A talented young GAA star who died tragically just days after falling ill will be buried on Saturday, it has been confirmed.
Lewis Kelly, a hugely promising footballer with Malin GAA Club, was only 18 when he died on Bank Holiday Monday at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.
The schoolboy’s devastated family include parents Michelle and Hugh, sister Zevagh, brothers Quinn and Regan, and girlfriend Darcey.
Lewis, from Culdaff, was due to sit his Leaving Cert exams at Carndonagh Community School next month.
Eamonn McLaughlin Funeral Director in Carndonagh is today finalising the arrangements.
Lewis’s remains are due to arrive in Muff today around 9.30pm to continue to his family home in Culdaff.
Funeral from there on Saturday at 1.10pm for 2pm Requiem Mass in St Patrick’s Church, Aughaclay, with burial in Lagg Graveyard.
Requiem Mass can be viewed live on Eamonn McLaughlin Funeral Director’s Facebook page.
Family time from 10pm to 11am and on the morning of the funeral.
Family flowers only please, donations in lieu if desired to Richmond ICU Beaumont Hospital c/o any family member or Eamonn McLaughlin Funeral Director.