Little Amelia Mullan was found in the arms of her big brother Tomás

Geraldine Mullan told mourners at the funeral Mass for Amelia,(6) Tomás (14) and their father John (49) at St Pius X Church in Moville, of the incredible bond the siblings had.

Heartbreakingly, Geraldine told how, when they were found, Amelia was in Tomás’ arms.

“ Just as you can see in the family photo, that’s where she loved being. For that, Tomás, I thank you, for minding my dearest Amelia to the end. And, to my dearest John, thank you for being with them. I know that’s where you’d want to be.”

Before the Requiem Mass, after the family left their home together for the final time, hundreds of people lined the streets of Moville to pay tribute and support Geraldine in her devastating loss.

Pupils from Scoil Eoghain and Moville Community College, as well as the groups in which the family were valued members, all joined in a Guard of Honour in a show of togetherness, at a time when circumstances have kept everyone apart.

Geraldine spoke of the tight-knit family’s last day together, a ‘lovely family day out’, - going to bowling, a film - Snow Queen, chosen by Amelia, who had her daddy and brother ‘wrapped around her finger’ - and dinner. It had been a ‘rare day off’ for John, and they had also spent the day picking out accessories for Amelia’s new room and wallpaper for her and John’s bedroom. They were heading home when tragedy struck and ‘Heaven gained three new angels.’

Geraldine told how mourners, many of whom were watching online due to Covid 19 restrictions, that Geraldine Mullan, the heartbroken mother of Tomás and Amelia and wife of John, has told how ‘every second’ of every minute, hour and day she is without them is ‘a second too long.’

John, Tomas and Amelia were killed when the car in which they were travelling in lost control and went into the water at Quigley’s Point.