Toddy O'Sullivan's legacy 'speaks for itself'

Former Cork lord mayor, Labour TD, and minister of state laid to rest

Lord Mayor of Cork Colm Kelleher and former lord mayors Donal Counihan, Catherine Clancy, and Mick O'Connell form a guard of honour for Toddy O'Sullivan at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, The Lough, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

“Dad believed that a man’s life was measured by his passions. His legacy speaks for itself.” Seán O’Sullivan’s tribute to his late father Toddy received a standing ovation and a sustained bualadh bos in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, The Lough, Cork.

Toddy O’Sullivan’s passions in life, his son said, were his wife Esther, his children and grandchildren, his politics as a leading member of the Labour Party, his work in An Post, music, angling, literature, and his beloved St Finbarr’s Hurling and Football Club.