Funeral arrangements for Clare fan who died at Munster championship match
THE CLARE supporter who tragically died at the Munster senior hurling championship match at the TUS Gaelic Grounds on Saturday night will be laid to rest on Thursday.
John Walsh, of Shannon Road, Sixmilebridge and formerly of Portumna, was aged in his 70s.
He is dearly missed by his beloved wife Sheila, daughter Orla, sons Cathal, Ruairi and Eoin, son in law Shane, daughters in law and partner Niamh, Deirdre and Aoife, adored grandchildren Ava and Donnacha, brothers Mossy and Timmy, sisters Patricia, Marian and Anne, nieces, nephews, sisters and brothers in laws, extended family, friends and neighbours.
Reposing in McMahon's Funeral Home, Sixmilebridge this Wednesday from 6pm to 8pm followed by removal to St Finnachta's Church. Funeral Mass on Thursday at 1pm followed by burial afterwards in Ballysheen Cemetery. Funeral Mass can be viewed live on the Sixmilebridge parish website.
A minute's silence in memory of Mr Walsh took place prior to the throw-in at the Cork and Waterford match in Páirc Uí Chaoimh this Sunday afternoon.
May he rest in peace.