'United in grief': Local community and sporting world pay tribute to Sligo footballer Red Óg Murphy

Red Óg Murphy of Sligo pictured last year during the Connacht GAA Football Senior Championship quarter-final against Mayo at Markievicz Park. File picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

From the rural GAA community of Curry in South Sligo to the Australian suburbs of North Melbourne, Gaelic footballer and former AFL player Red Óg Murphy has left hearts devastated since the news broke of his tragic death in Dublin on Friday.

The sporting world and his home community of Curry and Moylough have spoken of their “deep shock” at the 21-year-old’s untimely death.