Creeslough explosion: First funerals to be held for blast victims

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Creeslough explosion: First funerals to be held for blast victims
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The funerals of Jessica Gallagher and Martin McGill, two of the victims of the Creeslough explosion, will take place later today

Top row left to right: Shauna Flanagan Garwe and her father Robert Garwe, Leona Harper, Hugh Kelly, Jessica Gallagher. Bottom row left to right: Martin McGill, James O'Flaherty, Martina Martin, Catherine O'Donnell and son James Monaghan

The funeral Mass for Jessica Gallagher, 24, will take place at St Michael's Church in the County Donegal village on Tuesday morning.Ten people were killed in Friday's explosion, which police say appears to have been a tragic accident. Ms Gallagher was a fashion graduate who had studied in Paris and Shanghai, and had been due to start her career as a designer in Belfast on Monday.

Her aunt Dolores Gallagher told Donegal's Highland Radio that she was "the most beautiful young woman".Mr McGill, who was originally from Scotland, was described as a devoted son who cared for his elderly mother.He moved to Creeslough to look after both his parents but his father had since died.

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