Mother's appeal on St Patrick's Day anniversary

"It’s important Kelly isn’t forgotten and people remember we are still looking for answers" - Kelly Lynch's mother

TODAY, St Patrick's Day, marks the second anniversary of the day the body of Kelly Lynch was found in the Ulster Canal in Monaghan town.

The 23-year-old from Armagh had been last seen 30 hours earlier in the early hours of March 16, 2024, after a night out in the town.

For her heartbroken parents, questions have always remained about their daughter's final hours and what led to her body being found in the canal in the Mullaghmatt area of Monaghan.

Her mother, Julieanne, issued a public message on the second anniversary of Kelly’s tragic death via the Celt.

“If there is any way to appeal to people’s consciences, it’s simply to remind them that a young woman lost her life in circumstances that still raise so many questions, and that those who know something about that night should think carefully about whether they could bring some truth and peace to our family," a bereft Julieanne told the Celt.

An initial postmortem found that Kelly died from drowning while a second coroner found the young woman died from the effects of hypothermia.

In October 2024, the then-Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, ordered a peer review of the original garda investigation into Kelly's death.

This year, the Katie Trust charity ordered an independent pathologist report which stated that Kelly had 93 injuries to her body, two of which occurred after death.

Her parents, Sean and Julieanne Lynch, want their daughter's death treated as 'suspicious' by Gardaí.

Today, Julieanne Lynch told the Celt that her pain is as unbearable today as it was when she received the news of Kelly's death on St Patrick's Day two years ago.

Again, she issued an appeal to anyone who has any information about her daughter's final hours and death to make it known to the authorities.

"It’s important that Kelly isn’t forgotten and that people remember we are still looking for answers about how she died,” Julieanne Lynch told the Celt.