Hundreds attend Youghal vigil for athletes who lost their lives at Ironman

Those gathered heard a message from the Wall family in Meath that spoke of being “inundated with beautiful messages and gestures of support”. 

Members of the public laying candles at the bandstand in Green Park in Youghal. Picture: Howard Crowdy

Hundreds of people attended a candlelight vigil in Youghal tonight to remember athletes Brendan Wall and Ivan Chittenden, who died while competing in the town’s Ironman Ireland triathlon last weekend.

The gathering was held at Green Park, the bicycle transition area adjacent to the small beach where the swim element in which the men lost their lives had culminated.