Final farewell for George Crosbie

HIS devotion to his wife and family was remembered yesterday at the funeral Mass of the late George Crosbie, the former chairman of Thomas Crosbie Holdings, who died last Friday at the age of 83.

A fourth generation shareholder with the newspaper group, which his great-grandfather Thomas Crosbie acquired in 1872, the late Mr Crosbie’s thoughts on funerals yesterday lifted the mood when recalled to those attending the ceremony in St John the Baptist Church, Kinsale, Co Cork.

In a eulogy given by his son Alan Crosbie, the gathering of family and friends was told that his late father had once said: “When I go, I want no tears, I want no bloody black ties, nothing morbid – just a bit of craic and I promise you I’ll be fine.”