'Real poetry that they were taken together': West Cork's Paddy Sheehan buried alongside his beloved wife

Fr. Anthony Buckley giving a blessing prior to Requiem Mass for the late P.J. ( Paddy ) in the Church of Our Lady, Star of the Sea and St Patrick’s. Family members Diarmuid, Deirdre, Eucharia (O’Mahony) and Maebh (O’Connor) outside the church.Picture Dan Linehan

A “colossus” of Irish politics, Paddy Sheehan, former TD for Cork South West, was laid to rest with his wife and political partner Frances who died just seven days and seven hours before him. 

Mr Sheehan, 87, served his community for almost half a century, fighting for vital infrastructure in his rural constituency and pushing to make West Cork the popular tourist destination it now is.