'The full story has been told': Brendan Kennelly's legacy remembered

Mourners at the funeral of the beloved Kerry poet bid farewell to a man remembered for his 'extraordinary generosity'

Brendan Kennelly, one the country’s most popular poets and a former professor of English at Trinity College Dublin, who died aged 85. Picture: Domnick Walsh Photography 

One of Ireland’s most celebrated poets, Brendan Kennelly, has been laid to rest following a service in his home county, Kerry.

Mr Kennelly was today laid to rest in Co Kerry following a private service at the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Ballylongford.