806,3663,3662,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-655793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-dublin","tag-dun-laoghaire","tag-foxrock","tag-homeless-crisis","tag-housing-crisis","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655793","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=655793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}