‘Edel said ‘I’ll be at Brian’s Communion’ and she was’

RESPECTED RTÉ GAA pundit Michael Duignan has told how his terminally ill wife astounded medics by living to keep her promise to be at her son’s communion.

The Offaly All-Ireland winner has opened up about his struggles in his book Life, Hurling and Death.

A widower since his 41-year-old wife Edel died of cancer in 2009, he said his two young sons, aged 13 and 11, gave him the strength to cope with the tragedy.