Watch: A time to grieve - Skibbereen remembers 250 people who died during pandemic

Some of those who died and were publicly remembered on Thursday night lived to more than 100. Others were just a few days old

The candlelit procession during Skibbereen Arts Festival's memorial event, A Candle in the Wind, to commemorate all those who passed away locally during the pandemic and were unable to receive a proper traditional funeral. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Hundreds of candles were carried through Skibbereen town in memory of 250 people who have died in the area but were denied a public funeral due to Covid-19.

Those 250 names were read aloud after hundreds of people marched solemnly through the West Cork town trying to protect their candles from the torrential rain that suddenly plummeted down on the procession, quickly washing away any tears.