Watch: Country music stars join mourners saying farewell to Big Tom McBride

The king of country music passed away on Tuesday aged 81.

Stars of the Irish country music scene were among mourners at the funeral of Big Tom McBride, with Daniel O'Donnell declaring: "The king will live on."

Hundreds of people descended on the rural townland of Oram, County Monaghan, to pay their last respects to the star who died on Tuesday aged 81.