Post mortem examinations are due on a couple in their 60s from Co. Louth – whose deaths are thought to be linked.
The body of Marie Quigley was found with serious head injuries at a house in Rathmore, near Hackballscross yesterday afternoon.
It came just hours after her husband Jim Quigley lost his life when he crashed into a car and a truck while driving the wrong way on the M1 motorway.
Gardai are investigating a number of lines of inquiry, including that it was a murder-suicide.
Kilkerly parist priest Gerry Campbell says the community is reeling;
