Julia McSorley (75) was celebrated as “one of the most virtuous women of our generation” at her funeral on Sunday. 

Julia McSorley and siblings Dan and Christine McKane all died on Thursday morning in a road collision on the A5. 

Speaking at St Eugene’s Church in Glenock, Father Roland Colhoun said Julia McSorley was a “dynamic, selfless” woman. 

“Julia never wanted to be first, but in many ways, she was number one. She was described at the wake as one in a million. Number one in the hearts of her family,” he said. 

Fr Colhoun said she was a maternal woman and that children and young people “gravitated towards her”. 

He said Julia McSorley had battled cancer and lost several family members – but “never entertained bitterness”.

He said the family is “immensely grateful” for the “courage and dedication” of the first responders that attended the “harrowing” scene on Thursday morning. 

Mourners heard they had been returning from a funeral of a family member in Corby, England, when the crash occurred. 

Four other family members were admitted to hospital, with two still currently receiving treatment. 

Julia McSorley was buried at the adjoining cemetery, alongside the remains of her infant son Jordan. 

A funeral is to be held today for Julia McSorley’s nephew and niece Dan and Christine McKane in The Church of The Immaculate Conception in Strabane.