Community mourns death of GAA player’s father

A large crowd is expected to pour into the parish of Clara, Co Kilkenny, tomorrow for the funeral Mass of Johnny Ryan, father of All-Ireland winning captain Lester Ryan, who died in a farm accident on Wednesday.

Mr Ryan’s remains were brought to his family’s farmhouse in the Dunbell area of Clane, after an autopsy was performed at University Hospital Waterford.

It is understood that the farmer, 61, died instantly after he was trapped by machinery he had been using with a tractor to spread slurry.