Ballinasloe mourns passing of FF & GAA stalwart

Date Published: 30-Jul-2009

A LONG life devoted to family, politics, the GAA, religious practice and all things Irish, was celebrated in Ballinasloe last Monday as Patsy Geraghty was laid to rest with the same dignity and respect he had shown to the people and the town he loved so much for all of his 85 years.

There was a huge attendance at his removal and funeral as townspeople and friends said a sad final farewell following the death of someone whose passing could indeed be categorised as “the end of an era”. He had battled bravely with ill health in the past year or so and finally succumbed last Friday, peacefully, and in the loving comfort of his family.

He was also fortified by the company of Bishop John Kirby during his last hours, and another great friend Archbishop Joseph Cassidy had also been at his bedside in Portiuncula Hospital.

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