TRAGIC CRASH PALS TO BE LAID TO REST
Funeral details shared as tributes paid to young trio
FUNERAL details for the three people killed in Wednesday’s tragic collision in Carlow have been announced.
The three friends, Daryl Culbert, 21, Michael Kelly, 25, and Katie Graham, 19, died when the red Lexus they were travelling in collided with a tree and burst into flames.
A fourth person, a man in his early 20s, from nearby Ballinabrannagh, was taken to St Luke’s hospital in Kilkenny.
He was later transferred to the Mater Hospital in Dublin where he is being treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Mr Culbert, from Kiltegan in Wicklow, will be laid to rest tomorrow following a funeral service at St Peter’s Church in Kiltegan at 2pm.
He will then be buried in the adjoining churchyard.
The funeral of Mr Kelly, from Nurney in Co Carlow, will take place on February 6. The funeral procession will arrive at St Brigid’s Church in Hacketstown for the 1pm Requiem Mass which will also be live-streamed.
He will then be laid to rest with his grandparents in Hacketstown cemetery.
Ms Graham from Ballickmoyler on the Laois/carlow border will be reposing at her family home this afternoon from 3pm to 8pm, with a rosary at 7pm.
She will be removed tomorrow to the Church of the Sacred Heart, Arles, for 11am Requiem Mass followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery.
The three deaths are among 19 fatalities on Irish roads so far this year.
The tragedy occurred on the N80 near The Fighting Cocks pub and restaurant at around 11.30pm.
The brother of Michael Kelly has described his sibling as a “role model” who had a “smile from ear to ear” in a poignant tribute.
Jordan Kelly, who was Michael’s younger brother, said: “I think we’re all just devastated.
“It’s kind of hard to believe, to be honest. Everyone that met Mike just loved him so much... he was a very good big brother to me.”
Gardai are appealing for any witnesses to the collision to come forward.