Crowds come to pay respects to an inspirational young man

It was the young people among the mourners that seemed most affected by the death of the inspirational and rugby-loving Dónal Walsh.

Shocked and weeping openly, teenage boys and girls hugged and comforted each other as they assembled at the Walsh home in Blennerville, outside Tralee, where the 16-year-old cancer victim reposed.

Today, some leading Munster rugby players, whom Dónal befriended, are expected to shoulder his coffin.