MEGAN McCallion's heart has saved the life of an eight-year-old child after she signed up to organ donation just weeks before her death in a freak accident.
The 15-year-old spoke to her parents Kevin and Eileen McCallion about her wishes the week before she suffered the fall at a house on Antrim Road on Saturday night.
She died at the Royal Victoria Hospital on Tuesday, where she had been in intensive care, and was buried yesterday after a funeral at St Gerard's Catholic Church .
Hundreds of mourners packed the church where fellow pupils from Dominican College, Fortwilliam sang funeral hymns during the emotional service.
Among the young family members offering Prayers of the Faithful was her younger brother Conor.
Fr Jimmy O'Reilly, a relative of her father and a member of St Patrick's Missionary Society in Laois, spoke of here "thoughtfulness towards her family and friends" and how that consideration for others extended to her joining the Organ Donation Register "only a matter of weeks ago".
"She discussed it with Eileen and Kevin only last week round the table," Fr O'Reilly said.
"Megan has donated to five recipients. Her heart (has gone) to an eight-year-old child, so she continues to be a life-giver - a very poignant life-giver.
"Megan was always fully of life and full of joy. She loved to laugh, loved to be happy and loved to make others happy.
"In our lives we can be inspired by Megan's generosity, to be life-givers in our words and actions as Megan was."
