{"id":623791,"date":"2026-09-13T22:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T22:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/623791\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T22:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T22:10:10","slug":"parents-full-of-fear-of-society-children-are-growing-up-in-priest-tells-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/623791\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents ‘full of fear’ of society children are growing up in, priest tells funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"

A priest has told the funeral of a teenager killed in a hit-and-run in Co Clare that parents are \u201cfull of fear\u201d of the society children are growing up in.<\/p>\n

Fr Richard Davern was addressing mourners attending the funeral of 17-year old Bryan Lowe, who was knocked down by a car and dragged under the vehicle, which did not remain at the scene.<\/p>\n

Questioning the apparent lack of respect for life in modern society, Fr Davern said: \u201cSo many parents today are full of fear of the world that their children and indeed their grandchildren are growing up in.<\/p>\n

“What is happening in our society? Where do we turn? How can some sections of society have lost all connection to God?\u201d Fr Davern asked.<\/p>\n

\"BryanBryan Lowe was killed in a hit-and-run in Clonlara, Co Clare.<\/p>\n

Bryan Lowe was riding an e-bike when he was struck and killed by a vehicle on a rural road at Cottage Cross, Clonlara, in south east Clare, on Friday, September 4.<\/p>\n

Gardai said they were \u201cfollowing a definite line of enquiry\u201d, and they are examining whether the boy was deliberately run down<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bryan was a sixth-year student at St Munchin\u2019s College, Corbally, Limerick, who was \u201cdetermined\u201d to complete his Leaving Certificate exams in September, Fr Davern said.<\/p>\n

‘Utterly lost’<\/p>\n

The priest said the boy\u2019s family and firends were \u201cdevastated, traumatised, and feeling utterly lost\u201d.<\/p>\n

He asked the family to \u201ctrust the authorities and give them the time needed, that they will see to it that the truth and justice around Bryan\u2019s death will be established\u201d.<\/p>\n

Students from St Munchin\u2019s College performed guards of honour outside St Nicholas Church, Westbury, Corbally, as Bryan Lowe\u2019s blue-coloured coffin was shouldered by members of his family, including his mother, Crystal, and his father, Brian.<\/p>\n

Crystal Lowe thanked St Munchin\u2019s College and her son\u2019s fellow students for their \u201csupport\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cBryan was a great boy, and the boys in St Munchins have done him so proud. I can hold up my head high knowing he is a boy I reared,\u201d said Ms Lowe.<\/p>\n

Addressing her son\u2019s fellow classmates and friends, Ms Lowe said: \u201cI know it\u2019s also very hard for you all. If I can ask for anything, it is that you just remember Bryan in the divine mercy, thank you very much, and God bless.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said the boy\u2019s family prayed \u201cfor the first responders who attended the scene, and for the garda\u00ed who continue to work on Bryan\u2019s case \u2013 may God give them strength, wisdom, courage and compassion, in the difficult work they do each day\u201d.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed said their investigation is \u201congoing\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A priest has told the funeral of a teenager killed in a hit-and-run in Co Clare that parents…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43,16669,11318],"class_list":["post-623791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-road-deaths","tag-road-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}