Mourners pay respects at funeral of Christy O’Connor Jnr

Hundreds of people queued to pay their respects as Christy O’Connor Jnr left his beloved Knocknacarra for the final time yesterday evening.

The golfer’s wife Ann, son Nigel and daughter Ann, and extended family members, greeted mourners for over four hours at St Anthony’s Room within the Church of St John the Apostle in Knocknacarra, where the Ryder Cup hero lay in repose.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny, businessman Ben Dunne and GAA commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh were among the mourners who queued before removal to Galway Cathedral yesterday evening.