Shay Given watched the news every night in disbelief, as Fr John Joe Duffy presided over the funerals of each of the 10 victims of the Creeslough tragedy.
Only a few weeks earlier, in that same church, Fr Duffy christened Given's nephew, Brián Óg.
The former Ireland goalkeeper watched Taoiseach Micheal Martin's address from the small Donegal village and recognised the lodges in the background.