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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Louise Walsh

Irish GAA club rallies around as young woman becomes guardian of sisters after mother's tragic death

A young woman who became guardian to her younger sisters so the family could stay together when their mam died has thanked a GAA club for their 'incredible support'

Sue Deegan tragically died after a long battle with cancer in March 2021 at the age of 53, leaving her four daughters behind at their home outside Navan, Co. Meath

Sue initially beat the rare form of bone marrow cancer Myelofibrosis into remission after a transplant in 2015 but unfortunately the cancer returned as well as Leukaemia and she sadly ran out of treatment options.

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