TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN paid to the young boy from Dungloe whose tragic passing has sent a shockwave of sadness across Donegal this weekend.

Joey Forker, aged nine, died following a tragic accident at his home at Meenmore, Dungloe on Friday evening.

His will be laid to rest in Magheragallon Cemetery, Gaoth Dobhair on Thursday following his Funeral Mass at St Crona’s Church in Dungloe.

Joey was a pupil at St Crone’s National School in Dungloe.

He was the middle child of popular local couple, Joe and Audrey Forker, who doted on their three little boys.

Friends and family said Joey loved all types of machinery and helping out his dad.

Yesterday, family and friends comforted the couple and Joey’s two brothers following Friday evening’s awful tragedy.

Hundreds of messages of support flooded in on social media for the heartbroken family.

Many of the messages remember little Joey and how he touched their lives during his short life.

Family friend and local Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked people to think of the Forker family in the difficult days ahead.

“I humbly ask that in the days ahead that our prayers and all our moral support are guided towards helping the family of the deceased at this devastating time,” he said.

Details of Joey’s funeral have yet to be announced.