Mourners heard how she had a ‘smile that was full of mother’s love’

Ray D'Arcy and other family members carry his mother's remains into church this morning at the funeral of Mary D'Arcy at St. Brigids Parish Church, Kildare Town. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin.

Ray D’Arcy and other family members carry his mother’s remains into church this morning at the funeral of Mary D’Arcy at St. Brigids Parish Church, Kildare Town. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin.

“Ma, I love you,” said an emotional Ray D’Arcy as he stood facing the congregation at his mother’s funeral mass in Kildare town today.

Mother of nine children, Mary D’Arcy, passed away peacefully at Naas Hospital in Co Kildare on Friday, July 18 following a short battle with an aggressive form of cancer.