In memoriam: Remembering some of the greats we lost in 2025

Every year teaches us something about absence. 2025 was such a year, and we remember the greats who are no longer with us
Mick O’Dwyer’s name carried weight long before mythology gathered around it. Picture: Diarmuid Greene / SPORTSFILE

Mick O’Dwyer’s name carried weight long before mythology gathered around it. Picture: Diarmuid Greene / SPORTSFILE

Sat, 27 Dec, 2025 - 01:00
Colin Sherdian

Pat Ingoldsby 

Pat Ingoldsby belonged to a rare category: Instantly recognisable, impossible to imitate, and entirely uninterested in fitting anywhere in particular. 

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