Parents hug children at vigil for 10 people killed in Ireland petrol station explosion

Parents hug children at vigil for 10 people killed in Ireland petrol station explosion

Parents hugged their children as hundreds gathered for a vigil in memory of the 10 people who died in the petrol station explosion in Ireland.

People also carried candles at the vigil which was held in the town of Milford, around a half an hour’s drive from Cleeslough where the disaster happened on Friday.

Prayers were said and music was played, including a song called Creeslough, written and played by a local musician.

The crowd sang the Irish language hymn A Mhuire Mhathair (Mother Mary) at the end of the vigil.

Hot drinks and biscuits were handed out afterwards, as people gathered to process the news in the aftermath of the tragedy.

It was one of 20 vigils that were organised across County Donegal on Sunday.

In the town of Castlefinn, local cleric Ciaran Hegarty led a moment of prayer before those gathered held a two-minute silence.

Musician Marian Harper-Coleman played the song Cutting The Corn In Creeslough on the button accordion.

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