Carlow Nationalist, 12/17/1999.
THE TRAGIC death last week, following an accident at her home, of 15-year-old schoolgirl Dymphna Byrne of Coolrus, Clonegal, numbed and shocked the entire east Carlow, south Wicklow and north Wexford areas.
Dymphna, a Junior Certificate student at Coláiste Bhride Vocational College, Carnew, was about to leave home for school. It is understood she was going upstairs when she fell and struck her head.
Dymphna was removed to Naas County Hospital and was later transferred to Beaumont Hospital, where she was placed on a life-support machine. She died the following evening . . . .