‘I didn’t just lose a brother, I lost my best friend’

“NOT only did I lose my brother; I lost my best friend, my idol.”

‘I didn’t just lose a brother, I lost my best friend’
Thu, 14 Sep, 2006 - 01:00
Eoin English

Chris Herlihy’s moving words brought tears to the eyes of more than 1,000 mourners at the funeral Mass for his only brother, Jonathan, in Cork yesterday.

Jonathan Herlihy, 22, from Glanmire, was one of two men who drowned in a tragic rescue off Owenahincha beach in West Cork last Sunday week.

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CourtsPlace: CorkPlace: GlanmirePlace: Owenahincha beachPlace: West CorkPlace: OwenahinchaPlace: St Joseph’s ChurchPlace: SpringhillPlace: SpainPlace: USPlace: EstoniaPlace: St JosephPlace: Little IslandPerson: Chris HerlihyPerson: JonathanPerson: Jonathan HerlihyPerson: Peter O’KeeffePerson: O’KeeffePerson: LiamPerson: EileenPerson: ChrisPerson: FrankPerson: Mary HerlihyPerson: HarryPerson: Elma LottyPerson: Sarah O’FlanaganPerson: O’Keeffe familyPerson: SarahPerson: Frank HerlihyPerson: HerlihyPerson: Jerry SharmaPerson: Frank LenihanPerson: JohnnyPerson: Fr John O’CallaghanPerson: PeterPerson: FrPerson: O’CallaghanPerson: Shay GivenPerson: GivenPerson: Cliona MurphyPerson: Lee CooleyPerson: Bishop of CorkPerson: Ross John BuckleyPerson: Herlihy familyOrganisation: UCCOrganisation: Glanmire Intermediate football clubOrganisation: Riverstown FCOrganisation: Sarsfield Football clubOrganisation: Newcastle
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