Elliot English 'a power of energy and love', funeral told
The funeral for six-year-old Elliot English, who died following an arson attack in Waterford, was held at the Sacred Heart Church. The service honored the young boy and his family, who also perished in the tragedy, while calling for justice.
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This tragic event has deeply impacted the local community and highlights the human cost of violent crime.
Mourners at the funeral of a six-year-old boy who died in an arson attack in Waterford were told he has been "brought home" to his parents and siblings, who were also killed in the blaze.
Elliot English died on 6 November at Children's Health Ireland in Crumlin.
His parents, Kim and Philip English, and brothers, 12-year-old Callum and nine-year-old Jayden, died in the arson attack on their home in the Birchwood estate on 13 October.
At his funeral mass at the Sacred Heart Church, the Folly, Waterford, this afternoon, Fr Gerry Chestnutt told mourners that Elliot was "a power of energy and of love" and that his "infectious smile and love of life will never be forgotten".
He asked the community to remember the 14-year-old girl who was injured in the attack and who remains in hospital.
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