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Jilly Beattie

Creeslough: James O'Flaherty's son tells mourners his dad was a "great man who worked very hard"

Amid the rolling emotions in Donegal following the Creeslough tragedy, one voice rang out with clarity and hope at the funeral of James O’Flaherty.

His son Hamish, aged just 12, spoke to the hundreds who gathered for the Requiem Mass for his father at St Mary’s Church, Derrybeg.

And he revealed the wisdom he had gained in grief since his dad, 48, was caught up in the blast that killed him and nine others on October 7.

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