BY Simon Kelly
Homeless woman Ann has been remembered as a ‘lovely lady’
Tributes have been pouring in following the death of a beloved homeless woman in Dublin.
Ann was sadly found dead near the Tesco supermarket on Aungier Street on Sunday, February 25th.
A beloved figure among many, Ann was believed to be a nurse who had been sleeping rough in Dublin for several years.
Believed to be in her early 50s, Ann was well known to many around the Aungier Street area and would regularly be seen outside the Tesco supermarket.
Many candles, cards, and flowers were left at the spot she was known to frequent, with groups of people stopping by to pay tribute on Monday morning.
On X, historian, and host of the Three Castles Burning podcast, Donal Fallon led the tributes.
In a post, Fallon said: “Many of you will know Ann, who sat outside the Tesco on Aungier St/Redmond’s Hill. She was a kind soul. So sorry to pass this memorial to her this evening. She died in the cold last night.”
Hundreds of users replied to the post to pay tribute to Ann, with one saying: “Ann was a trained nurse, who didn’t ask for anything.
She’d give the money people gave her to other homeless people she thought needed it more. RIP.”
Another commented: “I am so sorry to see this. She was a lovely woman. We’d brief chats & one day she asked me ‘Are you a reader?’.
It was then she shared her love for Roald Dahl esp Danny the Champion of the World, The Secret Garden, & above all Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong. May she rest in peace.”
Heart broken 💔 still can't belive that you passes away Ann. Guys liberty soup run will be down were ann passed away at 8pm today we will be letting off balloons 🎈 and playing couple off Ann's songs that she loved we would like you join us to say goodbye. pic.twitter.com/P5r2F5LYRj
— Liberty Soup run (@run_soup89131) February 26, 2024
Someone else commented: “So many people had a lot of affection for Ann & cared about her welfare. At Christmas, I gave her a tenner & she tried to give it back saying it was too much! Her legacy is that so many people will be incredibly sad to hear this news today. RIP”
The news comes just weeks after the Department of Housing released figures revealing that the number of homeless in Ireland had reached a record high in January.
13,531 people were in emergency accommodation across the country in the first month of 2024, which is a 15 percent increase from last year.
9,897 of those homeless are in Dublin – including 3,083 children.
