THE people of Killorglin, Co Kerry, yesterday bid a touching farewell to two sisters – described by a priest as “gentle souls” – who died in a fire that destroyed their family public house on Monday.

O’SHEA’S pub was one of the places where the locals gathered each year on the closing night of Puck Fair, in Killorglin.

Two elderly sisters have died in a fire in Co Kerry early this morning.

COLOURFUL Puck Fair, in Killorglin, Co Kerry, has a long-earned reputation for madcap acts and wild boozing, but it’s place where you can also learn how to behave yourself.