Colm Horkan funeral: He ‘never let any of his family or friends walk alone’

They were the simple symbols of an extraordinary life, tokens of a man who touched so many, but was taken too soon.
Colm Horkan funeral: He ‘never let any of his family or friends walk alone’
Mon, 22 Jun, 2020 - 07:05
Neil Michael

The coffin of Detective Garda Colm Horkan is carried from St James' church to the cemetery in Charlestown, Co Mayo. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
The coffin of Detective Garda Colm Horkan is carried from St James' church to the cemetery in Charlestown, Co Mayo. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

They were the simple symbols of an extraordinary life, tokens of a man who touched so many, but was taken too soon.

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Colm HorkanPlace: CharlestownPlace: St James’s ChurchPlace: Castlerea, Co RoscommonPlace: Aughaward, Foxford, Co MayoPerson: Colm HorkanPerson: Tommy SullivanPerson: Matthew HorkanPerson: EmmaPerson: Barbara HorkanPerson: Cian CaseyPerson: Aiden HorkanPerson: ColmPerson: Grainne MarrenPerson: HorkanPerson: MartyPerson: DeirdrePerson: AidenPerson: BrendanPerson: DermotPerson: PádraigPerson: Garda HorkanPerson: DoloresPerson: ColettePerson: Garda CommissionerPerson: Drew HarrisPerson: HarrisPerson: Stephen SilverOrganisation: Charlestown SarsfieldsOrganisation: AudiOrganisation: Tommy HilfigerOrganisation: LiverpoolOrganisation: Det Garda HorkanOrganisation: Garda serviceOrganisation: Garda SíochanaOrganisation: Castlerea District Court
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