Emmanuel Familola’s funeral held in Buncrana

The funeral of a 16 -year -old schoolboy who died after entering difficulties on the coast of Donegal County is underway in Buncrana.

Emmanuel Familiala was one of the two teenagers who lost their lives in the incident outside the city last weekend.

A priest described Emmanuel as “charismatic” with the ability to “attract people to him.”

Fr. Francis Bradley, the pastor in Buncrana, said he had a “true heat, dignity of height and nobility for him.”

Talking about Emmanuel, Fr. Francis Bradley said he was an “excellent student who will always cool the best.”

“He had a serene magnetism for him that crossed the social, ethnic and cultural borders for his warmth and charisma that all languages ​​spoke, played each heart,” he added.

He described how the boys were “what children would do: play football and enter the water to recover the ball.”

“Despite the constant warnings, how were the true power and danger of water, the currents and destructive forces under the perfect sea for the image in a surreal afternoon,” he added.

Hundreds of people went to the speech of Santa María in the city to lend their respect.

They included representatives of Taoiseach, Tánaiste and emergency services.

It is said that Emmanuel’s family, which includes his mother and two brothers, are disconsolate for his tragic death.

The teenager, who was originally from Nigeria, solves his life with his friend Matt Sibanda, 18, who was a native or Zimbabwe.

Their respective schools, Scoil Mhuire and Crana College, said the classmates were devastated by the loss of two popular friends.

They have a leg that provides guidance and support to other students who turned out to attend the repliem mass.

The director of Scoil Mhuire, Evelyn McLoughlin, said last weekend that there were no words that could completely capture the pain and sadness that the school community felt and were really disconsolate.

She said Emmanual was known for her warm personality, soft humor and reflexive nature.

It was much appreciated by staff and students equally.

The tragedy took place last Saturday afternoon after several teenagers had difficulties in Ned’s Point.

They had the leg playing football on the beach and had used the water to recover a ball.

Later that night, Matt Sibanda’s body was recovered from Lough Swilly.

Emmanuel Familiala was rescued and tasks to the Hospital of the University of Letterkenny, but died in the early hours of last Sunday.

A third teenage child managed to return to the coast.

The Parish Priest of Francis Bradley said the community had been a great source of strength for afflicted families.

The funeral of Matt Sibanda will take place next week.

Matt attended Crana College, where he had leg preparation to sit his departure certificate exam next month.

The school director Kevin Cooley described his student as “the most respectful young man you could meet.”

Both teenagers had been living with their families in separate international protection centers in Buncrana.

Last Sunday, hundreds of people attended a vigil for both teenagers in the speech of Santa María in Buncrana that was directed by the Catholic bishop or Derry Donal McKeown.

Bishop McKeown, together with the Clery in the diocese, extended his condolences to families families and Sibanda.