'He was an actual living angel. I know everyone is going to say that about someone when they die but he was a peacekeeper'
The wife of a young father who was killed in a farm tragedy has said they were "so lucky" for all the years they had together.
"He never lost his temper. He always had a cool head and he was everybody’s confidant so David’s phone never stopped ringing from morning to night. He wanted to bring everybody together, he didn’t want anybody not talking. He sorted out everything. David and Zoe were teenage sweethearts who had been together for 18 years, having been set up to go to the Debs together, but only started dating after Zoe had finished her Leaving Cert."My friend in school was going to the Debs with his friend and he was looking for someone to go with.
Zoe said: "David was an amazing Daddy to them. He idolised them. You just wouldn’t get a look in when he was around. I could be sitting at the table or we could be out for dinner or in the park and the three of them would be on his knee and I’d have none. As soon as he was gone, you’d have them then but Daddy was number one.
"We were blessed already with the three of them, they are absolutely class kids, you couldn’t ask for better little kids. They’re super cool." "We were so lucky to have him as long as we did and we have to cherish every memory that we do have." Zoe found David inside the silage wagon in the yard, where he was fatally injured when trying to remove an obstruction from the machine.
Zoe said David wouldn't have taken risks around the farm and was aware of the dangers of farm work, anticipating dangers and making sure their kids were safe. "I don’t even know how to explain how incredible they’ve been. We haven’t had to worry about a single thing," she said. Zoe said: "We’re so happy we had him for as long as we did, we couldn’t be any more grateful that we had him for the time that we did. We will never forget him and he’s always going to be with us and that’s a fact."
"An old vet who used to come here used to say ‘he has the quietest cows in the country’ because of the way they were rared.' You know there was love and attention given to them and kindness and gentleness."
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