Priest tells husband of Olympian Ciara Mageean 'you were the love of her life' as hundreds mourn the European champion
Ciara Mageean, who married Tommy Moran at Belfast City Hall only weeks before her death from stage four bowel cancer.Mourners outside St Patrick's Church, Portaferry, as young members of Portaferry GAC — the club where Mageean played camogie as a child — lined the route as her coffin was carried inside.
Hundreds of mourners lined the streets of Portaferry on Tuesday to pay their respects as Fr Martin Kelly — who had known the 34-year-old since she was eight — gave a homily honouring her resolve to ensure wedding guests enjoyed a "lavish, memorable occasion" in the weeks before she died of stage four bowel cancer.
Mageean married Tommy Moran at Belfast City Hall, followed by a larger celebration at Darver Castle in Co Louth, only weeks before her death.
Young members of Portaferry GAC, the club where Mageean had played camogie as a child, lined the route as her coffin was borne into St Patrick's Church.
Friend and British runner Phily Bowden, who learned of Mageean's death while on a bus to the New York City Marathon start line, said she ran the race thinking of her.
