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LISTEN: Carrigallen parish priest pays glowing tribute to crash victim, who's named locally

Apr 16, 2025 12:00
By Eoghan Murphy
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LISTEN: Carrigallen parish priest pays glowing tribute to crash victim, who's named locally

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

The parish priest of Carrigallen is paying a moving tribute to the 18-year-old boy who died in a single-vehicle crash yesterday.

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

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

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Parish priest Fr John McMahon has been speaking to Eoghan Murphy about Dessie's death:

 

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