Brian Mullins' funeral

2022 - 10 - 5

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Brian Mullins: Funeral mass remembers Dublin GAA footballer as a ... (Independent.ie)

Dublin Gaelic football legend Brian Mullins has been remembered as a “wonderful father and an incredible grandfather” and a “true clubman”.

He had an amazing courage and strength and he passed as he would like to be remembered with great pride and dignity right up to the very end.” He never shied away from the fight when it was put up to him. "Unfortunately, this is one fight he didn't win. He faced on to every challenge along the way. He would do anything for the club, I mean anything. “He was a wonderful father and an incredible grandfather to all of his grandchildren whom he loved so very much,” he said.

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'Stand your ground. Don't give up. Keep going' - Brian Mullins ... (The Irish Times)

Well-known GAA figures turn out to pay respects as former Dublin footballer laid to rest.

A sports man.” But his love for St Vincent’s was constant. “Members of Meath, Kerry, Mayo and Galway because Dublin has a new midfielder in heaven.” In 2000, he was appointed director of sport at UCD. His father meant a lot of different things for different people. “I have it on good authority that there’s a lot of nervous people in heaven shaking. Fr Bourke spoke of his excitement when Mr Mullins visited his primary school in Ballymun decades earlier.

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Mullins remembered as 'a warrior' and 'fighter who never gave up' (Irish Examiner)

Great and good of Dublin and wider GAA world gather to pay tribute to iconic former Dubs' midfielder.

Mullins is survived by partner Elizabeth, wife Helen, daughter Jackie and son, Pádraig, Nathan and Bernard, who described how his father would like to be remembered with "great pride and dignity". But his deepest impact was with his club, St Vincent's. John O'Leary, Jimmy Keaveney, Charlie Redmond and Jason Sherlock were just some of the Dublin luminaries gathered with the likes of Mickey Harte, Joe Kernan and Jack O'Shea also present.

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Dad lived life most of us could only dream of, says Dublin GAA ... (The Irish Sun)

DUBLIN GAA legend Brian Mullins lived a “colourful, interesting and somewhat controversial” life, according to his son.But heartbroken Bernard - t.

That’s just the way he lived his life.” He never shied away from the fight when it was put up to him. The cleric said: “He told us, stand your ground, don’t give up, keep going.

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Brian Mullins funeral mourners told heaven 'now decked in sky blue' (Dublin Live)

Brian died last Friday, aged 68, at St Francis Hospice in Raheny, north Dublin, following a short illness after a brain tumour cancer diagnosis. His partner ...

“My dad went on to become one of the most celebrated midfielders in Ireland and he deserved it; he had it all. Our mum and dad knew each other from the age of 12 as part of the same friends’ group and eventually became a couple at the age of 17. He was a wonderful father and an incredible grandfather.” He fell from the tallest trees in Clontarf Castle and broke all the branches on the way down. My dad crashed in 1980 and nearly killed himself. Following a huge round of applause, six grandchildren then read the Prayers of the Faithful, while Brian’s daughter Jackie and son Padraig took bread and wine to the altar. “St Vincent’s GAA is where our dad found his clan, his tribe, his gang. Fr Bourke, 52, from Ballymun in North Dublin, worked with Brian as chaplain at UCD for six years and administered the Last Rites to him. and loved every minute of it. He added: “Brian’s short illness took everyone by surprise and everyone who loved him is saddened by his loss. Fr Eamonn Bourke told them that meeting GAA legend Brian, who worked as a school teacher before becoming Director of Sport at University College Dublin in his last job, was like a dream. Brian died last Friday, aged 68, at St Francis Hospice in Raheny, north Dublin, following a short illness after a brain tumour cancer diagnosis.

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