The story
Following Natalie’s wishes, a beautiful service was held in St James’ Church, Easky and later she was buried in Churchill Cemetery, Dromore West surrounded by all her friends and family from near and far, who came to be with her on this heart breaking day that never should have been.
Before the service, former students from Colaiste Iascaigh formed a guard of honour as Natalie’s loved ones walked behind her to the church.
During the service, her favourite songs were played, well those that were suitable anyway, Last Request by Paulo Nutini and A Thousand Years by Christina Perri. Natalie’s family brought gifts that she cherished including pyjamas which anyone who knew Natalie would always expect to see her in them, a book and a picture of her little bichon frise Phoebe whom she dearly loved.
Natalie’s father John Joe spoke of her beautiful life and explained how bubbly and confident she was and how she could light up any room. He spoke of the love that Natalie had for her mum Cathy, brother Dean, sister Jodie and her little niece Alexis whom she adored. Natalie always loved children and they loved her too especially those within the community.
After the service, we continued to follow her to the burial service where she wanted to be so she can be with her dad in the future. As she was laid to rest we released balloons with messages for her that we had previously written sharing memories and moments that often only we knew.
It was a day of laughter and tears that Natalie would have loved, she was the centre of attention and all of the people she loved were there to see her.
Natalie will forever be remembered for the beautiful, caring person she was and this is a place for you to be able to write her a message or light a candle, she will be with us forever, watching over us, now we must live on in her memory.
Memory wall
16 tributes have been left in memory of Natalie Mc Guinness.
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My girl, where do I even begin, from the day I met you I used to look forward to my holidays to Ireland even more. 6 weeks summer and we would be out all day every day, whether it be from house to house or pestering Colette to bring us to Enniscrone. When I finally moved to Ireland, you were my best friend, you made me feel welcome and made a hard move away from my family easier knowing I had you there. We were constantly laughing and off out galavanting. It was a running joke that you wouldn't see one of us without the other. Cathy would Always be shouting out the door after us, don't be too late or where r ya taking my daughter in her pyjamas. We shared a few years together at school, always sneaking off to Colettes house on our lunch for a sneaky fag, cup of tea and pure banter. I'll never forget the day I skipped class and u arrived to the door with my homework telling mum I wasn't at school! But I could never be mad at you because u would always come out with something to make us both start laughing until our cheeks hurt.
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our last day at school xx
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Miss you always Sister xx
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Natalie's present to her little niece Alexis xx
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Our little girl i can't describe how our live's have changed since you left us, the heartache we are feeling is the worst pain we have ever had to endure, especially as there is no sense or meaning as to why you were taken from us in such a horrible way there is no logical reason why this should have happened people say god needed you but so do we, you were such a kind hearted young woman always helping people out trying to do your best for everyone,even tough we are our disagreements which every family do we always made up by the end of the day , I miss your numerous texts and phone calls everyday checking up on me lol there is so many other things we miss but most of all your presence in our life it's so quiet without you. our lives will never be the same I hope i can stay strong for your Dad Dean Jodie Anna and Alexis. it's so unfair that you have to miss out on your niece and your nephew which is due to arrive in april you were so looking forward to spoiling them both which you done with every child that had the good fortune of meeting you. i have so much more to say but i will come back again i hope you knew how much we all loved you and always will Mum Dad Dean and Jodie xx
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So many memories I wish I could share with you just one more time but I think here might not be the best place lol! Until we meet again my girl I will cherish these memories forever until we can them again. I'll come back again soon, Love you always I've been trying to post this for days now and just figured its' probably not working because i wrote an essay, sorry it's in three parts, could you imagine if i even shared a full week of our memories, i'd have written a series of books! I'll be back again soon, love you always, Alex xXx
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Natalie's first cousin's wedding on 26/09/2015 we had a wonderful day
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My Darling Daughter Natalie When I look up at the sky I see a pair of wings go by. It's not a bird, but an angel I see Through the clouds, she smiles at me. And when I see the blonde hair I know then that Natalie is there. My arms long to hold her next to me. But this is a dream that can never be. She waves and continues on her way So it is without her that I must face each day. I can only remember her in my heart With the love and memories, we're not apart. Love always your mother xx
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When I finally got a car, the times we had, out spinning everyday to Enniscrone, town and Bally go backwards and pretty much anywhere else we could think of. We thought we had the X factor, blaring our music as loud as we could and screaming at the top of our lungs. That night we were driving home from bally go backwards and that dude was walking in denim clothes and us locking the doors even though we were driving at 50mph, we didn't stop laughing the whole way home! All I need to say is Phil Collins - In the air tonight. There are so many songs that remind me of you; Katy B - Easy Please Me, Jay Sean - Down, Adele - Someone like you. If I keep going I'll be here for years. When we were younger we used to go through fat frogs like they were going out of fashion, then it was tequila rose in the rambling house and Micky Finns and all that shite we used to get through in Funktion. We did everything together - from my first ever trip to banada on the bus - that scary night when the bus broke down in tubercurry and we had to wait for the next one to come ! It could of been something out of a scary movie but it was fun with u by my side, to waking up hungover in my bed and going for breakfast to making our graduation together we have done it all. I'll never forget the weekend we went to Achill and we were all on the beach in the cold drinking west coast cooler upside down whilst spinning around cos we thought it would get us more drunk!! And then hiding out in the car after Ninis uncle scared the shit outta us in the hostel. I was going through our old group chats on Facebook and some of the stuff we used to talk about is too funny, me, you, Nini, Lisa and Michelle all talking about getting a house together, can u imagine if we actually went through with that? I still have that painting we done on my laptop one day of our 'family' in my living room in Dromore lol - think this might have also been the night when I took mums car!! Another great memory with you... You were there for me more than most people will ever know and I can only hope you know how grateful I am to you for everything you helped me through. I just wish I had been there when u needed me the most. I hope you know i would have done anything for you. I used to look forward to our mad catch ups, even when I did eventually move back to London whenever we spoke it was like we were never apart, that's how true friends are regardless of distance.
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Miss you always Sister xx
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A candle was lit in memory.
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You came over on holiday to London, and we had such a laugh over here, it's so different to Ireland! I have pictures of us in the bedroom dying your hair and u look like a real orange lol! Even at the train station in Acton with Sean, we were acting our usual crazy selfs and taking selfies on the train platform like proper tourists! We went out to Tony's in Willesden and you couldn't believe it was like another home away from home with our good auld country songs played by a live band! I remember years ago before I even moved to Ireland so must of been when we first met, we were in your living room and we found the scissors and for some daft reason we thought it would be a good idea for me to cut ur hair even though Caroline only lived next door! Well the laughs we had about that for years later, I don't think Cathy and Caroline were too impressed though! I came back from Amsterdam yesterday, we were planning to go there the next time u and Gina came over here. We would have had so much fun there, I just wish we got that one last trip together. I know we will get there one day when we meet on the other side and u were there with me in spirit anyway. I was so amazed a couple of months ago when I found tequila rose in the pub on my road, I think it's safe to say I've had one for you every time I've been in there, you would be proud!
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natalie's pride and joy phoebe xx
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