Community to hold fundraiser in honour of Cork priest and bus driver killed in horror road crash

Fr Con Cronin, 72, was leaving the Bosun restaurant in Monkstown on August 3, 2021, when a bus hit and fatally injured him
Community to hold fundraiser in honour of Cork priest and bus driver killed in horror road crash

Fr Con Cronin, who was a native of Coomhola in Bantry, was a member of the St Patrick's Missionary Society for almost 49 years and had served as curate in Passage West since 2012.

A popular Cork priest and the driver of a bus which killed him in a horror accident in Cork will be remembered at a fundraising concert in the priest’s last parish this weekend.

Fr Con Cronin, 72, was leaving the Bosun restaurant in Monkstown on August 3, 2021, when a bus hit and fatally injured him. The bus driver, Ballincollig father of two Mark Wills, 51, had suffered a cardiac episode which also resulted in his death.

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