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FERGUS O’FARRELL: The Irish music world has been paying fulsome tribute to Fergus O’Farrell, 48, the Schull-based musician who passed away on Tuesday.

Though neither O’Farrell or his band Interference never quite got the recognition they deserved, the fact that tributes have flowed in from the likes of Glen Hansard, Gavin Friday, and Ronan Keating show how highly he was regarded in the music scene.

Musicians aside, many of us who encountered O’Farrell through the years found him to be a hugely impressive figure. His battle with muscular dystrophy didn’t prevent him from producing some great music or coming across as a lovely guy.