Acting great gets his final standing ovation

Actor David Kelly got one final standing ovation as his coffin was carried out of his local parish church at the end of his funeral Mass in Dublin yesterday.

A large congregation, including many leading figures from the Irish acting world, paid one last traditional tribute to the well-loved actor who died on Feb 12, aged 82.

Mourners at the Church of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Clonskeagh heard the veteran star of film, TV and theatre being described as an “actor’s actor”.