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A generous little girl decided to use her communion money to buy snacks and drinks for homeless people last week.

Big-hearted eight-year-old Eve Bligh was determined to use the money to make a real difference to the homeless community around Dublin City.

Her proud mam Niamh, from Blanchardstown, said how thrilled she is with her daughter’s good deed, which went viral online over the weekend.

She told the Irish Mirror: “Eve made her communion on May 22 but she was talking about using it to help the homeless for about two months beforehand.

“Any time we’re in town together her head turns when she sees a homeless person.

“She’ll always say to me, ‘Why are they homeless? Why don’t they have somewhere to live?’

“She’s a little cutie and doesn’t want anyone to have bad luck.”

True to her word, Eve forked out about €60 on goods for rough sleepers- including bread, salad fillings, flavoured water, crisps and chocolate.

Niamh said: “She was saying that we needed to give people a choice of rolls and chocolate.

“She then put it all in her little backpack and went up to anyone she saw sleeping outside asking them what they would like.

“Everyone was delighted to see her coming and I could see people looking at her and then at me, as if to say is she for real.

“She said her favourite person she met was a man named Darren on Parnell Street, who was saying that she was a little angel who must be sent from above.”

Niamh shared some snaps of Eve’s donations on Facebook and after a friend asked her to make the post public, it quickly went viral.

She said: “I didn’t expect it to get so much attention, it quickly got a lot of shares and then on Sunday night my sister said TV3’s Ireland AM had even shared it.

“Eve is delighted and amazed that people have seen her good deed and is asking me to show her some of the comments.

“She can’t believe it.”

Niamh said she is over the moon at how thoughtful her daughter is and is hoping she will inspire others to follow her lead

She said: “I’m hoping that some of the others will follow suit and that she’ll start a little trend.

“She wants to do it again now and I said we could once a month.

“Her younger brother is doing his communion in a couple of years and he’s been saying that she’s done well but he wants to donate blankets to homeless people when he makes his.

“It’s brilliant and I’m so proud of her.”