'Cruel fate took the life' of Galway teen killed in crash

Kirsty Bohan: 'She loved the company of her friends. She was just beginning to spread her wings and starting to experience the world outside her community, but she is gone.' Picture: Presentation College

There were harrowing scenes of grief as the first of the teenagers to die in the bank holiday crash in Galway was laid to rest.

The North Galway town of Headford and surrounding area came to a standstill as 14-year old Kirsty Bohan was laid to rest at Donaghpatrick cemetery following her funeral Mass at in the Church of St Patrick and Cuana.