Matthew Healey’s Father James and his uncles carried his tiny coffin down the main street of watergrass Hill from his home towards the church where he had been baptized as a baby it was a solemn heartbreaking sight inside the packed small Church Parish priest father Christy FIS Gerald
Told MERS that the death of the six-year-old has left everyone with overwhelming grief we are where no one wants to be today though Springtime beckons and the daffodils are above ground Matthew’s death leaves us all encircled by pain sadness and overwhelming grief on the altar his cousins and
Uncles left small momentos of Matthew’s Young Life Lego cars he’d built with his dad and jelly sweets a dream catcher he’ made in school and his beloved cycling helmet such an outo child and L the outdoors he loves cycling here’s his cycling helmet didn’t hundreds of miles he cycled with his dad
And his uncles and his cousins his father James said his son’s tragic passing had left a devastating impact Matthew and myself we like two peas in a p he was my little lad my buddy and my chief my sister often referred to us as the dream Dee Matthew it has been the greatest
Honor in my life and an absolute pleasure to be your dead and I’m so sorry I couldn’t save you Chief I love you Jen O Sullivan our news watergrass Hill