On Thursday, October 12, 2023, the Davoren lives changed forever.

Beloved and adored son of Josie and Colleen, and brother to Patrick, Gerard, and Colm – Liam, aged 20, was involved in a life altering accident.

A great friend of all near and dear to him, Liam was out in town with friends when suddenly, on Thursday night in Galway City, at 10:20 PM, a tragic accident occurred.

Liam’s condition was so critical he had to be transported from Galway to Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital via ambulance, the foremost hospital in the nation for Head Trauma.

Upon arrival in Beaumont Hospital, Liam remained intubated on a ventilator with an Intracranial Brain Hemorrhage, facial fractures and a broken jaw on both sides. Liam remained in a medically induced coma for almost three weeks. When the medical staff found the confidence in his case to begin weaning him off sedation and taking him off the ventilator, they operated to fix his jaw. He had a life-threatening reaction. Malignant Hyperthermia was the term used. Medical staff had been trained for it, but nobody on Liam’s care team in Beaumont had seen the reaction before. His body went to an incredibly dangerous temperature 44°C/111°F.

Due to restrictions from the hospital, they left at 11:40 PM that night against their best wishes. By 3:20 AM the next day, a mere three hours and forty minutes later, they rushed back to the hospital as Liam’s life was at stake again. They had to do an emergency surgery with high risk and adverse effects, but had they not done this surgery, Liam would have died. The procedure, called a Craniectomy, was a last-resort operation. Two major surgeries were done in less than 16 hours… Liam’s unbreakable spirit prevailed again.

A week later, they took him off the intubation and did a bedside tracheostomy which, at this point, is still present.

Rooted in their deep Catholic Faith, the Davoren family has been astonished and comforted by the outpouring of all the prayers and masses said, far and wide for Liam. The weekly Rosary service, led by Fr. Martin of Moycullen Parish, was started by the wonderful staff of Scoil Cholmáin Tuairíní alongside their little choir of angels. Most recently, a Mass of Hope and Healing was led by Fr. Dan of the Irish Pastoral Centre, Boston.

After 6 weeks in Beaumont Hospital, Liam was able to cross the Shannon and is currently recovering at the High Dependency Unit in Galway University Hospital.

Traumatic Brain Injury is unpredictable. The recovery process will be unique to each patient. We will keep up our faith in the excellent medical staff, the prayers, and most importantly, we will keep up the positivity and we will get Liam Davoren back to good health – no matter how long it takes!

If you wish to help Liam on his way to recovery, it would be much appreciated.

A second year Construction Management student at Atlantic Technical University, a treble GAA star of Hurling, Football, and Handball. Liam’s wide circle of friends hope to get the center of craic back on the pitch. They all miss his shining personality, quick wit and free spirit.