Kilkenny farm victim Johnny Ryan laid to rest

Prayers were offered at the funeral Mass for Johnny Ryan for all who have lost their lives in farm accidents over the years.

The 61-year-old father of last year’s All-Ireland winning hurling captain was killed last Wednesday when he was trapped by machinery after a tractor he had been working on rolled backwards.

Among those attending the funeral Mass in his native Clara, not far from the fringes of Kilkenny city, were former IFA president John Bryan and other prominent members of the local farming community.