A number of vigils have taken place in Co Donegal over the weekend, as the county comes to terms with the disaster which claimed 10 lives on Friday.
Hundreds arrived at St Michael's Church in Creeslough on Sunday night to say the rosary and sympathise with one another.
A packed church but almost in complete silence.
Most people were visibly upset or shocked, with many greeting each other with long hugs.
One person sat in bandages, having been injured in the explosion on Friday.
Loaves of bread, milk and fruit were left at the back of the church for people to grab on the way out, now that the village is without its shop.
A lot of hugs and teary eyes here in St Michael’s Church in Creeslough, as the community gathers to say the rosary. Food essentials have been left by the door for people to grab on their way out, now that the village is without a shop. A touch of kindness in the middle of it all pic.twitter.com/xDURuGL8bw
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The depth of the tragedy could be felt in the room, as the community comes to terms with the explosion that has changed the Creeslough and its people forever.
24-year-old Jessica Gallagher - who was due to move to Belfast and start a new job as a fashion designer today - will be buried tomorrow morning.
She was visiting her boyfriend's apartment above the shop when the explosion happened - he's in a critical condition in James' Hospital, and fighting for his life.
Tomorrow afternoon, the funeral of Martin McGill will take place in the same church - St Michaels in Creeslough. He was originally from Scotland and had been living in Donegal for a decade.
Then on Wednesday, the village will say goodbye to 39-year-old Catherine O'Donnell and her 13-year-old son James Monaghan - when their funerals take place.
And, father of one James O'Flaherty - originally from Australia - his funeral takes place on Wednesday in Derrybeg - around a 30-minute drive from Creeslough.
Other funerals will take place over the coming days - 59-year-old Hugh Kelly, 49-year-old shop worker Martina Martin, 14-year-old Leona Harper - and 50-year-old Robert Garwe and his five-year-old daughter Shauna Flanagan Garwe - who were buying a birthday cake for her mother.
Creeslough was close to silent today - as the chaos of Friday's explosion passed and the reality of what happened begins to set-in.
"Just words that you can't describe how we feel, how the town feels - it's just never be the same again, never be the same," one woman said.
"We just knew them, they were like family, everybody was like a family."
"It's just heartbreaking, there's nobody that's not devastated in the parish - it's just so sad," she said as her voice broke.
Another woman added: "My wee town's wrecked and all the people [that] was there, except for two, I knew them all."
