Andrew Carey
AS 15-year-old Chloe Kinsella was laid to rest this Monday, community leaders, teachers, a groundswell of students and the celebrant of her requiem mass asked on teenagers to live life to the full and noted the dangers alcohol has to play in society.
Tragically, Chloe’s body was recovered from the River Shannon last Friday six days after she had went missing from her Kileely home.
She had queued for One Direction tickets the night before and had spent time with her sister Marguerite. This Monday, her sibling told a congregation that Chloe’s star will shine and that, along with another sister Sophie who died aged just three over nine years ago, they will watch over the Kinsella clan like angels.
She’s the sister that’s “forever young” to the Kinsella family and a daughter to a devastated Kevin and Shirley that left this life in such tragic circumstances.
Hundreds gathered to pay their respects and bid a final farewell to the popular teen who was a champion hip hop dancer.
In his homily, Rev Seaver begged teens to respect life, live it to the full and warned of the dangers of alcohol. He said that it deadens the vivaciousness of youth and highlighted findings that it hinders development.
In praising a community that stood strong in hours of need, Rev Seaver sought that 15-year-olds do God’s will and live life with respect.
