Moving tributes paid to Tipperary University Hospital midwife at Vigil Mass

Moving tributes were paid at a Vigil Mass held to remember the life of the mother of four, Grace Benyin whose body was discovered near the Holy Year Cross before Christmas.

On Saturday night, family, friends, and colleagues from Tipperary University Hospital gathered to remember the life and legacy of Grace Benyin at Ss Peter & Paul’s Church in Clonmel.

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From the altar, her daughter Tracey described Grace as her ‘best friend and role model who always had words to lift my spirit.’

Tracey said Grace was a devoted mother who loved God with her whole heart. Her mother was a hard-working woman who achieved her dream through dedication and perseverance when she travelled to Ireland in August 2023 and started work at Tipperary University Hospital.

“We never got to celebrate our first Christmas together in Ireland. Even in this pain, we believe she is in heaven, loving us and guiding us. I promise you we will make you proud. Your faith continues to guide us,” said Tracey, who spoke on behalf of the family that attended the ceremony.

Her husband, Frederick, and her four children heard the acting Mayor of Clonmel Cllr Richie Molloy tell the congregation that the entire community of Clonmel extended their sympathies to the bereaved family.

Cllr Molloy told the family that the community of Clonmel was there to support them in these difficult times.

It was well known, he said, the esteem in which Grace was held by the staff and the people she cared for at Tipperary University Hospital.

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“Grace has been in our community for two years now, and you joined her last February,” he told the family.
He said Clonmel was fortunate to have great people like Grace coming from all over the world to work in Tipperary University Hospital. He told the family that the ceremony was a measure of the love and respect Grace was held in by the people of Clonmel.