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AND IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY EVELYN O�NEILL, A SISTER OF THE DECEASED, AND ONE OF THE RESIDUARY LEGATEES AND DEVISEES NAMED IN THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE DECEASED TO PROVE THE DECEASED�S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN COMMON FORM OF LAW IN ITS CURRENT FORM AND CONDITION
1.������ Mary Philomena Maureen McEnroe, known as Maureen McEnroe, died on 8th May, 2017 at Kiltipper Woods Care Centre, Tallaght, County Dublin, aged 87 years, unmarried and without issue.�� She was survived by four siblings, one of whom has since died.
3.������ The form of will is written in manuscript on a printed will form and the execution is witnessed by Hazel Lahart and Michael Lahart, who were friends and neighbours of the deceased at the time of execution.�� The deceased�s sister, Mrs. Evelyn O�Neill, who is the applicant, can identify the handwriting and the signature as that of the deceased.��� Mr. Lahart predeceased the deceased and Mrs. Lahart is infirm but their son Brian Lahart can identify the signatures of the witnesses as those of his parents.
4.������ The document which is propounded as the will of the deceased is written on two sides of one sheet of paper.�� The difficulty is that it contains two obliterations and one interlineation which have not been executed and witnessed.
5.������ The difficulty with the interlineation can readily be dealt with.� The deceased left the residue of her estate to the applicant and her (the applicant�s) four daughters, adding, as the document was first written, � This to thanks for all the meals cooked and all the house cleaning which they did for me.�� Pray hard for me now .��� After the document was written the deceased added, between the words � to � and � thanks � a caret and the word � say �, so that what now appears is �This is to say thanks for all the meals etc.�
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