'The memories she has taken with her are happy': Emili Roman laid to rest in Carrigaline

Fr Aidan Cremen told mourners that the people of Crosshaven, Fountainstown, Carrigaline and surrounding areas were heartbroken by the loss of the vibrant and loving youngster

Emili Roman, who died after getting into difficulty while swimming near Fountainstown Beach earlier this week. Picture via: GoFundMe

Young children held teddy bears at the requiem mass in Carrigaline, Co Cork today of a little girl who was swept out to sea just two days before she would have celebrated her 8th birthday alongside her twin brother.

The family of Emili Roman, of Crosshaven in Co Cork, had asked friends of their daughter to bring soft toys to her requiem mass at the Church of Our Lady and St John so that they could be placed on her grave.