The priest who will bury tragic road victim Laura Connolly has vowed to remember her on the day she was due to be married next year.
The 34-year-old mother of one was killed when she was struck by a van in Lifford on Sunday morning.
Laura was due to marry teenage sweetheart Joe McCullagh in September, 2022.
Just hours before she was killed, Laura had been out shopping for wedding dresses.
Now instead of planning a wedding, Laura’s heartbroken family are preparing for her funeral.
Parish Priest of Lifford, Fr Colm O’Doherty, revealed how Laura and Joe had come to see him about making arrangements for their big day.
“They were excited and I was naturally delighted for them,” he said.
“They had chosen September of next year and I was very happy for them and their young son. But you just don’t know how things can change so quickly,” he said.
Fr Colm O’Doherty PP.
Fr Colm revealed how he had made himself a promise to remember Laura and her family in a special way on what would have been the couple’s big day.
“I don’t know what we will do, but we will mark it in some special way. It’s the least we can do,” he said.
St Patrick’s Church, Murlog, Lifford, where Laura’s Requiem Mass will take place on Thursday.
He paid tribute to the community of Lifford and the wider community in Donegal.
He said people sometimes showed the greatest support when they say nothing at all.
He added “Laura’s family have been amazing considering all they have been through.
“And the community has been so supportive. Sometimes there has been silence, but just by being there is enough.
“Sometimes words are not needed and all we need to be is to be there for somebody.
“I cannot speak highly enough of the community and what they have done since this awful tragedy.”
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