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Irish Mirror
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Michael O'Toole

Tributes pour in for woman killed by falling branch while out cutting timber in Kilkenny

Tributes have been paid to a writer and historian who was killed when part of a tree she was cutting fell on her.

The Mirror has confirmed that the victim of Saturday’s tragic accident in Piltown, Co Kilkenny was local woman Mary O’Shea.

Ms O’Shea, who was in her 50s, was a local farmer and was also a well-known historian and writer in the area.

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