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Glowing tributes to Strokestown woman who died in crash yesterday

Sep 17, 2025 13:13
By Eoghan Murphy
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Glowing tributes to Strokestown woman who died in crash yesterday

Geraldine Gannon was from Oakfield, Strokestown, and aged in her 80s.

Glowing tributes are being paid to the local woman who died in a crash in Co Roscommon yesterday.

Geraldine Gannon was from Oakfield, Strokestown, and aged in her 80s.

She was a passenger in an SUV that collided with a truck on the N5 at Scramogue at around 5 o'clock yesterday evening.

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The driver of the SUV - a woman aged in her 70s - was airlifted to hospital in Galway and is being treated for serious injuries.

Eugene Murphy is the PRO of Strokestown Social Services, which oversees the running of the day centre that Geraldine attended weekly - he has been paying tribute:

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