Offaly teenager's funeral to be broadcast on YouTube

The funeral of an Offaly teenager who died in a road traffic accident on Friday evening last is to be broadcast on YouTube on Thursday morning.

Fourteen year old Aoife Doyle Scully died from injuries sustained when she was struck by a jeep while out walking with a friend on the Clara to Ballycumber Road at around 7.30pm on Friday evening.

In a moving post on social media, Aoife's uncle Ronan Scully said that Aoife brought “joy, energy, imagination” and “beauty” to the world. He also noted that his niece “served valiantly for girls, women and human rights”.

Due to the coronavirus crisis, Aoife's funeral in St Brigid's Church and burial in the monastery cemetery on Thursday morning will be confined to family only. However the 11am funeral mass will be broadcast live on YouTube.

Aoife is deeply regretted by her heartbroken Mam and Dad, Oonagh Scully and Damien Doyle, grandparents Pat and Kay Doyle (Dublin), Ricey and Mary Scully (Clara), aunts, uncles, grand aunts, grand uncles, cousins and friends.

The funeral mass can be viewed online by clicking on the following link: https://youtu.be/DuizIW0-A80.