The funerals of Eoghan Culligan and Eimear Walsh have taken place in Dublin.

Both their families paid tribute to their kind, fun-loving and talented children.

The pair are the first to be laid to rest in Ireland, following a balcony collapse in Berkeley, California last week.

On Saturday, Irish-American student Ashley Donohue was the first of the Berkeley victims to be laid to rest in her native California - where her cousin Olivia Burke was also remembered.

Crowds gather at the Church of the Annunciation in Rathfarnham | Image: Juliette Gash

Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of Eoghan Culligan in Rathfarnham.

During the ceremony symbols of his life were brought to the altar - including a sports jersey, his grandfather's watch, and a 'Lord of the Rings' staff and ring.

Eoghan's two best friends Jack and Ross spoke about their time together.

Jack said the three of them became neighbours when they were children - and were inseparable.

Eoghan is survived by his parents Marie and Gerry and his brothers Andrew and Stephen.

Fr Richard Olin, from his former school of St Mary's in Rathmines, welcomed mourners to the church.

The funeral of Eimear Walsh has heard that Ireland is united in grief.

Her funeral mass in Foxrock has been attended by hundreds - including Minister Heather Humphreys for the government, and the aides de camp for both the President and Taoiseach.

Eimear's remains were accompanied by her parents, Jim and Patricia, and her brother Robert to Shanganagh Cemetery - where she was laid to rest.

Eimear's father, Jim, remembered his 'kind-hearted, generous and independent-minded' daughter.

In his homily, chief Celebrant Fr Paul Ward said the Walshes - and all families touched by the tragedy - can count on the support of their friends and the wider community.