"St Peter and Paul's Church in Drumconrath, Co Meath, was packed to capacity for Mr McCluskey's funeral, with standing room only as mourners filled every pew and lined the walls. Outside, crowds gathered along the church grounds and tractors lined the village in a mark of respect and honouring Mr McCluskey's love for machinery and farming. Such was the turnout that a livestream of the funeral was set up in the community centre."
"Both young men were travelling to a night out in Dundalk last Saturday night, November 15, when the vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a two-car crash on the Ardee Road. Five people, all aged in their early 20s, were killed in the crash. President Catherine Connolly, Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee and several local politicians were among the mourners at Peter and Paul's Church."
Alan McCluskey, aged 23, was buried at St Peter and Paul's Church in Drumconrath, Co Meath, with the church filled to capacity and crowds lining the grounds. Tractors formed a guard of honour and photographs and model machinery represented his passion for farming and engines. Family and friends brought personal items to the altar, including a family photo, a picture with his girlfriend Chloe, and workboots and a Fencecraft logo from the fencing business he ran with his father. Both Alan and Chloe died in a two-car crash on the Ardee Road that killed five people in their early 20s.
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