'The loveliest young fella': Tributes paid to Kilkenny boy who died after freak sliotar accident

Harry Byrne, from Gowran, was accidentally hit by a sliotar in the head while playing with friends at lunchtime at St Kieran’s College in Kilkenny.
A teenage boy who died following a freak accident at St Kieran’s College in Kilkenny city on Monday afternoon is expected to be laid to rest on Friday.
Harry Byrne, aged 13, from Gowran, Co Kilkenny, was rushed to St Luke’s General Hospital on Monday afternoon after being accidentally hit by a sliotar in the head while playing with friends at lunchtime.