RIP: Respected Galway engineer fondly remembered in Longford community where he grew up

There are times that the mention of a family name brings back golden memories and for me when the news broke of the death of Brendan Keigher, Cloonarkin Drive, Oranmore, Co Galway and formerly of Lanesboro, Co Longford, those memories came flooding back. 

Growing up at the back of the Garda barracks where Dominic Keigher was local sergeant and along with his wife Mae and his family lived in the attached Garda accommodation was fabulous as the lads in the family were so creative and inventive for a kid like me. 

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Going into their garden when they were out playing was a wonderful memory as they let their creativity and inventiveness flow and I was in total awe of all their creations. They were young fellas long before their time without doubt.

I have memories of Brendan playing with the Shannon Gaels team at underage. Their mother Mae passed away when the five children were very young and it is a testimony to the resilience and dedication of their father that all the children went on to be very successful. When Dominic retired the family then moved to live in Roscommon Town. For their time in Lanesboro the Keigher family are still fondly remembered.

Brendan went on to become an engineer where he lived and reared a family in Oranmore, Co Galway along with his wife Margaret.

Brendan passed away suddenly at his home on Friday, January 16 and his Funeral Mass took place in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Oranmore, Co Galway on Tuesday, January 20 with burial taking place in Renville Cemetery.

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He was predeceased by his parents Dominic and Mae and son-in-law Steve.

We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife Margaret, son Don, daughters Mairéad and Aoife, daughter-in-law Emma and son-in-law James, grandchildren Aidan, Oliver, Aisling and Finn, sisters Angela and Marie, brothers John and Donal, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and a large circle of friends and former colleagues.