One of the people injured in the collision, Niamh Kinsella, is a member of the Claremorris Junior team.

A prayer vigil in solidarity with the injured women and boy was held on Friday evening in Saint Clare’s Church in Graiguecullen.

Parish priest Fr John Dunphy told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that the vigil was an opportunity for the whole community “to show their support to the young ladies and the young boy and their families and I think the community is very anxious to do that.”

McCarthy’s death notice details that he will be “sadly missed by parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, loving and heartbroken girlfriend Georgia, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews extended family, relatives and friends.”

Sisters Alma and Niamh Kinsella, aged in their 30s, were in the front of the car while their younger sister Ellie Hendricken, who is in her 20s, was in a rear seat passenger along with her nephew.