Large turnout for Ashling Murphy vigil

Up to 200 people turned out in Kilcullen this evening for a vigil held to honour the memory of Ashling Murphy, the young woman who died in Tullamore after being attacked while on a run, writes Brian Byrne.

One of similar vigils held across the county and the country, the event at the Dun Ailinne Interpretive Park at Nicholastown was a sombre one, with people gathering in silence to reflect on the tragedy.

A poem was read, a song performed, and a decade of the Rosary prayed at the half-hour vigil, with many of those attending — including children — leaving tea-light candles on the plinth of the spear sculpture. 

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