Hundreds of people walk behind the hearse carrying the remains of Kiea McCann to her funeral mass in Clones
Services were held for 17-year-old Kiea McCann and 16-year-old Dlava Mohamed in Monaghan and Dublin respectively.
Friends and classmates of the girls provided a guard of honour at the funeral services in both counties.
The teenagers were killed in a road crash outside Clones in Co Monaghan on Monday evening when a car they were travelling in struck a tree.
Hundreds of mourners walked behind the hearse which was carrying the remains of Kiea McCann to the Sacred Heart Church in Clones.
Her family wore t-shirts, bearing a picture of the 17-year-old as they walked behind her coffin.
Before entering the church grounds, motorcycles revved their engines as the cortège passed.
The Requeim Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Clones for Kiea heard that she was popular among her friends.
Fr John Chester told the congregation that Kiea McCann had a great sense of humor, was pleasantly mischievous and innocent.
The congregation heard how Kiea was “rarely off the iphone, keeping in touch”, and was someone who “kicked football with her close circle of friends, played pool, enjoyed music and the weekend discos”.
Tragic road crash victim Kiea McCann will be laid to rest today
Fr Chester spoke of how Kiea’s father, Franky, responded to the scene of the crash on Monday night.
“Listening to him describe his frantic actions, following his arrival at the scene of the crash, he described conducting CPR on his daughter, and her soul friend Dlava, but with no success, the hands of the two girls touching as though they knew they were off to heaven together.
“No father should have to witness such a terrible scene,” Fr Chester said.
Among the symbols presented at the funeral, include figures of Minnie and Mickey Mouse, an iphone, a hair straightener and a photo taken of Kiea in her Debs dress on Monday night.
Kiea will be laid to rest at Mount St Oliver’s Cemetery.
A hearse carrying Dlava’s remains left Clones this morning and travelled to Clonskeagh Mosque in Dublin, where her funeral service was held.
The service was led by Sheikh Hussein Halawa.
Among the attendees are Deputy Principal of Largy College Michael Killen, Director of Schools at Cavan/Monaghan ETB Paddy Flood and Inspector Graham Tolan a representative of Monaghan Garda Station.
A number of students and staff members from Largy College were also in attendance.
A coach transporting family and friends of the teenager followed the cortege as it took the journey south for the service at 1.30pm.
Tragic road crash victim
Dlava Mohamed will be laid to rest today
Her classmates formed a guard of honour as her coffin was carried out.
Among those who attended the service was the Taoiseach’s aide-de-camp Commandment Claire Mortimer.
Dlava will be laid to rest in Newcastle Muslim Cemetery.
Dr Ali Selim, of the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland in Clonskeagh, described Dlava’s death as a “tragedy”, adding that he expected the community to fully support the family during this difficult time.
In the Muslim religion, he said, death is seen as a “step in our trip to our Lord”.
Dr Selim offered his condolences to Dlava’s friends and family.
Books of Condolence will be opened for Kiea and Dlava at Largy College tomorrow from 9am to 1pm.
Three other people were injured in the single vehicle crash on the N54 at Legnakelly on Monday evening.
Dlava’s 18-year-old sister is in a critical but stable condition in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.
A 60-year-old man, the driver of the car, was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, where he remains in a critical condition.
An 18-year-old boy was treated for non life-threatening injuries and has since been discharged from hospital.
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