Niall McGahey
I first met Niall at a work colleagues 18th birthday party. He sat across the table from me. I knew...I dont know how...i just knew I would love him.
From that night on we were inseperable. I loved him more than Ii had ever loved anyone else. We were only young 17 and 18 but i thought it would last forever. I knew he suffered from depression and like any other couple we had our problems. We always ended up back together though. He came to my graduation ball with me. That was August 27th 2002. We had an arguement that night but like usual we made up. That was the night he told me that when he sorted his head out he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. We spoke about marriage and kids.
November rolled around and we were looking forward to Christmas. I was in work. It was the 16th of November. It was a Saturday morning. 10 in the morning. A girl I know came into the shop...told me someone else had jumped in the river that morning. There was an abnormally high amount that year. I asked her if she knew who it was...she told me to sit down. It was Niall. I didnt believe her. I rang his mobile it rang out. I rang everyone I knew to see if he was just in his friends house, asleep,mistaken identity anything but..gone. No it was Niall. I stayed in work...figured if I went home I would just lie down and die. Six weeks went by...every time my phone rang I jumped. Christmas day arrived. It was just after three i think I can't really remember. My auntie rang to tell me they had found his body, just after mid-day. It was like losing him all over again. When they hadn't found his body I had convinced myself he had just left town to get his head together.
His funeral was three days later on December 28th. It was unusually sunny for a December day. To this day I haven't loved anyone as much...don't think I ever will. He was a friend, a love, a brother an uncle a godfather a good man and most of all loved by everyone he ever met...if only he had known how many people cared about him.
I will miss you forever Niall, no-one will ever replace you and everything good that happens to me I think 'Niall should be here'.
Rest in Peace
Love always
J
My Dear Brother
As time goes by,
It gets harder to believe,
That your time was up,
And we were left to grieve.
We sit and remember,
Times, we spent with each other,
At least we have these memories,
Of you, my dear Brother!
You will always remain,
Close in our hearts,
Even though we can't hear or see you,
We know we are not far apart.
We sit and pray each night,
A prayer that's simple and true,
Asking God,
To take good care of you.
We have some little stories,
That we tell to each other,
Reminding us every day,
Of you, my dear Brother!
So take good care for now, Niall,
You're only gone away,
And when we all meet again,
It will become a brighter day!
Loved and missed by your loving Family.
Mam, Dad, Niamh, Fergal, Siobhan & Eoin.
