Devastated villagers prayed in two churches for one of their oldest and one of their youngest who died following separate road accidents an hour apart.

Seven-years-old soccer-mad Dylan Minnock and pensioner Jimmy Strain(80) – both from Convoy – were fatally injured in tragic accidents on Friday.
Congregations at the village’s two main churches, the Catholic St Mary’s and Church of Ireland St Ninian’s Parish Church, remembered both victims.
Dylan was on a life support system at Letterkenny General Hospital for almost 24 hours after he was knocked down by a van as he was about to cross a street in Convoy. Locals said he had been playing in a field and was about to join two friends across the road when he peered from behind a high hedge to check for traffic when the accident happened.

His distraught mother Rachel, who also has a three-year-old daughter, was by Dylan’s side throughout his battle for life while his dad, Dermot Furey, dashed home from a holiday abroad to be by his son’s bedside at the end.
Dylan was pronounced dead shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday evening. He was a nephew of former Finn Harps soccer player Jonathan Minnock and a grandson of Johnny Minnock who played for Athlone Town against AC Milan in a 1975 UEFA Cup tie.
Jimmy Strain was pronounced dead on arrival at Letterkenny General Hospital following injuries received when his van went out of control and crashed into a fence at Drumkeen on the N13 an hour after Dylan’s accident.
Mr Strain, from Corradooey, Convoy, is thought to have suffered a heart attack at the wheel of his vehicle. He was the only occupant.