Foley's flight home carried special call-sign for the fallen warrior

The Ryanair corporate jet that flew Anthony Foley’s body home from Paris did so under special call signs to denote the Munster coach’s birth year as well as his famous number as a player.

The Boeing 737-700 jet, which had been offered to the Foley family for the repatriation flight, left Shannon at 12.55pm carrying around 25 of Foley’s relatives, along with former teammates and personal friends, Paul O’Connell and Mick Galwey, as well as as well as senior Munster Rugby executives.

That flight was given the special call sign FR-1973 — denoting Anthony’s birth year.