Home pays homage to man of culture Harris

HELLRAISER, poet, actor, sportsman and singer — the colourful life of Richard Harris was remembered fondly at the weekend as Limerick said farewell to its favourite son.

Film producer Noel Pearson and brother Billy Harris led the tributes as hundreds packed into the Church of the Sacred Heart for a memorial mass to the 72-year-old who died from cancer on October 25.

“He was a multi-talented person. Not only was he a wonderful actor, he was also a great poet and the complete artist,” said Billy Harris. “He will certainly be remembered as one of the most colourful actors of his generation,’’ said Billy, who played rugby with Garryowen in the 1960s.