Christy O’Connor Sr ‘took on the world and won’

He was remembered as a devoted father, grandfather, and husband as well as a dedicated fundraiser for good causes who enjoyed nothing more than a glass of wine in the company of his beloved wife Mary.
Hundreds of mourners packed into St John the Baptist church in Clontarf, overlooking Dublin Bay, for a moving farewell to the man known overseas as Himself but at home as the father of Irish golf.