Ciara Durkin

Ciara Durkin (July 6, 1977 – September 28, 2007) was a member of the Massachusetts National Guard who died under mysterious circumstances while deployed in Afghanistan. The US Army investigation ruled the death a suicide but the family disputes this. Durkin was from the island of Eanach Mheáin, near Lettermore, in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. Her mother, Angela Cloherty, is a native of Eanach Mheáin while her father, Tommy, was a native of Tourmakeady, County Mayo. Following Tommy's retirement as a teacher, the family emigrated to Boston in 1986. The family were only in Boston a few months when her father died at the age of 55. Ciara returned to Ireland to attend primary school in Tuairín, Carraoe /An Cheathrú Rua, and secondary...