'Lives have been changed forever', priest tells funeral mass of tragic toddler Charlie McDonagh Mourners told of how untimely passing of Paw Patrol and Spiderman fanatic will "take a lifetime to heal" Reporter: news@kilkennypeople.ie Tragic Charlie McDonagh as been remembered as a "little red haired warrior" whose untimely passing has changed lives "forever" '); '); Fr James McKiernan said the sudden and untimely loss of Charlie McDonagh last Wednesday when the toddler was knocked down just yards from his home in Ardnacassa had cast a deep shadow over the local community. He described the tragic toddler a “little red haired warrior” as his distraught parents Pearl and Charlie watched on from the front pew of St Mel’s Cathedral.