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Leitrim community will lay teenage crash victim to rest today

Apr 20, 2025 09:31
By Shannonside News
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Leitrim community will lay teenage crash victim to rest today

Dessie O'Kelly died when the tractor he was a passenger in collided at Aghavilla, Carrigallen, on Tuesday afternoon at around 3 o'clock.

The funeral is taking place today of a Leitrim teenager who died in a crash earlier this week.

Glowing tributes have been paid to the popular Carrigallen man.

Dessie O'Kelly died when the tractor he was a passenger in collided at Aghavilla, Carrigallen, on Tuesday afternoon at around 3 o'clock.

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The male driver - also in his late teens - was taken to Cavan Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

18-year-old Dessie was from Drumloona, just north of Carrigallen, and near where the single-vehicle crash happened.

He used to attend Carrigallen Vocational School, who expressed their deep sadness at his death.

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Parish priest Fr John McMahon says he was also a former altar server, had an outgoing personality, and was doing an agricultural course.

His funeral Mass will take place in St Mary's Church, Drumeela, today at 2 o'clock, with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery.

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