Nearly 300 mourners gather for funeral at Leitrim cemetery Large Garda presence as relatives from Britain join members of Travelling community
Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 19:43 Updated: Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 20:26
The funeral of Davey Reilly arrives at St Mary’s Cemetery in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim.
Nearly 300 mourners attended St Mary’s Cemetery in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim on Thursday, to lay to rest a 22-year-old man who recently died in Britain.
Members of the Travelling community in Carrick-on-Shannon and Longford town were joined by relatives living in Britain for the funeral of Davey Reilly which drew a large Garda presence to the town for the past two days.
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Gardaí have dispersed a large group of people from a cemetery as they celebrated a deceased’s birthday, in what offcers described as a “contravention” of Covid-19 public health guidelines.