THE TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY in the small village of Rathdrum, Co Wicklow have been paying their respects today to Clodagh Phelan (11) who is lying in repose at her family home following her death last Monday in Spain. Clodagh, who was a popular and much loved pupil at St Saviour’s National School in Rathdrum, fell from a seventh floor balcony at the Club Mac Hotel in Puerto de Alcudia in Mallorca at around 6.30am on 22 July.
Locals have placed flowers outside her school to mark their sadness at her tragic death. Clodagh was exceptionally talented at sport and played camogie, Gaelic football, hockey and rugby. She was also known for her sunny disposition, caring nature and for “always having a smile on her face.
” Clodagh is lying in repose at her home in Newbawn in Rathdrum until 8pm today. The family home will be strictly private tomorrow morning. A requiem mass for Clodagh will take place tomorrow at noon in the Holy Trinity Church, Castlemacadam, Avoca followed by burial in Ballinatone Cemetery, Rathdrum.
A recording of the funeral service will be available for mourners by 6pm tomorrow. Meanwhile, her family have described Clodagh as a “little angel.” A death notice on Rip.
ie reads that the vivacious young girl is survived by her ‘heartbroken parents’ Liam and Valerie and her siblings Will and David. “Clodagh will also be forever missed by her devoted grandfather John Hobson and grandmother Joan Phelan, aunts and uncles Siobhán and Michéal, Ciarán and Dei.