10-year-old soccer fan laid to rest after two-year cancer fight

A sports-loving lad who had been planning his next trip to Old Trafford for a Manchester United game in September, was laid to rest near the Cork/Kerry border yesterday after succumbing to a two-and-a-half year battle with cancer.

Mourners wept openly as they bade a moving farewell to Man Utd and Kerry football fan Dylan Crowley, 10, in his native Rathmore.

An overflow congregation at a concelebrated requiem Mass, in St Joseph’s Church, Rathmore, heard how Dylan had brought great joy to his family and friends and was described by his brother, Bryan, 15, as “an angel that slipped out of God’s hands”.