Ireland Priscilla Clarke, 25, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, 3rd May 1988

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Fresh appeal for woman who went missing 33 years ago while horse riding | BreakingNews.ie

The family of a woman from Co Louth who went missing 33 years ago have issued a fresh appeal for information on her disappearance.

Priscilla Clarke was 25 years old when she went missing in May 1988 while out horse riding with her employer, whose body was found in a river several days later.

A Garda file remains open as Ms Clarke is still classed as a missing person. A cold case review of her disappearance was re-opened in 2008 and up to 87 people were re-interviewed. While fresh information was received, no new leads came to light.

 

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Louth woman pleads for help to find nurse sister who disappeared without a trace

'That’s heart-breaking to think there’s a grave with nobody able to put flowers on it and nobody of the family there to respect her when she was buried.'

 

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New true crime documentary launches on Irish telly tonight

In the first episode, the badly decomposed remains of a young woman washed up on Ballinamona Strand in Co Wexford in December 1995. All they had to go on was the braces on her lower teeth and car keys in her pocket, however, no car to match the keys was ever found.

Priscilla Clarke went missing while out horse-riding with her employer in Enniskerry in 1988. However, it wasn’t until 2007 that her sister Claire, discovered by chance that remains had been discovered not too far from where her sister went missing. She lobbied to have the woman’s remains exhumed for a DNA sample to be taken.

Over 25 years later, it is still unknown who Ballinamona woman is, but investigators believe that someone, somewhere must be looking for her.

 

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Priscilla Clarke went missing after going horseriding with her employer, Lynda Kavanagh, in Wicklow in 1988. Mrs Kavanagh’s body was recovered from the River Dargle two days later but Priscilla has never been found.

A cold case review of her disappearance was re-opened in 2008 but no progress was made.

Now, Priscilla’s sister Claire says there must be a publicly-accessible database set up, with details of any unidentified remains found in Ireland, with details of any jewellery or clothing found with them.

Sister of missing Priscilla Clarke fears she may lie in unmarked grave

Priscilla Clarke went missing in 1988 - her family is calling for a database of unidentified remains

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Is it possible both women were swept into the River Dargle ? It seems strange that one body was recovered, but not the other, although some parts of the River Dargle are almost completely inaccessible and the river can be extremely dangerous after a flood.

What happened to the horses? I seem to recall reading that they had been found riderless?

 

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Hmm, not seeing any info on LK's cause of death. I'm assuming drowning? But it's not clear.

 

[Rtael]

Is it possible both women were swept into the River Dargle ? It seems strange that one body was recovered, but not the other, although some parts of the River Dargle are almost completely inaccessible and the river can be extremely dangerous after a flood.

What happened to the horses? I seem to recall reading that they had been found riderless?

"1980s Ireland was a different world" - the injustice in the search for missing woman Priscilla Clarke

Priscilla disappeared from Powerscourt, Co Wicklow, in May 1988. No trace of her has ever been found.

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"The horses were subsequently found, soaked through, wandering the nearby roads."

 

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Call for DNA!
Sept 1 2023

Call for families of missing persons to have their DNA added to international database

Those most likely to benefit from the database will be people whose remains are believed to be at sea, and who could have been washed out of Irish waters by tidal movements

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''Families of missing people across the country are being asked for permission to have their DNA added to a database aimed at identifying missing persons based on international DNA kinship matching.
The I-Familia database was launched last year by Interpol.
Now, gardaí are sifting through Irish missing persons files, identifying unsolved cases which could benefit from sharing DNA to the international database.
Those most likely to benefit from the database will be people whose remains are believed to be at sea, and who could have been washed out of Irish waters by tidal movements.''

2331DFIRL - Priscilla Clarke

''Name: Priscilla Clarke
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: May 3, 1988
Location Last Seen: Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: August 10, 1962
Age: 25 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 167 to 170 cm or 5'6" to 5'7"
Weight: 9 st or 126 lbs.
Hair Color: Red/Auburn
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Slim to medium build.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Priscilla Clarke, disappeared after going horseback riding with her employer, Lynda Kavanagh, whom she worked as a live-in nanny. Lynda's body was recovered two days later from the River Dargle. The horses were found, wet, wandering in the area. Despite a search, Priscilla's body was never found.

On the day of Priscilla's disappearance, two persons were sighted on horses going onto Charleville Estate. One was recognized as Lynda Kavanagh, the other person was not identified. However, Lynda called her husband to let him know she and Priscilla were going riding.

At the time, it was thought the women got into trouble while crossing the swollen river on horseback. It had rained heavily for days before. However, Priscilla’s family feels foul play should have been further considered.

In 2008, a new investigation into the disappearance was opened following a long-awaited review of the original inquiry by the Gardai's cold case unit. Priscilla's family learned of an unidentified woman whose body washed up on a beach in Kilmuckridge and convinced authorities to exhume the body for DNA to be compared. Unfortunately, there was no match.

In October 2022, her sister Claire claims the possibility that Priscilla could have been buried in an unmarked grave, in a cemetery. She evokes the case of Denis Walsh, whose body had been kept into the morgue for 18 years and then buried anonymous, while he was reported missing and his parents were actively looking for him. She thinks a similar situation might happened with Priscilla.''

 

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May 12, 2024

MISSING: The Priscilla Clarke Cold Case - Radio Espial EP47

On Tuesday 3rd May, 1988, two people were sighted on horses around the area of Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland. One was recognised as L...

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'May 11, 2024 RADIO ESPIAL
On Tuesday 3rd May, 1988, two people were sighted on horses around the area of Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland. One was recognised as Lynda Kavanagh, the other person was not immediately identified, but believed to be Priscilla Clarke, the Kavanaghs live-in nanny.Two days later, Lynda Kavanagh’s body was recovered from the local River Dargle. Priscilla’s body was never recovered and her family were never able to bring closure and finality to her disappearance. She was aged 25 at that time and the mystery of her disappearance has lasted for 36 years.'

 

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Claire Clarke's sister, Priscilla, has been missing since 1988.

She is one of more than 800 people who remain "missing" in Ireland.

Claire has given a DNA sample in the hope of one day finding her sister and recently met with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris with a group of other relatives of missing people to lobby for improvements to services for families of Ireland’s missing people.

She says that families are often not aware of the process and protocol around DNA profiling, particularly in relation to the sharing of profiles internationally.

Will we ever solve the mystery of Ireland's unidentified human remains?

More than 360 families of missing people have submitted DNA in a bid to find their loved ones since establishment of a samples database almost a decade ago

www.irishexaminer.com