Hundreds attend funeral of mother and daughters

Mourners carry the coffins of Sharon Grace and her two daughters Abby and Mikahla.

Mourners carry the coffins of Sharon Grace and her two daughters Abby and Mikahla.

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of Sharon Grace and her two daughters who drowned in the Slaney River on Saturday evening last.

The St Alphonsus' Church in Barntown, Co Wexford was filled with family, friends and schoolchildren this morning.

Fr Seán O'Gorman told mourners at Requiem Mass that now as not a time for judgement.

The bodies of the 28-year-old mother and her two youngest children, Abby (3) and Mikahla (4), were found in the River Slaney on Sunday morning at Kaats Strand.

Ms Grace is survived by her daughter, Amy (10), and her separated husband, Barry Grace.

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