Hundreds pay respects as the last Knight of Glin laid to rest

A 100-YEAR-OLD horse-drawn farm cart carried the last Knight of Glin to his final resting place in Co Limerick yesterday.

Hundreds of people joined the family of the late Desmond John Villiers Fitzgerald for a funeral service and celebration of his life at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Glin. The 74- year-old died on September 15 after a long battle with cancer.

He was the 29th Knight of Glin and is survived by his wife Olda and daughters Catherine, Nesta and Honor.