Heartbroken tributes as tragic Clodagh Phelan (11) remembered in Gowran and Kilkenny

The funeral will take place on Sunday of Clodagh Phelan (11) who died in a tragic accident in Mallorca earlier this week. 

Many people from across Kilkenny - and in particular, Gowran, where Clodagh had family - have been expressing their deep condolences to the Phelan family and Hobson family on their loss.

Clodagh was the darling only daughter of her heartbroken parents Liam and Valerie and dearly loved sister of Will and David. Clodagh will also be forever missed by her devoted Grandfather John Hobson (Rockstown, Rathdrum) and Grandmother Joan Phelan (Kyle, Gowran, Kilkenny), aunts and uncles, Siobhán and Michéal, Ciarán and Deirdre, Michael and Olive, her many and much-loved cousins, her school-mates at St  Saviour’s National School, her team mates on the numerous sporting teams she was part of and a wide community of close and extended relatives, friends and neighbours. Predeceased by her loving Granny Irene Hobson and Grandad Tommy Phelan.

Clodagh will be reposing at her home on Saturday, July 27 from 2pm to 8pm. A funeral service will take place on Sunday at noon in Holy Trinity Church, Castlemacadam, Avoca followed by burial in Ballinatone Cemetery, Rathdrum, A67 W407.