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I know this forum is mainly by and for Americans, but I hope nobody minds me posting this case anyway. This is Ireland's longest running missing person's case, and it has haunted the local community - and tortured the girls' family - for decades.
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1460dfirl.html
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1460dfirl.html
A foundation established in memory of Ireland's longest missing person is to be launched in Donegal this weekend.
Thirty three years ago, a little girl, Mary Boyle, went missing from her grandparents' house in Cashelard, near Ballyshannon.
Mary was following her Uncle Gerry, across the fields to a neighbouring farm when she turned back. She never returned home. The mystery of Mary Boyle's disappearance shocked the nation and changed Ann Boyle's life forever.
Only for the support from her husband, Charlie, Ann would never have coped. Later Ann was to receive another fatal blow when Charlie died tragically in a fishing accident.
"It was Charlie's wish to know what happened to Mary before he died. Maybe Mary was a long time waiting for somebody to join her. Maybe she needed him more than I did."
Mary had a twin sister, also named Ann after her mother. Ann struggled through life without her soul mate.
"I always felt there was a part of me missing. When I made my communion, when I got married, any event that I would ever have, there was always a part of me missing."
The Boyle household always lived in the shadow of the tragedy of Mary's disappearance. Then at sixteen, Ann, Mary's twin, got pregnant and called the child Mary, after her sister.
"When she was born, she brought happiness back to the house.I wouldn't say she replaced Mary but she filled a kind of gap that was left by Mary."
Then, some years later, when Ann was getting married she was faced with a dilemma.
"When I got married, I had to make a decision to leave Mary with Mom and Dad because I couldn't put them through taking another Mary away from them."
Mary Jnr., is still living in the Boyle home. She too got pregnant at sixteen years old, and just a month after her grandfather's death she gave birth to a girl and named her Charley.
Today, 33 years later, Ann Snr. still pleads for any information on what happened to her daughter. When asked if finding out what happened to Mary could destroy her family, Ann says she would still want to know.
The Mary Boyle Foundation is being launched at 2pm in Magheroarty this Sunday and will provide support for families of missing persons
Marys mother Ann Boyle said yesterday that she hopes it will go some way in helping others trying to continue on when they dont know what has become of their loved ones
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