Tributes have been paid to talented 17-year-old Sarah Lynch who died in a single vehicle crash in New York this week.
She was the beloved daughter of Shane Lynch and Joanne O Connor from South Kerry, and the family have spent every summer in Ireland, where theey have a home in Renard, Cahersiveen.
The teenager, whose life was tragically cut short this week, was hoping to attend university in Ireland.
There was shock and sadness across South Kerry yesterday as news filtered in that the talented young woman died in a single vehicle crash in New York on Monday.
Heartbroken father Shane originally emigrated to the US in 1994 and met Joanne while living there and the couple had three children, including brothers, Colin (20) and Sean (12).
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