Victims of Mayo road tragedy are named as communities join in mourning

The three victims of yesterday’s road crash on the N17 near Claremorris have been named as Una Bowden and her daughters, Ciara (14) and Saoirse (9).

The Bowden family lived near Moycullen, Co. Galway.

The devastating tragedy has evoked a tremendous sense of loss and sorrow across the nation.

All three lost their lives when their car collided with an articulated lorry at Castlegar, near Claremorris.

David Bowden, husband of Una and father to Ciara and Saoirse, is travelling back to Ireland.

Mr. Bowden is a project manager with the United Nations and had been working on a humanitarian project in Ethiopia.

Una Bowden was originally from Co. Donegal and lived with her husband in Africa for a number of years before moving to Galway.

Following the incident, the bodies of the deceased were taken to Mayo University Hospital for postmortem examination.

Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward.

Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) are asked to make this footage available to gardaí.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Claremorris Garda Station on 094 9372080, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.

Seven people have died on roads in Mayo since the start of the year and the number is roughly 10% of all road fatalities in Ireland this year.