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Hurling legend Tony Keady laid to rest on shores of Galway Bay at Renville
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Hurling legend Tony Keady is this evening being laid to rest on the shores of Galway Bay at Renville Cemetery.
Thousands of people attended his funeral in Oranmore to bid a final farewell to the man long considered one of the finest players to ever wear the county colours.
The Killimordaly native, who was 53 years of age, is survived by his wife Margaret and their four children.
Tony lived in Frenchfort on the outskirts of the village and worked at Calasanctius College as a caretaker, where he remained deeply involved in coaching.
Among the mourners today are Tony’s former Galway and Killimor team mates, as well as players from GAA communities all across the country.
Symbols presented at this afternoon’s mass to represent his life included an Oranmore GAA jacket, a Killimordaly jersey, the last hurley made by Tony and a sapling ash tree.
Opening his homily, Fr. Diarmuid Hogan paid tribute to the huge role Tony played in the Oranmore community:
http://galwaybayfm.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Hogan1.mp3Fr. Hogan offered that while hurling was a huge part of Tony’s life, it was not the only thing to which he had devoted himself:
http://galwaybayfm.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Hogan2.mp3Fr. Hogan also had this advice for those in attendance as to how they might help preserve Tony’s legacy:
http://galwaybayfm.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Hogan3.mp3Guards of Honor were this afternoon provided by Tony’s teammates from the 1980’s, Killimordaly and Oranmore-Maree GAA Clubs and students from Calasantius College.
Tony Keady is this evening being laid to rest at Renville Cemetery on the shores of Galway Bay.
The last song to the sung in the cemetery this evening will be The West’s Awake – a final farewell to one of the finest hurlers to ever take the field in Ireland.
The death has occurred of the former Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora Martin Drennan, six years after he announced his retirement on health grounds. He was aged 78.
The Galway Diocesan Office confirmed the death this (Saturday) afternoon of the Bishop and Apostolic Administrator Emeritus, who oversaw the Diocese for eleven years.
Born on January 2, 1944 in Piltown, County Kilkenny, he studied for the priesthood at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, from where he was ordained to the priesthood in 1968. His brother Michael is also a priest.
Following his ordination, he continued his studies in Rome where he was awarded a Licentiate in both sacred theology and sacred scripture. He returned to Rome in 1980 to become spiritual director at the Pontifical Irish College for the next five years.
He became a lecturer in sacred scripture at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, where he continued to teach until his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin in 1997 with responsibility for East Wicklow and South Dublin.
Following the retirement of Bishop James McLoughlin, Bishop Drennan was appointed Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora and he was installed on July 3, 2005 in Galway Cathedral.
Outgoing Cllr Terry O’Flaherty (Ind) is on course to retain her City Council seat – and top the poll in City East.
With 33% of the boxes tallied, Cllr O’Flaherty is polling strongly, particularly in Renmore.
Michael John Crowe is ahead of his running mate Alan Cheevers for the Fianna Fáil vote, according to the early figures, although that could change when Doughiska and Roscam boxes are opened.
The Green Party’s Claire Hillery is on about 7%, with Fine Gael on 10% and Sinn Fein on 5%.
The opening of boxes for the local elections began at 9am this morning in Leisureland when the tallymen (and women) kicked into gear.
As regards the Galway County Council elections, the smaller areas are being opened first which means that the four-seater Connemara North boxes will be first in the pecking order.
It will be followed by Gort-Kinvara (5 seats), Connemara South (5 seats), Athenry-Oranmore (7 seats), Ballinasloe (6 seats), Loughrea (5 seats) and finally Tuam (7 seats).
The boxes in these areas will be opened and tallied in that particular order before being transferred to the Galway Lawn Tennis Club on Threadneedle Road where the counting will commence around mid-morning.
That is when the fun will really begin – although the tallies should give a good indication as to where most of the seats are destined.
As regards the city, the Galway City East boxes were opened first, followed by Galway City Central and finally Galway City West. These votes will be transferred to the Westside Centre by around 11am for counting.
There are 39 seats on Galway County Council to be filled with 18 on Galway City Council. The City Council count is expected to conclude on Saturday night but the County Council count – with seven electoral areas to be filled – could well go into Monday.
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