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Fr John Joe Duffy leads prayers from the platform in Creeslough. Photo: Joe Boland (North West Newspix)
Creeslough fell hushed for a poignant minute's silence during the annual St Patrick's Day parade in the village.
The parade, led by the Meenderry School Reunion Band, paused to remember those who have died in the parish during the last year.
They include the ten victims of the Creeslough explosion, the October 7 blast at a filling station which claimed the lives of ten people.
The parade stopped on the Main Street, where Fr John Joe Duffy led prayers from the forecourt in front of McNulty's Bar.
The Creeslough explosion claimed the lives of five-year-old Shauna Flanagan Garwe and her father, Robert Garwe (50), Catherine O’Donnell (39) and her son James Monaghan (13), James O’Flaherty (48), Jessica Gallagher (24), Martin McGill (49), Hugh Kelly (59), Martina Martin (49) and 14-year-old Leona Harper.
Hundreds lined the streets for the colourful Creeslough parade, which featured floats and displays from a range of local clubs, schools and community groups.
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