The father of Carla, Darragh and Conor McGinley has spoken about everything that brought his young children joy at their funeral mass in Dublin.
In his eulogy at the Church of The Holy Family in Rathcoole this morning, Andrew McGinley said the family will be “forever heartbroken” after their deaths.
You can read the eulogy in full here.
The children, aged three, seven and nine-years-old, were killed in their Dublin home last Friday.
The Mass of the Angels in Rathcoole will be followed by a burial at Newcastle Cemetery this afternoon.
The coffins carrying the bodies of Carla, Darragh and Conor McGinley have been brought into the Church of the Holy Family for the Mass of the Angels pic.twitter.com/8eKD599tOu
— Stephen Murphy (@Stephen_Murphy5) January 31, 2020
The funerals of Carla (3), Darragh (7) and Conor (9) McGinley - who were murdered at their home in Dublin last week - is getting underway in Rathcoole.
Members of Rathcoole Boys Football Club - which Conor and Darragh were involved in - are forming a guard of honour outside pic.twitter.com/75twmYEUNV
— Stephen Murphy (@Stephen_Murphy5) January 31, 2020
Mr McGinley used the eulogy to thank Lego, Marvel and Frozen for the joy they brought to his children's lives.
He said no God should have allowed their deaths to happen.
“We often misuse words,” he said. “When Ireland would lose a match, I used to say I was heartbroken. I now know what that really means.”
“We, as a family, are heartbroken. It will only be with your help, support and friendship that we will be able to patch our hearts together in some way but we will still be forever heartbroken.
“Conor, Darragh and Carla. I love you.”
Andrew McGinley places a hand on one of his children’s coffins as it is removed from the hearse before the Mass of the Angels for Conor, Darragh and Carla McGinley at the Church of The Holy Family in Rathcoole, Dublin. Image: Sam Boal/RollingNewsReporting from Stephen Murphy at the Church of The Holy Family
