‘James will never know his effect on 2 countries’
Memories of the tournament for residents of the Co Wicklow town will forever be tinged by the tragic death of a local soccer fan while following the team in Poland.
Blessington came to a standstill yesterday morning as local people turned out in their hundreds for the funeral mass of James Nolan whose body was recovered from a river in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz last week.
