Rest In Peace Ciara, I never meet you but from what i've seen on social media and heard from Bodie you were an amazing person. Rest In Peace

Tonight will be one week since you left us. One week since everything changed. One week and its still so hard to process that you are gone... but you are.... and now I'm trying to find words. Words that can't even begin to describe the sense of loss, regret, despair, sadness, pain. From the day we met and I first took you surfing (thanks to Lila), we bonded and acted like old time friends. Your passion for surfing exploded and it wasn't long before you were returning with Shauna Ward for a girls surf trip, and that's when the first talk of moving here from St Lucia was mentioned (sorry not sorry to St Lucia). Many WhatsApp msges later it was actually happening and then here you were... yaay!! Since then you have been a permanent fixture in my life .. you became my lil "sister from another mister" and an aunty to my kids, who both adore you.. this is tearing me up more than I could have ever imagined 🥺 So many questions but the one I cant cope with is how can you really be gone??? What I would do now for one more "yoooooo Bodster what's the craic".... one more 6am surf report or a cheesy meme, that I'd always reply to with 🤦🏽‍♂️and then 😆. Ciara you were a shining light on this earth. Your selfless, caring, giving ways touched everyone you met. Your smile, your energy, your zest for life... even your cheesy humour always made the entire room smile and I know your work here wasn't done. 🥺🥺🥺 To Pee Dee, Mammy and Pappy. My heart breaks for you. Thank you for sharing her with us and enriching all our lives. I wish I could find better words but you already know .... To everyone that knew Ciara. When a surfer leaves us, it is tradition that we celebrate their life and their friendship with a Paddle Out in their honor. So I am inviting you all to join me and some of her closest friends at Freights Bay on Wed Oct 13th at 4pm. Boards will be provided for anyone that doesn't have their own. Please bring a flower to place in the water at one of her fav surf spots and the place our friendship began. Sleep peacefully sweet Ciara. Give Gran a huge hug and kiss from me.. oh and make sure you check her eyes again 🥰 I miss you both so much.

It's been a week since we've lost Ciara, our beautiful, charismatic, energetic, active, funny and punny, gregarious, smiling, happy Derry girl. Ciara lived a very full and active life between Ireland, the UK, Morocco, Australia, St. Lucia and finally Barbados where she had planned to make her long term home and had many adventures along the way including volunteering work in Africa, Thailand and Peru. She absolutely loved life and I can safely say lived every single day well, a passionate surfer since her cold wetsuit days in Ireland you could find her almost every day here at Freights or Soup Bowl looking like the coolest surfer in the world. She was an inspiration to everyone whose life she touched, so caring and checking in with everyone, never missing an opportunity for a pun or a joke telling me as my optometrist to "moist-ur-eyes" or "eye eye captain" anytime I spoke to her about my sore eyes For those in Barbados who knew her @bodie_surf has organised a paddle out from Freights at 4pm on Wed 13 October. If you have a board bring it along, if not just come anyway. Please bring a flower to be dropped in the waves she loved to surf.

Barbados won’t be the same without you my surf sister. I was looking forward to many more sessions with you and selfishly, I am angry that was taken from me. You were and will always remain the brightest of lights. I hope your next journey involves lots of dancing and wave riding. You deserve it Ciara. Im sad I can’t make it to Bim for your paddle out tomorrow but every single one of my paddle outs going forward will be in your honor. Rest and Ride in Peace my friend. I will miss you.

Ciara my condolences to your family, Mom, dad, Paula and beyond, including your friends. You are my inspiration and I will miss you. We did gymnastics together and I admired how you did everything under the sun, you are a happy soul. My condolences love you dearly, my best friend forever.

Ciara my condolences to your family, Mom, dad, Paula and beyond, including your friends. You are my inspiration and I will miss you. We did gymnastics together and I admired how you did everything under the sun, you are a happy soul. My condolences love you dearly, my best friend forever.

Ciara my condolences to your family, Mom, dad, Paula and beyond, including your friends. You are my inspiration and I will miss you. We did gymnastics together and I admired how you did everything under the sun, you are a happy soul. My condolences love you dearly, my best friend forever.

You will be missed Ciara by many of the people that we were touch by your beautiful soul. Keep looking after the ones close to you and fly high.

My wee mucks Ciara, aka pineapple aka ananas. I have so many memories with you, from all over the world. From the time when you actually pulled me out of the way of a charging bill in Pamplona, to another year and camping in saint sebastian, to surfing again in Morocco, and spending many wet weekends in Rossnowlagh. To roaming the high life in Cannes and Nice and celebrating your Dads 70th in Milford Sound. I remember when we used to get in trouble for talking too much down the back of physics class. You had a massive impact on my life. But I’m one of many. You were the wittiest funniest RaPUNzel out there. You were always able to connect with people through humour , whether to get us out of a jam or just to brighten someone else’s day, your wit and charm led the way. It was always such an adventure to head out into the world with you. I will miss you so much. You were so loved, by so many. It’s so wrong that you’re not here with us now. You have given so much to the world. Thank you Ciara. And thank you so much to Trish and Pat & Pauline for sharing her with us and always welcoming everyone into the folds of your family. Thoughts and prayers with you, love Aedo Potato xxxxx

My biggest condolences to all of Ciara’s family and friends. She was such a kind and happy person that shined so bright. I hope you find some comfort in seeing what a positive mark she left on the world. My thoughts and prayers are with you all xxx

My biggest condolences to all of Ciara’s family and friends. She was such a kind and happy person that shined so bright. I hope you find some comfort in seeing what a positive mark she left on the world. My thoughts and prayers are with you all xxx

My condolences 2 the family & friends from stretches rest my friend

To my sweet, fun-loving Ciara. You will forever be in my heart. I will miss your fun-loving nature. Will always cherish our time spent together, while you were here in St. Lucia. I will miss all our adventures together. My deepest condolences goes out to your many friends and your family. RIP my dear friend... You're on to your next adventure in the sky.

Dear friend, amica mia. My heart is refusing to think that you are gone. And, indeed, you are not. I can see you when I wake up, I can hear the voice of your hilarious messages, I can see you paddling out and shouting to me, I can see you picking me up for our glorious adventures together. I see you, everyday. You are here because everyday I am reminded that we shall all live your way. We should all seek for love, peace, caring for the others. We should all seek to be pure as you are. In my entire life I have never met such a kind, genuine, true soul. And that will never go away, it will stay with me forever. I still wake up in tears, catch myself trying to explain to my mind that this is real. It’s so fucking painful. But then I think that maybe your soul was too good for this world, that maybe your light needed to shine in a place that could give you peace. This is the only explanation I can give to for loosing you in this world I miss you. I miss you. I miss you every day. I love you.

" Ciara was a long-time volunteer for Vision Aid Overseas https://www.visionaidoverseas.org/ and volunteered on assignment to Malawi in 2009, Uganda in 2011, Zambia in 2012 and Botswana in 2013. Karen Sparrow and Dr Martin Leer volunteered with her in Botswana and remember her fondly. We really appreciate the contribution she made personally to our vital work in Africa, bringing eye care and glasses to those that need it but that don't have access, changing countless lives. We hope she will now rest in peace. Nicola, CEO Vision Aid Overseas"