A prayer service also took place on Sunday evening at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Barefield, County Clare.
During the service, the parish priest, Fr Tom Fitzpatrick, told mourners:
“Let us remember Vanessa not just by the way she died, but by the life she lived, her smile, her strength, her incredible powerful love for her children.
“She gave it her all to the very end.”
“We remember James and Sara, not just as victims of violence, but as children who played and who laughed and had their favourite stories, of course favourite foods I’m sure as well, and great dreams,” he added.
“Dreams that will never be fulfilled, but dreams that mattered because they were theirs.”
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