Tears flowed on Tuesday at the funeral of a tragic four year-old who mourners heard was a "real feisty personality" and a "radiance that lit up a room". Fianna Grace Harkin sadly died following an accident on Saturday at Tirruadh Road in Draperstown, where she lived with her family. Mourners packed St Columba's Church in Straw, Ballinascreen on Tuesday as a GAA top, stuffed unicorn and Fianna's graduation picture from her early years class were placed around the chapel for a Mass of the Angels.
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That's all we can do. "We have all been stunned by what happened on Saturday. A reading of the many hundreds of messages on social media shows that everyone has been affected by Fianna's death.
"We have done our best to fill the Church with as much light as possible, because it so reflects the light Fianna brought with her everywhere she went. "For one so young, you all know she had a radiance and a smile that lit up a room, not to mention a school Assembly hall last Thursday. "There is anothe.
