Student who died after falling from college accommodation was a ‘gift beyond measure’, funeral hears

A student who died in hospital a few days after he fell from an upper storey of student accommodation in Cork was a “gift beyond measure” for his family because of his zest for life and his good nature, his funeral mass has heard.

Second year Munster Technological University student Darragh McCarthy (21) from Carrigagour, Midleton in Co Cork died in hospital last Tuesday.

He was taken to CUH after he fell from the Eden Hall complex in Model Farm Road in the city at around 4am on March 6th. The incident is being treated as an accident.

His father Niall told mourners at the Church of the Most Holy Rosary in Midleton that his son sustained “catastrophic injuries” from which there was “no hope” of recovery.

Poignantly, he noted that Darragh was weighed in hospital twice in his life – at birth and in his final days.

“Our Darragh was born on the 07/07/2003. He first weighed in a beautiful baby boy at 7lbs 6oz and he was measured at 53 centimetres. The second time Darragh…

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