At 17 minutes past 3pm this afternoon, the village of Creeslough will fall into silence in memory of those who were killed in the worst tragedy to ever befall this community.
At that time on this day last year an explosion at one of the focal points of the Donegal village took ten lives and changed the world for many other people, most especially for those who lost loved ones.
As they have from the beginning, the people of this community will rally round these families and all who were affected as they mark the first anniversary.
They will gather outside the hoarding which surrounds what remains of Lafferty's Applegreen service station at 3pm for a commemoration ceremony where their parish priest, Fr John Joe Duffy, will lead them in prayer.
A bell will sound for each of those who died - Hugh Kelly, Jessica Gallagher, James O'Flaherty, Martin McGill, Leona Harper, Martina Martin, Catherine O'Donnell and her son James Monaghan, Robert Garwe and his daughter Shauna Flanagan Garwe who was the youngest to die. She was just five years old.
So many emotions have played out since that dreadful afternoon and the long night that followed. Shock, disbelief, sorrow, anger and more.
Local pharmacist Fergus Brennan has seen people struggle and people supporting each other and he senses there is still a heaviness in the air in the village.
A year on there are still no answers to the questions about how and why the explosion happened.
No one doubts that it has been a complex inquiry with gardaí leading the investigation and bringing outside expertise on board to get to the truth of what happened.
In some ways though, Fergus feels that the past year was needed just to start to come to terms with the scale of the loss of life and the tragedy.
When answers do emerge, that will be another very difficult chapter to be travelled, particularly by the bereaved families and also by the wider community, he says.
When those answers come, he knows everyone will have to face up to whatever it might reveal. In the meantime, he says, the people here are on a journey and it will be a long one.
From the beginning, however, the strength within this small village was obvious.
Working at the coalface in his pharmacy, Fergus says he has seen first-hand the solidarity, the compassion and the love shown for family members, neighbours, friends and teammates.
That has helped carry people through this past year, he says, and he has no doubt it will help carry it forward.
"Creeslough, for such a small place, has gone through something enormous and unprecedented and will, sadly, be forever marked in some way by that tragedy.
"But it does have a community spirit that will allow it to move forward to a different future, all the time remembering those families that have lost ten precious loved ones and those who were seriously injured".
For now the journey continues.
A few months ago Majella McFadden took up a new role as Community Links Manager based in a newly renovated building that was previously derelict on the main street.
The focus, she says, is on healing. It's about the bereaved families, the injured and everyone who was there on the night of the tragedy and helping them in whatever way she can.
It is a challenge, she says but her hopes are that it will connect people in the community and help regenerate in the aftermath of the tragedy.
Majella's position evolved from a number of town hall meetings held after the explosion.
The Department of Rural and Community Development came on board with the Creeslough Together Initiative and €500,000 in funding over three years.
As the scale of the tragedy unfolded support, in many guises, came flooding in from all over Ireland and across the world.
Letters and messages of sympathy and support were received from people who wanted to reach out and give whatever comfort they could.
It was a tragedy which touched people deeply and Majella voices the gratitude of local people for this stream of support to help them find the strength to get through.
"The support here in the community, the county, the country and indeed the world," she says, "has been overwhelming and humbling."
The Red Cross established the Creeslough Community Support Fund in conjunction with Applegreen and An Post in the days after the tragedy.
To date it has raised €1,878,476 for the benefit of those affected. Some of the funds provided swift emergency financial support alongside psychological support.
The Red Cross says it helped people with funeral costs, supported people who lost their homes and all possessions, some who lost their jobs due to the explosion and people who suffered trauma through being involved in the explosion or from responding to the emergency with humanitarian selflessness.
A sum of just over €134,000 has been earmarked for a legacy community project, trauma support and other services.
Majella's brother Gerard was living in Australia at the time of the explosion and he set up an online fundraiser which raised more money than he had ever imagined it would.
In June, with almost €520,000 raised, he published "a massive thank you" to all who had supported the fund.
"Our friends across Ireland, England, Australia and America who helped share it among their businesses and communities.
"The response was overwhelming and I am delighted to announce that all funds raised had been distributed where intended, among the families of the deceased and injured."
While financial support helps ease the practical effects of the tragedy, the deeper impacts are not as easily dealt with.
Today will be a day for reflection and remembering and as people living locally gather together to do that, many Creeslough people living in other parts of the country or abroad will be with them in spirit.
Lisa Gallagher, the sister of 24-year-old fashion designer Jessica Gallagher, now lives in California and said she will be doing something that reminds her of home for the anniversary.
Speaking on the Soul Brew Podcast, which discusses the meaning and purpose of life, health and more with Aidan Hunter and Stephen Doak, Lisa encouraged people affected by the tragedy to talk about it.
Drawing parallels with Northern Ireland where, she said "people lived their lives having explosions happen daily or weekly and it's only years later that they are able to confront what happened to them."
Lisa said that's where you have to take care of yourself.
Her sister did a lot in her 24 years she said; she lived in China, Paris and Derry and the lesson she takes now is to push your boundaries, do the things that are scary and enjoy yourself while you are doing it.
"I now don't say no to things anymore, life's too short - say yes, take life by the horns and just live it", Lisa said.
