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Daniel O'Donnell thanks fans for support after sudden death of his sister Kathleen

Kathleen was found dead at her home in Kincasslagh, Co Donegal on February 3 last month

Irish Mirror · Mar 2, 2023

Daniel O'Donnell's sister Kathleen Doogan remembered as 'force of nature' as she is laid to rest

Daniel sang a number of hymns throughout the funeral mass in both Irish and English

Irish Mirror · Feb 6, 2023

Concert for Creeslough: Irish music stars hold special gig in memory of 10 who died in tragic explosion

There were smiles and tears but also a sense of healing as people gathered to support eachother and none more so was that emotion felt when the names of the ten people who lost their lives were read out.

Irish Mirror · Jan 30, 2023

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Daniel O'Donnell tells Creeslough prayers were said around the world for tragic community

Daniel and wife Majella flew in especially from the US for a service at the weekend

Belfast Live · Nov 27, 2022

'I don't understand' - Daniel O'Donnell pours his heart out to people of Creeslough with emotional speech

Ten people died in an explosion in the Donegal village last month

Irish Mirror · Nov 26, 2022

"They were dealt such a bad fate that day"- Shay Given on his family connection to Creeslough village

The Donegal village was rocked by an explosion that killed 10 people last month

Belfast Live · Nov 4, 2022

'My sister says the little town is broken' - devastated Shay Given's Creeslough connection

Ireland legend Shay Given attended a family christening in the Donegal village just weeks before the explosion that killed 10 people

Irish Mirror · Nov 4, 2022

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'When one of our own goes, and goes too soon, every single one of us feels it'

The Irish Mirror's Katie Gallagher on the tragedy in her home county last Friday

Irish Mirror · Oct 15, 2022

Youngest Creeslough tragedy victim Shauna Garwe laid to rest with father Robert

The five-year-old had gone into the shop to buy a birthday cake with her dad Robert when tragedy struck

Belfast Live · Oct 15, 2022

Village mourns petrol station explosion victim, 5, killed buying birthday cake with dad

Five-year-old Shauna Flanagan Garwe's dad Robert had taken her to buy a birthday cake when they were both killed in the Creeslough blast on October 7, and both have today been laid to rest

Daily Mirror · Oct 15, 2022

Creeslough: Funeral of father and daughter hears they were 'always together'

Shauna Flanagan Garwe was the youngest of the 10 victims of the service station explosion in Creeslough, Co Donegal last week

Dublin Live · Oct 15, 2022

People of Creeslough stand together once more at the end of longest week

The final funerals following an explosion in a Co Donegal service station took place on Saturday.

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2022

Funeral hears girl, 5, found dead in dad's arms in Creeslough tragedy 'always heard with a giggle'

A small brown wicker casket sat alongside an adult’s wooden coffin at their joint funeral in St Michael’s Church in Creeslough on Saturday morning

Irish Mirror · Oct 15, 2022

Youngest Creeslough victim and her father ‘side by side’ in life and death

The funeral for Robert Garwe and Shauna Flanagan Garwe is the last following a week of services for the 10 victims.

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2022

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Irish Mirror · Oct 14, 2022

Minute's silence at scene of Creeslough explosion one week on as community grieves

Teachers from the local Creeslough primary school also left a balloon and flowers at the scene on behalf of their pupils

Daily Mirror · Oct 14, 2022

Oldest victim in Ireland petrol station explosion was in remission after cancer battle

The oldest victim of the Ireland petrol station explosion was a 59-year-old man who had recently found out he was in remission following a brave battle with cancer

Irish Mirror · Oct 14, 2022

Oldest victim of Donegal explosion was in remission after cancer battle, funeral hears

Mourners also heard that Mr Kelly had brought two other victims of the blast, Robert Garwe and his daughter, Shauna Flanagan Garwe, to the service station shop to buy a birthday cake for her mother on the day of the tragedy

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022

Oldest victim of Creeslough explosion was in remission after cancer battle

Mourners lined the streets of the rural village to say goodbye to a member of their community for the fourth day in a row.

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The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022

Oldest Creeslough blast victim Hugh Kelly to have funeral a week after explosion

Hugh Kelly, 59, is the eighth explosion victim the small Irish community will honour at a funeral service.

Daily Mirror · Oct 13, 2022

Families 'lost in fog of grief' and pain, moving funeral of teen explosion victim told

Leona Harper had been in the Creeslough service station to buy ice-cream, and was one of the 10 people killed in the blast in Co Donegal, with her family describing her as a "gem" who "shone brightly"

Belfast Live · Oct 13, 2022

Creeslough: Martina Martin was go-to source of "help, cheer, fun and deep compassion"

Fr Duffy said Martina, who was due to mark her 50th birthday in a week’s time, was sensitive to the needs of others, demonstrated hard work and patience

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

Families and communities of Creeslough tragedy are ‘lost in a fog of grief’

The funeral of Leona Harper heard how her sudden death has left all those who knew and loved her “shell-shocked and grief-stricken”.

Irish Mirror · Oct 13, 2022

Mum killed while working in shop where Donegal blast happened had 'abundance of love', funeral told

Martina Martin, 49, was working in the shop when the explosion took place at a service station in Creeslough. Crowds once again lined the streets and gathered at the entrance to the church to say goodbye to another member of their community.

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

Creeslough victim Martina Martin ‘the ultimate mammy bear’, mourners hear

The funeral service heard of the mother of four’s quick wit and sensitivity to the needs of others.

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Communities bow their heads as they say goodbye to three more Creeslough victims

A grey sky hung over the hills surrounding the Donegal parishes.

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