Noirin's Story

My name is Noirin Gannon. I am a relative of Kathleen. my grandfather was her uncle on Kathleen's father's side. I had heard stories of Kathleen but it was not spoken much about and I felt I wanted to know more. Thank God the 'No More Tears in my Eyes' book came out. As I read the book I could not help but have tears in mine. I was finally able to learn all about her.

At the age of 39 in 2003 (The year Kathleen's book by Bro. Conway was first published) I was diagnosed with cancer. It was around this time, as I was beginning my treatment, that I first visited Kathleen's grave. I felt very down, believing that I was going to die.

As I came to the grave I saw a couple there who had come all the way from County Louth. I spoke to them. I told the woman why I was coming to the grave and as we spoke she said that she'd had the same treatment as me for the same type of cancer and she said that, 'I'd be all right.'

I knew then that Kathleen was with me and she had sent me a sign. That God and Kathleen had answered my prayers. The pressure on my shoulders and chest seem to lift and such a great warmth and sense of emotions rushed through me that I will never will forget it.

I go to her grave often and I feel her with me and I get such a sense of peace. There is always a rosary said at Kathleen's grave on her birth and it is a lovely occasion. I know I never really knew her, but in some way I feel I have her with me and I feel so proud. She is an Angel in Heaven.